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Dr Alexander Yip

Email:

AH_ICareClinic@nuhs.edu.sg

URL:

https://www.ah.com.sg/Pages/Our%20Programmes/Specialities.aspx

Designations:

Consultant, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Alexandra Hospital
Consultant, Chronic Programme (Live Better), Alexandra Hospital
Consultant, FAST Programme (Get Better), Alexandra Hospital

Qualifications:

MBBCh (Hons), BSc

Specialties:

Medicine

Sub-Specialties:

Chronic Programme (Live Better), FAST Programme (Get Better), Gastroenterology ＆ Hepatology

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Dr Alexander Yip is the Clinical Director of Healthcare Redesign, where he drives and coordinates Alexandra Hospital's efforts to implement innovative technology-enabled care transformation in order to provide high-quality, safe, efficient and value-driven healthcare. Dr Yip is the lead primary investigator for the Alexandra Research Centre for Healthcare in a Virtual Environment (ARCHIVE), funded by the National Medical Research Council (NMRC) Centre Grant. ARCHIVE supports research to build a strong evidence base of successful and innovative telehealth solutions that can lead to scalable and sustainable telehealth programs.

Dr Yip is the Head of Gastroenterology & Hepatology in Alexandra Hospital. He received a BSc in Neuroscience from Northeastern University in Boston, before obtaining his MB BCh BAO at the University College Dublin in Ireland. He trained in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology & Hepatology at the National University Hospital, Singapore.

Awards

National Medical Research Council (NMRC) Centre Grant 2021
Alexandra Hospital Research Centre for Healthcare in a Virtual Environment (ARCHIVE)

Journals & Publications

Li Feng Tan, Santhosh Kumar Seetharaman, Wenjun Alexander Yip, Telehealth utilisation amongst older adults during a pandemic year, Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 10.1111/ggi.14161, 21, 5, (439-440), (2021).
Wong YJ, Kew GS, Tan PS, Chen Z, Putera M, Yip WA, Ang TL, Fock KM, Lee GH, Hsiang J, Huang DQ, Kwek A, Muthiah MD, Kumar R, Tan M, Tan J, Thurairajah PH, Teo EK, Tai BC, Lim SG. Novel albumin, bilirubin and platelet criteria for the exclusion of high-risk varices in compensated advanced chronic liver disease: A validation study. Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2021 Mar 26;45(6):101598. doi: 10.1016/j.clinre.2020.101598. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33780835.
Sek KSY, Tan ATH, Yip AWJ, Boon EME, Teng GG, Lee CT. Singapore's experience in ensuring continuity of outpatient care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Int J Clin Pract. 2020 Oct;74(10):e13573. doi: 10.1111/ijcp.13573. PMID: 32500951; PMCID: PMC7300471.
Tan, LF, Ho Wen Teng, V, Seetharaman, SK, Yip, AW. Facilitating telehealth for older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: Strategies from a Singapore geriatric center. Geriatr. Gerontol. Int. 2020; 20: 993– 995. https://doi.org/10.1111/ggi.14017
Kew GS, Chen ZJ, Yip AW, Huang YWC, Tan LY, Dan YY, Gowans M, Huang DQ, Lee GH, Lee YM, Lim SG, Low HC, Muthiah MD, Tai BC, Tan PS. Identifying Patients With Cirrhosis Who Might Avoid Screening Endoscopy Based on Serum Albumin and Bilirubin and Platelet Counts. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Jan;19(1):199-201.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2019.11.015. Epub 2019 Nov 9. PMID: 31712081.
Ong, Lizhen, Abid, Muhammad Bilal, Yip, Alexander, Choong, Clarice, Chng, Wee Joo and de Mel, Sanjay. "Paraprotein interference in the diagnosis of hepatitis C infection" Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM), vol. 56, no. 8, 2018, pp. e194-e196. https://doi.org/10.1515/cclm-2017-1148
Yip, Alexander et al. Disease Risk Index (DRI) and Conditioning Regimen Based Risk Stratification of Outcome Among Adults with Acute Myeloid Leukemia Receiving Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Volume 22, Issue 3, S364

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2022/04/22