Clin Asst Prof Annalisa Ng Ya-Lyn

MBBS (Singapore), MRCS(Edin), M.Med (Surg), FRCSEd (General Surgery)

Senior Consultant

Changi General Hospital

Specialty: General Surgery

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About

Education and Training

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Awards

Publications

Conditions Treated By This Doctor

Abdominal Hernias Achalasia Bariatric ＆ Metabolic Surgery Barrett’s Oesophagus Dyspepsia Dysphagia (Difficulty in Swallowing) GERD Gastric Cancer Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour (GIST) Hiatal Hernia Inguinal Hernia (Adult) Obesity Oesophageal Cancer Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD) Stomach Cancer

Clinical Appointments

Senior Consultant

Surgery

Senior Consultant

Upper Gastrointestinal ＆ Bariatric Surgery

About

Dr Annalisa Ng is a Senior Consultant at the Department of Surgery in Changi General Hospital (CGH). Her clinical interests are in upper gastrointestinal, metabolic and bariatric surgery, hernia surgery, minimally invasive surgery as well as therapeutic endoscopy. She graduated with an MBBS from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in 2010 and subsequently obtained her Masters of Medicine (Surgery) from NUS in 2016. She obtained her Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) in 2017 and was awarded the Gold Medal from the College of Surgeons, Singapore, for being the top candidate in the Surgical Exit Examination in 2018.

Dr Ng furthered her specialist training by completing a year-long fellowship in minimally invasive upper gastrointestinal oncology surgery with a focus on robotic-assisted oesophagectomy at the University Medical Centre Utrecht, Netherlands; a pioneer in the use of robotic-assisted surgery for such procedures.

Education and Training

FRCS General Surgery (Edinburgh) 2017
MMED Surgery (Singapore) 2016
MBBS (Singapore) 2010

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Clinical Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS, 2019 – present
Clinical Lecturer, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 2019 – present
Clinical Lecturer, NTU Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, 2019 – present
Physician Faculty Member, SingHealth General Surgery Residency Programme, 2017 – present
Member, Upper Gastrointestinal International Robotic Association (UGIRA), 2023 – present
Member, International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus (ISDE), 2022 – present

Awards

Best Team Award, SingHealth Nursing Awards, 2023
Star Award, Singapore Health Quality Service Awards, 2022
SingHealth Manpower Development Plan Award (Minimally Invasive Upper GI Oncology Surgery with a Focus on Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy), 2020
Gold Medal (General Surgery), College of Surgeons, Singapore, 2018
Outstanding Resident Award, SingHealth Residency Programme, 2014
Best House Officer, SingHealth Junior Doctors Award, 2011

Publications

Ching SS, Lee PC, Lim CH, Wong ASY, Ng AY, Lin J, Lee J. Study on weight loss outcomes after bariatric surgery to determine a metric least influenced by preoperative BMI. Int J Obes (Lond). 2023 Oct;47(10):993-999. doi: 10.1038/s41366-023-01349-7. Epub 2023 Jul 21. PMID: 37479794.
Arámbulo RH, Ya-Lyn AN, Hillegersberg RV, Ruurda J. Robot-Assisted Esophageal Leiomyosarcoma Resection. Clin Surg. 2023; 8: 3644
Ching SS, Lim TW, Ng YL A. Recurrent esophageal candidiasis: a case report of different complications. Ann Esophagus 2020. doi: 10.21037/aoe-20-29
Ng, A.Y, Lin, J., Ching, S.S. et al. Does primary closure of direct inguinal hernia defect during laparoscopic mesh repair reduce the risk of early recurrence?. Hernia 24, 1093–1098 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-020-02257-9
Ching SS, Ng YL A, Lee J, Lin J, Wong ASY, Loh WJ, Khoo JCJ. A367 Improvement of Type II Diabetes Mellitus after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy from a Single Centre. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 2019;15(10):S150-. Doi:10.1016/j.soard.2019.08.308
Ng YA, Lee J, Zheng XJ, Nagaputra JC, Tan SH, Wong SA. Giant pedunculated oesophageal liposarcomas: A review of literature and resection techniques. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2019;64:113-119. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.10.006. Epub 2019 Oct 7.
Ng YA, Tan QT, Wan WK, Goh YC. A case report of wound site seeding following cholecystectomy for dysplastic gallbladder. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2017;35:87-93. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.04.006. Epub 2017