Clin Asst Prof Chiew Yi Rong

About

​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 and Training

• 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

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.