Dr Seah Ai Lin Aileen

Dr Aileen Seah is a general surgeon at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, Gleneagles Hospital and Parkway East Hospital, Singapore.

She is experienced in the management of a variety of colorectal and anorectal conditions such cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, pelvic floor disorders, functional colorectal conditions and anorectal disorders.

She was a consultant in the colorectal unit at the National University Hospital (NUH) and the National University Cancer Institute, Singapore. Dr Seah was also a former director of the pelvic floor centre in the division of colorectal surgery, University Surgical Cluster, National University Health System.

She graduated from the National University of Singapore and obtained her fellowship diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK. She completed her advanced surgical training at NUH. She was awarded the Health Manpower Development Plan Award and completed her colon and rectal surgery fellowship at the University of Minnesota. She then became the earliest American-trained female colorectal surgeon in Singapore.

She developed her advanced therapeutic endoscopic techniques in double balloon enteroscopy in the evaluation of small bowel disorders as well as endoscopic submucosal dissection in the treatment of large flat polyps.

Dr Seah obtained her diploma of acupuncture at the Singapore College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She visited the colorectal unit in the Third Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine and is interested in how eastern medicine can work in synergy with western medicine for the treatment of conditions like functional constipation.

Besides her clinical work, she is a clinical senior lecturer at NUS’ Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.