Dr Cheong May Anne

MBBS, MRCP (UK), MMed (Int Med), FRCPath (UK)

Consultant

Singapore General Hospital

Specialty/Department: Haematology

Clinical Interest: Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL), Aplastic Anaemia, Bleeding Disorders, Chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, Clotting and Bleeding Disorder, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Essential Thrombocythemia and Myelofibrosis, Haemophilia and other bleeding disorders, Hemophilia, Multiple Myeloma, Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Myelofibrosis, Polycythemia Vera, Pulmonary Embolism, Thalassaemia.

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Clinical Appointments

Consultant SingHealth Duke-NUS Blood Cancer Centre
Consultant Haematology Singapore General Hospital
Consultant National Cancer Centre Singapore

Profile

Dr Cheong May Anne is a Consultant in the Department of Haematology, Singapore General Hospital. She was awarded the NUS Undergraduate (Merit) Scholarship to read Medicine at the National… View More +

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Lead, Apps Development Interest Group Medicine ACP, Singhealth
Core Faculty, Singhealth Internal Medicine Residency
Clinical Tutor – Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS
Clinical Instructor – Duke-NUS Medical School
Executive Committee Member, Singapore Society of Haematology

Awards

Singhealth Health Quality Service HERO Award 2021 Outstanding Resident Award (Haematology) 2020
Outstanding Chief Resident Award 2019
Service Quality Award (Silver) 2018
Outstanding Resident Award (Internal Medicine) 2015, 2016, 2017

Publications

Tan JY, Tan CW, Wong WH, Cheong MA, Lee LH, Kalimuddin S, et al. Post-hospitalization venous thromboembolism in COVID-19 patients: Evidence against routine post-hospitalization prophylactic anticoagulation. Int J Lab Hematol [Internet]. 2021 Jun 19; Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34146452
Tan CW, Tan JY, Wong WH, Cheong MA, Ng IM, Conceicao EP, et al. Clinical and laboratory features of hypercoagulability in COVID-19 and other respiratory viral infections amongst predominantly younger adults with few comorbidities. Sci Rep [Internet]. 2021;11(1):1793. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33469056
Maung AC, Cheong MA, Chua YY, Gardner DS-L. When a storm showers the blood clots: a case of thyroid storm with systemic thromboembolism. Endocrinol diabetes Metab case reports. 2021 Jan;2021.
Cheong MA, Chee YL, Ng HJ, Jen WY. Keeping the bloodline of haematology medical education flowing during a pandemic. Int J Lab Hematol. 2020;42(5):e196-e198.
Lim CC, Lwin KZL, Cheong MA, Kanagasabapathy K, Nagarajan C, Loh A. An unusual cause of renal tubular dysfunction in multiple myeloma. Vol. 52, International urology and nephrology. Netherlands; 2020. p. 1603–5.
Lam Yi H, Than H, Sng C, Cheong MA, Chuah C, Xiang W. Lysosome Inhibition by Mefloquine Preferentially Enhances the Cytotoxic Effects of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Blast Phase Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. Transl Oncol. 2019 Sep;12(9):1221–8.
Cheong MA, Tan CW, Linn YC, Hwang WYK. Central Pontine Myelinolysis Associated with Cyclosporine in a Patient with NK Cell Leukemia after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Int J Stem Cell Res Transplant 04(1), 142- 145.
Lim SH, Aw SJ, Cheong MA, Chew J, Ler AC, Yong LP, et al. A randomised control trial to compare retention rates of two cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction methods in the novice. Resuscitation. 2016 Jun;103:82–7.
Tay SK, Cheong MA. Evidence for ethnic and environmental contributions to frequency of ovarian clear cell carcinoma. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2014 Jun;54(3):225–30.
MA Cheong, C Tay. Application of legal principles and medical ethics: multifetal pregnancy and fetal reduction. SMJ 2014; 55(6): 298-301