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Dr Yip Wai Yan

Dr Yip Wai Yan

MBBS, MRCPCH

Senior Consultant

KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Specialty: Neonatology

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Complications Related to Prematurity, Diseases of the Newborns.

Clinical Appointments

  • Senior Consultant Neonatology KK Women's and Children's HospitalKK Women's and Children's Hospital

Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, SingHealth Duke-NUS Paediatrics Academic Clinical Programme, Office of Academic Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School
  • Adjunct Lecturer, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
  • Clinical Physician Faculty Member, SingHealth Paediatrics Residency Program

Profile

Dr Yip Wai Yan is a senior consultant in the Department of Neonatology an KKH. She received her specialist training in paediatrics and neonatology in Singapore. She provides both inpatient and outpatient care for newborn babies. She leads the implementation of funded programmes (music therapy, cuddler) to improve developmental care in high-risk infants. In addition to clinical services, she teaches medical students from the 3 medical schools in Singapore, junior doctors and nurses, as well as provide interhospital training in newborn resuscitation and stabilisation for transport. She has also been involved in voluntary regional training programmes in emergency paediatric and neonatal care.

Education

  • MRCPCH (UK) 2010
  • MBBS (University of Melbourne) 1999

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • Senior Consultant, Department of Neonatology, KKH 2017 – Present

Awards

  • City of Good Award, Paediatric Emergency and Neonatal Care Project Team Award, President’s Volunteerism & Philanthropy Awards 2021
  • Outstanding Faculty Award, SingHealth Residency 2020/2021
  • Singapore Health Quality Service Award (Silver), SingHealth 2017
  • Service From The Heart Award, KKH 2016
  • CEO Patient Safety Award, KKH 2013

Research Interests

Publications

  • Singapore Neonatal Resuscitation Guidelines 2021. Biswas A, Ho SKY, Yip WY, Kader KBA, Kong JY, Ee KTT, Baral VR, Chinnadurai A, Quek BH, Yeo CL. Singapore Med J. 2021; 62(8): 404-414.
  • Evolution and expansion of newborn screening programmes in Singapore. Rajadurai VS, Yip WY, Lim JSC, Khoo PC, Tan ES, Mahadev A, Joseph R. Singapore Med J. 2021; 62(1 Suppl): S26-S35.
  • Guidance for the clinical management of infants born to mothers with suspected/confirmed COVID-19 in Singapore. Yeo KT, Biswas A, Ho SKY, Kong JY, Bharadwaj S, Chinnadurai A, Yip WY, Ab Latiff NF, Quek BH, Yeo CL, Ng YPM, Ee KTT, Chua MC, Poon WB, Amin Z. Singapore Med J. 2021 Apr 19. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2021045.
  • Use of web-based game in neonatal resuscitation – is it effective? Yeo CL, Ho SKY, Tagamolila VC, Arunachalam S, Bharadwaj SS, Poon WB, Tan MG, Edison PE, Yip WY, Abdul Haium AA, Jayagobi PA, Vora SJ, Khurana SK, Allen JC, Lustestica EI. BMC Med Educ. 2020;20(1):170. doi: 10.1186/s12909-020-02078-5.
  • A quality improvement project to reduce hypothermia in preterm infants on admission to the neonatal intensive care unit. Yip WY, Quek BH, Fong MCW, Thilagamangai, Ong SSG, Lim BL, Lo BC, Agarwal P. Int J Qual Health Care. 2017:1-7.
  • Pulse oximetry screening for critical congenital heart diseases: the current status. Yip WY, Alim AHA, Rajadurai VS. Perinatology. 2017;17(4):139-146.

Research Trials

  • Surfactant plus Budesonide to reduce bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants, 2020 – 2023
  • Minimally invasive surfactant therapy in preterm infants, 2017 – 2020
  • E-simulated learning on retention of knowledge and skill in neonatal resuscitation, 2016 – 2019