About Dr Samuel Yeak

Dr Samuel Yeak is an ENT specialist with nearly 20 years of experience in otorhinolaryngology. He has subspecialty in nose and sinus surgery.

Dr Yeak graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1987. After completing his internship and National Service, he joined Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) in 1990 where he began his specialty training in Otolaryngology (ENT).

Awarded Health Manpower Development Program (HMDP) fellowship by the Ministry of Health (MOH) in 1993, Dr Yeak spent a year at the prestigious Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear hospital in London and passed his fellowship examinations in Edinburg and Glasgow in the same year.

Inspired by Prof Valerie Lund, one of UK’s foremost sinus surgeons, and Prof Glenis Scadding, an eminent allergist, he started to develop a keen interest in sinus surgery and upper airway allergy.

Upon his return to Singapore, he earned a Health Sector Development Plan (HSDP) grant from MOH to start Singapore’s first Rhinology laboratory for a more thorough evaluation of sinonasal disease, including allergy testing, rhinometry, rhinomanometry, nasal smears and ciliary beat frequency. He was also involved in the running of the Nose Clinic, Singapore’s first joint clinic between ENT surgeons and allergists.

Awarded his second HMDP fellowship in the US, he pursued further training to hone his skills under the tutelage of Dr Frederick Kuhn, a world-renowned sinus surgeon who pioneered many techniques in sinus surgery, especially in complex frontal sinus surgery and revision sinus surgery.

Dr Yeak obtained his second HSDP grant to introduce Computer Guided Sinus Surgery using the latest electromagnetic technology in Singapore. Today, computer guided surgery has become the standard of care in Singapore, as it is in most developed economies. After a joint 120 patient study with NUS on sublingual immunotherapy, he started this form of therapy in TTSH to more optimally manage patients with allergic rhinitis.

Some of his past appointments and contributions are:

  • Head of the ENT department, 2003
  • Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore
  • President for the Society of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery (Singapore)
  • Chief Medical Information Officer for Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Currently working at private practice, Dr Yeak continues to serve professionally first as chair of the Medical Credentialing Committee and now as Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board for Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital. He is actively involved in giving back to society and has regularly led medical mission teams to China and Myanmar. He has served on the board of the Metropolitan YMCA for many years, chairing the outreach and fund-raising committees and is currently serving as President.


Contact Dr Samuel Yeak

Phone: 66941990

Education

  • MBBS (S’pore)
  • FRCS (Edin)
  • FRCS (Glasg)
  • FAMS

Dr Samuel Yeak offers the following treatments

  • Parotid Cancer
  • Parotid Gland Surgery
  • Salivary Gland Surgery
  • Head and Neck
  • Snoring
  • Sinus
  • Nasal Allergy

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Practice

38 Irrawaddy Road Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre #10 - 45/46/47 Singapore 329563

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* This profile has been last updated on May 11, 2020.