Clin Assoc Prof Eileen Lew

About

A/Prof Eileen Lew graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1996 and completed her training in Anaesthesiology in 2004. She completed her fellowship in Perioperative Medicine at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, USA in 2003. Since 2004, A/Prof Lew has been practising at the Department of Women’s Anaesthesia, assuming headship from 2012 to 2017, while serving as Chair of Hospital Transfusion Committee (2010-2019). Her current appointments include Chair of Division of Clinical Support Services, Campus Director of Medical Innovation and Care Transformation and Institution Wellness Officer at KKH. Apart from clinical duties, A/Prof Lew is also committed to the teaching of undergraduates and postgraduates. Her current research interests include mobile health technologies, Patient Blood Management in obstetrics and defining the learning curve of obstetric neuraxial blocks in junior residents.

Education and Training

• MMED Anaesthesiology (Singapore) 2001
• MBBS National University of Singapore 1996

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

• Chairman, Division of Clinical Support Services, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital
• Institutional Wellness Officer, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital
• Campus Director, Medical Innovation and Care Transformation, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital
• Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS
• Senior Consultant, Department of Women’s Anaesthesia, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital
• Member, Disciplinary Tribunal, Singapore Medical Council, 2016-2018
• Member, SingHealth Centralised Institutional Research Board A, since 2017
• Member, Master of Medicine Examination Committee, Graduate Medical School NUS, since 2016
• Member, Complaints Panel, Singapore Medical Council, 2012-2014
• Chairman, Hospital Transfusion Committee, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, since 2010
• Clinical Core Faculty, SingHealth Anaesthesiology Residency Program, since 2011
• Member, Clinical Competence Committee, SingHealth Anaesthesiology Residency Program, since 2011
• Member, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, since 2005
• Reviewer, local and regional medical journals, since 2008

Awards

• National Day Awards – Long Service Medal, 2022
• Publication Award (Medical Education): Academic Day, 2021
• 1st Runner-up Abstract (Medical Education): Academic Day, 2019
• Singapore Medical Journal Reviewer Recognition Award for reviewing with Distinction: 2017
• SingHealth 20 year Long Service Award : 2017
• SingHealth Game-Changer Award : 2017
• Singapore Health Quality Service Award: 2016
• SingHealth Outstanding Faculty RiSE Award : 2015
  KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital 10 year Long Service Award: 2007
• Excellent Service Award (Gold) : 2006

Research Interests

• Computerized preanaesthesia health screening to improve patient outcomes
• Modes of epidural labour analgesia
• The learning curve of anaesthesiology residents in acquiring epidural skills
• Patient blood management in pregnancy
  

Research Trials

• Redesigning pre-surgery patient journeys with telehealth, 2021-2023
• Use of Pre-Anaesthesia Computerized Health (PATCH) assessment to improve perioperative outcomes, 2018-2020
• Validation of the minimum case experience in obstetric combined spinal- epidural procedure required to achieve competency in junior anaesthesia residents, 2017 – 2019
• To achieve 50% reduction in allogenic red cell transfusion in postpartum haemorrhage by implementing an obstetric cell salvage service, 2011-2013

