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Dr Yong Kok Pin

Dr Yong Kok Pin

​MB BCh BAO, MRCP (United Kingdom)

Head of Service & Senior Consultant

National Neuroscience Institute

Specialty: Neurology

Clinical Interest: General Neurology, Neuroimmunology

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Multiple Sclerosis, Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder.

Clinical Appointments

  • Head of Service & Senior Consultant Department of Neurology National Neuroscience InstituteNational Neuroscience Institute
  • Senior Consultant Neurology Singapore General HospitalSingapore General Hospital
  • Head of Service & Senior Consultant Neuroscience Sengkang General HospitalSengkang General Hospital

Profile

Dr Yong joined the Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute (NNI@SS) in 2012 and completed his advanced specialist training in Neurology in 2015.

He is currently a Senior Consultant Neurologist at the National Neuroscience Institute with special interest in Neuroimmunology.

Education

  • MRCP (United Kingdom), 2012
  • MB BCh BAO (NUI), 2007

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • Head of Service, Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute (SKH), 2024 - Present
  • Senior Consultant, Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute (NNI@SGH), 2022 - Present
  • Consultant, Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute (NNI@SGH), 2016 - 2022
  • Adjunct Instructor, SingHealth Duke- NUS Neuroscience Academic Clinical Programme
  • Clinical Lecturer, Neurology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

Awards

  • Singapore Health Quality Service Award (Silver), 2015
  • Service with a Heart Award, 2014

Research Interests

  • Neuroimmunology (CNS inflammatory demyelinating diseases, autoimmune encephalitis)

Publications

  • ​Hyperfamiliarity in Amnestic and Vascular Mild Cognitive Impairment. Chia PS, Hameed S, Yong KP, Chan LL, Ting SKS. Can J Neurol Sci 2016; 00: 1-7
  • Ictal Asomatognosia With Illusory Limb Movement Secondary to Dominant Parietal Lobe Lesion. Ting SKS, Yong KP, Hameed S. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 2015 Summer; 27(3):e218-20
  • Severe falciparum malaria with dengue coinfection complicated by rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury: an unusual case with myoglobinemia, myoglobinuria but normal serum creatine kinase. Yong KP, Tan BH, Low CY. BMC Infect Dis 2012; 12(1): 364

Research Trials

  • Validation of a commercial assay in the detection of LGI1 and CASPR2 autoantibodies, 2015 – 2018