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Assoc Prof Yeo Chin Pin

MBBS, FRCPA, FAMS

Head ＆ Senior Consultant

Senior Consultant & Head, Clinical Biochemistry, Satellite Labs & Client & Specimen Management

Specialty: Pathology

Clinical Interest: Chemical Pathology

Clinical Appointments

Head ＆ Senior Consultant Clinical Pathology Singapore General Hospital

Profile

Dr Yeo attained her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree from the National University of Singapore in 1994. She received training in Chemical Pathology at the Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, and attained her postgraduate degree in Chemical Pathology with the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia in 2001. Dr Yeo was admitted as a fellow of the Academy of Medicine of Singapore in 2003.

Education

MBBS
FRCPA (Chemical Pathology)
FAMS

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

SingHealth Duke-NUS Pathology Academic Clinical Programme

Adjunct Assistant Professor

2015 to date

Nanyang Technological University – SGH Collaboration:

1. Examiner (2001 to date)

2. Visiting Lecturer (2001 – 2005)

3. Visiting Associate Professor (2005 to 2010)

Specialist Training Committee

(Pathology – Chemical Pathology Subcommittee)

Member

2004 to date

Medical Laboratory Accreditation, Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC-Singlas)

Technical Assessor/Expert

2003 to date

Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) Committee, Singapore General Hospital

Chairman

Aug 2015 to date

Division of Pathology Laboratory Quality and Safety Unit

Co-Chairman

Aug 2005 to date

Awards

Ministry of Health HMDP Fellowship to Australia Dec 98 – Feb 99
SGH Fellowship for Chemical Pathology to Australia Dec 03 – Jun 04

Research Interests

Publications

Publication in Singapore Medical Journal
Title: “Automation and Productivity in the Clinical laboratory – Experience from a tertiary healthcare facility”
Authors: Wai Yoong Ng and Chin Pin Yeo
[Singapore Medical Journal: November 2018 59(11), 597-601]
Publication in Point of Care: The Journal of Near-Patient Testing & Technology
Title: “Point-of-Care Testing in an Acute Tertiary Care Hospital in Singapore: Planning for the Future After 10 Years of Implementation”
Authors: Wai Yoong Ng and Chin Pin Yeo
[Point of Care: The Journal of Near-Patient Testing & Technology: September
2017 16(3), 116-119]
Publication in International Journal of Pathology and Clinical Research
Title: “Transforming the 24/7 Clinical Laboratories – design considerations, workflow and relocation to new diagnostics building”
Authors: Wai Yoong Ng and Chin Pin Yeo
[International Journal of Pathology and Clinical Research 2(1), 2:024]
Publication in Annals of Clinical Biochemistry
Title: “Hemoglobin A1c: Evaluation of new HbA1c point-of-care analyzer Bio-Rad in2it with comparison against the DCA 2000 and Central Laboratory Analyzers”
Authors: Chin-Pin Yeo, Carol Tan, Edward Jacob
[Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, accepted for publication on 12.3.2009]
Publication in Journal of Internal Medicine
Title: “Heterophile Antibody Interference of Thyroid Assay”
Authors: Kek Peng Chin, Yeo Chin Pin
[Journal of Internal Medicine (2008) 47, 2033-2037]
Publication in Journal of Molecular Endocrinology
Title: “Effect of genetic immunization of Swiss outbred mice with Human thyroid stimulating hormone receptor cDNA plasmids harbouring gain-of-function mutations. “
Authors: Su-Chin Ho, Sui-Sin Goh, Irene H C Kee, Pierce K H Chow, Chin-Pin Yeo, Daphne H C Khoo
[Journal of Molecular Endocrinology (2007) 38, 277-288]
Publication in The Medical Journal of Australia
Title: “Suboptimal management of subclinical hypothyroidism”.
Authors: Chin-Pin Yeo, Melissa J Gillett, Samuel Vasikaran
[MJA (2004) 181(4), 232]
Publication in Clinical Endocrinology
Title: “Prevalence of gestational thyrotoxicosis in Asian women evaluated in the 8th – 14th weeks of pregnancy – correlation with total and free beta human chorionic gonadotrophin”.
Authors: Yeo Chin Pin, Khoo Hsu Chin Daphne, Eng Hsi Ko Peter, Tan Hak Koon, Yo Sui Lan, Edward Jacob
Accepted for publication by Clinical Endocrinology in April 2001
Published in the September issue of Clinical Endocrinology
[Clinical Endocrinology (2001) 55, 391-398]