An ANAL-lysis of Dr Koh's credentials

[jw5]

But why he join PAP? Why?

Are there other and better ways of contributing to society?

 

[Confuseous]

The biggest advantage he brings with him is that he has dealt with all sorts of assholes.....:


http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2013/01/the-mrbrown-show-getting-to-the-bottom-of-things.html

 

[laksaboy]

The biggest advantage he brings with him is that he has dealt with all sorts of assholes.....:

And that's why he's comfortable when it comes to siding with, and working with assholes.

 

[kopiuncle]

Just one question for Dr Koh:

Why do you think that joining PAP will allow you to contribute to society?

why don't you answer the question yourself. the good doctor has done so much for the people under his care.joining the pap will enable him to extend his skill to help more people.

why are you so sarcastic? so you mean doctors who are not heart specialists have no heart for anything else? you are an utter disappointment.

 

[kopiuncle]

And that's why he's comfortable when it comes to siding with, and working with assholes.

you have no idea what is the work of a colo-rectal surgeon.

 

[chonburifc]

How come pappies like to chose thief head robber face as candidates har?

Fucking crooks can also become pappies. pappies surely lose a lot by not recruiting me.

 

[Sir_Fcuk]

you have no idea what is the work of a colo-rectal surgeon.

Hmm.............

Colorectal surgery is a field in medicine, dealing with disorders of the rectum, anus, and colon. The field is also known as proctology, but the latter term is now used infrequently within medicine, and is most often employed to identify practices relating to the anus and rectum in particular. The word proctology is derived from the Greek words πρωκτός ("Proktos"), meaning anus or hindparts, and λόγος ("Logos") meaning science or study.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorectal_surgery

The word asshole, a variant of arsehole, which is still prevalent in British and Australian English, is a vulgarism to describe the anus, often pejoratively used to refer to people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asshole

Better?

 

[winnipegjets]

Wonder why he would want to get into politics? Power trip? If he wins and get into cabinet, he will make more money with little effort.

 

[exSINgaporean]

AsiaOne
Thursday, Jan 10, 2013

Dr Koh's key achievements and contributions

SINGAPORE - Dr Koh Poh Koon is the Medical Director and Consultant Colorectal Surgeon of Capstone Colorectal Surgery Centre at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre. He continues service as a part-time Consultant Surgeon at the Department of Colorectal Surgery in Singapore General Hospital (SGH), and remains as the Acting Director of the Colorectal Cancer Molecular Genetics Research Laboratory as well as the founding Director of the Colorectal Cancer Genomic Health Service in SGH.

Summary: Colorectal Doctor. At the age of 40, probably just started private practice a couple of years ago = new bird, relatively inexperienced surgeon

He was a Visiting Consultant to the Division of Surgical Oncology at the National Cancer Centre of Singapore. Dr Koh is also appointed as a Visiting Consultant Surgeon to the Department of Surgery, Changi General Hospital where he continues to mentor surgical trainees undergoing Advanced Specialist Training in Colorectal Surgery.

Summary: Means he sometimes visit to give one or two lectures here and there. Titles for show only

His surgical expertise relates to the use of minimally-invasive laparoscopic as well as robotics-assisted techniques for disorders of the colon and rectum, with emphasis on sphincter-preservation surgery. He has been an accredited Console Surgeon for the Da Vinci Robotic Surgical System since 2009. In recognition of his outstanding and exemplary clinical service, Dr Koh was awarded the SGH 10 years Long Service Award in 2007, SingHealth Quality Service Award (Silver Award) in 2010 and the SingHealth Service With A Heart Award in 2011. He received advanced training in surgical treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in Edinburgh, UK (2002 - 2003) as well as the renowned Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA (2006 - 2007) through a HMDP Scholarship funded by the Ministry of Health, Singapore. He was a member of the multidisciplinary care team at the Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Center in SGH and has lectured at national and international forums on various aspects of IBD surgery.

Cleveland clinic is one of those chapalang anyone apply can go and receive advance training one. Even FT ah neh doctor, as long as you can pay fees, also can go: http://portals.clevelandclinic.org/...sicianObserverProgram/tabid/5479/Default.aspx

He is a member of the Asia Pacific Consensus Workgroup on Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in 2011, formed under the auspices of the APAGE (Asia Pacific Association of Gastroenterology) and helped in the creation of the Asia Pacific Consensus statements for management of IBD in the Asia Pacific region.

