Yap Wee See Respiratory and Sleep Clinic is located at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital specialising in respiratory, intensive care and internal medicine. 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.
Currently a Visiting Consultant to Tan Tock Seng Hospital and Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr Yap is also a Fellow of several colleges. He has been a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore since 2001, the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) since 2005 and the Royal College of Physicians (London) since 2011. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians.
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.
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.
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. 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.
In 2009, Dr Yap was awarded the Healthcare Humanity Award. Earlier 2014, Dr Yap also received Singapore Medical Councils accreditation as a specialist in Internal Medicine, which is essential in providing a comprehensive and holistic care to his patients.
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