Dr Yap Zhi Min

Dr Yap Zhi Min is an Associate Consultant with the Department of Paediatrics, Genetics Service.

She received her medical training from University College London (UCL) and also obtained her Bachelor of Science (Medical Sciences with Paediatrics and Child Health) there, graduating with first class honours. Her thesis investigating the molecular genetic basis of Jeune’s Asphyxiating Thoracic Dyplasia was awarded the UCL Sessional Prize in Paediatric and Child Health. She subsequently returned to Singapore and underwent the Paediatric Residency Programme from 2017-2024, obtaining specialist accreditation by the Singapore Medical Council in 2024.

• MBBS, University College London, 2015
• Intercalated BSc in Medical Sciences with Paediatrics and Child Health (Hons), 2012
• Master of Medicine (Paediatrics) (Singapore), 2020
• Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK), 2020

• Associate Consultant, Paediatric Genetics, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (2024 – present)
• Member, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health 2024 - Present

• SingHealth Associate in Education 2024
• Lee Kong Chian Medical School Special Recognition Award For Education – 2023
• SingHealth Duke-NUS Paediatric Academic Clinical Programme Quality Practice Improvement and Innovation Day 1st prize – 2023
• SingHealth Duke-NUS Quality Improvement Project Award – 2022

• A retrospective review of serious infections in febrile infants 0-90 days old. ZX Khoo, C Chua, Z.M. Yap, JC Koh, SX Chong, NHY Wijedasa, K Peng, CY Chong. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare 1-8 2021.
• The Bidirectional Relationship Between Asthma and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Which Came First? Z.M. Yap, P. Subbarao, I. Narang. Journal of Paediatrics, 2016 September; 176(2);10-16.
• Evidence of Differential Selection for the -3.7 and -4.2 Single -Globin Gene Deletions Within the Same Population. Z.M. Yap, K.M.Sun, Teo. R.L, Tan S.C, Chong S.S. European Journal of Haematology. 2013 March; 90(3): 210-213.
• Exome sequencing identifies DYNC2H1 mutations as a common cause of asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy (Jeune syndrome) without major polydactyly, renal or retinal involvement. M. Schmidts, H. Arts, E. Bongers, Z.M. Yap et.al. Journal of Medical Genetics. 2013 May; 50(5):309-23.
• TCTEX1D2 mutations underlie Jeune asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy with impaired retrograde intraflagellar transport. Schmidts M, Hou Y, Cortés CR, Mans DA, Huber C, Boldt K, Patel M, van Reeuwijk J, Plaza JM, van Beersum SE, Z.M. Yap et.al. Nature Communications, 2015 June; 6:7074 doi: 10.1038/ncomms8074