He also has specialised interests in the clinical management and surgical treatment of patients and their families with Hereditary Colorectal Cancers. For this, he was awarded a second HMDP Scholarship in 2010 to pursue further training on "Clinical Gene Testing and Personalized Medicine in Colorectal Cancer Management" at the Genomic Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic (Ohio), USA. Following his return, he became the founding Director of the Colorectal Cancer Genomic Health Service at the Singapore General Hospital. This new service is a first in Asia and provided comprehensive multi-disciplinary care for those at high risk of developing colorectal cancers through the setting up of an integrated High Risk Family Clinic, Genetic Counseling Service and the initiation of clinical genetic testing services. Dr Koh has been invited to speak on this topic in national and international conferences.

Dr Koh is active in clinical and molecular research and has published widely in both clinical and basic science peer-reviewed journals. For his outstanding research work on rectal cancers, he was award the Young Investigator's Award (Medical), at the 13th SGH Annual Scientific Meeting, in 2002. He has served as a reviewer for the Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics as well as Diseases of the Colon and Rectum. In addition, he served as a reviewer for the SGH Research Grant as well as an ad-hoc grant reviewer for the NMRC (National Medical Research Council) Grant.

He held academic appointment as Clinical Lecturer in the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (formerly Faculty of Medicine) at the National University of Singapore. He is also appointed as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School. As a Co-Supervisor of the Graduate Program, Dr Koh guides post-graduate students towards achieving their PhD thesis in the Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore.

Every Doctor is a "Lecturer" or "Clinical Lecturer".... no big deal

He has special research interests in genomic and metabonomic profiling of colorectal cancers and has active research collaborations with various A*Star institutions on biomedical innovations and product development. He is also a member of the International Mismatch Repair Consortium (IMRC) researching into the genetic basis of Lynch Syndrome via a world-wide collaborrative research project. He was cited in Marquis' Who's Who in Science and Engineering (2006 Edition) in recognition of his achievements.

OK he is a good researcher, would not take that away from him. Hope he did his homework prior to jumping into the BE

He has served on the Executive Committee of the Society of Colorectal Surgeons, Singapore (SCRS) and was elected as the Treasurer for 2009 - 2010. Dr Koh is currently a Committee Member of the Gastroenterological Society of Singapore (GESS). He is also a Council Member of the International Council of Coloproctology and a member of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS) where he serves to promote international training and collaboration amongst Colorectal Surgeons.

Again - EVERY doctor is member of some society. Don't have to make it sound so glamourous

Dr Koh has served in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) with distinction, having been awarded 1 Letter of Appreciation and 2 Letters of Commendation. A Guards Officer with Airborne qualifications, he was promoted to the rank of Major in 2009 and is presently the Commanding Officer (CO) of a Combat Service Support Battalion (CSSB). As a testament to his leadership skills and strategic thinking, he attended the 10th National Service Command and Staff Course (NS-CSC) in 2009 at the Singapore Armed Forces Command and Staff College, where he emerged as the Top Graduate, the first Medical Officer to ever top this pinnacle course for Officers in the SAF.

Look.... he topped a course for NS staff course.... not the real Staff Course that regular officers go for. Given that he can study in exams, no surprise he topped.

In recognition of his leadership abilities, Dr Koh was appointed as a Committee Member in the SingHealth Sub-committee on Leadership and Succession Planning, responsible for creation of a framework for leadership development in the entire SingHealth Cluster. He also served as a Committee Member in the SGH Clinical Research Committee, responsible for the research infrastructural development in the Outram Campus. In addition, he was a member of the SingHealth Tissue Repository Committee, with oversight responsibilities for tissue bio-banking and utilization of human biological specimens in translational research within SingHealth.

Again.... most doctors are member of this committee and that committee

Dr Koh also contributed actively to society, serving as an Executive Committee Member at the Telok Blangah Dover Crescent Resident's Committee since 2002 and is concurrently a Member of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). He was also appointed as an Assistant Liaison Officer (Singapore Police Force) for Telok Blangah Dover Crescent Neighborhood Watch Zone since 2002.

