Dr Phoon Wai Leng Jessie

MBChB (New Zealand), MRCOG, MMed (O&G) (Spore)

Senior Consultant

KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Specialty: Obstetrics ＆ Gynaecology, Endometriosis, Reproductive Medicine, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Sub-specialties: Assisted Reproductive Program, Reproductive Medicine, Reproductive Surgery, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Adolescent Gynaecology, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Adolescent Gynaecology, Donor Insemination Programme, Ectopic Pregnancy, Endometriosis, Endometriosis and Ovarian Cysts, Fibroids, Fibroids of the uterus, General Obstetrics ＆ Gynaecology, Getting Pregnant During COVID-19, Infertility, Menstrual Problems/Irregular Menses, Miscarriage/Pregnancy Loss, Ovarian Cysts, Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS), Polyps of the Colon and Rectum.

Clinical Appointments

Senior Consultant Reproductive Medicine KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Director KKIVF (In-vitro Fertilisation) Centre KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Director, National Sperm Bank

Profile

Dr Jessie Phoon is a Senior Consultant in Department of Reproductive Medicine under Division of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and an accredited IVF specialist and Director of KKIVF Centre in KK Women's and Children's Hospital. She obtained her specialist qualification from Master of Medicine, O&G (Singapore) together with the Member of Royal College of Obstetrics & Gynaecologists in 2011.

Besides clinical work, Dr Phoon is also very involved in teaching the undergraduate and postgraduate students. She chaired the MRCOG Part 2 exam course in 2014 and has conducted quite a few MRCOG courses for postgraduate exam candidates.

She has recently been appointed as Associate Program Director for SingHealth Obstetrics & Gynaecology residency program in July 2016.

She also performs the basic work of a general obstetrics & gynaecologist, ie, gynaecology clinics/ obstetrics/ O&G operative procedures and runs the subfertility clinic, performs IVF/ IUI reviews, performs IVF procedures (Oocyte pick-up & embryo transfer) and IUI procedures. Of late, she is involved in validation of ovarian tissue preservation service and hope to expand this service.

Education

Auckland University (New Zealand) MBChB 2004
Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology MRCOG 2011
National University of Singapore MMed (O&G) 2011

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Associate Program Director, SingHealth, Obstetrics & Gynaecology Residency program
Associate Program Director, SingHealth, Broad Based General Training With Special Interest (BBGT)
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
Clinical Tutor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Senior Consultant, Department of Reproductive Medicine – from 2020
Consultant, Department of Reproductive Medicine – from 2015
Member, Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists – 2011
Member, NUS Alumni – 2011
Member, The Obstetrics & Gynecological Society of Singapore (OGSS) – 2006
Member, Medical Protection Society – 2006
Member, Singapore Medical Council – 2006
Member, Singapore Medical Association – 2005

Awards

2017 SingHealth Long Service Award (10 years)
2017 Outstanding Faculty Award (OBgyn Residency)
2016 Singapore Health Service Quality Award (Star Award)
2015 Singapore Health Service Quality Award (Gold Award)
2014 HMDP Award for Integrating InVitro Maturation (IVM) into Routine IVF
2014 Singapore Health Service Quality Award (Silver Award)
2013 Service from the Heart Award, KKH
2012 Best Registrar in Department of O&G

Research Interests

Fine tuning InVitro Maturation (IVM) in hope of integrating its service into our current IVF practice

Publications

Surgical Management of Placenta Accreta in a Patient with Impending Eclampsia
Lim HP, Phoon WL
Singapore Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2017; 48(1):1-6
Prenatal Diagnosis of Intraventricular Hemorrhage by Ultrasound
J Phoon, S Tagore, SH Yeo
Singapore Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2014; 45(1):29-35
GnRH agonist trigger and ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome: relook at ‘freeze-all strategy’
Ling LP, Phoon JWL, Lau MS, Chan JK, Viardot-Foucault V, Tan TY, Nadarajah S, Tan HH
Reproductive Biomedicine Online 2014 2014 Sep;29(3):392-4.
Adrenal Tumours in Pregnancy – Diagnostic Challenge and Management Dilemma
Jessie Wai Leng Phoon, Devendra Kanalingam, Hong Liang Chua
Singapore Medical Journal. 54(7):e141-5, 2013 Jul

Research Trials

Fine tuning InVitro Maturation (IVM) in hope of integrating its service into our current IVF practice
P.I.
‘Validation of Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation for Fertility Preservation’ 2014
P.I.
To study the influence of pharmacogenomics factors on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of clomiphene in Asian normogonadotrophic anovulatory patients (SHF/FG522P/2013) 2013