Profile
Dr Yam Wai Loon is a Consultant with the Department of Urology at Changi General Hospital (CGH). He obtained his medical degree at the National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in 2008 and undertook residency training in Urology from 2013 to 2017. He was awarded the SingHealth Outstanding Resident Award in 2014, passed the specialist board examination in 2017 and was the top scorer in the European Board of Urology assessment in 2017.
Dr Yam has special interests in metastatic prostate cancer, prostate cancer, and urothelial cancer. He initiated the department’s metastatic prostate cancer clinic as well as intravesical gemcitabine for BCG failure bladder cancer.
Dr Yam has organised and been invited as a speaker at various local-regional workshops, courses and conferences for fellow urologists and residents.
Education
- FAMS (Urology), 2017
- MRCS, Ireland, 2011
- MBBS, Singapore, 2008
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Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships
- Member, Prostate Cancer Management Guidelines, Academy of Medicine, Singapore Practice Guidelines Committee, 2024 – Present
- Member, SingHealth Robotic Surgery Committee, Surgery ACP, 2023 – Present
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Awards
- Long Service Award, Changi General Hospital, 2020
- Silver Award. Singapore Health Quality Service Awards, 2020
- 2nd Prize in Oral Presentation, Urofair, 2018
- Top scorer, European Board of Urology (EBU) examination, 2017
- Best of Posters, European Association of Urology Conference, 2016
- Outstanding Resident Award, Residency in SingHealth Excels (RiSE), 2014
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Publications
- Breast cancer metastasis to urinary bladder related hematuria and concomitant venous thromboembolism - case report of a challenging clinical scenario. Foo Chek Hao, Yam Wai Loon, Tan Chien Sheng, Park Joon Jae. Annals of Breast Surgery, Oct 2020
- A rare case of acute urinary bladder diverticulitis mimicking acute appendicitis. Tan Min-On, Yam Wai Loon, Tan Yung Khan, Chia Sing Joo, Ng Keng Sin. American Journal of Case Reports, Aug 2020
- Bacteria-ball in the urinary tract: a rare entity. Benjamin Lim Tze Ying, Yam Wai Loon, Angeline Poh, Victor Ng, Lim Sey Kiat, Ng Kok Kit. British Journal of Radiology Case Reports, May 2020
- Modified Transperitoneal Ports Configuration Technique and Docking with the da Vinci Surgical System Xi for Combined Pancreaticoduodenectomy and Right Partial Nephrectomy. Lim Tze Ying Benjamin, Lim Sey Kiat Terence, Yam Wai Loon, Chiow Kah Heng Adrian, Lee Lip Seng. Surgery Case Reports, Mar 2020
- Is There Still a Role of Balloon Dilatation of Benign Ureteric Strictures in 2019? Yam Wai Loon, Terence Lim Sey Kiat, Ng Keng Sin, Ng Foo Cheong. Scandinavian Journal of Urology, Jan 2020
- Ultrasound-guided percutaneous nephrolithotomy: Advantages and limitations. Ng FC, Yam WL, Lim TY, Teo JK, Ng KK, Lim SK. Investigative and Clinical Urology, Sep 2017
- Modified transperitoneal ports configuration and docking technique for renal surgeries with the da Vinci Surgical System Xi.Lim SK, Ng FC, Yam WL, Rha KH. International Journal of Urology, Sep 2016
- Spermatic cord abscess: a rare complication of epididymo-orchitis, the diagnosis and management. Yam WL, Ng FC. BMJ Case Reports, Aug 2014
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