Adj Asst Prof Poon Ngar Yee

Dr Poon is currently the Head of Child and Adolescent Mental Wellness Service and a Senior Consultant Psychiatrist at the Department of Psychological Medicine at KK Women's and Children's Hospital. She is also a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School. Dr Poon is very active in the training of undergraduate student doctors from both Duke-NUS and Lee Kong Chian Medical Schools and in the training of doctors in the Psychiatry Residency program. She has a broad range of experience in treating adults, children and adolescents with mental health disorders.

Originally, Dr Poon obtained her medical degree at the Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry before going on to complete her postgraduate psychiatry training in Singapore. She was awarded the MMed (Psychiatry) by the National University of Singapore. In addition, she is also a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists of England.

• MRCPsych (UK)
• MMed (Psychiatry)
• MBBS (UK)
  

• Head of Child and Adolescent Mental Wellness Service, Department of Psychological Medicine, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, 2023 till present
• Senior Consultant, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, 2021 till present
• Consultant, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, 2019-2021
• Consultant, Changi General Hospital, 2016-2019
• Associate Consultant, Changi General Hospital, 2014-2016
• SingHealth IPSQ, Program Faculty, 2018
• Secretary, Singapore Society of Clinical Hypnosis, 2017
• Member, Singapore Psychiatry Association, 2015
• Member, Academy of Medicine (Psychiatry), 2014
• Member, Royal College of Psychiatrists, England, 2012
• Faculty Member - National Healthcare Group Residency Programme

• Singapore Health Quality Service (Gold) Award, 2023
• Singapore Health Quality Service (Silver) Award, 2022
• KKH Target Zero Harm Awards (Excellence) 2022
• Service From The Heart Award, 2021
• Service From The Heart Award, 2014
  

• Adolescent Depression Qualitative Study: To conduct a Qualitative Study on Adolescents in Singapore who suffered from Depression and currently on remission. Aim to gain more insight on adolescent depression.
  

• Letter to the Editor: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Telemedicine: a Singaporean experience born in Covid-19 Asian J Psychiatr. 2020 Oct; 53:102336. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102336. Epub 2020 Aug 14.
  Ngar Yee Poon, Shirley Pat Fong, Helen Yu Chen
• Medication adherence in first-episode psychosis patients in Singapore Early Interv Psychiatry. 2018 Mar 9. doi: 10.1111/eip.12559
  Tan C1, Abdin E2, Liang W1, Poon LY1, Poon NY1, Verma S1
• Managing challenging behaviours in dementia Published at SMJ, Singapore Med J 2018; 59(10): 514-518 Chun How Ooi1, Peng Soon Yoon1, Choon How How, Ngar Yee Poon
• Dementia management: a brief overview for primary care clinicians
  Poon NY, Ooi CH, How CH, Yoon PS, Publised at SMJ, Singapore Med J. 2018;59:295-9
• Singh A, Poon N, Wareing M. The burden on Primary Care Trusts caused by waiting for a tonsillectomy Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Aug 2004;131(2):245 JIF: 2.276