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Dr He Yingke

Dr He Yingke

​MD, MMed Anaes, MSc, BSc (First Class Honors)

Consultant

Specialty: Anaesthesiology

Sub-specialties: Perioperative Medicine, Obstetric Anaesthesia

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Clinical Anaesthesia, Obstetric Anaesthesia.

Clinical Appointments

  • Consultant Anaesthesiology Singapore General HospitalSingapore General Hospital

Profile

​Dr He Yingke is a Consultant with the Department of Anesthesiology. She graduated with MD degree from Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore in 2013. She was awarded the Master of Medicine by the National University of Singapore in 2017. She has special clinical interests in Perioperative Medicine and Obstetric Anaesthesia. 

As a perioperative physician, she has pursued a Master in Perioperative Medicine from the University College of London. She is also involved in setting up the perioperative medicine service and preoperative anaesthesia assessment clinic in Singapore National Eye Center (SNEC). 

Dr He is leading a few research projects including perioperative smoking cessation programs in the department. She is also actively involved in quality improvement projects to improve patients' care. She is working closely with obstetricians to improve the care of obstetric patients in SGH as well.

Education

 

  • MSc (Perioperative Medicine), University College London, 2022
  • MMed (Anaesthesiology), National University of Singapore, 2017
  • USMLE (Step 1-3), USA, 2013
  • MD (Duke-NUS), 2013
  • BSc (Life Science) with First Class Honors, National University of Singapore, 2009

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • ​Member, Duke-NUS MD Educator Faculty Committee

Awards

  • SGH Scholarship For MSc in Perioperative Medicine, 2021
  • Top 5% of USMLE Score across cohort for USMLE Step 1 and Step 2CK, 2010
  • Dean's list for 6 times during undergraduate study 2005-2009
  • Undergraduate Scholarship for PRC Students, 2003

Research Interests

  • ​Clinical Anaesthesia
  • Obstetric Anaesthesia
  • Quality improvement studies in perioperative medicine
  • Perioperative Smoking Cessation

Publications

​Selected Publications:

  1. Preparation and Consideration for establishment of an isolation maternity unit in a tertiary hospital during COVID-19 pandemic. He Y, Wong Y, Ngeow A et al. BMC pregnancy and childbirth 2022. Accepted in revision (JIF: 2.938)
  2. Smoking Characteristics and Readiness-to-Quit Status Among Smokers Attending Preoperative Assessment Clinic - A Prospective Cohort Study. He Y, Tan M, Shi M et al. Risk management and healthcare policy 2021; 14: 2483–90.
  3. Advances in the research on the targets of anti-malaria actions of artemisinin. Yang J, He Y, Li Y et al. Pharmacology & therapeutics 2020; 216: 107697. (JIF: 11.127)
  4. Assessment of predictive validity and feasibility of Edmonton Frail Scale in identifying postoperative complications among elderly patients: a prospective observational study. Yingke He, Lydia Weiling Li, Ying Hao, Eileen Yilin Sim, Kai Lee Ng, Rui Lee, Mattheaus Shengjie Lim, Ruban Poopalalingam, Hairil Rizal Abdullah. Sci Rep. (2020) 10:14682 (JIF: 4.122)
  5. Preparedness is essential for malaria-endemic regions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jigang Wang, Chengchao Xu, Yin Kwan Wong, Yingke He, et al. Lancet 2020; 395 (10230), 1094-1096 (JIF: 59.102)
Research Grants as PI:
  1. Prevalence of cigarette smoking and readiness-to-quit among surgical patients attending Preoperative Assessment Clinic, Anaes ACP Pilot Grant, 2020-2021
  2. The role and effectiveness of a prospective multi-disciplinary intensive perioperative smoking cessation programme among surgical patients: A pilot feasibility study, SGH Research Grant, 2021-2022

Research Trials