Clin Prof Fabian Yap Kok Peng

Professor Fabian Yap is currently Senior Consultant and Head of the Paediatric Endocrinology Service of the Division of Paediatric Medicine at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH).

Prof Yap obtained his basic medical degree (MBBS) from NUS in 1992. From 1996 to 1998, he received general paediatric training at SGH, NUH and KKH, which culminated in his postgraduate degrees (Masters of Medicine in Paediatrics; Membership of the Royal College of Physicians) in 1998. In 1999, Prof Yap joined KKH as a paediatrician, choosing Paediatric Endocrinology as his sub specialty. His specialist training in clinical paediatric endocrinology was undertaken at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Sydney, from 2002 to 2003, under the supervision of Professors Martin Silink and Christopher Cowell.

He was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Singapore (Paediatrics) in 2005 and as Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in the United Kingdom in 2011. He was a pioneer graduate from the inaugural Singapore Management University-SingHealth Graduate Diploma in Healthcare Management and Leadership programme. Thereafter, he served as a Council Member of the College of Paediatrics and Child Health Singapore from 2011 to 2019, where he was its Treasurer from 2014 to 2015 and Vice-President from 2016 to 2017. He was member of the KKH’s Medical Board from 2011 to 2020.

His special interests include the care of children with growth and puberty disorders, setting up systems to improve the care of babies with hypoglycemia and children with hyperglycemia, and integrating the clinical care of mothers and infants. These align with his research interests to understand the early origins of metabolic disease so as to reduce the impact of non-communicable disease on the lives of children and their families.

• Council Member, College of Paediatrics and Child Health Singapore (2011-2019)
• Treasurer, College of Paediatrics and Child Health Singapore (2014-2015)
• Vice-President, College of Paediatrics and Child Health Singapore (2016-2017)
• Life Member, Singapore Medical Association
• Fellow, Academy of Medicine Singapore
• Member, Royal College of Physicians (UK)
• Fellow, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK)

• Clinical diabetes
• Developmental origins of metabolic disease
• How children grow and transform into adults
  

• 2022: Chin Xin Yi, Teo Shao Wei, Lim Soo Ting, Ng Yong Hong, Han How Chuan, Fabian Yap*. Desmopressin therapy in Children and Adults - Pharmacological considerations and clinical implications. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (online ahead of print).
• 2021: Loy SL, Chan DWK, Ku CW, Cheung YB, Godfrey KM, Tan KML, Chong YS, Shek LP, Tan KH, Chan SY, Chan JKY, Yap Fabian*. Metabolic health status and fecundability in a Singapore preconception cohort study. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2021 (online ahead of print).
• 2021: Ku CW, Loo RSX, Lim CJE, Tan JJX, Ho JEW, Han WM, Ng XW, Chan JKY, Yap Fabian*, Loy SL*. Development and Validation of a Lifestyle Behavior Tool in Overweight and Obese Women through Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. Nutrients 2021; 13(12):4553 (online ahead of print)
• 2021: Chandran Suresh, Siew Jia Xuan, Rajadurai Victor Samuel, Lim Rachel, Chua Mei Chien, Yap Fabian*. A feed-centric hypoglycaemia pathway ensures appropriate care escalation in at-risk infants. BMJ Open Quality 2021; 10(4):e001296-N.A. (online ahead of print)
  
• 2021: Chandran S, Pravin R, Chua MC, Saffari SE, Rajadurai VS, Yap Fabian*. Safety and efficacy of low-dose diazoxide in small-for-gestational-age infants with hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Edition 2021 (online ahead of print)
• 2020: Loy See Ling, Loo Rachael, Godfrey KM, Chong Yap Seng, Shek LP, Tan KH, Chong MF, Chan Jerry, Yap Fabian*. Chrononutrition during Pregnancy: A Review on Maternal Night-Time Eating. Nutritents 2020; 12(9):2783-N.A. (Review Article; E-Published)
• 2019: Loy SL, Cheung YB, Colega MT, Chia A, Han CY, Godfrey KM, Chong YS, Shek LP, Tan KH, Lek N, CHan JY, Chong MF, Yap Fabian*. Associations of circadian eating pattern and diet quality with substantial postpartum weight retention. Nutrients 2019; 11(11):2686
• 2018: Yap Fabian*; Lee Yung Seng; Aw Marion Margaret. Growth Assessment and Monitoring during Childhood. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore 2018; 47(4):149-155
• 2017: Cheng TS, Loy SL, Cheung YB, Cai S, Colega MT, Godfrey KM, Chong YS, Tan KH, Shek LP, Lee YS, Lek N, Chan JK, Chong MF, Yap Fabian*. Plasma vitamin D deficiency is associated with poor sleep quality and night-time eating at mid-pregnancy in Singapore. Nutrients 2017; 9(4):340
• 2017: Wee Poh Hui; Loy See Ling; Toh Jia Ying; Tham Elaine Kwang Hsia; Cheung Yin Bun; Godfrey Keith M; Gluckman Peter D; Saw Seang Mei; Chong Yap-Seng; Lek Ngee; Chan Jerry Kok Yen; Goh Daniel Yam Thiam; Chong Mary Foong-Fong; Yap Fabian*. Circadian feeding patterns of 12-month-old infants. British journal of nutrition 2017; 117(12):1702-1710.
• 2017 Loy See Ling; Wee Poh Hui; Colega Marjorelee T; Cheung Yin Bun; Aris Izzuddin M; Chan Jerry Kok Yen; Godfrey Keith M; Gluckman Peter D; Tan Kok Hian; Shek Lynette Pei-Chi; Chong Yap-Seng; Natarajan Padmapriya; Müller-Riemenschneider Falk; Lek Ngee; Rajadurai Victor Samuel; Tint Mya-Thway; Lee Yung Seng; Chong Mary Foong-Fong; Yap Fabian*. Maternal Night-Fasting Interval during Pregnancy Is Directly Associated with Neonatal Head Circumference and Adiposity in Girls but Not Boys. Journal of nutrition 2017; 147(7):1384-1391
• 2016: Cheng Tuck Seng; Loy See Ling; Toh Jia Ying; Cheung Yin Bun; Chan Jerry Kok Yen; Godfrey Keith M; Gluckman Peter D; Saw Seang Mei; Chong Yap-Seng; Lee Yung Seng; Lek Ngee; Chong Mary Foong-Fong; Yap Fabian*. Predominantly nighttime feeding and weight outcomes in infants. The American journal of clinical nutrition 2016; 104(2):380-388.
• 2015: Cheng Tuck Seng; Loy See Ling; Cheung Yin Bun; Chan Jerry Kok Yen; Pang Wei Wei; Godfrey Keith M; Gluckman Peter D; Kwek Kenneth; Saw Seang Mei; Chong Yap-Seng; Lee Yung Seng; Lek Ngee; Yap Fabian*. Sexually dimorphic response to feeding mode in the growth of infants. The American journal of clinical nutrition 2016; 103(2):398-405.
• 2004: Yap Fabian*, Högler Wolfgang; Briody Julie; Moore Bin; Howman-Giles Robert; Cowell Christopher T. The skeletal phenotype of men with previous constitutional delay of puberty. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2004; 89(9):4306-11