Clin Asst Prof Lee Wai Ching Deanna

Dr Lee Wai Ching Deanna is a Senior Consultant at the Sengkang General Hospital, of Singapore. She received her specialist training in the Division of General Medicine at the National University Hospital System Singapore. She also obtained her postgraduate in Acute Medicine by the Royal College of Physician, United Kingdom.

She joined the Department of General Medicine of Sengkang General Hospital in 2017. Her clinical interest would be in acute medicine, transitional care, successful aging, weight management and metabolic medicine. She is actively involved in quality improvement of hospital services and medical education. She is heavily involved in the teaching and training for the postgraduate and undergraduate doctors from the three medical universities, nurses and allied health. She has widely published in all these areas.

• MBBS (Malaya)
• MRCP(UK)
• Specialty Certificate Examination (SCE) in Acute Medicine, UK
• Specialist Accreditation in Internal Medicine (Singapore)
• Certificate in Medical & Health Professions Education
• Graduate Diploma in Geriatric Medicine
• HMDP fellowship training in Obesity and Metabolic Medicine (University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital - Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders)

• Clinical Adjunct Assistant Professor (DUKE-NUS School of Medicine)
• Undergraduate Medical Lead 
• Adjunct Senior Clinical Lecturer, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
• Clinical Block Lead & Adjunct Instructor (Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine)
• Medical Co-Lead, Sengkang Weight Improvement Therapy and Complete Health (SWITCH) SKH
• Programme Director, Internal Medicine Procedure Skills
• Royal College of Physician (UK), Member
• American College of Physician, Member
• Core Member of AMEI – PDC (Academic Medicine Partners DUKE-NUS)
• Associate, Education Office Sengkang General Hospital

• National University of Singapore, Dean's Special Recognition Award, 2020
• Top Senior Educator Award, Singhealth Medical ACP, 2019
• MOH Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) Award for Obesity and Metabolic Medicine, 2019
• SingHealth Foundation Grant for Internal Medicine Procedural Skills, 2017
• Best Junior Mentor Award, 2014 & 2015
• Tun J Danaraj Gold Medalist 2010 for Academics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
  

• Balakrishnan Ashokka, Deanna Wai Ching Lee & Chaoyan Dong (2021): Twelve tips for developing a systematic acute care curriculum for medical students, Medical Teacher, DOI: 10.1080/0142159X.2021.1987405
• W.C. Lee, C.Y. Ong. Overview of rapid mitigating strategies in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public Health, 2020; 185: 15-1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2020.05.015
• Lee WC, Dong C, Aw C. How we taught medical students in a tertiary hospital during a pandemic. MedEdPublish (2020). https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2020.000163.1
• Dong C, Lee WC, Aw C. Tips for medical educators on how to conduct effective online teaching in times of social distancing. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare (2020) DOI: 10.1177/2010105820943907 journals.sagepub.com/home/psh
• Narasimhalu K, Lee WC, Salkade PR, et al Trigeminal and cervical radiculitis after tozinameran vaccination against COVID-19BMJ Case Reports CP 2021;14:e242344.
• Toh M.R., Lee WC, Karthikeyan Damodharan , Mohammad Arif Abdullah. Case report: An unusual presentation of bilateral subclavian stenosis in a Patient with Asymptomatic Hypotension. Am J Case Rep, 2019; 20: 1509-1514
• Lee WC, Pooja S, Denise TY, Paulus F, Leonard T, Shashidhar B. Idiopathic hyper eosinophillic syndrome presenting as urinary incontinence: A case report . Open J Clin Med Case Rep. 2019; 1534. Volume 5;Issue 6