Assistant Professor Wong Teck Yee

Assistant Professor & Consultant Family Physician, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore Telephone DID: (65) 6516 6930 Telefax: (65) 6779 1489 Mail to: mdcwty@nus.edu.sg
Qualifications
MBBS (S’pore), M.Med (Family Med), MPH

Clinical Service & Training

Teck Yee is a Consultant Family Physician in the Division of Family Medicine (FM), University Medicine Cluster, National University Hospital and Assistant Professor in Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. He completed his undergraduate studies (1995) and Masters in Family Medicine (2001) from National University of Singapore (NUS). He also obtained his Masters in Public Health (MPH) from NUS in 2009.

After completing his training in FM, he worked in Choa Chu Kang Polyclinic as a Family Physician from 2001 to 2004 and later as Head & Senior Family Physician from 2004 to 2006. He was awarded the Human Manpower Development Programme (HMDP) scholarship in 2005 to the Department of General Practice in Monash University, Melbourne where he learnt about General Practice teaching and improving preventive health in the primary-care setting.

He joined NUS as an Assistant Professor in Family Medicine in 2006 and is currently the undergraduate Education Director for the FM programme. His other teaching areas include: communication with patients (module coordinator), community medicine and epidemiology. He is an examiner for the Graduate Diploma of FM and lectures for the annual M.Med (FM) examination course.

His clinical work involves working as a Family Physician in a community setting at a polyclinic. He has more than 10 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has contributed to Disease Management Guidelines while he was with National Healthcare Group. He also actively participates in both local and international conferences, with numerous oral and poster presentations. He is an invited reviewer for Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore, Singapore Medical Journal, BMC Public Health, BMC Medical Education and BMC Infectious Diseases.

Selected Publications

SK Cheong, TY Wong, GCH Koh. Attitudes towards the elderly among Singapore medical students. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2009;38:857-61.
EK Tan, WL Chung, YJ Lew, MY Chan, TY Wong, WP Koh Characteristics, and Disease Control and Complications of Hypertensive Patients in Primary-care – A Community-based Study in Singapore. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2009;38:850-6.
Aishworiya R, LSJ Quah, TM Wong, SHL Yeo, CC Nieh, A Shankar and TY Wong. Self-Rated Health, Associated Factors and Diseases: A Community-based Cross-Sectional Study of Singaporean Adults Aged 40 years and above. Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore 2009; 38: 606-607.
TY Wong, CHG Koh, S K Cheong, M Sundram, K Koh, SE Chia, DSQ Koh, A Cross-sectional Study of Primary-care Physicians in Singapore on their concerns and preparedness for an Avian Influenza Outbreak. Annals of Academy of Medicine Singapore 2008; 37: 458-464..
TY Wong, S K Cheong, CHG Koh, LG Goh. Translating the Family Medicine Vision into Educational Programmes in Singapore. Annals of Academy of Medicine Singapore 2008, 37: 421-425.
TY Wong, CHG Koh, EH Lee, SK Cheong, LG Goh. Family Medicine Education in Singapore: A Long-Standing Collaboration between Specialists and Family Physicians. Annals of Academy of Medicine Singapore 2008; 37: 132-135.
TY Wong, CHG Koh, SK Cheong, HY Lee, YT Fong, M Sundram, K Koh, SE Chia and DSQ Koh. Concerns, perceived impact and preparedness in an avian influenza pandemic – a comparative study between healthcare workers in primary and tertiary care. Annals of Academy of Medicine Singapore 2008; 37: 96-102.
CHG Koh, TY Wong, SK Cheong, DSQ Koh. Avian Influenza: A global threat needing a global solution. Asia Pacific Family Medicine 2008;7:5.
SK Cheong, TY Wong, HY Lee, YT Fong, BY Tan, CHG Koh, KM Chan, SE Chia, DSQ Koh. Concerns and preparedness for an avian influenza pandemic: a comparison between community hospital and tertiary hospital healthcare workers. Industrial Health 2007;45: 653-61.
TY Wong, HK Ho, C Lim, BY Tan, FS Lim and SC Emmanuel. Comparative Study of a two-Year Disease Management Programme for Patients with Diabetes in a Primary Healthcare Setting. Annals of Academy of Medicine Singapore 2003;32, S73-S75.