Surgery scientists, a specialized group within the medical and research community, play a pivotal role in advancing surgical practices and patient outcomes through rigorous scientific inquiry and innovative methodologies. These professionals are at the forefront of developing, testing, and implementing new surgical techniques, instruments, and technologies that enhance the precision, safety, and efficacy of surgical procedures. The field of surgical science is inherently multidisciplinary, drawing upon principles from biomedical engineering, materials science, pharmacology, and physiology to address complex surgical challenges.
This integrative approach enables surgery scientists to not only improve existing procedures but also to pioneer entirely new surgical paradigms. Recent advancements in surgical science have been driven by the advent of minimally invasive techniques, robotic surgery, and personalized medicine. These innovations have significantly reduced recovery times, minimized surgical risks, and tailored interventions to individual patient needs. Moreover, the incorporation of data analytics and artificial intelligence into surgical planning and execution has opened new avenues for precision surgery, allowing for real-time decision-making and enhanced surgical outcomes.
As the global burden of surgical diseases continues to rise, the role of surgery scientists becomes increasingly critical. Their research endeavors are essential in addressing the disparities in surgical care across different populations and regions, ensuring that cutting-edge surgical innovations are accessible and equitable. This research writeup delves into the current landscape of surgical science, highlighting key advancements, ongoing challenges, and future directions. By exploring the contributions of surgery scientists to the broader medical field, we aim to underscore the importance of their work in improving patient care and shaping the future of surgery.
Dedrick Chan
Wang Jiongwei
Alfredo Franco-Obregon
Glenn Kunnath Bonney
Edmund Chiong
Gan Shu Uin
Phan Toan Thang
Theodoros Kofidis
Vitaly Sorokin
Ratha Mahendran
Shabbir Moochhala
Mervyn
Lim Jun Rui
Jimmy So Bok Yan
Asim Shabbir
Tan Ker Kan
Mikael Hartman
Included under the umbrella of University Surgical Cluster, some key research areas and strengths are the generation of minimal invasive endoscopic tools and related intellectual properties. We manufacture biosensors, flow sensors, less invasive surgical retractors and scopes. We also develop methodology to make heart and vascular surgery, more efficient and safer. In the colorectal field, we strive to improve the outcome in colorectal diseases by promoting minimal invasive surgical routes, targeting benign, anorectal disease as well as colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer, pelvic floor disorders are further priorities, moreover, we use stem cells to address gastric cancer and discover biomarkers for locally advanced gastric cancer. We use Genomic- guided chemotherapy for gastric cancer patients who are at good risks and to address diabetes mellitus and obesity, we explore new Endoluminal Device for Duodenal exclusion for better control in the treatment of Type II diabetes and obesity In Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, we pursue scaffold technologies, adult stem cells for tissue regeneration as well as the usage of bio-imaging to better understand pathology & patho-physiology e.g. in facial trauma.
All surgical developments have to aim at reducing patient burden, pain and surgical trauma, to distribute high standards of care to wide masses of the population in the region and the world. Without research and investment in research projects, without research infrastructure and academic commitment, medicine and surgery stagnate. Progress is eliminated. However, diseases spread and change within evolving megatrends, as countries become more industrialized, lifestyle changes and people become older. New pandemics emerge. Without research and innovative surgical therapies many organs, organ systems, human lives cannot be salvaged. It is our vocation, in alignment with the most primary principles of health care, to lead the way to the future with research, teaching and innovation, and hopefully turn scientific concepts of today to useful therapies tomorrow.
The Wang Lab
A multidisciplinary team working on translational research in cardio-metabolic diseases: to discover pathogenic mechanisms, to identify novel therapeutic targets, and to create viable nanomedicines for targeted therapy, with a focus on the heart, the liver, and the gut.
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Our team has been working on cardio-metabolic diseases, cardiac immunology, extracellular vesicles and nanomedicine. Our laboratory is working with various established pre-clinical animal models of human disease, including myocardial infarction, ischemia reperfusion injury, pressure overload, diet-induced heart failure), atherosclerosis and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The newly established NANONASH research program aims to tap unto brilliant and young scientists to develop new and effective nanomedicine-based therapies for the treatment of fatty liver disease. Our group also works on new nanomaterials and drug delivery systems (carrying small molecules, nucleic acids, RNAs etc) for translational research in cardiovascular disease, fatty liver disease and gut related disease. Our nanomedicine laboratory, the Centre for NanoMedicine, provides state-of-the-art technology to enable such research and expand the applications of nanomedicine for unmet clinical needs.
BICEPS Laboratory
Developing targeted Magnetic Mitohormesis strategies to improve human health, longevity and physical performance.
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Wound Healing and Stem Cell Research Lab
Research and development of novel and affordable biological products for better treatment of non-healing wounds as resulted of aged related diseases
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