Dr Ong Wah Ying

About

Dr Ong has been a palliative care physician since 2010. She was Medical Director of Dover Park Hospice before joining the National Cancer Centre Singapore, Division of Supportive and Palliative Care in May 2021.

Education and Training

• M.B.B.S.
• MMed (Family Med)

Awards

• 2017 NHG Teaching Excellence Awards - Outstanding Education Partners Award
• 2016 Clinical Training Merit Award from NUS
• 2014 ILTC Excellence Awards – Service Quality Silver Award
• 2011 Healthcare Humanity Award

Publications

• The disparity between patient and nurse symptom rating in a hospice population. T To, W Ong, D Rawlings, A Greene, D Currow. J Palliat Med 2012 May;15(5):542-7.
• Ethical dilemmas in the care of cancer patients near the end of life. W Ong, C Yee, A Lee. Singapore Med J 2012;53(1):11-16.
• An Audit on Antibiotic Use at the end of life in inpatient hospice patients Are we con-tributing to over-medicalization of dying? TJ Lo, HY Wu, WY Ong, Angel Lee. Prog Pall Care 2015:23:220-223.
• Koh MY, Chong PH, Neo PS, Ong YJ, Yong WC, Ong WY, Shen ML, Hum AY. Burnout, Psychological Morbidity and use of Coping Mechanisms among Palliative Care Practitioners in Singapore: A National Study. Palliat Med 2015;29(7):633-42.
• A novel Family Dignity Intervention (FDI) for enhancing and informing holistic palliative care in Asia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Andy HY Ho, Jospi Car, MH Ringo Ho, Geraldine Tan-Ho, PY Choo, Paul Victor Patinadand, PH Chong, WY Ong, Gilbert Fan, YP Tan, Robert A Neimeyer, Harvey M Chochinov. Trials volume 2017;18(1):587.
• Koh MYH, Hum AYM, Khoo HS, Ho AHY, Chong PH, Ong WY, Ong J, Neo PSH, Yong WC. Burnout and Resilience After a Decade in Palliative Care: What Survivors Have to Teach Us. A Qualitative Study of Palliative Care Clinicians With More Than 10 Years of Experience. J Pain Symptom Manage 2020;59(1):105-115.