DAdj.
Assoc Prof Yeo Seng Beng graduated from medical school at the National
University of Singapore in 1985. He became a Fellow of the Royal College
of Surgeons of Edinburgh in Otolaryngology in 1990, and in 1997 was
admitted as a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine of Singapore, in the
specialty of Otorhinolaryngology (ORL).
In August 1996, he
underwent a 1 year fellowship programme in Otology and Neuro-otology
under Dr Malcolm Graham at the Georgia Ear Institute, USA. In December
2003, he completed another attachment programme in the subspecialty of
neurotology with Professor Bruce Gantz, University of Iowa, and
Professor Robert Jackler, Stanford University, USA.
Adj. Assoc
Prof Yeo is presently a Senior Consultant and Neuro-otologist with the
Department of Otolaryngology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, where he has
worked since 1989. He was also a visiting ENT Specialist to KK Women's
and Children Hospital (1998 – 2006), visiting consultant to Changi
General Hospital in the subspecialty in Otology and Neurotology (2004-
present), and to the National University Hospital (2006 – present).
In
addition to his hospital work, Adj. Assoc Prof Yeo also provides a
volunteer ENT service for the children of Balestier Special School since
July 2004. As part of his National Service Reservist duties, Dr Yeo
served as a visiting specialist, ORL section, Singapore Armed Forces,
Central Manpower Base until his completion of reservist liabilities in
2002.
Adj. Assoc Prof Yeo is active in teaching, and is an
undergraduate Clinical Lecturer with the Faculty of Medicine, National
University of Singapore. He is also involved in post-graduate ENT
training, and has been a member of the Ministry of Health's ENT
Specialist Training Committee for the past 10 years, and was an examiner
for the Academy of Singapore (ORL) exit certification examinations
since 2002 . He is the current National Program Director of Training for
Singapore's ENT residents, a post he has held since 2004. He was
appointed in 2009 as National Healthcare Group's (NHG) program director
to start the ACGME-I Otorhinolaryngology Residency Program. Adj. Assoc
Prof Yeo also sits as a member of the Ministry of Health's Residency
Advisory Committee (RAC) on ACGME-I ORL matters in Singapore.
Besides
being involved in Singapore resident training programs, Adj. Assoc Prof
Yeo has also contributed to ENT conferences, surgical courses and
hands-on temporal bone drilling courses in surrounding countries such as
Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Brunei, Cambodia, China and
Myanmar.
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