We welcome Dr Yong Kailing, who joins us as Senior Consultant Ophthalmologist from 29 April 2024.
Dr Yong Kailing is an experienced senior eye specialist, and an accredited Cataract and Oculoplastic surgeon trained in Singapore and Australia. She obtained her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree in 2006 and Master of Medicine in Ophthalmology from the National University of Singapore. She is conferred a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Singapore. She underwent her Ophthalmology specialist and subspecialty training in Oculoplastics in Singapore. She pursued further training in periocular cancer and paediatric orbital diseases in Australia at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and Queensland Children Hospital, and was awarded honorary fellowship (Oculoplastic) by the Hospitals.
Before leaving for private practice, Dr Yong was a Senior Consultant Ophthalmologist with the Departments of Oculoplastic, General Cataract and Comprehensive Service at the Singapore National Eye Centre, and a visiting Senior Consultant at Sengkang Hospital, Changi Hospital and KK Women and Children Hospital. Dr Yong was awarded the Gold Award SingHealth Quality Service Award in 2024 and the Silver Award SingHealth Quality Service Award in 2022 . Dr Yong was also the Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore and Clinic Senior Lecturer of Department of Ophthalmology at Yong Yoo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. Dr Yong was also active in her research interest in oculoplastic diseases. She has presented her research work in numerous local and overseas conferences and published her research papers in several peer-reviewed literature. Please see https://myeyespecialist.com.sg/about-us/ for more details about Dr Yong.