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2024/01/25
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Adj A/Prof Teo Lynette

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Designations:

  • Senior Consultant, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital
  • Senior Consultant, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore
  • Senior Consultant, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Alexandra Hospital
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

Qualifications:

MBChB (UK), FRCR (UK), MMed (Diag Radiol, NUS), FAMS, EBCR (European Board of Cardiac Radiology)

Specialties/Sub-specialties:

Diagnostic Radiology

Clinical Disciplines/Programmes:

Body Imaging, Diagnostic Imaging/Radiology

Special Interests:

Advanced cardiovascular imaging, Interstitial lung disease, Early detection of lung cancer

Biosketch

Dr Lynette Teo is a Senior Consultant Radiologist at the National University Hospital, Singapore, and holds Associate Professorships at the National University of Singapore and Vin University, Vietnam. She completed her training in Singapore and pursued advanced cardiothoracic imaging fellowships at the Royal Brompton Hospital, United Kingdom. After serving as program director for more than a decade, she is still committed to advancing education and currently serves as fellowship director, examiner for the conjoint Singapore–Royal College of Radiologists examination, accreditor for the Joint Committee of Specialist Training, and deputy chair of the local ethics board. She contributes actively to national health committees and conference organisation. Her research focuses on CMR 4D flow and artificial intelligence in cardiac CT, leading to the co-founding of an AI start-up. She is involved in several multicentre cardiothoracic CT and MRI trials and has authored and co-authored over 150 peer-reviewed articles.

Awards

  • NUHS Master Clinician Award 2024
  • NUHS-Mochtar Riady Pinnacle Young Achiever Award 2013
  • NUHS Residents Choice Awards! 2011
  • Academic Medicine Development Award (AMDA) FY 2011 for magnetic resonance stress myocardial perfusion imaging at Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, United Kingdom (UK)
  • NUH Way Quest Merit Award in FY2009
  • NUH Way Team Merit Award in FY2008 Q2 for improving patient satisfaction by reducing waiting time for CT patients that require oral contrast drinking
  • Recognition Award by Singapore Medical Journal in 2008 and 2012 for reviewing with distinction
  • Clinician Scientist Unit (NUH) Merit Award in 2007 for comparing accuracy of preoperative rectal cancer staging between magnetic resonance imaging and multislice CT scanning in predicting curative resection
  • HMDP Fellowship (Oct 2006 to Jun 2007) for cardiothoracic imaging with the CMR unit and Department of Radiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, UK

Professional Memberships

Member, Singapore Medical Association
Member, Singapore Radiological Society
Fellow, Royal College of Radiologists
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh)
Member, British Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Member, Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Member, Society for Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Member, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

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