Consultant, Department of Urology, University Surgical Cluster, NUH
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS
Director, Kidney Surgery and Transplantation, Urology
Director, Post-Graduate Medical Education, Urology
Associate Programme Director, Urology Residency, NUHS
Education and Fellowships: NUS B. Med. Sci. (Hons), BM. BS. (Hons) (Nottingham), MRCS (London), M.Med (Surgery), FAMS (Urology) & ASTS Certified
Department: Urology
Specialties: Kidney Surgery and Transplantation (Open and minimally invasice kidney cancer surgery, kidney and pancreas transplantation, dialysis access)
Dr Tiong Ho Yee graduated with Honours from the University of Nottingham, UK in 1997. He received his membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2001 after completing his General Surgical residency at the University of Leicester Hospital Systems, UK. After completing his Urology residency at National University Hospital in 2006, he was awarded the Singapore Urological Association-European Board of Urology Book Prize in 2005 and 2007. He has been a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore since 2007. As a recipient of the Ministry of Health Human Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) scholarship, Dr Tiong completed a two-year clinical fellowship training in Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA. He worked under the mentorship of the Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute faculty, ranked No.2 in the United States, to gain expertise in his current areas of interest. In 2009, he was certified and became full member of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. He currently is licensed to practice in Singapore, United Kingdom and State of Ohio, United States. With research and dedication, Dr. Tiong believes in delivering patient-centric care and holistic management of his cancer and transplant patients.
Selected Publications
1. Tan L, Tai BC, Wu F, Raman L, Consigliere D, Tiong HY. Impact of kidney disease outcomes quality initiative guidelines on the prevalence of chronic kidney disease after living donor nephrectomy. J Urol. 2011 May;185(5):1820-5.
2. Flechner SM, Saad IR, Tiong HY, et al: Use of the donor bladder trigone to facilitate pediatric en bloc kidney transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2011 Feb;15(1):53-7
3. Ching CB, Tiong HY, et al: Renal artery aneurysm treated with ex vivo reconstruction and autotransplantation. Urology. 2010 May;75(5):1067-8.
4. Lane BR, Tiong HY, Campbell SC, et al: Management of the adrenal gland during partial nephrectomy. J Urol 2009; 181(6):2430-6.
5. Tiong HY, Goldfarb DA, Kattan MW, et al: Nomograms for predicting graft function and survival in living donor kidney transplantation based on the UNOS registry. J Urol. 2009; 181(3):1248-55.
6. Tiong HY, Flechner SM, et al: A systematic approach to minimizing wound problems for de novo sirolimus-treated kidney transplant recipients. Transplantation. 2009; 87 (2):296-302.
7. Tiong HY, MJ Tibung, M Macalalag et al: Alfuzosin 10 mg once daily increases the chances of successful trial without catheter after acute urinary retention secondary to benign prostate hyperplasia. Urol Int 2009; 83(1):44-8.
8. Tiong HY, Liew LCH, Samuel M, et al: A meta-analysis of local anesthesia for transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy of the prostate. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis, 2007;10:127-36.
9. Tiong HY , Bhomi KK, Lim HH, et al: Control of Pain during Transrectal Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Biopsy: A Prospective Study Comparing Two Methods. Urol Int. 2007;79(4):332-5.
10. Singh S, Tiong HY, Kalbit T, Liew L, et al: Urothelial Metastasis in Prostate Adenocarcinoma. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2009; 38(2):170-1