Appointment(s)
- Head, Dept of Otolaryngology, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine)
- Head, Dept of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, National University Hospital
- Chair, Resident Advisory Committee (Otorhinolaryngology)
Degree(s)
MB BCh BAO, BA, MRCS(Edin), FAMS(ORL)
Biography
As the Head of Dept of Otolaryngology, A/Prof Raymond Ngo advances the academic activities for the University and oversees the delivery of otolaryngology clinical care for the National University Hospital. He was the previous Head of Dept of Otolaryngology for Ng Teng Fong General Hospital from 2020 to 2026.
He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 1995 and completed his residency in Singapore in 2006. He did his Otology & Neuro-Otology Fellowship training in Vancouver, Canada.
He is active in postgraduate training, serving as the Programme Director for the NUHS Otolaryngology Residency from 2009 to 2019. He then served as the Associate Designated Institutional Official at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital till 2025. He is the current Chair of the Residency Advisory Committee for Otolaryngology.
His research interests are in eustachian tube disorders, endoscopic ear surgery, cochlear implants and vestibular diseases. He organised the first endoscopic ear surgery course in Singapore and is a member of the International Working Group of Endoscopic Ear Surgery. He is regularly invited as a faculty to regional and international courses for endoscopic ear surgery. He initiated the endoscopic ear surgery fellowship in NUHS in 2025.
Research Areas/Research Interest
Vestibular Diseases, Cochlear Hearing Implant, Eustachian Tube Disorders, Otologic Surgery, Neuro-Otologic Surgery
Outcomes of Endoscopic versus Microscopic Ossicular Chain Reconstruction-A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Laryngoscope. 2025 Jun;135(6):1899-1907. PMID: 39786316
Lim CY, Yeo BSY, Goh X, Ngo RYS, Loh WS, Kwa ED.
Association of Menière's disease with depression and anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2025 Mar 14. PMID: 40087158
Yeo BSY, Toh EMS, Lim NE, Lee RS, Ho RCM, Tam WWS, Ngo RYS.
Evaluating the accuracy of a self-administered smartphone hearing test application in a geriatric population. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2025 Feb;282(2):773-780. PMID: 39414646
Wong AJH, Ling RR, Teo CB, Chee J, Ngo RYS, Loh WS, Kwa ED.
Association of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo with Depression and Anxiety-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Laryngoscope. 2024 Feb;134(2):526-534. PMID: 37560919
Yeo BSY, Toh EMS, Lim NE, Lee RS, Ho RCM, Tam WWS, Ngo RYS.
Topical versus oral antibiotics, with or without corticosteroids, in the treatment of tympanostomy tube otorrhea. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2016 Jul;86:183-8. PMID: 27260604.
Chee J, Pang KW, Yong JM, Ho RC, Ngo R.
An Innovative 3-dimensional Model of the Epitympanum for Teaching of Middle Ear Anatomy. Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery 2015 Nov;153(5): 832-7. PubMed PMID 25994233.
Ng CL, Liu X, Schee SC, Ngo RY.
8. Ng JH, Ho RC, Cheong CS, Ng A, Yuen HW, Ngo RY.
Ng JH, Ho RC, Cheong CS, Ng A, Yuen HW, Ngo RY.
The use of the facial clinimetric evaluation scale as a patient-based grading system in bell's palsy. Laryngoscope. 2013 May;123(5):1256-60. PMID: 23553515.
Ng JH, Ngo RY.
Clinical audit of the microbiology of otorrhoea referred to a tertiary hospital in Singapore. Singapore Med J. 2012 Apr;53(4):244-8. PubMed PMID: 22511046.
Cheong CS, Tan LM, Ngo RY.
11. Mallinson AI, Longridge NS, Pace-Asciak P, Ngo R.
Measuring caloric response: comparison of different analysis techniques. J Vestib Res. 2010;20(6):419-26. PMID: 21248404.
Fabrication of patient specific fasciaform molds for formaldehyde fasciaform grafting tympanoplasty. Technol Health Care. 2009;17(5-6):411-8. PMID: 20051621.
Ngo RY, Lee HP.
Prevalence of new-onset vestibular symptoms following cochlear implantation. J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008 Jun;37(3):388-94. PubMed PMID: 19128644.Mick P, Westerberg BD, Ngo R, Akagami R. Growing vestibular schwannomas: what happens next? Otol Neurotol. 2009 Jan;30(1):101-4. PubMed PMID: 19108071.
Shoman N, Ngo R, Archibald J, Pijl S, Chan S, Westerberg BD.
Auditory neuropathy detected by universal newborn hearing screening. Cochlear Implants Int. 2004 Sep;5 Suppl 1:206-8. PMID: 18792302.
Ngo RY, Tan HK, Balakrishnan A, Lazaroo D, Lim SB, Yan J.
Auditory neuropathy/auditory dys-synchrony detected by universal newborn hearing screening. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2006 Jul;70(7):1299-306. Epub 2006 Jan 18. PubMed PMID: 16417926.
Ngo RY, Tan HK, Balakrishnan A, Lim SB, Lazaroo DT.
