Dr Yap Wee See
YAP WEE SEE RESPIRATORY AND SLEEP CLINIC
Clinic Address: 38 Irrawaddy Road Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre #08-27 Singapore 329563Clinic number: 6268 4890
Operating hours: Mon – Fri: 9am to 5pm, Sat: 9am – 1pm
Dr Yap Wee See was the Head of Department and Senior Consultant of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), from 2011 to 2014, before he set up his practice in Mt Elizabeth Novena Hospital in July 2014. With his area of specialty in Sleep Medicine, he played a key role in setting up the current Sleep Laboratory and Sleep Clinic in TTSH. In 2011, Dr. Yap was appointed the Head of the Department of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, TTSH. Dr Yap Wee See was the Head of Department and Senior Consultant of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), from 2011 to 2014.
In the area of medical education, he spearheaded the development of curriculum planning in respiratory medicine at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Imperial College-Nanyang Technological University from 2012 -2014. He was appointed an Adjunct Associate Professor taking part in teaching the inaugural academic year of medical students at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine. He has also been actively involved in the teaching of medical students in Yong Loo Lin School of medicine, National University of Singapore.
Besides respiratory medicine, Dr Yap is also accredited by the Specialists Accreditation Board and the Singapore Medical Council as an intensivist. In 2003, Dr Yap was among the first doctors directly involved in the treatment of the most severe patients with SARS in the Medical Intensive Care Unit at TTSH. For his contribution, he was awarded the Pingat Kepujian (The Commendation Medal) 2003 National Day Awards for Overcoming SARS, Singapore.
Dr Yap was awarded the Health Manpower Development Programme Fellowship by the Ministry of Health in 1999. He spent a year in advanced training in Sleep Medicine and Bronchology at the Vancouver General Hospital and the University of British Columbia, Canada. Dr Yap is trained in Lung Cancer and Interventional Bronchology, including Nd YAG laser, rigid bronchoscopy, airway stenting and EBUS
MBBS (NUS, Singapore) 1988, MRCP (Int Med) (RCP, United Kingdom) 1996, FAMS (Respiratory Med) (Academy of Medicine, Singapore) 2001
FRCP (Int Med) (RCP, Edinburgh, United Kingdom) 2005, FCCP (CCP, United States) 2012, FRCP (Int Med) (RCP, London, United Kingdom) 2012
Lung Cancer, Snoring & Sleep Disorders. Chronic Cough & Breathlessness, Bronchial Asthma, Smoking & COPD, Pneumonia & Tuberculosis, Abnormal Chest X-ray, Lung Function Assessment, Intensive Care Medicine, Laser, Stenting, & Other Bronchoscopic Intervention
