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Assoc Prof Laura Tay

MBBS (Singapore), MRCP (UK), MMed (Internal Medicine), MCI (Singapore)

Senior Consultant

Sengkang General Hospital Sengkang General Hospital

Specialty: Geriatric Medicine

Clinical Appointments

Senior Consultant

Geriatric Medicine

Senior Consultant

General Medicine

Languages Spoken

  • English

Education and Training

  • MBBS, National University of Singapore
  • MMed, Internal Medicine, National University of Singapore
  • MRCP(UK)
  • MCI, National University of Singapore

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • Clinical Lecturer, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Awards

  • ​Clinician Investigator Award (Bronze) Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress, 2015
  • Young Investigator Award (Gold) Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress, 2014
  • National Research Foundation - Ministry of Health Healthcare Research Scholarship for Masters of Clinical Investigation (NUS), 2011 - 2013

Publications

  • Association of nutrition and immune-endocrine dysfunction with muscle mass and performance in cognitively impaired older adults.  L Tay, BP Leung, S Wee et al. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2018; 75: 20-27.
  • Impact of frailty and residual subsyndromal delirium on 1-year functional recovery: A prospective cohort study.  Chew J, Lim WS, Chong MS, Ding YY, Tay L. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2017: 17(12): 2472-2478.
  • Frailty and Risk of Adverse Outcomes in Hospitalized Older Adults: A Comparison of Different Frailty Measures.  Chong E, Ho E, Baldevarona J, Chan M, Wu L, Tay L. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2017; 18(7): 638e7-638e11.
  • Delirium Superimposed on Dementia: Phenomenological Differences between Patients with and without Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in a Specialized Delirium Unit.  Ang J, Chong MS, Tay L. International Psychogeriatrics 2016; 5:1-11.
  • A Combined Cognitive Stimulation and Physical Exercise Programme (MINDVital) in Early Dementia: Differential Effects on Single - and Dual-Task Gait Performance.  Tay L, Lim WS, Chan M, et al. Gerontology 2016 Feb 26.
  • The Independent Role of Inflammation in Physical Frailty Among Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer's Disease.  Tay L, Lim WS, Chan M, Ye RJ, Chong MS. J Nutr Health Aging 2016; 20(3): 208-99.
  • Gender-specific Differences in Risk Factors for Sarcopenia among Community-dwelling Older Adults.  Tay L, Ding YY, Leung BP, Ismail NH, Yeo A, Yew S, Tay KS, Tan CH, Chong MS. AGE 2015; 37: 121.
  • The Case for Stage-Specific Frailty Interventions Spanning Cognitive Community Aging to Cognitive Impairment.  Chong MS, Tay L, Ismail NH, Tan CH, Yew S, Yeo A, Ye RJ, Leung B, Ding YY. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2015; 16(11): 1003.
  • Outcomes of a multimodal cognitive and physical rehabilitation program for persons with mild dementia and their caregivers: a goal-oriented approach.  Chew J, Chong MS, Tay L. Clinical Interventions in Aging 2015; 10: 1687-94.
  • Impact of the DSM-V criteria on Neurocognitive Diagnostic Classifications in a Memory Clinic.  Tay L, Lim WS, Chan M, Ali N, Mahanum S, Chew P, Lim J, Chong MS. Am J Geriatr Psy 2015.
  • Differential perceptions of Quality of Life (QoL) in community-dwelling persons with mild-to-moderate dementia: Patients who over- and under-rate their QoL relative to their caregivers' assessment.  Tay L, Chua KC, Chan M, Lim WS, Ang YY, Koh E, Chong MS. International Psychogeriatrics 2014; 26(8): 1273-1282.
  • Functional improvement in hospitalized older adults is independent of dementia diagnosis: Experience of a specialized delirium management unit.  Tay L, Chan M, Chong MS. Journal of Hospital Medicine 2013.