Dr Samantha Yeo is a Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, UK (MRCOG) and a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (FAMS). She graduated from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS, obtained her Master of Medicine (M Med O&G), and thereafter her specialist accreditation from the Singapore Medical Council.
As an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Dr Yeo is passionate about holistic women’s health – especially natural fertility, preconception health, as well as compreshensive pregnancy and postpartum care. Surgically, Dr Yeo is an accredited laparoscopic surgeon, with expertise in minimally invasive fertility preserving surgery, including keyhole, hysteroscopic and complex pelvic surgery. Over the course of her career, Dr Yeo has delivered thousands of babies, and is well versed in instrumental and complicated caesarean deliveries. She cares greatly about wound healing and scar aesthetics. Dr Yeo has also published and presented her research on pregnancy and complicated surgeries at international platforms- namely, conferences in Paris, London, Australia, and Taiwan.
Dr Yeo is the clinical lead for Sengkang General Hospital’s satellite Obstetrics & Gynaecology department, and the deputy lead for KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital inpatient Obstetrics & Gynaecology service.
Dr Yeo strongly believes in empowered women’s health. She is aregular panelist and speaker at multidisciplinary public forums, and co-founded the NewMums #SgUnited community support groupduring the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr Yeo contributes to breastfeeding awareness and research, and advocates for single mothers, teenage mothers, and postnatal mental wellness.
Dr Yeo remains active in pre- and post-graduate medical education, as a lecturer and examiner at the Lee Kong Chian (LKC) and Yong Loo Lin Schools of Medicine, and a clinical physician faculty member of the Singhealth Obstetrics & Gynaecology Residency Programme. She is a clinical mentor to medical students from all three medical schools in Singapore, and was previously the secretary of the Singhealth Resident’s Committee from 2013 – 2015.
As a mother of three herself, Dr Yeo truly relates to the trials and tribulations of pregnancy and parenthood. She strives to make every patient’s journey enjoyable, during the reproductive years and beyond.
