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Dr Esther Lee Cui Wei

Dr Lee Esther Cui Wei

​MBBS, MMed (Fam Med), GDFP (Dermatology)

Associate Consultant

Deputy Clinic Director, SHP-Sengkang

SingHealth Polyclinics

Specialty: Family Medicine

Clinical Appointments

  • Associate Consultant, SHP-Sengkang
  • Deputy Clinic Director, SHP-Sengkang

Academic Appointments

  • Physician Faculty, SingHealth Family Medicine Residency – 2016 to date
  • Adjunct Lecturer, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University – 2017 to date
  • Clinical Instructor, Duke NUS Medical School – 2021 to date

Profile

Dr Esther Lee is a Family Physician and Associate Consultant with SingHealth Polyclinics. She is also the Deputy Clinic Director of Sengkang Polyclinic. 

She is the Physician Faculty for SingHealth Family Medicine Residency, Adjunct Lecturer for Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, as well as a Clinical Instructor for Duke NUS Medical School.



Education

  • Fellow of the College of Family Physicians (Singapore) (FCFP(S), 2024
  • Graduate Diploma in Family Practice Dermatology, National University of Singapore, 2019
  • Master of Medicine (Family Medicine), National University of Singapore, 2015
  • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), University of Malaya, 2011


Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • Collegiate Membership (MCFP(S)), College of Family Physicians Singapore, 2019 to date
  • Deputy Clinic Director, SingHealth Polyclinics – Sengkang, 2019 to date
  • Women Health Clinic Champion (SingHealth Polyclinics Sengkang), 2016 to date
  • Patient Safety Collaborative, Clinic Lead (SingHealth Polyclinics Sengkang), 2017 to date 
  • Co-lead Singapore Healthcare Improvement Network (SHINe) project: Large Scale Initiative – Transition of Care Between Sengkang Community Hospital and Sengkang Polyclinic, 2019 


Awards

  • Singapore Health Quality Service Award (Silver), 2016
  • Singapore Health Quality Service Award (Silver), 2021
  • Resident Leader of SingHealth Family Medicine Residency Programme (AY 2014/2015) 


Research Interests

Publications

  • Experiences of primary care physicians managing postpartum care: a qualitative research study.
    Poon, Z., Lee, E.C.W., Ang, L.P. et al. BMC Fam Pract 22, 139 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-021-01494-w
  • Effectiveness of triage at primary care ambulatory clinics for early detection and segregation of COVID-19-infected patients.
    Goh Z, Lee CWE, Ng CWM, Ang TWA, Dey A, Koh KH, Wong WT, Wee YS, Ahamedulla SH, Teh SF, Wong SH, Tan NC. Singapore Med J. 2023 Apr 26. doi: 10.4103/singaporemedj.SMJ-2021-261. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37171425


Research Trials

  • COMFIT 2017(Comfort infant formula in dietary management of infantile colic)
  • SingHypertension (Management of Hypertension and Multiple Risk Factors to Enhance Cardiovascular Health)
  • OPTIMUM (Optimizing care of Patients via Telehealth In Monitoring and Augmenting their control of Diabetes Mellitus) 
  • PRACTICE (Postpartum CaRe: Perspectives and praCtices of The primary CarE physician)
  • PRISMA (Perspectives and ExpeRiences of Mothers In the Evaluation of PoSt PartuM Care Needs in PrimAry Care)
  • Factors and Barriers Influencing Women’s Attendance in BreastScreen Singapore