Dr Sandra Lau Jia Yi

Dr Sandra Lau is an associate consultant with the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Singapore General Hospital. She obtained her MBBS from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore in 2016 and later obtained her MRCP(UK) and Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine) in 2018. She completed her specialist training in Rehabilitation Medicine in 2024. Her clinical and research interests are in spinal cord injury and general rehabilitation.

• NHG Rehabilitation Medicine Senior Residency, 2020-2024
• Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine), National University of Singapore, Sept 2018
• NHG Internal Medicine Junior Residency, 2016-2019
• MBBS, National University of Singapore, 2016

• Member, Society of Rehabilitation Medicine (Singapore), 2024-present
• Member, Royal College of Physicians (UK), June 2018

• Lau, J, Bang, D, Tan, Y, Tan, P & Chen, J. (2025). The role of diagnostic nerve blocks in guiding spasticity management - application, efficacy and safety: A scoping review. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Advance on-line publication. https://journals.lww.com/ajpmr/abstract/9900/the_role_of_diagnostic_nerve_blocks_in_guiding.808.aspx
• Lau, J. Y. S., Gerald Sng, G. R., Cao, R., & Chen, J. (2025). A comparative study of ChatGPT and DeepSeek in spinal cord injury patient education: Can artificial intelligence “speak” spinal cord injury? The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 1–6. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10790268.2025.2554013
• Lau, J. Y. S., Hang, P. Z., Lijia, W., & Jing, C. (2025). Effective management of orthostatic hypotension in a patient with complete spinal cord injury using a portable transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation device: A case report. The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 1–5. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10790268.2025.2496566