Clin Asst Prof Leong Kah Lai Carrie

About

Dr. Carrie Kah-Lai Leong is a senior consultant respiratory physician, interventional pulmonologist and intensivist. She completed her Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship at Duke University Medical Center, USA. She is clinical assistant professor at Singhealth Duke-NUS Lung Center, Singapore, and a Task Force member of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR). 

Her clinical and research interests include interventional pulmonology, pleural disease as well as in-hospital cardiac arrest. She has been invited to speak at international, regional and local conferences and workshops.

Education and Training

• 2018 Specialist Accreditation in Intensive Care Medicine, Singapore
  
• 2017 Specialist Accreditation in Respiratory Medicine, Singapore
  
• 2012 Member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP), United Kingdom
  
• 2012 Masters of Medicine (Internal Medicine), National University of Singapore
  
• 2008 Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS), National University of Singapore
  

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

1. ​Co-Chairperson: SGH Campus Code Blue Committee
2. Task Force Member: International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR)
   

Awards

1. COVID-19 Commendation Medal: 2022
2. Journal of Thoracic Disease Outstanding Authors of the Year: 2022 
3. National Healthcare Innovation and Productivity: Care Redesign Best Practice Medal: 2021
4. Singapore General Hospital Quality Convention: Best Project of the Year: 2020
5. Innovation & Quality Circle (IQC) Assessment: Star Award: 2019
6. Singapore Healthcare Management Conference: First Prize: 2019
7. SingHealth and SGH Long Service Award: 10 years: 2019
8. SingHealth Duke-NUS Surgical & Anaesthesia Congress: Best Poster Presentation: 2019
9. SingHealth Family Target Zero Harm Award - Team Award: 2019
10. Singhealth Quality Service Awards: Silver Award: 2018
11. Singhealth Outstanding Resident Award: 2016
12. Singhealth Best Resident Award: 2012

Publications

1. Toh TW, Goh JHF, Lie SA, Leong CKL, Hwang NC. Clinical Approach to Massive Hemoptysis: Perioperative Focus on Causes and Management. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2024 Jun 5:S1053-0770(24)00374-4.
   
2. Ken Junyang Goh, Carrie Kah-Lai Leong, Si Ling Young, Brian Lee Wei Chua, Jane Jing Yi Wong, Ivana Gilcrist Chiew Sian Phua, Wen Ting Lim, Devanand Anantham1, Qiao Li Tan. Diagnostic value and safety of medical thoracoscopy in undiagnosed pleural effusions—a prospective observational cohort study. Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 16, No 5 (May 31, 2024): Journal of Thoracic Disease
   
3. Kah-Lai Leong C, Hui Li T, Yi Hao Ching E, Jong-Chie Claudia T. Improving Response Time and Survival in ward based In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Quality Improvement Initiative. Resuscitation. 2024 Feb 6:110134
   
4. Tien JC, Ching YHE, Tan HL, Lee JJ, Leong KLC. Outcomes of in-hospital cardiac arrests during and after office hours in a single tertiary centre in Singapore. Singapore Med J. 2024 Feb 23. doi: 10.4103/singaporemedj.SMJ-2021-470.
   
5. Gan EM, Leong CK. A novel case of simultaneous tracheal stenting and endobronchial valve (EBV) deployment for tracheal stenosis and persistent air leak guided by an endobronchial collateral ventilation assessment system and digital chest drain in malignant esophageal carcinoma. Respirol Case Rep. 2024 Oct 14;12(10):e70041.
   
6. Goh KJ, Chew WM, Ong JCL, Leong CK, Mohamed Noor IB, Anantham D, Hui LYS, Choong MCM, Liew CJY, Gutierrez MT, Wong JJY, Phua IGCS, Lim WT, Tan QL. A Retrospective Cohort Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Sequential versus Concurrent Intrapleural Instillation of Tissue Plasminogen Activator and DNase for Pleural Infection. Pulm Med. 2023 Dec 18;2023:6340851.
   
7. Nallamothu BK, Greif R, Anderson T, Atiq H, Couto TB, Considine J, De Caen AR, Djärv T, Doll A, Douma MJ, Edelson DP, Xu F, Finn JC, Firestone G, Girotra S, Lauridsen KG, Leong CK, Lim SH, Morley PT, Morrison LJ, Moskowitz A, Mullasari Sankardas A, Mohamed MTM, Myburgh MC, Nadkarni VM, Neumar RW, Nolan JP, Athieno Odakha J, Olasveengen TM, Orosz J, Perkins GD, Previdi JK, Vaillancourt C, Montgomery WH, Sasson C, Chan PS; International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation. Ten Steps Toward Improving In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Quality of Care and Outcomes. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2023 Nov;16(11):e010491.
   
8. Leong CK, Foo AZX, Goh KJ, Hsu AAL, Ho AR, Ng MCH, Anantham D, Lee P. Airway interventions for tracheobronchial involvement in esophageal carcinoma: a retrospective cohort outcome study and algorithmic approach. J Thorac Dis. 2022 Jul;14(7):2565-2578.
   
9. Chai HZ, Teo CWS, Ng LS, Hui SLY, Sewa DW, Phua GC, Wong J, Leong CKL, Goh KJ. Rapid training of non-intensivists using an online critical care course during COVID-19. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2021 Jun;50(6):503-507.
   
10. Siew Hui Koh M, Hui SLY, Goh KJ, Leong CK-L. Coronavirus disease 2019: Challenges and practical solutions in the intensive care unit. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare. July 2020.
    
11. Ken Junyang Goh, Jolin Wong, Jong-Chie Claudia Tien, Shin Yi Ng, Sewa Duu Wen, Ghee Chee Phua, Carrie Kah-Lai Leong. Preparing your intensive care unit for the COVID-19 pandemic: practical considerations and strategies. Crit Care. 2020;24(1):215.
    
12. Chang HC, Teh KL, Leong KL, Mak SL, Karim SA. Clinical evaluation of arthroscopic-assisted allograft meniscal transplantation. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2008 Apr; 37(4):266-72.
    
13. Leong C, Ngeow J, Tan I, Quek R, Tao M, Loh Y, Tan HC, Lim ST. Second hematologic malignancies after ABVD: Two case reports and a retrospective study of 183 Hodgkin lymphoma patients.