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Specialist in Cancer, Incontinence & Robotic Surgery

a) Current Position
Dr Chin Chong Min is a Senior Consultant Urologist with 18 years experience and is based at Mt Elizabeth Hospital. He is also Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at the National University of Singapore and Visiting Consultant to the Department of Urology at National University Hospital.

b) Qualifications
DDr Chin graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1986. In 1991, he obtained his surgery fellowship from the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Glasgow (FRCSG), Edinburgh (FRCSE) as well as Masters of Medicine (MMed) degree from NUS. His urology training included a year at Bristol Urological Institute (BUI) in the United Kingdom (1996-1997), where he majored in oncology, incontinence and urodynamics.

c) Expertise
Dr Chin is renowned for his surgical expertise in urinary cancers, i.e. kidney, bladder, prostate and testis. He is one of the uro-oncologists accredited to perform laparoscopic and robotic surgery. His training includes a residency program in robotic urology in the United States at the University of California, Irvine in 2005. He has been involved in more than 250 robotic radical prostatectomy surgeries at both Mt Elizabeth (MEH) and National University Hospital (NUH). He performed the first robotic prostatectomy at NUH and the first robotic partial nephrectomy and the first robotic radical cystectomy at MEH. His expertise in robotic surgery is featured in the media, from newspapers to magazines and television, both local and foreign. He also appeared on Channel News Asia in April 2011 describing and demonstrating robotic prostate surgery. He has developed his own techniques in robotic surgery and even presented his videos at the 27th European Association of Urology Congress in Paris in February 2012.

His other area of expertise is in bladder disorders, i.e. bladder dysfunction, urinary incontinence. He has collaborated in many research projects on bladder dysfunction, ranging from clinical to pharmacological trials, epidemiological surveys and animal experimentation. He is author of the 2nd edition of Clinical Handbook on Management of Incontinence (2001) and chairman of the committee which drafted the Clinical Practice Guidelines on 'Management of Urinary Incontinence' (2008). In the field of female urology, he is one of the first urologists to perform Tension-free Vaginal Tape (TVT) surgery, a minimally-invasive procedure for correcting stress incontinence in women. He has done about 100 TVT cases since 1999, and is a designated preceptor to teach TVT surgery.

In the minimal-invasive management of urinary stones, he is qualified to perform percutaneous nephrolithotripsy (PCNL) and laser endoscopy.

d) Academia
Dr Chin's publications include 23 peer-reviewed papers, 5 book chapters, and a book on Urinary Incontinence. He has presented his research and clinical work at various international congresses and lectured in many countries, including Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Russia. He is also a reviewer for the medical journal, Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore.

An active member of the Singapore Urological Association, he held the positions of Vice-President (2007-2008), Honorary Treasurer (2003-2004), Chairman of the Incontinence Subcommittee (2001-2008) and Research Subcommittee (2004-2006). Over the years, he has organized some 10 scientific meetings and workshops, and public education events like prostate awareness week, continence day, and men's health symposiums.

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