Asst Prof Sharmini Su Sivarajah

Dr Sharmini joined Sengkang General Hospital in February 2017 as an Associate Consultant in the Department of Surgery, subspecialising in Colorectal Surgery. She completed both her primary and secondary schooling in Malaysia until she was awarded a full scholarship by Bosworth Tutorial College, UK to complete her A-Levels studies in Northampton, UK. She also succeeded in achieving a full scholarship from the Malaysian Government to complete her MBChB degree from the University of Edinburgh Medical School, UK in 2005 and was accepted for specialty training by the West of Scotland Deanery, UK of which she achieved her Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) specialising in colorectal surgery in 2015. She was then awarded the 'John Goliger Fellowship' at the St James University Hospital, Leeds for 15 months where she was provided with comprehensive exposure to clinical, technological aspects of modern and advanced colorectal surgery including minimally-invasive and robotic surgery. During her fellowship, she gained valuable experience on the full complement of pelvic floor services which included sacral nerve stimulation, anterior sphincter repair, robotic rectopexy and the application of the FENIX device. 

Besides, Dr Sharmini did her thesis on 'Outcome of Patients with soft tissue tumours of the abdomen and pelvis' and obtained her MD awarded by the University of Glasgow in 2017.

Dr Sharmini also has an interest in clinical education where she has organised regular clinical bedside sessions, interactive discussions as well as participated in the running of various surgical courses and conferences for both the undergraduate and postgraduate students. She was also involved in managing the Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) for the final year medical exams.

• MBChB (Edin)
• FRCS (Edin)
  

• ​Associate Consultant, Department of General Surgery, Sengkang General Hospital
  
• Member of the Society of Colorectal Surgeons, Singapore
  
• Member of the Society of Continence, Singapore
  

• Wellcome Trust Elective Prize, 2004
  
• Distinction for Locomotor Module, Edinburgh University, 2003
  
• Full scholarship awarded for Medical Degree, Malaysia Government, 2000 - 2005
  
• Full scholarship awarded for A-level, Bosworth Tutorial College, Northampton, 2000
  

• 'Complications of colonic disease and their management'.  S. Su Sivarajah, Prof D Jayne. St James University Hospital, Leeds. Submitted and Accepted for The ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery (May 2017).
  
• 'Acute stridor: an unusual of achalasia'.  A Kamalasanan, S. Su Sivarajah, C. McGowan, P. Witherspoon. Southern General Hospital, Glasgow. Submitted and Published as a Minerva BMJ (April 2013).
  
• 'Incarcerated diaphragmatic hernia as a cause of acute abdomen'.  H Koh, S Sivarajah, D Anderson, C Wilson. Victoria Infirmary Hospital, Glasgow. Submitted and Published at the Journal of Surgical Case Reports (October 2012).
  
• 'Causes and Assessment of Stress in Consultant General Surgery'.  S. Su Sivarajah, D. Collins, S. Paterson-Brown. Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, Scotland. Submitted and Published as a Rapid Response to the BMJ (January 2007).