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Dr Yeo Kee Thai

MD CM (McGill U, Canada), Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Pediatric Infectious Diseases)

Senior Consultant

KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Specialty: Paediatrics

Sub-specialties: Neonatology

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Neonatal Rashes , Premature Infants and Newborns Needing Intensive Care .

Clinical Appointments

Senior Consultant Neonatology KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Profile

I am a neonatal senior consultant at KK Women's & Children's Hospital, who is US-board certified in general paediatrics, neonatal-perinatal medicine and paediatric infectious disease. I obtained my medical degree from McGill University in Canada before pursuing a Masters of Science from University College London in International Child Health. I subsequently completed my paediatric residency and fellowship training in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. I have also recently completed a clinical/research fellowship in neonatology at the Royal Hospital for Women, Australia before moving to Singapore. My foremost clinical/research interest is in improving and advancing the care of premature infants and newborns. I have a keen interest in neonatal epidemiology, infectious disease and neonatal immunology.

Education

FAAP Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (USA) 2014
FAAP Pediatric Infection Diasease (USA) 2013
FAAP General Pediatrics (USA) 2008
MSc (UK) 2005
MD CM (Canada) 2004

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Clinical Lecturer, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore
Adj Instructor, DUKE-NUS Medical School, Singapore
Clinical Teacher, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore
Member, Hospital Infection Control Committee, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital 2015 - Present
Senior Consultant, Department of Neonatology, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital 2022 – Present

Awards

Nurturing Clinician Scientist Scheme, Academic Medicine Research Institute, Singhealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Singapore
Khoo Scholars Programme, Academic Medicine Research Institute, nSinghealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Singapore
Paeds ACP/Tan Cheng Lim Fund Grant, Paediatric Academic Clinical Program, Singhealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Singapore
National Conference & Exhibition Presenter’s Award for Scientific Excellence, 2012
Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Fellowship Research Award in Pediatrics, 2011
Carl Zeithaml Award, 2008
Outstanding Basic Science Presentation, 2008

Research Interests

Neonatal Infectious Diseases
Neonatal Epidemiology
Preterm Immunome

Publications

KT Yeo, R de la Puerta, NWS Tee, KC Thoon, VS Rajadurai, CF Yung. Burden, etiology and risk factors of respiratory virus infections among symptomatic preterm infants in the tropics: a retrospective single-center cohort study
Clin Infect Dis 2018 (epub ahead of publication)
Stopping feeds for prevention of transfusion-associated necrotising enterocolitis in preterm infants (Protocol).
KT Yeo, JY Kong, A Sasi, K Tan, NM Lai.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2017, Issue 12. Art. No.: CD012888. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD012888.
KT Yeo, N Safi, YA Wang, R Le Marsney, T Schindler, S Bolisetty, R Haslam, K Lui, on behalf of the Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network (ANZNN)
Prediction of outcomes of extremely low gestational age newborns in Australia and New Zealand BMJ Paediatrics Open 2017;1:e000205.
E Sanderson, KT Yeo, AY Wang, I Callander, B Bajuk, S Bolisetty, K. Lui for the NICUS Network Dwell Time and Risk of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection in Neonates infection in neonates
Journal of Hospital Infection, Nov 2017, 97:267-274
KT Yeo, CF Yung, LC Chiew, H Yunus, KC Thoon, M Gomez, V Rajadurai. Universal Mask Policy in the Neonatal Unit to Reduce Respiratory Viral Infections.
Clin Infect Dis. published online December 16, 2016 (doi:10.1093/cid/ciw842)
JY Kong, KT Yeo, M Abdel-Latif , B Bajuk, AJ Holland, S Adams, A Jiwane, S Heck, M Yeong, K Lui, JL Oei. Outcomes of Infants with Abdominal Wall Defects Over 18 Years. J Ped Surg 2016; 51(10):1644
CF Yung, CY Chong, KT Yeo, C Liew, LC Ng, NWH Tan, GSH Yeo, NWS Tee, RTP Lin, TC Tan, VS Rajadurai, JKY Chan, KC Thoon. Zika Virus: An Evolving Public Health Threat. Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore 2016; 45:148
CF Yung, KT Yeo, GSH Yeo, KC Thoon. Zika virus and microcephaly: Case ascertainment and quantifying risk. BMJ 2016; 352: i781 (10 Feb 2016)
AE Dent, I Malhotra, X Wang, D Babineau, KT Yeo, T Anderson, RJ Kimmel, E Angov, DE Lanar, D Narum, S Dutta, J Richards, JG. Beeson, BS. Crabb, AF. Cowman, T Horii, E Muchiri, PL Mungai, CL. King, JW Kazura. Contrasting Patterns of Serologic and Functional Antibody Dynamics to Plasmodium falciparum Antigens in a Kenyan Birth Cohort. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2015 Dec 9. pii: CVI.00452-15
KT Yeo, QY Lee, WS Quek, YA Wang, S Bolisetty, K Lui on behalf of the Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network (ANZNN).
Trends in Morbidity and Mortality of Extremely Preterm Multiple Gestation Newborns. Pediatrics 2015 Aug;136:263-71
A Priyadarshi, KT Yeo, J Smyth. Twins with bilateral cerebral ventriculomegaly (Visual Diagnosis). Neoreviews March 2015
KT Yeo, A Mandalakas. (2014) Tuberculosis and Human Nutrition. In Mohan Pammi, Jesus G Vallejo, Steven A Abrams (Eds), Nutrition-Infection Interactions and Impact on Human Health (1st edition). FL, USA: CRC Press.
KT Yeo, A Priyadarshi, S Bolisetty. Streptokinase therapy in the treatment of neonatal obstructive renal candidiasis.
BMJ Case Rep published online: 3 Dec 2013
G Weaver, R Newmyer, KT Yeo, M Jacobs, N Isham, M Ghannoum, B Gonzalez. An unusual periorbital rash in a child.
Clin Infect Dis 2012;55:844
KT Yeo, X Zhu, HL Kirchner, AD LaBeaud, AM Mandalakas. Candida Skin Testing is a Poor Adjunct to Tuberculin Skin Testing in International Adoptees.
Pediatr Infect Dis J 2009;28:1020-21
AM Mandalakas, HL Kirchner, X Zhu, KT Yeo, J Starke. Interpretation of repeat tuberculin skin testing in international adoptees:conversions or boosting.
Pediatr Infect Dis J 2008;27:913-9
IK T Yeo, TN Tannenbaum, AN Scott, R Kozak, MA Behr, L Thibert, K Schwartzman. Contact Investigation and Genotyping to Identify Tuberculosis Transmission to Children.
Pediatr Infect Dis J 2006;25:1037-1043