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Assoc Prof Sitoh Yih Yian is a senior consultant neuroradiology at the National Neuroscience Institute

Clin Assoc Prof Sitoh Yih Yian

MBBS, FRCR (United Kingdom), FAMS

Senior Consultant

National Neuroscience Institute National Neuroscience Institute

Specialty: Diagnostic Radiology

Clinical Interests

Neuroradiology

Clinical Appointments

Senior Consultant

Neuroradiology

Chief Risk Officer

Academic Appointments

About Doctor

Dr Sitoh Yih Yian is the Chief Risk Officer and a Senior Consultant Neuroradiologist at the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI).

He is also Clinical Associate Professor at Duke NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore.

At NNI, he served 3 terms in senior management positions as Deputy Medical Director (Medical Affairs, Quality Management) till October 2021, and as Head, Department of Neuroradiology till December 2022. He was Academic Deputy Chair, Radiological Sciences Academic Clinical Program, at the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre till 31 March 2023.

Dr Sitoh completed his medical and radiology training in Singapore and obtained the post-graduate qualification of Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists, UK in 1994. He completed a Fellowship in Diagnostic Neuroradiology at Stanford University Medical Centre in 1997, under the Health Manpower Development Program Award. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 peer reviewed publications, served as reviewer on various journals and grant funding agencies, and has served on several Editorial Boards

Languages Spoken

  • English

Education and Training

  • MBBS (NUS)
  • FRCR (United Kingdom)
  • FAMS

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • Chief Risk Officer, National Neuroscience Institute
  • Senior Consultant, Department of Neuroradiology, National Neuroscience Institute
  • Clinical Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School
  • Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Awards

  • Public Administration Medal (Bronze), National Day Award 2023
  • Commendation Medal (COVID-19), 2023
  • Outstanding Clinician Award, SingHealth GCEO Excellence Award 2022
  • Special Mention Award, Medical Education Grand Innovation Challenge (MEGIC), AY 2019/2020, National University of Singapore
  • 30 Years Long Service Award, SingHealth, 2019
  • SingHealth RiSE Outstanding Faculty Award, AY 2016/2017, Diagnostic Radiology
  • Long Service Medal, National Day Awards 2015 (Ministry of Health)
  • Singapore Medical Journal Reviewer Recognition Award for Reviewing with Distinction, 2007 and 2008
  • Enterprise Award, The Enterprise Challenge Awards, PS21 ExCEL Convention 2001, for Virtual Reality Environments for Surgery Planning : The Dextroscope & the DextroBeam