Dr Yap Hong Wan

Dr Yap Hong Wan is an Associate Consultant, Neuroradiology, at the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI). He has a keen interest in the diagnosis of brain and spinal conditions through advanced medical imaging. He also has special interests in endovascular treatment of brain aneurysms and hyperacute stroke in the field of neurointervention.

Dr Yap graduated from the Singhealth Radiology Residency Programme in 2026, where he served as the Chief Resident and received the RiSE Outstanding Resident Award and Inspiring Resident Educator award in 2025. He has also received the FRCR Gold Award for the top candidate for his FRCR Final part B examination in 2023.

• Fellowship of Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR, UK), 2023
• Master of Medicine (MMed, Diagnostic Radiology), National University of Singapore, 2023
• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS), Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, National University Singapore, 2018

• Member of Society of Neurovascular Intervention and Surgery (SNVIS)

• RiSE Outstanding Resident Award (2025)
• RiSE Inspiring Resident Educator Award (2025)
• RiSE Resident Committee Appreciation Award (2025)
• FRCR Gold Award (2023)

• Yap, H. W., Lam, J. J. H., & Teo, F. (2026). Clinics in diagnostic imaging (226). Singapore Medical Journal, 67(8), 529–534. https://doi.org/10.4103/singaporemedj.SMJ-2024-119
• Yap HW, Lee W, Krings T, Ti JP, Swaminathan SK, Han XJ, Kee TP. Roles of i-ED coils in endovascular treatment of cerebral aneurysms, arteriovenous shunts and cerebrospinal fluid-venous fistulas. J Neurointerv 2026;2:3.
• Yap, H.W., Chow, C.Y., Ong, B.H. and Mohideen, S.M.H. (2025) 'A Rare Case of Localized Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Mimicking an Anterior Mediastinal Mass', Journal of Radiology Case Reports, 19(8), pp. 1–9