Clin Asst Prof Yeung Po Man Baldwin

Dr Yeung is a Senior Consultant Surgeon and Head of the Department of Surgery at Sengkang General Hospital, where he also leads the Upper Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgery service. 

He holds professional fellowships with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, the Academy of Medicine Singapore, and the World Obesity Federation.

Dr Yeung graduated with First Class Honours from the University of Glasgow in 2006 and completed his specialist surgical training in the UK. He further advanced his clinical expertise through international fellowships in upper GI surgery and advanced endoscopy at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong, as well as upper GI cancer resection at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. 

Driven by a passion for medical innovation, he also earned a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde in 2015.

• BSc (Hons)
• MBChB (Hons)
• PhD
• FRCS (Edin)
• FRCS (Glasg)
  
• FAMS

• 2026            Fellow of Academy of Medicine, Singapore
• 2025            Executive Council Member of Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of Singapore (OMSSS)
• 2017             Fellow of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow)
• 2016             Member of IEEE
• 2015             Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh)
• 2008 - 2015 Member of Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh)
• 2012 - 2015 Member of EAES

• APDW 2018 Best Presentation Award: Roux en Y gastric bypass is associated with better short term cardiovascular risk reduction than sleeve gastrectomy in a multi-ethnic cohort, 2018

• RCSEd Ethicon Travel Grant, 2015
  
• Innovate UK Innovation Vouchers, 2015
  
• NHS Staff Bursary, 2013
  
• NHS Staff Bursary, 2012
  
• Tenovus Scotland Research Grant Principal Investigator, 2011
  
• NHS Staff Bursary, 2011
  
• MBChB Year 5 Distinction,2006
  
• Highly satisfactory in 8 out of 10 clinical rotations, Merit in 5 out of 7 student selected modules (Renal) medicine, Paediatric Cardiology, Neurology & Neurosurgery Head & Neck Anatomy, Lower Limb Anatomy, 2004 - 2006
  
• Wolfson Intercalated Award, 2003
  
• Distinction for MBChB Year 3, 2003
  
• Distinction for MBChB Year 2, 2002
  
• Governor General's Medal, Ontario, Canada, 2000
  

• Lim, C.H., Lim, C., Chue, K.M. et al. Systemic delivery of fluorophore-conjugated antibodies enables ex vivo fluorescence mapping of intestinal GLP-1 and GIP: a preclinical feasibility study. Sci Rep (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-69582-4
• Chue KM, Foo MY, Ong LW, Li JW, Tan NG, Tan JT, Kwan CK, Wong WK, Yeung BP. Endoscopic versus surgical myotomy for achalasia and its impact of future esophageal cancer incidence: a Markov analysis based on a systematic review and meta-analysis of literature. International Journal of Surgery. 2026 May 22:10-97
• Koh GE, Yap JW, Han TJ, Foo FJ, Kam JH, Man BY, Li JW, Kwan C, Koh FH. Computer-Assisted Detection (CADe) of colonic polyps during colonoscopy reduces cancer-related healthcare costs–a single Singaporean institution cost effectiveness analysis. International Journal of Surgery (London, England). 2026 Apr 20;112(6):12742
• Sarah Tham, Frederick H Koh, SKH Endoscopy, Eng-Kiong Teo, Cui-Li Lin, Fung-Joon Foo. Knowledge, perceptions and behaviours of endoscopists towards the use of artificial intelligence-aided colonoscopy. Surg Endosc 37, 7395–7400 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-023-10412-3
• Chin Hong Lim, Wei Min Chong, Samantha Su Hui Chee, Tiffany Jian Ying Lye, Zhen Jin Lee, Baldwin Po Man Yeung, Jin Lin Lin, Lester Wei Lin Ong, Alvin Kim Hock Eng, Eugene Kee Wee Lim, Weng Hoong Chan, Jeremy Tian Hui Tan.  Gastric Bypass Via Natural Orifice Trans-Luminal Endoscopic Surgical (NOTES) Approach: A Surviving Porcine Study.  Obesity Surgery. 2026;  35(11): 4701-4710.
• Yoshio Masuda, Kang Ler Fong, Danson Yeo, Charleen Yeo, Koy Min Chue, Said Bani Araba, Chiew Woon Lim, Baldwin Yeung, June Lee, Lin Jinlin, Claramae Chia, Matthew Ng, Kennedy Ng, Jens Samol, Daryl Chia, Jun Liang Teh, Raghav Sundar, Wei-Peng Yong, Lyn Tan Hon, Kei Muro, Florian Lordick, Zev Wainburg, Bo Chuan Tan, Guowei Kim, Koichi Suda, Simon Law, Takeshi Sano, Ramesh Gurunathan, Philip Chiu, Emile Woo, Cuong Duong, Han-Kwang Yang, Vo Duy Long, Hyung Ho Kim, Han Alexander Mahendren, Hyuk Joon Lee, Masanori Terashima, Inian Samarasam, Takuji Gotoda, Reis Liew, Asim Shabbir, Myint Oo Aung, Edward Cheong, Jimmy So, Jeremy Tan.  Asia-Pacific Gastroesophageeal Cancer Congress (APGCC) 2024 Consensus Statement in Stage 2/3 Locally Advanced Gastric and Siewert 3 Junctional Adenocarcinoma.  Gastric Cancer.   J Gastroenterol 60, 1079–1090 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00535-025-02266-4
• Koy Min Chue, Douglass BR, Ong LWL, Tan JTH, Teh JGX, Putera M, Kwan CKW, Wong WK, Yeung BPM.  Maximising oral intake tolerance in malignant gastric outlet obstruction – a Markov decision tree analysis comparing duodenal stenting, endoscopic ultrasound-guided gastroenterostomy and surgical gastrojejunostomy.  Internal Journal of Surgery.  Int J Surg. 2025 Apr 1;111(4):3006-3019. doi: 10.1097/JS9.0000000000002303. PMID: 39998501; PMCID: PMC12175803.
• Koy Min Chue, Tousif Kabir, Choon Chieh Tan, Jeremy Tian Hui Tan, Juinn Huar Kam, Wai Keong Wong, Huiwen Chua, Alvin Yong Hui Tan, Lester Ong, Faith Qi Hui Leong, Frederick Hong Xiang Koh, Baldwin Po Man Yeung.  Laparoscopic versus Open Mesh Repairs for Small-Sized Ventral and Incisional Hernias – A Propensity Score Analysis of a Retrospective Cohort of Patients.  Surgery, Volume 176, Issue 5, 2024, Pages 1424-1432, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2024.07.043.
• Chue KM, Toh BC, Ong LWL, Kariyawasam GM, Wong WK, Lim CH, Tan JTH, Yeung BPM. Rationale and Trial Protocol for a Double-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial to assess the Impact of a Concomitant Crural Repair during Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in Patients with a Lax Gastroesophageal Junction without Frank Hiatal Hernia (REPAIR trial protocol). Eur Surg Res. 2024 Feb 27. Doi: 10.1159/000538043. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38412840. JIF
• Chue KM, Lim JRJH, Ong LWL, Toh BC, Ng YK, Tan JTH, Lim CH, Wong WK, Kwan CKW, Yeung BPM. Obesity Impacts the Likelihood of Symptom Resolution in Patients with Esophagogastric Junction Outflow Obstruction. Dysphagia. 2024 Dec 4. Doi: 10.1007/s00455-024-10792-1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39630272.

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