Background
Seow, Francis Choen was born on May 6, 1957 in Singapore. Son of Hong Teng Seow and Lay Keng Kong.
Seow, Francis Choen was born on May 6, 1957 in Singapore. Son of Hong Teng Seow and Lay Keng Kong.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, National University Singapore, 1981. FRCSEdin, Royal College Surgeons Edinburgh, 1987. FAMS, Academy Medicine, Singapore, 1991.
House surgeon Ministry Of Health, Singapore, 1981—1982. Medical officer Ministry Of Defense, Singapore, 1982—1984. Registrar in surgery Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, 1987—1989, registrar in colorectal surgery Singapore, 1989, head and senior consultant Singapore, 1989—1990, senior registrar Singapore, 1989—1992, senior registrar coloproctomy Singapore, 1989—1992, consultant surgeon Singapore, 1989—1992.
Director Endoscopy Centre, Singapore, 1990—1994. Head senior consultant Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, 1992—1995. Research fellow St Mark's Hospital, London, 1996.
Director surgical oncology National Cancer Centre, Singapore, 1998. External examiner College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan, 2000. Director Seow-Choen Colorectal Centre Private Ltd., Singapore, since 2004.
Honorary consultant St Andrew’s Mission Hospital, Singapore, 2006. Medical relief for aceh tsunami City Harvest Community Services, Singspore, Indonesia, 2006—2006. Honorary consultant Changhua Christian Hospital, Taiwan, 2001.
Volunteer aftercare officer Singapore Anti Narcotics Association, 1977—1979. Honorary veterinary consultant Singapore Zoological Gardens, 2000—2004. Medical relief City Harvest Community Services, Indonesia, 2006.
Member of British Journal of Surgery (United Kingdom) (correspondent), Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia (honorary. Honorary life member 1999), Royal Austrasian College of Surgeons (honorary).
Married Ching Peng Siow, May 28, 1983. Children: Samuel An, Olivia Wen, Isaac En.