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Dr Chiew Yi Rong

MD, MRCP (UK), MMed (Int.Med)

Consultant

Specialty: Neurology

Clinical Interest: General Neurology

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
General Neurology.

Clinical Appointments

Consultant Department of Neurology National Neuroscience Institute

Profile

Dr Chiew Yi Rong is a Consultant, Department of Neurology at the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI@TTSH). He joined the National Healthcare Group (NHG) Internal Medicine Residency and subsequently completed his Senior Residency in Neurology in 2021.

Education

Master of Medicine, Internal Medicine, 2018
MRCP (UK), 2018
MD (UKM), 2013

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Consultant, Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute (NNI@TTSH)
Programme Director, Epilepsy and Sleep Disorders, National Neuroscience Institute
Clinical Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS
Member, American Academy of Neurology
Collegiate Member, Royal College of Physicians United Kingdom

Awards

QI Project Quality Day Gold Award, NNI Singapore 2023
NNI Service Quality Award - Star Award, NNI Singapore 2023
Singapore Healthcare Quality Service Award - Silver, Singhealth Singapore 2022
NNI Service Quality Award - Gold, NNI Singapore 2022
QI Project Quality Day- Gold Award, NNI Singapore 2021
NHG Teaching Excellence Award 2017

Research Interests

Publications

Chiew YR. Orthostatic Tremor as Initial Presentation of Parkinson’s Disease. QJM. 2023 Mar 9:hcad034. doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcad034
Chiew YR, Pawa C. Abdominal paresis and pseudo-hernia secondary to herpes zoster infection: A case report and systematic analysis. Heliyon. 2023 Feb 9;9(2):e13578. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13578
Chiew YR, Ng GJ, Kong YY, Tan YJ. Orbital Apex Syndrome secondary to herpes zoster ophthalmicus: Clinical features and outcomes. Case report and systematic review. J Clin Neurosci. 2022 May; 99:367-372. doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2022.03.036. JIF: 2.116
Chiew YR, Kong Y. Encephalopathy as the Only Manifestation in Simultaneous Arterial Infarct and Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis in Recent COVID-19 Infection. Am J Case Rep. 2022 Dec 30;23:e938571. doi:10.12659/AJCR.938571.
Chiew YR, Ng KP. IVIG treatment in non-paraneoplastic Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome with elevated voltage-gated calcium channels antibodies and subacute cerebellar ataxia. Neurology Asia. 2022; 27;493-495. http://dx.doi.org/10.54029/2022mdf
Chiew YR, Tan JMM. Longitudinally extensive transverse myelopathy in spinal cord infarction. Clin Case Rep. 2022 Dec 26;10(12):e6671. doi:10.1002/ccr3.6672.
Chiew YR, Seet YHC. An Unusual Case of Stroke as the Initial Manifestation of Early Takayasu Arteritis with Normal Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR): Diagnosis and Treatment. Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:3936321. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.936321.
Ng GJ, Chiew YR, Kong YY, Koh SMJ. Neuralgic amyotrophy in COVID-19 infection and after vaccination. Annals Acad Med. 2022. 51;6,376-377. https://doi.org/10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2022106
Chiew YR. See Saw Nystagmus Associated with Retinitis Pigmentosa. QJM. Apr 3: hcad052. Doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcad052.
Chiew YR, Hoe RHM. Acute Painless Spontaneous Common Carotid Artery Dissection related to Newly diagnosed HIV infection. QJM. 2022 Nov 14;115(11):769-770. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcac183
Ng GJ, Chiew YR. Nitrous oxide and cervical myelopathy. Annals Acad Med. 2022. 51;5,321-323. https://doi.org/10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2021430
Chiew YR, Pawa C, Singh DR. Optic Neuropathy from asymptomatic sphenoid sinus aspergilloma. Practical Neurology 2022;22:231-232. doi: 10.1136/practneurol-2021-003243.
Kong Y, McKeon A, Koh OSQ, Chiew YR, Purohit B, Chin CF, Zekeridou A, Ng ASL. Teaching NeuroImages: Linear Radial Periventricular Enhancement in Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein Astrocytopathy. Neurology. 2021 May 11;96(19):e2454-e2455. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000011496.
Kosai NR, Gendeh H, Ho JL, Chiew YR, Taher MM, Sutton PA. Laparoscopic totally transhiatal diverticulectomy of giant epiphrenic oesophageal diverticulum. Eastern Journal of Medicine. 2016 Jan; 21(3):141-144. doi:10.5505/ejm.2016.15863.