A surgeon who makes the hard conversations easier.
For more than twenty years, Dr Daniel Lee has cared for patients with colorectal and general surgical conditions, in public hospital leadership and now in private practice, with a steady focus on dignity, clarity and a gentler recovery.
“These are conditions people suffer with in silence for years. The first job is to make it easy to ask for help.”
Much of Dr Lee's work involves problems that patients find difficult to talk about, from bleeding and bowel changes to haemorrhoids, hernias and the worry of cancer. He believes the consultation should lower that anxiety, not add to it. Every patient is given time to understand what is happening and why a particular approach is being recommended.
His surgical preference is for minimally invasive techniques, chosen for the situation rather than for their own sake, so that recovery is calmer and the return to normal life is quicker. Where an open approach is genuinely safer, he will say so plainly.
- MD (University of Putra Malaysia), MMed Surgery (Singapore), MRCS and FRCS (Edinburgh), FAMS
- Colorectal fellowship at the John Goligher Unit, St James's University Hospital, Leeds
- Trauma surgery fellowship, The Royal London Hospital
- Former Head of Colorectal Surgery and Surgical Lead for Geriatric Surgery, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital
- Adjunct Senior Clinical Lecturer, NUS and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
- Twice awarded the Yishun Health Service Champion Award
He helped build how geriatric surgery is done.
As former Surgical Lead for Geriatric Surgery at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Dr Lee developed prehabilitation programmes that prepare older patients before an operation, introduced muscle-strength screening, and reshaped how surgical teams discuss options with families.
For an elderly parent, the right decision is rarely the most aggressive one. It is the one that weighs the operation against the person, their other conditions and the life they want afterwards.
Three things you can expect.
Find the cause first
Symptoms are investigated properly, usually starting with a conversation and the right scope or scan, so that any treatment is aimed at the real problem rather than the obvious one.
Clear options, your decision
You will hear what the options are, what each one involves, and what Dr Lee would recommend and why. Decisions are made together, in your time.
Recovery is part of the plan
Getting you home and back to normal life is considered from the first consultation, not treated as an afterthought once surgery is done.
If something has been worrying you, start here.
Send a message with a little about your concern. Dr Lee's team will reply and help you find a convenient time and location.