Dr Lydia Chee Jia Yi

Dr Chee is an Associate Consultant with the Family & Community Medicine department in Sengkang General Hospital. 

She graduated from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, and was a recipient of the SS Ratnam Book Prize. She obtained the Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland thereafter. 

She completed training in the Family Medicine residency programme and obtained her Master of Medicine (Family Medicine). During her residency training, she also served as Assistant Chief Resident. 

She subsequently obtained her fellowship from the College of Family Physicians, and specialist accreditation in Family Medicine by the Specialist Accreditation Board. 

Dr Chee has an active involvement in teaching. She holds teaching appointments with the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, as well as Duke-NUS Medical School. She has been involved in teaching undergraduate students from NUS and LKC, as well as postgraduate trainees enrolled in the GDFM, MMED and FCFP programmes. She also serves as a faculty member for the MMED and FCFP college programmes. She is also involved as an examiner for the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine.

• Fellow of the Academy of Medicine (Singapore)
• Specialist Accreditation in Family Medicine (Singapore)
• Fellow of the College of Family Physicians (Singapore)
• Collegiate Member of the College of Family Physicians (Singapore)
• Master of Medicine (Family Medicine) (National University of Singapore)
• Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (Ireland)
• MBBS (National University of Singapore)

• Associate Consultant, Family & Community Medicine, SKH
• Member, SingHealth Epic Implementation Obstetrics & Gynaecology Process Workgroup, 2025 – 2026
• Clinical Instructor, SingHealth Duke-NUS Family Medicine Academic Clinical Programme, 2025 – present
• Content Expert, Clinical Teacher and Clinical Practice Facilitator, LKC School of Medicine, 2024 – present 
• College of Family Physicians Faculty for FCFP(S), 2024 – present
• College of Family Physicians Faculty for MMED (Family Medicine) programme, 2023 – present
• Collegiate Member of the College of Family Physicians 2022 – present
• Physician Faculty, NHG Residency, 2022 – 2024
• Deputy Lead, Orthopaedics & Rheumatology Specialty Advisory Group, NHGP, 2021 – 2024
• Assistant Chief Resident, NHG FM Residency, 2017 – 2018

• NHGP OurCare Quality Improvement Project Award – Excellence (2023)
• NHG Excellence in Action Award (Team) for RELATE (Relationship-based Health and Social Integration) (2022)
• NHG Team Recognition Awards – Gold (for NHGP RELATE) (2022)
• NHGP Junior Family Physician Award (2020)
• NHGP OurCare Quality Improvement Project Award – Merit (2019)
• SS Ratnam Book Prize Award for Obstetrics & Gynaecology (2013)

• Chee JY, Koh HL, Tan SY. Prevalence and associated factors of musculoskeletal disorders among public primary care physicians in a regional healthcare cluster in Singapore: a cross-sectional study. Singapore Med J. 2025 Mar 31. doi: 10.4103/singaporemedj.SMJ-2024-116. Epub ahead of print.
• Chee JY, Wu MWF, Tiong HY. Iatrogenic cystostomy into Irradiated Small Capacity Bladder with Severe Bowel Adhesions: 2 Case Reports on Methods of Bladder Defect Repair. Singapore Med J 2015; 56 (3): e49-e52 doi: 10.11622/smedj.2015052.