Adjunct Associate Professor James Lee - Department of Biomedical Informatics

James LEE Wai Kit

Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS

Surgery Undergraduate Deputy Education Director, Department of Surgery

Mentor, NUS Digital Accelerator Program, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Brief Introduction Teaching Areas & Research Interests Journals & Publications

Brief Introduction

Professional Experience

Consultant Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Alexandra Hospital, NUHS Jan 2022 – Present
Consultant Surgeon, Division of General Surgery (Thyroid & Endocrine Surgery), Department of Surgery, National University Hospital, NUHS Jan 2022 – Present

Additional Appointments

Consultant, Department of Surgery, Alexandra Hospital, NUHS 2024 – Present
Consultant, Division of General Surgery (Thyroid & Endocrine Surgery), Department of Surgery, National University Hospital, NUHS
2024 – Present
Consultant, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS) 2024 – Present
Deputy Group Chief Technology Officer, Group Technology Office, NUHS 2024 – Present
Undergraduate Education Director, Department of Surgery, Alexandra Hospital, NUHS 2022 – Present
Clinical Block Lead, NUH Surgery Year 3 Rotation, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU 2022 – Present
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program, Alexandra Hospital, NUHS 2022 – Present
NGEMR Physician Credentialed Trainer, Department of Surgery, Alexandra Hospital, NUHS 2022 - Present

Academic Qualifications

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS Ed) Royal College of
Surgeons Edinburgh 2020
Master of Medicine (MMED Surgery) Yong Loo Lin School of
Medicine, NUS 2019
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS Ed) Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh 2015
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) (Dean’s List) Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS 2013

Awards & Achievements

Singapore Medical Association Charity Fund Outstanding Mentor Award 2025 2024/2025
Special Recognition Award for Education (NUSMedACE) 2024
NUH Incredible Care QIX Award for SURG-AI : Streamlined Surgical Audits with Clinical Scoring and Augmented Intelligence 2023/2024
10 Year Long Service Award, Alexandra Hospital, NUHS 2024
Practice Changing Innovation (PCI) for The Horus Initiative (CalSense) Clinical Champion (NUHS) 2024
Medical Education Grand Innovative Challenge (MEGIC) Second Prize: TESLA-G (NUS) AY 2022/2023
IDC Special Award for Digital Innovation @ IDC Future Enterprise Awards for The Horus Initiative 2023
Special Recognition Award for Education (NUSMedACE) 2023
NUHS Teaching Excellence Award (Medical) 2023
Health 2.0 Conference Outstanding Leadership Award 2023
Junior Doctor Teaching Award (NUSMedACE) AY 2020/2021
Special Recognition Award for Education (NUSMedACE) AY 2020/2021
NUHS Young Clinician Mentor Award (NUHS) 2020/2021

Teaching Areas & Research Interests

MedTech Projects

NUHS Care Plan Data Consortium – collaborative effort to consolidate the data efforts for the cluster into a centralized pool
Founding Member 2024 – Present
The Horus Initiative – NUHS Cluster Pioritized Data Analytics Platform for Multiple Clinicial, Management and Research Use Cases
PI 2022 - Present
CalSense - Automated Detection of Calcium Abnormalities to Improve Treatment of Hyperparathyroidism
PI 2022 – Present
Healthcare Optimization Suites – Development of a Healthcare System
Automation and Pioritization Software Setup
PI 2022 - Present

Journals & Publications

Research Publications

1. Cai EZ, Teo EY, Jing L, Koh YP, Qian TS, Wen F, Lee JW, Hing EC, Yap YL, Lee H, Lee CN, Teoh SH, Lim J, Lim TC. Bio-conjugated polycaprolactone membranes: a novel wound dressing. Arch Plast Surg. 2014 Nov;41(6):638-46. doi: 10.5999/aps.2014.41.6.638. Epub 2014 Nov 3. PMID: 25396174; PMCID: PMC4228204. (IF 1.46)
2. Soh G, Lee JWK, Boon OH, Boon TW, Parameswaran R , Yuan NK. Experience of Intraoperative Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve monitoring in a Single Centernormative Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Electromyographic Data. World J Endoc Surg 2017;9(1):1-6 (SJR 0.102)
3. Lee JWK, Kow AWC, Iyer SG. Letter in Response to: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus percutaneous catheter drainage for acute cholecystitis In high risk patients (CHOCOLATE): Multicenter randomized clinical trial by Loozen and colleagues. BMJ 2018;363:k3965/rr-2 (IF 30.2)
4. Chan PMY, Kuah S, Lee JWK, Lee CH, Phua JKS, Chen JJC, et al. Factors Predicting Locoregional Recurrence after Wide Local Excision – Experience from a Tertiary Centre. Clin Surg. 2019; 4: 2382 (IF 1.95)
5. Prajwala S Prakash, James Wai Kit Lee, Siau Wei Tang, Philip Tsau Choong Iau, A rare case report of recurrent metastatic breast cancer mimicking primary pancreatic cancer, International Journal of Surgery Case Reports,Volume 77,2020,Pages 446-449,ISSN 2210-2612, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.10.082. (SJR 0.233)

Book Chapters

1. Lau, J., Lee, J., Sinha, A., Parameswaran, R. (2022). Endocrine Prehabilitation. In: Chakraborty, A., Balakrishnan, A. (eds) Prehabilitation for Cancer Surgery. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6494-6_5
2. Malik, S., Kit, J.L.W., Wijerathne, S., Lomanto, D. (2023). Laparoscopic Management of Recurrent and Re-recurrent Hernia. In: Lomanto, D., Chen, W.TL., Fuentes, M.B. (eds) Mastering EndoLaparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Surgery. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3755-2_57
3. Kit, J.L.W., Malik, S., Wijerathne, S., Lomanto, D. (2023). Endo-laparoscopic Repair of Lateral Ventral Hernia. In: Lomanto, D., Chen, W.TL., Fuentes, M.B. (eds) Mastering Endo-Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Surgery. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3755-2_63

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