Clin Asst Prof Yeo Colin

Dr Colin Yeo completed his Bachelors in Medicine & Surgery (MBBS) from National University of Singapore in 2005 and obtained membership of Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) in 2010. He obtained his cardiology specialty accreditation with the Ministry of Health, Singapore in 2013 and completed his clinical fellowship and research in adult clinical electrophysiology with University of Ottawa from 2015 to 2017 where he was the chief  fellow from 2016 to 2017. During this time, he honed his skills in catheter ablation in complex arrhythmias (atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia) and cardiac implantable electronic device (pacemaker, defibrillators and biventricular resynchronisation) implant and management.

Dr Yeo holds an interest in clinical research and clinical care of cardiac implantable electronic devices, arrhythmia, sudden cardiac death and hereditary arrhythmia syndromes. He also has an interest in therapeutic hypothermia and is currently a member of the National Therapeutic Hypothermia workgroup and is co-chairman of Changi General Hospital Code Blue committee.

• MBBS (Singapore), 2005
• MRCP (Edinburgh), 2010
• FRCP (Edinburgh), 2018
• DRCPSC, 2018

• Clinical Assistant Professor - Duke-NUS
• Co-chairman - Code Blue Committee Changi General Hospital 2015 to present
• Core Faculty Member - Singhealth Internal Medicine Residency Programme 2014 to present
• Instructor - Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Singapore 2011 to present
• Member - Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society 2016 to present
• Member - Heart Rhythm Society 2015 to present
• Member - Singapore Cardiac Society 2015 to present
• Member - Singapore Medical Association 2006 to present
• Senior Clinical Lecturer - NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine  2017 to present

• Chief Fellow in 2016-2017 in Adult Clinical Electrophysiology with University of Ottawa
• 2nd prize at the Canadian Electrophysiology Meeting in Toronto in 2016
• Eastern Health Alliance Caring awards: silver. 8 May 2015
• Young Investigator Clinical Research Award. Duke Singhealth Annual Scientific Meeting 2012

• Arrhythmia
• Atrial Fibrillation
• Cardiology
• Device Technology to Improve Clinical Care in the Field of Arrhythmia
• Electrophysiology
• Syncope

Peer reviewed publications

• Nair GM, Yeo C et al. Three-Year Outcomes and Reconnection Patterns After Initial Contact Force Guided Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2017 Sep;28(9):984-993

• Marbach JA, Yeo C et al. Multiple inappropriate ICD Therapies in Rapid Succession. Clinical Case Reports 2017 5(12): 1972-1975 

• Poh PG, Liew C, Yeo C et al. Cardiovascular implantable electronic devices: a review of the dangers and difficulties in MR scanning and attempts to improve safety. Insights into Imaging 2017 Aug 2017 8(4):405-18.

• Leong SHB, Chan E, Choon BHH, Yeo C et al. Therapeutic temperature management (TTM): post-resuscitation care for adult cardiac arrest, with recommendations from the National TTM Workgroup. Singapore medical journal 2017 58(7):408-410

• Yeo C et al. Exercise induced syncope in a 22 year old man. Heart 2017;103:642

• Yeo C et al. A case of pacemaker malfunction. Journal of Electrocardiology 2017;50(5):701-03

• Yeo C et al. Wide complex tachycardia in a patient with pre-excitation: What is the mechanism? Heart Rhythm Case Reports 2017 Apr 3;3(6):315-318

• Yeo C et al. Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia in ischemic cardiomyopathy during ablation. Heart Rhythm Case Reports 2017 Volume 3, Issue 11, Pages 527–530

• Yeo C et al. A case of pacemaker malfunction. 2017 Nov - Dec;50(6):939-940

• Yeo C et al. Recurrent AICD shocks in a 60-year-old man. Heart 2016;102, 1333

• Yeo C et al. A Tale of 2 Tachycardias. Singapore Med J 2015;56(1):e10-13

• Ng SA, Chan HP, Yeo C. Peripheral Stigmata of Infective Endocardititis. Q J Med 2015;108:511

• Yeo C et al. Neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin: An emerging biomarker for acute kidney injury in cardiovascular. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare 2011;20(4):48-58

• Yeo ASH, Yeo JCH, Yeo C et al. Perceptions of complementary and alternative medicine amongst medical students in Singapore. Acupuncture in Medicine 2005;23(1):19-26

Book chapter:

• Yeo C, Lemery R, Green M, 2017, Book chapter 5: Contributions of non contact mapping to the understanding of normal interatrial conduction. Baranchuk. Interatrial Block and Supraventicular Arrhythmias: Clinical implications of Baye’s syndrome. Edition 1, 51-60. Cardiotext Publishing

Abstracts:

• Zero fluoroscopy for AF ablation using Carto and ICE. 5th Ottawa International Heart Conference 2017, Ottawa

• Zero fluoroscopy for ablation of paroxysmal and persistent AF. Asia Pacific Society of Cardiology 2017, Singapore

• Long-term single procedure outcomes of contact force guided pulmonary vein isolation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2016, Montreal 

• Characteristics and predictors of electrical reconnections comparing contact force (CF) versus non CF guided PVI. Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2016, Montreal

• “Workflow Improvement in Device Clinic, Changi General Hospital”. Singapore Healthcare Management 2015

• Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy response rate in Singapore. Changi General Hospital ASM 2015

• Diagnostic yield of screening for AF using manual pulse check and novel diagnostic device in a multi-ethnic population: A single centre study. Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Soceity ASM 2015

• Predictors of Sustainted Return of Spontaneous Circulation among Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Victims in Singapore. Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society ASM 2015

• Aetiology of Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrests in Singapore: An Autopsy Study. Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society ASM 2015

• Characteristics and predictors of electrical reconnections comparing contact force (CF) versus non CF guided PVI. UOHI Research Day 2015, Ottawa

• Therapeutic Hypothermia Therapy for Cardiac Arrest Survivors. Changi General Hospital ASM 2014.

• Thrombus: a moving target. Singapore Live 2012

• Use of urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalion (NGAL) to assess contrast induced nephropathy in patients with NSTEMI undergoing coronary angioplasty (PCI). Duke-Singhealth ASM 2012.

• Use of urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalion (NGAL) to assess contrast induced nephropathy in patients with NSTEMI undergoing coronary angioplasty (PCI). European Society of Cardiology 2012

• Comparing Utilization of TIMI Risk Index Versus Killip Class at Presentation in Determining the Need of Admission to Coronary Care Unit for Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patient After Successful Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Single Centre Study. American Heart Association 2011

• Comparing utilization of TIMI Risk Index vs Killip Class at presentation in determining the need of admission to Coronary Care Unit for Acute STEMI patient after successful primary PCI: Single Centre Study. Journal of American College of Cardiology 2011;57(14)