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Dr Priscilla Phoon

Dr Priscilla Phoon

MBBS, MMed (Anaes), FANZCA, TOE (EACVI/EACTAIC), MClinUS (Melb), MPH (Harvard) 

Head & Senior Consultant

Singapore General Hospital

Specialty/Department: Anaesthesiology

Clinical Interest: Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia, Lung Transplantation

Clinical Appointments

  • Senior Consultant Anaesthesiology Singapore General HospitalSingapore General Hospital
  • Head & Senior Consultant Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia National Heart Centre SingaporeNational Heart Centre Singapore

Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School

Profile

​Dr Priscilla Phoon is a Senior Consultant with the Department of Anaesthesiology, Singapore General Hospital and a Head and Senior Consultant with the Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia,View More +

Education

  • Master of Public Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (2021)
  • Master of Clinical Ultrasound, University of Melbourne (2018)
  • TEE Certification, EACVI/ESC (2018)
  • Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (2015)
  • Master of Medicine (Anaesthesia), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine/NUS (2013)
  • MBBS, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine/NUS (2008)
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Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • Head of Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia, National Heart Centre Singapore, November 2023 - Present
  • Honorary Secretary, Singapore Society of Anaesthesiologists (2019-2020)
  • Assistant Honorary Secretary, Singapore Society of Anaesthesiologists (2018-2019)

Awards

  • Best Advanced Specialist Trainee, Singapore Society of Anaesthesiologists (2014)
  • SingHealth Best Junior Doctor Award – Medical Officer (2011)
  • SingHealth Best Junior Doctor Award – House Officer (2009)
  • Yeoh Khuan Joo Gold Medal for Surgery, Yong Yoo Lin School of Medicine (2008)
  • Dean's List, Yong Yoo Lin School of Medicine (2006, 2008)

Research Interests

Publications

  1. Chen Y, Phoon PHY, Hwang NC. Heparin Resistance during Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Adult Cardiac Surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2022;36(11):4150-60.
  2. Tan Z, Phoon PHY, Tien CJC, Katijo J, Ng SY, Goh MH. Practical Considerations for Converting Operating Rooms and Post-anaesthesia Care Units into Intensive Care Units in the COVID-19 Pandemic – Experience from a Large Singapore Tertiary Hospital. Ann Acad Med Singap
    2020;49(12):1009-12. 
  3. Tan Z, Phoon PHY, Zeng LA, Fu J, Lim XT, Tan TE, Loh KW, Goh MH. Response and Operating Room Preparation for the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Perspective From the National Heart Centre in Singapore. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2020;34(9):2331-7. 
  4. Hwang NC, Phoon PHY. 2020. Perioperative Management of Cardiac Surgical Emergency. In Cheng DCH, Martin J, David T (1st Edi), Evidence-Based Practice in Perioperative Cardiac Anesthesia and Surgery (pp. 303-313). Switzerland: Springer Nature. 
  5. Phoon PHY, Hwang NC. Deep Sternal Wound Infection: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2020;34(6):1602-13. 
  6. Phoon PHY, MacLaren G, Ti LK, Tan JSK, Hwang NC. History and Current Status of Cardiac Anesthesia in Singapore. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2019;33(12):3394-401. 
  7. J Tan, P Phoon, GL Wong, R Poopalalingam. A novel airway management technique for nasal surgery following transoral robotic surgery in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea. Can J Anaesth 2015;62(12):1350-2.
  8. P Phoon, SY Thong, PT Koh, K Loh. Thoracoscopic visualization of a misdirected paravertebral catheter. Can J Anesth 2015;62(7):830-1.
  9. HYP Phoon, AD Kan, PC Ip Yam. A Peri-operative Audit of the Paediatric Cochlear Implantation Programme at the Singapore General Hospital. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare 2013;22(2):131-9.

Research Trials