Adj A/Prof Yeo Leong Litt Leonard

Designations:

Senior Consultant, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital
Senior Consultant, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

Qualifications:

MBBS, PhD, MRCP, ASN

Specialties/Sub-specialties:

Neurology

Clinical Disciplines/Programmes:

Medicine

Special Interests:

Acute stroke, Neurointervention, Intracranial stenosis

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Adj. A/Prof Leonard Yeo is qualified as a specialist in vascular Neurology and interventional neuroradiology, currently a Senior Consultant in the National University Health System (NUHS) of Singapore. He received his training as a fellow in Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taipei and Karolinska Institutet where he also completed his PhD. He has also completed the ECMINT diploma in interventional neuroradiology.

Dr Yeo has authored over 280 peer-reviewed journal articles and over 100 conference presentations and book chapters. He is medical advisor for several startups and one of the founding members of Ceroflo. He is a board member of MT2020+ global executive committee and serves as the Vice-President of the Society of Neurovascular Intervention and Surgery, Singapore (SNVIS).

Awards

2025 - NUH-NUS Medicine Master Academic Clinician Award
2023 - National Day Awards - Medal (Bronze)

Journals & Publications

Efficacy and safety of nerinetide in acute ischaemic stroke in patients undergoing endovascular thrombectomy without previous thrombolysis (ESCAPE-NEXT): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial.. Lancet. 2025 Feb 15;405(10478):560-570. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00194-1.
Effect of frailty on outcomes of endovascular treatment for acute ischaemic stroke. Age and Aging.2022
Thrombectomy versus medical management for isolated anterior cerebral artery stroke: An international multicenter registry study. Radiology 2023. IF 29.15 (Co-author)
Intra-arterial adjunctive medications for acute ischemic stroke during mechanical thrombectomy. Stroke 2021.
Timing of Recanalization After Intravenous Thrombolysis Determines Functional Outcome After Acute Ischemic Stroke. JAMA Neurology 2013.

Professional Memberships

Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom
Society of Neurovascular Intervention and surgery, Singapore

2025/07/11

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