Dr Jeremy Chee is an Associate Consultant in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery at National University Hospital. Dr Chee obtained his medical degree from the National University of Singapore in 2015, where he was awarded the Shaw Foundation Scholarship and the Singapore Medical Alumni Association Bronze Medal. He was also placed on the Dean’s List for academic excellence. He went on to receive Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (Ireland) in 2016 and completed his Master of Medicine (Otorhinolaryngology) in 2023. He graduated from the ACGME-I accredited National University Health System ENT residency program in 2025. He previously served as the National Chief Resident for ENT in 2024, and is a graduate of the 2024 Singapore Chief Residency Programme.
Dr Chee is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate education. He serves as a Clinical Tutor and Mentor to medical undergraduates at the National University of Singapore. He received the NUS Undergraduate Teaching Award (2023). He is the Course Director of the ENT Essential Skills Course, which has run annually since 2024.
His research interests lie in paediatric ENT and hearing loss, as well as in medical simulation and 3D printing. He has multiple publications and has received several accolades for his academic contributions, including the NUHS Residency Research Bronze Award. He is currently collaborating closely with the NUS Centre for Healthcare Simulation and the NUS CUTE Centre in a 3D-printed ENT Teaching Simulator.
He currently serves on the executive committee of the Society of Head and Neck Surgery Singapore. He is committed to clinical excellence, academic medicine, and medical education.
1. Chee J, Pang KW, Yong JM, Ho RC, Ngo R. Topical versus oral antibiotics, with or without corticosteroids, in the treatment of tympanostomy tube otorrhea. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2016 Jul;86:183-8.
2. Chee J, Liu XD, Eu D, Loh T, Ho F, Lea CW, Than I, Tan CS, Goh BC, Lim CM. Defining a cohort of oligometastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients with improved clinical outcomes. Head Neck. 2020 May;42(5):945-954. doi: 10.1002/hed.26061.
3. Chee J, Lin X, Lim WS, Loh WS, Thong M, Ng L. Using 3D-printed nose models in nasopharyngeal swab training. Oral Oncology. 2020 Oct 8;105033. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.105033.
4. Chee J, Kuah D, Loh WS, Loo JHY, Goh X. Diabetes is a risk factor for hearing loss in older adults: Results of a community screening programme. Clin Otolaryngol. 2022 Jan;47(1):146-152. doi: 10.1111/coa.13877. Epub 2021 Oct 23.
5. Chee J, Pang KW, Low T, Wang Y, Subramaniam S. Epidemiology and aetiology of chronic rhinosinusitis in Asia-A narrative review. Clin Otolaryngol. 2022 Aug 23. doi: 10.1111/coa.13971.
6. Chee J, Chern B, Loh WS, Mullol J, Wang Y. Pathophysiology of SARS-CoV-2 Infection of Nasal Respiratory and Olfactory Epithelia and Its Clinical Impact. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2023 Feb;23(2):121-131. doi: 10.1007/s11882-022-01059-6.
7. Chee J, Ong YK, Seet JE, Xu X. Radiopathologic predictors of 1- and 2-year frontal sinusotomy outcomes in a southeast Asian chronic rhinosinusitis population. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2023 May 30. doi: 10.1007/s00405-023-08048-z.
8. Chee J, Kwa ED, Goh X. "Vertigo, likely peripheral": the dizzying rise of ChatGPT. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2023 Oct;280(10):4687-4689. doi: 10.1007/s00405-023-08135-1. Epub 2023 Jul 26.
9. Chee J, Eikelboom RH, Smits C, Swanpoel DW, Wee SL, Ng TP, Heywood R. Digits in noise testing in a multilingual sample of Asian adults. Int J Audiol. Int J Audiol. 2024 Apr;63(4):269-274. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2023.2179549.
10. Wong AJH, Ling RR, Teo CB, Chee J, Ngo RYS, Loh WS, Kwa ED. Evaluating the accuracy of a self-administered smartphone hearing test application in a geriatric population. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2025 Feb;282(2):773-780. doi: 10.1007/s00405-024-08989-z. Epub 2024 Oct 16.
