Dr James (Chi Yong) Ngu is a senior consultant colorectal surgeon in the Department of Surgery at Changi General Hospital. He serves as the Director of the Colorectal Service and Co-Director of the Advanced Surgical Centre and specialises in robotic and minimally-invasive colorectal surgery. Dr Ngu is a Founding Board Member of the Robotic Surgery Society of Singapore and he has been an invited speaker at international colorectal conferences. He is also a clinical instructor at Advanced Minimally-invasive Colorectal Surgery Workshops in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, India, Philippines, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Dr Ngu believes in providing quality healthcare with continued implementation of quality-improvement initiatives and he is an advocate of bedside manners and good physician-patient communication.