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Dr Samantha Rachel Yeo Mei-E

Dr Yeo Samantha

MBBS (Spore), MRCOG (RCOG, UK), MMed (O&G) (Spore), FAMS (Spore)

Consultant

KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Childbirth and Postpartum Care, Ectopic Pregnancy, Endometriosis, Endometriosis and Ovarian Cysts, Fertility and Subfertility, Fibroids, Fibroids of the uterus, First Trimester Screening, Ovarian Cysts, Postnatal Care (after birth), Pregnancy and associated conditions, Pregnancy Care, Women’s Health Screening.

Clinical Appointments

  • Consultant Obstetrics & Gynaecology KK Women's and Children's HospitalKK Women's and Children's Hospital
  • Deputy Lead, Inpatient Services Obstetrics & Gynaecology KK Women's and Children's HospitalKK Women's and Children's Hospital
  • Clinical Lead Obstetrics and Gynaecology Sengkang General HospitalSengkang General Hospital
  • Consultant Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit (EPAU) KK Women's and Children's HospitalKK Women's and Children's Hospital
  • Consultant Urgent O&G Centre KK Women's and Children's HospitalKK Women's and Children's Hospital

Profile

Dr Samantha Yeo is a Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, UK (MRCOG) and a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (FAMS). She graduated from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS, obtained her Master of Medicine (M Med O&G), and thereafter her specialist accreditation from the Singapore Medical Council.

As an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Dr Yeo’s interests lie in preconception health, fertility education and holistic pregnancy care. Surgically, Dr Yeo is an accredited laparoscopic surgeon, with expertise in minimally invasive fertility preserving surgery, including keyhole, hysteroscopic and complex pelvic surgery. Over the course of her career, Dr Yeo has delivered thousands of babies, and is well versed in instrumental and complicated caesarean deliveries. She is committed to collaborative care to improve scar aesthetics. Dr Yeo has also published and presented her research on pregnancy and complicated surgeries at international platforms- namely, conferences in Paris, London, Australia, and Taiwan.

Dr Yeo has been the clinical lead for Sengkang General Hospital’s satellite Obstetrics & Gynaecology department since 2020, and was key in safely re-establishing accessible obstetrics care for residents in the North-East region of Singapore.

Dr Yeo strongly believes in empowered women’s health, and is a regular panelist and speaker at multidisciplinary public forums. At the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr Yeo co-founded the NewMums #SgUnited community support group with Member of Parliament Ms Tin Pei Lin. Dr Yeo is also passionate about breastfeeding awareness and research, and advocates for single mothers, teenage mothers, and postnatal mental wellness.

Dr Yeo remains active in pre- and post-graduate medical education, as a lecturer and examiner at the Lee Kong Chian (LKC) and Yong Loo Lin Schools of Medicine, and a physician faculty member of the Singhealth Obstetrics & Gynaecology Residency Programme. She is clinical mentor to medical students from all three medical schools in Singapore. She was previously the secretary of the Singhealth Resident’s Committee from 2013 – 2015.

As a mother of three, Dr Yeo truly appreciates the trials and tribulations of pregnancy and parenthood. She strives to make every patient’s journey enjoyable, during the reproductive years and beyond.

Education

  • Fellowship of Academy of Medicine (FAMS) (Singapore)
  • Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (MRCOG)
  • Master of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology (MMed O&G) (NUS)
  • Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) (NUS)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • Faculty, SingHealth Obstetrics & Gynaecology Academic Clinical Programme
  • Physician Faculty, SingHealth Obstetrics & Gynaecology Residency Programme
  • Physician Faculty, SingHealth Postgraduate Year 1 Programme
  • Core Faculty, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
  • Clinical Instructor, SingHealth Duke-NUS
  • Clinical Instructor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Awards

  • Singapore Health Quality Service Award (Gold), 2024
  • Singapore Health Long Service Award 2023
  • KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital Long Service Award 2021
  • Singapore Health Quality Service Award (Silver), 2020
  • The SGH Debate – Best Team (SGH 21st ASM), 2015
  • SingHealth Excels RiSE Residency Committee Appreciation Award, 2015
  • SingHealth Excels RiSE Residency Outstanding Resident Award, 2012
  • SingHealth Excels RiSE Residency Young Educators Award, 2012
  • Benjamin Chew Gold Medal and Prize in Medical Ethics, 2010

Research Interests

  • Minimally invasive surgery for uterine fibroids and ovarian cysts
  • Fertility Education and Fertility Awareness
  • Holistic pregnancy care
  • Postpartum mental wellness and breastfeeding
  • Improving scar aesthetics and wound healing
  • Complications of complex surgery

Publications

  • Breastfeeding with Infectious Diseases. Yeo S, Yang LY, Ong K, Yong TT. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare 2022. Volume 31: 1-8
  • Laparoscopic Reversal of Tubal Ligation – A Minimally Invasive Option for Restoring Natural Ferterility. Yeo S, KH Chua, HH Tan. Global Journal of Reproductive Medicine 2019; 6 (4)
  • The Effect of a Raised BMI on Surgical Morbidity in Women Undergoing Caesarean Section - a Pilot Study. Yeo S, Jain P, Wai J, Chia BK, Yeo GSH, Mathur M. Singapore Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2017; 48(1):20-28
  • Obstetric Admissions to the Intensive Care Unit in a Tertiary Centre. Yeo S, Tagore S, CF Yim, KH Tan, Kwek K. Singapore Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2018; 50 (1) (i)

  • Abstracts
  • The Needs and Concerns of Adolescent Mothers in Singapore – S.Yeo, I Natasha, S Sulaiman – RCOG (Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists) World Congress, London, 2020
  • Fertility outcomes following laparoscopic reversal of tubal ligation - a retrospective single-centre experience - S. Yeo1, K.H. Chua1, H.H. Tan2. – Poster discussion at ESHRE Annual Meeting, Vienna, 2019
  • Tubo-ovarian abscess on the background of Endometriosis: A rare complication of In-Vitro Fertilization – Poster presentation at Fertility Society Australia Conference, Australia, 2018
  • Parasitic fibroids - a rising complication of laparoscopic morcellation – Poster presentation at Asia-Pacific Association for Gynecologic Endoscopy and Minimally Invasive Therapy Summit, Taiwan, 2016
  • BMI Impact on Grave Maternal Operative Morbidity – Poster presentation at ISUOG, Singapore, 2016
  • Surgical Management of A Second Trimester Scar Ectopic - A case report and review of Literature – Poster presentation at RCOG (Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists) World Congress, Brisbane, 2015
  • Methotrexate in combination with vasopressin and misprostol - A novel therapeutic approach to cervical ectopic pregnancy – Poster presentation at 20th COGI (Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology & Infertility) World Conference, Paris, 2014

Research Trials

  • The Effect of Fertility Health Awareness Strategies on Fertility Knowledge and Childbearing in Young Married Singaporean Couples (FertStart); CIRB (2019/2095)