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Assoc Prof Ng Yee Sien

MBBS, MRCP (UK), FAMS

Senior Consultant

Singapore General Hospital

Specialty: Rehabilitation Medicine

Clinical Interest: Neuro-Rehabilitation, Spasticity Management

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Botulinum Toxin Injection (Botox), Joint Aspirations and Intra-articular Drug Injections.

Clinical Appointments

Senior Consultant Neurology Service KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Senior Consultant Rehabilitation Medicine Singapore General Hospital
Senior Consultant Rehabilitation Medicine Sengkang General Hospital

Profile

Dr Ng’s sub-specialties and special interests are Spasticity Management including Botulinum Toxin Injections, Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Neuro-Rehabilitation, Robotics and Interactive Technology in Rehabilitation.

Education

MBBS (Singapore)
MRCP (UK)
Fellowship in Neuro-Rehabilitation (Harvard, US)
Specialist Accreditation in Rehabilitation Medicine (Singapore)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Fellow, Academy of Medicine, Singapore
Adj. Asst. Prof, Duke-NUS Medical School
Adj. Asst. Prof, Yong Loo Lin Faculty of Medicine, NUS

Awards

EXSA Star Excellent Service Award 07/09
Service with a Heart Award 06/08
MOH/SGH Long Service Award 05

Research Interests

Current Ongoing Research Projects include Functional Outcomes, Spasticity, Robotics and Weight-Support Devices

Publications

Yee Sien Ng, Joel Stein, MingMing Ning, Randie M Black-Schaffer: Comparison of Clinical Characteristics and Functional Outcomes of Strokes in Different Vascular Territories. Stroke 2007;38:2309-14
YS Ng, H Jung, SS Tay, CW Bok, Y Chiong, PAC Lim. Results From a Prospective Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Database: Clinical Characteristics and Functional Outcomes using the Functional Independence Measure. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2007;36:3-10
Ng YS, Stein J, Salles SS, Black-Schaffer RM. Clinical characteristics and rehabilitation outcomes of patients with posterior cerebral artery stroke. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2005;86:2138-43.
Yee Sien Ng, Karen SG Chua. States of Severely Altered Consciousness: Clinical Characteristics, medical complications and functional outcome after rehabilitation. NeuroRehabilitation 20 (2005);97-105
Karen SG Chua, YS Ng, Samantha GM Yap, CW Bok. A Brief Review of Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2007;36:31-42
Yee Sien Ng. Clinical Features and Rehabilitation of Strokes in the Less Common Vascular Territories: Anterior and Posterior Cerebral Artery Strokes. Critical Reviews in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine; 2007;19(4):275-94.