Awards won

SGH Young Investigator's Award (Medical)(2002)
HMDP Award (2005): Surgical Oncology and Molecular Biology in Colorectal Cancer. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, USA.
HMDP Award (2009): Clinical Gene Testing and Personalized Medicine in Colorectal Cancer Management. Genomic Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, USA.
SGH 10 years Long Service Award (2007)
SingHealth Quality Service Award (Silver Award) (2010)
SingHealth Service With A Heart Award (2011)

All these are local kampung awards given out like NTUC vouchers. Where are his international awards?

Information culled from Dr Koh's company website: http://www.capstonecolorectal.com.sg/profile.html

Disclaimer: my own views only. Feel free to disagree

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N0w2rORwSc

 

[andyfisher]

he is in politics cos he believes he benefited from the pap system, which i dont disagree. he elite nw.
the qn is, does he feel the rest have benefited or does he feel they are worse off?
the rest (heartland turds like u and me) we r worse off, no qn abt that.

so will he show empathy or is it carry on as normal, suck the poor's blood while i preserve my elite uncaring status?
punggol pp, dont screw up, this is ur 2016. do the right thing and dont elect another pap

 

[tanwahtiu]

This arse doctor turn businessman join PA to market his business to PAPigs obscene salaries party members. His fee is not cheap and commoner cold not afford his fees.

Many business people are PA members to porlumpar PAPigs to get preferrential treatments for contract jobs and PAP rental premises and buildings.

So when got chance to be MP, ho say leow, up this preferrential treatment points and join the PAP high ranking level to get more business for himself, children and family. One foot at the Istana gate and even old man fart smell like roses.

All the solid credentials means nought.....
Doesnt show if the chap possess the heart to serve the residents.
If anything, it shows he is damn busy person probably no time for residents just bank in allowance monthly and MP title as another feather in his cap.

 

[halsey02]

Just one question for Dr Koh:

Why do you think that joining PAP will allow you to contribute to society?

First must ask, since he was supposedly to be from the kampung..." does he like MANGOes"?? The important question would be, "how much would you think, you will gain from being a PAP MP as compared to your private practice"...forget about contribute to society, society as a whole will be contributing to him, including the 40%.

 

[watchman8]

Wonder why he would want to get into politics? Power trip? If he wins and get into cabinet, he will make more money with little effort.

Only those that can make it into cabinet will be sheltered under GRCs. He just wanted a better parking slots during the annual D&D of the numerous societies that he joined.

 

[watchman8]

he is in politics cos he believes he benefited from the pap system, which i dont disagree. he elite nw.
the qn is, does he feel the rest have benefited or does he feel they are worse off?
the rest (heartland turds like u and me) we r worse off, no qn abt that.

so will he show empathy or is it carry on as normal, suck the poor's blood while i preserve my elite uncaring status?
punggol pp, dont screw up, this is ur 2016. do the right thing and dont elect another pap

A good hearted doctor will contribute to society using his medical skills, especially when he treats poor patients for free or at low costs.

Why do we need a highly qualified surgeon to do a social worker's job? Bloody waste of the doctor's talent. It is like asking an airline pilot to be swimming instructor for charity.

 

[kopiuncle]

We are tapping on his brains to solve society problems. Not just to solve shit problems.

 

[kopiuncle]

all of you throw so much stones and sarcasm at the good doctor, questioning his intention and his so called power trip to parliament.

i bet none of you can measure up to his powerful brain and intelligence,let alone making caustic remarks on his specialty. shame on all of you.

anyone here knows more of your own anus???

 

[watchman8]

We are tapping on his brains to solve society problems. Not just to solve shit problems.

If he is not married into the lee family, his brains and opinions are not needed within PAP.

 

[kopiuncle]

If he is not married into the lee family, his brains and opinions are not needed within PAP.

aiyah why must get married into the family.

the doctor's brain is precious ...he is highly intelligent.look at his high forehead. he will help singapore leap into the next century. a potential minister too.

 

[captainxerox]

one thing for sure - you know he won't give up his job to be a full time mp.

 

[Sir_Fcuk]

anyone here knows more of your own anus???

No I don't. That's why we need colorectal surgeons. But can he do a better job given his super busy schedule compared to another candidate who is giving 100% of his/her time to serving the people?