Clin Asst Prof Celeste Yap Jia Ying

MBBS (Spore), MMed (Paediatrics) (Spore), MRCPCH (UK)

Consultant

KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Specialty: Nephrology, Paediatric Medicine

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About Doctor

Languages Spoken

Education and Training

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Awards

Research Trials/Clinical Trials

Publications

Conditions Treated By This Doctor

Bedwetting Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract (CAKUT) Fluid and Electrolyte Problems including Tubulopathies Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Problems including Renal Tubular Acidosis and Tubulopathies Glomerulonephritis and Glomerular Diseases including Nephrotic Syndrome, Microhaematuria and Proteinuria Hypertension Kidney Biopsy (Children) Kidney Swelling - Hydronephrosis Nephrotic Syndrome (Children) Reflux Nephropathy Renal Failure Urinary Tract Infection (Child) Urinary Tract Infections Imaging Tests (Children) Vesicoureteric Reflux Voiding Dysfunction including Bedwetting/Nocturnal Enuresis

Clinical Interests

Paediatric Nephrology

Clinical Appointments

Consultant

Nephrology Service (Kidney Diseases)

About Doctor

Dr Celeste Yap Jia Ying is a consultant in Paediatric Nephrology and Clinical Assistant Professor at NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Duke-NUS Medical School. She completed her medical undergraduate education in 2012 and underwent Paediatric Residency training in KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital and Singapore General Hospital. She subsequently completed her Advanced Specialist Training in Paediatric Nephrology in KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital and National University of Singapore. She has been with the Paediatric Nephrology service since 2021.

Her research interests are in renogenetics, precision nephrology and clinical implementation of genomic testing in renal diseases. She is also passionate and actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.

Languages Spoken

English

Education and Training

Master of Medicine (Paediatrics), Singapore (2016)
Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH, UK) (2016)
MBBS, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (2012)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Clinical Assistant Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Adjunct Lecturer, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School

Awards

Junior Doctor Teaching Award, Academic Year 18/19, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 2019

Research Trials/Clinical Trials

Singapore-Malaysia Renal Trials in Nephrotic Syndrome (SMART-NS): Dupilumab maintenance therapy in steroid idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (KKH site primary investigator in collaboration with Paediatric Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplantation, Department of Paediatrics, National University Hospital)
Health and Economic Impact of Next Generation Sequencing in Primary Glomerular Diseases in Singapore Clinical Implementation Pilot Grant (Precision Medicine) (Co-investigator in collaboration with Paediatric Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplantation, Department of Paediatrics, National University Hospital)

Publications

Leow EH, Ganesan I, Chong SL, Yap CJY, Chao SM, Wang F, Ng YH. Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APRT) deficiency: an increasingly recognized disease. Int Urol Nephrol. 2025 Feb 21.
Lim C, Lim RS, Choo J, Leow EH, Chan GC, Zhang Y, Ng JL, Chin HL, Tan ES, Goh J, Gandhi N, Ng YH, Than M, Ganesan I, Chong SL, Yap C, Chao SM, Cham B, Kam S, Lim JY, Mok I, Tan HZ, Kwek JL, Lee TL, Wang Z, Goh SM, Lim R, Yeo SC, Teo BW, Da Y, Matchar D, Ng KH. Clinical Implementation of Nephrologist-Led Genomic Testing for Glomerular Diseases in Singapore: Rationale and Protocol. Am J Nephrol. 2024 Dec 3:1-14.
Leow EH, Chong SL, Yap CJY, Chao SM, Ganesan I, Wang F, Ng YH. IgA nephropathy in children: before and after the start of COVID-19. Pediatr Nephrol. 2024 Apr;39(4):1161-1167.
Yap JYC, Lim JY, Bhatia A, Tan VKJ, Koo S, Nishimura G, Moosa S, Koh AL, Tan EC, Fong N, Jamuar SS. The IFITM5 Ser40Leu variant can manifest as prenatal Caffey disease. Am J Med Genet A. 2024 Feb;194(2):358-362.
Leow EH, Chong SL, Tan ES, Koh AL, Cham BWM, Yap CJY, Ng YH. Adenine phosphoribosyl transferase (APRT) deficiency and a novel sequence variant in APRT with phenotypic diversity and a literature review. Nephrology (Carlton). 2023 Dec;28(12):649-654.
Chong SL, Leow EH, Yap CJY, Chao SM, Ganesan I, Ng YH. Risk factors for imaging abnormalities after the first febrile urinary tract infection in infants ≤3 months old: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2023 Jan;7(1):e001687.