Adjunct Associate Professor Surendra Mantoo is currently the President of the Society of Colorectal Surgeons in Singapore and is active in several other professional organisations.

With experience spanning more than 20 years, he is currently a Senior Consultant in Khoo Teck Puat Hospital's Colorectal Service. He is well-versed in laparoscopic and robotic colorectal procedures and has a special interest in managing pelvic floor and anorectal disorders.

He is passionate about teaching and serves as an Education Lead for the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) programme and Core Faculty Tutor for the Surgical Residency Programme, NHG Health. He is actively involved in research, having held grants and authored and co-authored numerous papers and book chapters. He serves as a reviewer and Editorial Board member for numerous journals. He has been invited as Guest of Honour and speaker/faculty at numerous international meetings and has been awarded honorary fellowships for his contributions to the field of Colorectal Surgery.

Driven by a passion for serving patients with compassion and empathy, he has received multiple and consecutive Service Champion Awards for his dedication to patient care.

Research Interest
Benign and Malignant Colorectal Pathologies

Research Trial
EAST OF DAMASCUS: "Acute Colonic Diverticulitis Management in a Globalized World"

Publications

• ESCP EAGLE Safe Anastomosis Collaborative and NIHR Global Health Research Unit in Surgery. Evaluation of a quality improvement intervention to reduce anastomotic leak following right colectomy (EAGLE): pragmatic, batched stepped-wedge, cluster-randomized trial in 64 countries. Br J Surg. 2024 Jan 3;111(1).
  
• Chan KS, Lee DJK, Kok Y, Chen WW, Lim XC, Tan L, Ng P, Ip BWK, Mantoo SK, Feng J, Lee YZ, Heng GKE, Tan KY. A 10-year review on older patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery: surgeon-led geriatric service and good quality surgery are drivers of good outcomes. J Gastrointest Surg. 2024 Jan;28(1):40-46.
  
• Mantoo S, Mandovra P, Goh S. Using preoperative three-dimensional endoanal ultrasound to determine operative procedure in patients with perianal fistulas. Colorectal Dis. 2020 Jan 28. doi: 10.1111/codi.14993. [Epub ahead of print]