Geriatric Medicine Doctor: Laura Tay | Sengkang General Hospital
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Laura Tay
MBBS (Singapore), MRCP (UK), MMed (Internal Medicine), MCI (Singapore)
Head ＆ Senior Consultant
Sengkang General Hospital
Specialty: Geriatric Medicine
Clinical Appointments
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Head ＆ Senior Consultant
SingHealth Duke-NUS Centre of Memory and Cognitive Disorders
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Head ＆ Senior Consultant
Geriatric Medicine
Sengkang General Hospital
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Senior Consultant
Department of General Medicine
Sengkang General Hospital
Profile
Education
- MBBS, National University of Singapore
- MMed, Internal Medicine, National University of Singapore
- MRCP(UK)
- MCI, National University of Singapore
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Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships
- Clinical Lecturer, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
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Awards
- Clinician Investigator Award (Bronze) Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress, 2015
- Young Investigator Award (Gold) Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress, 2014
- National Research Foundation - Ministry of Health Healthcare Research Scholarship for Masters of Clinical Investigation (NUS), 2011 - 2013
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Publications
- Association of nutrition and immune-endocrine dysfunction with muscle mass and performance in cognitively impaired older adults. L Tay, BP Leung, S Wee et al. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2018; 75: 20-27.
- Impact of frailty and residual subsyndromal delirium on 1-year functional recovery: A prospective cohort study. Chew J, Lim WS, Chong MS, Ding YY, Tay L. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2017: 17(12): 2472-2478.
- Frailty and Risk of Adverse Outcomes in Hospitalized Older Adults: A Comparison of Different Frailty Measures. Chong E, Ho E, Baldevarona J, Chan M, Wu L, Tay L. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2017; 18(7): 638e7-638e11.
- Delirium Superimposed on Dementia: Phenomenological Differences between Patients with and without Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in a Specialized Delirium Unit. Ang J, Chong MS, Tay L. International Psychogeriatrics 2016; 5:1-11.
- A Combined Cognitive Stimulation and Physical Exercise Programme (MINDVital) in Early Dementia: Differential Effects on Single - and Dual-Task Gait Performance. Tay L, Lim WS, Chan M, et al. Gerontology 2016 Feb 26.
- The Independent Role of Inflammation in Physical Frailty Among Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer's Disease. Tay L, Lim WS, Chan M, Ye RJ, Chong MS. J Nutr Health Aging 2016; 20(3): 208-99.
- Gender-specific Differences in Risk Factors for Sarcopenia among Community-dwelling Older Adults. Tay L, Ding YY, Leung BP, Ismail NH, Yeo A, Yew S, Tay KS, Tan CH, Chong MS. AGE 2015; 37: 121.
- The Case for Stage-Specific Frailty Interventions Spanning Cognitive Community Aging to Cognitive Impairment. Chong MS, Tay L, Ismail NH, Tan CH, Yew S, Yeo A, Ye RJ, Leung B, Ding YY. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2015; 16(11): 1003.
- Outcomes of a multimodal cognitive and physical rehabilitation program for persons with mild dementia and their caregivers: a goal-oriented approach. Chew J, Chong MS, Tay L. Clinical Interventions in Aging 2015; 10: 1687-94.
- Impact of the DSM-V criteria on Neurocognitive Diagnostic Classifications in a Memory Clinic. Tay L, Lim WS, Chan M, Ali N, Mahanum S, Chew P, Lim J, Chong MS. Am J Geriatr Psy 2015.
- Differential perceptions of Quality of Life (QoL) in community-dwelling persons with mild-to-moderate dementia: Patients who over- and under-rate their QoL relative to their caregivers' assessment. Tay L, Chua KC, Chan M, Lim WS, Ang YY, Koh E, Chong MS. International Psychogeriatrics 2014; 26(8): 1273-1282.
- Functional improvement in hospitalized older adults is independent of dementia diagnosis: Experience of a specialized delirium management unit. Tay L, Chan M, Chong MS. Journal of Hospital Medicine 2013.
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