Dr Shirley Bang
Clinical Interests
- Female urology
- Bladder functional disorders
- Neuro-urology
- Reconstructive urology
- Urinary incontinence
- Urodynamics
Appointments: +65 6738 1838
Email: enquiry@urology.com.sg
MB,ChB (New Zealand), MRCS (Edinburgh), M Med (Surgery), FAMS (Urology)
Dr Shirley Bang is a Singapore Medical Council certified Urological specialist
Overview
ABOUT Dr Shirley Bang
Dr Shirley Bang is a Singapore Medical Council Certified Urological specialist and is one of the few female urologists in the country. Prior to her current practice, she was a full-time Consultant at Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
Dr Shirley’s subspeciality interest is in the treatment of urinary incontinence, overactive bladder syndrome (OAB), and neurogenic bladder as well as functional and reconstructive surgery of the urinary system. She also has an interest in bladder rehabilitation for post-stroke, post-brain surgery and trauma patients.
In view of Dr Shirley’s experience as an expert female urologist in Singapore, she has been invited to present at several local and regional conferences, such as the Urological Association of Asia Congress and Singapore Urofair. She is also actively involved in organising talks and courses, including GP forums, Singapore Continence Week and the Incontinence and Reconstructive Surgery Masterclass as part of the Singapore Urofair conference. She is a core faculty member of the National Healthcare Group (NHG) Urology Residency Programme and also a clinical tutor for both the NTU-Lee Kong Chian and NUS-Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.
As part of Dr Shirley’s drive for quality improvement and patient safety, she was part of the team that won the first prize for the project entitled ‘The Urology Time-Out Script Trial’ at the 8th National Healthcare Quality Improvement Competition in 2011. This project was subsequently presented at the International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQua) conference in Geneva in 2012. She has also completed a hospital quality improvement project, leading a team to improve hospital processes.
Dr Shirley Bang’s wish, as one of the most experienced female urologists in Singapore, is to provide her patients with the best possible up-to-date treatment with good outcomes while providing cost-effective and patient-centred care at the same time. At present, Dr Shirley is the only female urologist at Advanced Urology and has gathered a lot of experience handling numerous patients with urological conditions over the years.
- English
- Cantonese
- Malay
- Mandarin
- Core Faculty Member of the National Healthcare Group Urology Residency Programme
- Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2009
- Fellow of the Academy of Medicine (FAMS), Urology, Singapore, 2014
Male Urinary Incontinence Procedures
- Male slings
- Artificial urinary sphincters
Female Urinary Incontinence Procedures
- Tension-free vaginal tapes (TVT)
- Trans-obturator tapes (TOT)
- Autologous slings (for patients who have failed first-line incontinence treatment or who are at high risk for tape erosions)
- Transvaginal laser therapy for urinary incontinence
- Single-incision vaginal tape
Overactive Bladder Syndrome (OAB) and Neurogenic Bladder
- Intravesical injection
- Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation (PTNS)
- Bladder augmentation
Dr Shirley also performs general and oncological urological procedures. These include endoscopic surgery for stone diseases, minimally invasive surgery for urological cancers and treatment of benign prostatic conditions.
Dr Shirley obtained her medical degree (MBChB) from the University of Auckland in 2004. She subsequently obtained her Membership to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (MRCS) in 2009 and her Master of Medicine in Surgery (MMed) in 2010. She obtained her specialist accreditation as a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Singapore (FAMS-Urology) in 2014.
Dr Shirley did her subspeciality fellowship in three hospitals — the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham Women’s Hospital and Russells Hall Hospital in the United Kingdom. During her fellowship year, she performed complex incontinence and reconstructive surgeries for both male and female patients under the guidance of Dr Mohammed Belal, Dr Almallah Zaki, Dr Pallavi Latthe and Dr Paul Anderson. She also ran a twice–weekly Urodynamics and Video Urodynamics clinic during her fellowship.
During her time at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, she ran a busy tertiary practice and managed both simple and complex urological cases on a daily basis. She is one of only two urologists who runs a weekly Urodynamics and Video Urodynamics session in the hospital. She was instrumental in introducing Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation (PTNS) to the hospital in 2018. PTNS is an effective treatment for overactive bladder (OAB), particularly in patients who do not respond well to medical therapy. In addition to her hospital duties, she runs a twice–monthly combined Urology-Rehab clinic at Ang Mo Kio Thye Hua Kwan Hospital for patients with neurogenic bladder after a stroke or significant trauma. In addition to her daily clinical duties, she also mentors the Prostate Cancer Survival Support Group at Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
Dr Shirley sits on the Executive Committee of the Singapore Society for Continence. She has also authored research papers published in respected urological journals. Some of the published papers include:
- Autologous pubovaginal slings: back to the future or a lost art? Bang SL, Belal M. Res Rep Urol. 2016 Jan 18;8:11-20.
- Post Prostatectomy Bladder Neck Contracture With Concomitant Urinary Incontinence. Our Experience and Recommendations. Bang SL, Yallappa S, Dalal F, Almallah YZ. Curr Urol. 2017 April; 10(1): 32-39.
- The Impact of Post-radical Prostatectomy Urinary Incontinence on Sexual and Orgasmic Well-being of Patients. Bang SL, Almallah YZ. Urology. 2016 Mar; 89:1-5.
- Artificial urinary sphincters for treating postprostatectomy incontinence: A contemporary experience from the UK. Serag H, Bang SL, Almallah YZ.
- Res Rep Urol. 2018 June 10; 63-68.
- Developing technical expertise in robot assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy in a moderate-volume centre through a proctor-based team approach. Bang SL, Png KS, Yeow YY et al. J Robotic Surg. April 2014.
- First case of powered stapler malfunction during laparoscopic nephrectomy. Bang SL, Yeow YY, Png KS. Case Reports Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons. 2014
- Upper limb ischaemia – a single centre experience. Bang SL, Nalachandran S. Ann Acad Med Singapore.2009 Oct; 38(10):891-3.
- Hepatic enzymes have a role in the diagnosis of hepatic injury after blunt abdominal trauma. Tan KK, Bang SL, Vijayan A, Chiu MT. Injury. 2009 Sep; 40(9):978-83.
- Surgery for Small Bowel Perforation in an Asian Population: Predictors of Morbidity and Mortality. Tan KK, Bang SL, Sim R. J Gastrointest Surg. 2010 Mar;14(3):493-9.