Adj A/Prof Low Shiong Wen

The National University of Singapore is where adjunct associate professor Low Shiong Wen earned his bachelor's degree in medicine and surgery (NUS). After completing postgraduate training in general surgery, he went on to earn the following postgraduate credentials in general surgery: Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) from the United Kingdom in 2007 and Masters in Medicine, M.Med(Surgery) in 2008. Later, he received specialised training in neurosurgery at the National University Hospital in Singapore. His two years of advanced neurosurgical study in the Neurosurgery Department at Cambridge University Hospital (Addenbrookes Hospital), Cambridge, UK, were made possible by the Ministry of Health's (MOH) Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) Fellowship Award, which he received in 2010. In order to establish the neurosurgical service at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH), he came back to Singapore in 2012. The management of a wide range of neuro-trauma, neuro-oncologic, and neuro-vascular disorders are areas in which Adj A/Prof Low is skilled. He also has training in stereotactic radiosurgery, including the use of the gamma knife for trigeminal neuralgias, vascular malformations, and cerebral metastases. For stroke patients, he also performs microsurgical cerebral revascularization treatments. Additionally, he is quite interested in minimally invasive spine surgery. He has won multiple accolades for service excellence, including the CEO-CMB service quality award, which is given to healthcare professionals who continuously offer patients with excellent treatment. He has received numerous accolades and awards for his work in undergraduate teaching, including Best Undergraduate Tutor, Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence, and Best Programme Tutor for General Surgery.

Qualification

• MBBS (S'pore)
• MRCS (UK)
• MMed (Surgery)
• FRCS (Neurosurgery) (Edin)
• FAMS (Neurosurgery)
• LLB(Hons)