Clin Asst Prof Yong Kok Pin

Dr Yong Kok Pin is a Senior Consultant Neurologist at the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI). He sees patients at Sengkang General Hospital (SKH), where he is Head of Service, Neurology (NNI@SKH), and Singapore General Hospital (NNI@SGH).

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

He has a special interest in neuroimmunology and manages patients with multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and other conditions where the body's immune system attacks the nerves and nervous system.

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

• 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
• Clinical Assistant Professor, SingHealth Duke-NUS Neuroscience Academic Clinical Programme
• Clinical Lecturer, Neurology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
• Adjunct Lecturer, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine – NTU

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

• Neuroimmunology (CNS inflammatory demyelinating diseases, autoimmune encephalitis)

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

• ​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