Dr Yip Wai Yan

Dr Yip Wai Yan is a senior consultant in the Department of Neonatology at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital. She received her specialist training in Paediatric Medicine and Neonatology in Singapore. She provides both inpatient and outpatient care for newborn babies. Her areas of interest are in neonatal transport and programme implementation to improve neonatal care and outcomes. In addition to clinical services, she teaches medical students from the 3 medical schools in Singapore, trainee doctors and nurses, as well as provides inter-hospital training in neonatal resuscitation and pre-transport stabilisation. She is also involved in maternal and child health projects to improve care and outcomes in South-East Asia.

• MPH (National University of Singapore) 2024
• MRCPCH (UK) 2010
• MBBS (University of Melbourne) 1999

• Senior Consultant, Department of Neonatology, KKH 2017 – Present
  
• Head, Special Care Nursery, Department of Neonatology, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital - 2026 to current

• RiSE Outstanding Faculty Award, 2021
• Singapore Health Quality Service Award (Silver), 2017
• Service From The Heart Award, 2016
• KKH and SingHealth Long Service Award, 2015
• KKH ASM Outstanding Video Award, 2015
• KKH CEO Patient Safety Award, 2013

• Surfactant plus Budesonide to reduce bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants, 2020 – 2023
• Minimally invasive surfactant therapy in preterm infants, 2017 – 2020

• Biswas A, Ho SKY, Yip WY, Kader KBA, Kong JY, Ee KTT, Baral VR, Chinnadurai A, Quek BH, Yeo CL. Singapore Neonatal Resuscitation Guidelines 2021. Singapore Med J. 2021; 62(8): 404-414.
• Rajadurai VS, Yip WY, Lim JSC, Khoo PC, Tan ES, Mahadev A, Joseph R. Evolution and expansion of newborn screening programmes in Singapore. Singapore Med J. 2021; 62(1 Suppl): S26-S35.
• 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. Guidance for the clinical management of infants born to mothers with suspected/confirmed COVID-19 in Singapore. Singapore Med J. 2021 Apr 19. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2021045. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33866749.
• 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. Use of web-based game in neonatal resuscitation – is it effective? BMC Med Educ. 2020;20(1):170. doi: 10.1186/s12909-020-02078-5.
• Yip WY, Alim AHA, Rajadurai VS. Pulse oximetry screening for critical congenital heart diseases: the current status. Perinatology. 2017;17(4):139-146.
• Yip WY, Quek BH, Fong MCW, Thilagamangai, Ong SSG, Lim BL, Lo BC, Agarwal P. A quality improvement project to reduce hypothermia in preterm infants on admission to the neonatal intensive care unit. Int J Qual Health Care. 2017:29(7):922-928.