Publications

• Patients’ and caregivers’ attitudes towards video consultation during the COVID-19 pandemic. E Lew, JA Koh, JC Teo, D Ow, S Oh, KC Ng. Journal of Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality: Aug 2022
• Improving hand hygiene performance: exploring the use of computer vision in outpatient clinics. JC Teo, E Lew, TW Yeoh, PS Booij, CY Chong, AP Loh, C Ong, W Tjhi, DF de Korne. Journal of Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality: Aug 2022
• Assessment of inter-rater agreement of the American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classification system in a tertiary women’s hospital: An observation study. T Osman, E Lew, BL Sng, J Car. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2022; 39:787-788
• Obstetric red cell transfusion in a high-volume tertiary hospital: a retrospective cohort study. E Lew, K Lional, S Tagore. Singapore Med J. 2022 June 24. doi: 10.11622/smej.2022082.
• Challenges and innovations in undergraduate medical education during the COVID-19 pandemic – A systemic review. CJ Tan, C Cai, F Ithnin, E Lew. The Asia Pacific Scholar 2022;7:1-9.
• Delphi Consensus on American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Physical Status Classification in an Asian Tertiary Women’s Hospital. T Osman, E Lew, BL Sng, R Dabas, K Griva, J Car. Korean J Anesthesiol. 2021 Dec 16. doi: 10.4097/kja.21426. Epub ahead of print. JIF 1.936.
• Management of maternal resuscitation and category-1 caesarean delivery in a Covid-19 suspect parturient. TT Oh, E Lew, BL Sng. J Clin Anesth 2020 May 23;66:109909.
• PreAnaesThesia Computerized Health (PATCH) assessment: development and validation. T Osman, E Lew, E Lum, L van Galen, R Dabas, BL Sng, J Car. BMC Anesthesiol. 2020 Nov 14;20(1):286.
• Effect of PreAnaesThesia Computerized Health (PATCH) assessment on duration of nurse-patient consultation and patient experience: a pilot trial. T Osman, E Lew, E Lum, J Chew, R Dabas, BL Sng, J Car. Int. J Environ, Res, Public Health. 2020; 17, 4972.
• Determining competence in performing obstetric combined spinal-epidural procedures in junior anesthesiology residents: results from the cumulative sum analysis. E Lew, JC Allen, RWL Goy, F Ithnin, BL Sng. Int J Obstet Anesth 2020; Nov; 44 :33-39.
• Considerations and strategies in the organisation of obstetric anaesthesia care during the 2019 COVID-19 outbreak in Singapore. JSE Lee, RWL Goy, BL Sng, E Lew. Int J Obstet Anaesth 2020 Aug;43:114-117.
• Difficult and failed intubation in caesarean general anaesthesia: a 4-year retrospective review. YL Lee, ML Lim, WL Leong, E Lew. Singapore Med J 2020 Aug 17.
• Exploring the challenges of task-centred training in obstetric anaesthesia in the operating theatre environment. RWL Goy, F Ithnin, E Lew, BL Sng. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2019 Aug;39:88-94.
• A preliminary assessment of the LMA ProtectorTM in non-paralysed patients. BL Sng, F Ithnin, D Mathur, E Lew, NR Han, AT Sia. BMC Anesthesiology 2017;17:26.
• Nine-year audit of post-dural puncture headache in a tertiary obstetric hospital in Singapore. JC Tien, MJ Lim, WL Leong, E Lew. Int J Obstet Anesth 2016; 28:34-38.
• A national common massive transfusion protocol (MTP) is a feasible and advantageous option for centralized blood services and hospitals. J Chay, M Koh, HH Tan, J Ng, HJ Ng, N Chia, P Kuperan, J Tan, E Lew, LK Tan, PL Koh, KA Desouza, S Bin Mohd Fathil, PM Kyaw, AL Ang. Vox Sang. 2015 Jul 14. doi: 10.1111/vox.12311
• Introducing an obstetric cell salvage service in a tertiary obstetric hospital. E Lew, S Tagore. Singapore Med J 2015;56(8):1-5.
• Obstetric haemorrhage – can we do better? SM Cheng, E Lew. Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tacc.2014.04.00
• Failure of augmentation of labor epidural analgesia for intrapartum cesarean delivery: a retrospective review. S Lee, E Lew, Y Lim, AT Sia. Anesth Analg 2009;108:252-254.
• Advances in neuraxial blocks for labor analgesia: new techniques, new systems. W Fun, E Lew, AT Sia. Minerva Anestesiol 2008;74:77-85
• General anesthesia for cesarean section in a Singapore maternity hospital: a retrospective survey. RK Kan, E Lew, SW Yeo, E Thomas. Int J Obstet Anesth 2004;13:221-6.
• Outpatient preanaesthesia evaluation clinics. E Lew, DJ Pavlin, L Amundsen. Singapore Med J 2004; 45:509-16.
• Combined spinal-epidural anesthesia using epidural volume extension leads to faster motor recovery after elective cesarean delivery : a prospective, randomized, double-blind study. E Lew, SW Yeo, E Thomas. Anesth Analg 2004;98:810-4