Dr Leong Yun Hao

MBBS, MRCS (Edin), MMed (Anaes), CHSE

Associate Consultant

Profile

Dr Leong Yun Hao is an Anaesthesiologist in the Department of Pain Medicine, Division of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Singapore General Hospital.

Dr Leong completed his MBBS at the National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in 2016. He subsequently obtained his Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) in 2017. He then completed his residency training in Anaesthesiology and was conferred the Master of Medicine (Anaesthesiology) by the National University of Singapore in 2024.

His subspeciality interest is in Pain medicine and Regional Anesthesia. He also has an interest in Medical Education and is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE).

Education

MMed (Anaesthesiology) (S'pore)
MRCS (Edinburgh)
MBBS (S'pore)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Awards

SingHealth Anaesthesia ACP Senior Resident Talent Development Award (2023)
SingHealth Residency RiSE Award – Inspiring Resident Educator Award (2023, 2024)
SingHealth Associate in Education (2023)
SGH Anaesthesia Inspiring Teacher Award (2023)
Junior Doctor Teaching Award, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (2017)

Research Interests

Publications and Research Trials

1. Leong, Y.H., Khoo, Y.L., Abdullah, H.R. et al. Compliance to ventilator care
bundles and its association with ventilator-associated pneumonia. APS 2, 20 (2024). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44254-024-00059-1

2. Ke, Y., Ng, R.R.G., Elangovan, S., Leong, Y.H., Goh, Z.H., Graves, N.S., Abdullah, H.R. “Prehabilitation Programs - a Systematic Review of the Economic Evidence.” Frontiers of Medicine, vol. 10, Dec. 2023, p. 1281843. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2023.1281843/full

3. Ng, Kennedy Y. Y., et al. “Factors Influencing Protective Behaviours during
Haze Episodes in Singapore: A Population-Based Study.” Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, vol. 50, no. 7, 2021, pp. 514–26, https://doi.org/10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2020614