Christian Psychiatrists

Present Appointment: • Senior Consultant, Institute of Mental Health • Adjunct Associate Professor, National University Singapore and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Research Areas: • Clinical characterization of major psychiatric disorders • Neural basis of major psychiatric disorders • Medical Education Teaching Areas: • Undergraduate and postgraduate Awards/Honours (Post-PhD): • Singapore Clinician-Investigator Award (Gold), Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress, 2011 • NHG Education Leader Award, 2014 Career History: • Institute of Mental Health since 1997 Administrative Leadership: • Program Director, National Psychiatry Residency Program Professional/Consulting Activities: • Clinical consultations at Institute of Mental Health Major Publications: 1. Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium. Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci. Nature. 2014 Jul; 511(7510):421-7. 2. Ho NF, Iglesias JE, Sum MY, Kuswanto CN, Sitoh YY, De Souza J, Hong Z Fischl B, Roffman JL, Zhou J Sim K, Holt DJ. Progression from selective to general involvement of hippocampal subfields in schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry. 2017 Jan; 22(1):142-152. 3. Sun Y, Dai Z, Li J, Collinson SL, Sim K. Modular-level alterations of structure-function coupling in schizophrenia connectome. Human Brain Mapping. 2017 Apr; 38(4):2008-2025.

Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Singapore General Hospital. A​/Prof Leslie Lim specialises in the treatment of Depressive and Anxiety Disorders (which includes Generalised Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Phobic Disorder). He graduated MBBS (University of Singapore), trained in Psychiatry in London (St George’s Medical School, University of London), obtained Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and was elected Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK). He was admitted as a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. He was visiting scholar at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, USA and at the Duke University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, North Carolina, USA. He presently serves as council member of the College of Psychiatrists, Academy of Medicine, Singapore. He has trained numerous batches of undergraduate and post graduate students in Psychiatry and has mentored many trainees who have since become accomplished psychiatrists in Singapore. He served as chief examiner in Psychiatry for the Master in Psychiatry Examinations, and is presently an examiner with the NUS and Duke- NUS medical school  and an examiner with the Psychiatry residency programme in Singapore, as well as  an examiner with the Royal College of Psychiatrists, United Kingdom.

MBBS, MMed (Psychiatry), FAMS Fones Clinic 6 Napier Road #04-11 Gleneagles Medical Centre Singapore 258499 Tel 64728924 Fones Clinic 38 Irrawaddy Road #11-47 Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre Singapore 329563 Tel 6570 2270

MBBS, MMed (Psychiatry), FAMS Fones Clinic 38 Irrawaddy Road #11-47 Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre Singapore 329563 Tel 6570 2270 Fones Clinic 6 Napier Road #04-11 Gleneagles Medical Centre Singapore 258499 Tel 6472 8924

Senior Consultant Psychiatrist & Psychotherapist, MBBS (UK), MRCPsych, Post Qualification Certificate in Cognitive Therapy (UK), FAMS Dr. Ung has been in the practice of psychiatry for about 27 years since 1988. His areas of specialty include child and adolescent psychiatry, forensic psychiatry and psychotherapy. Prior to this he was the Clinical Director, Department of Psychological Medicine, NUH; Clinical Senior Lecturer with the Faculty of Medicine, NUS; and Adjunct Associate Professor with the Psychological Studies Academic Group, NIE, NTU; Visiting Consultant with the Department of Psychological Medicine, NUH and Department of Psychological Medicine, SGH. He is the co-author of the 4 books (Stress and Distress, Preparing your child from Primary One, The Early Years and Parenting Young Children) and has contributed chapters in Textbook of Occupational Medicine Practice and Slim Chance, Fat Hope. He has published articles in local, regional and international journals in the areas of Mental health policy, eating disorders, suicide and stress. He has lectured and conducted workshops on stress management, communication and other topics for various organizations including National University Hospital, Glaxo Smith Kline, Dupont, EDB, AIA, NTUC, Abacus, Singapore Police Force and Hewlett-Packard. For more information, kindly refer to here.

Senior Consultant Psychiatrist MBBS, MMed(Psychiatry), FAMS Dr. Lee Ee Lian graduated from Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1985. She was subsequently conferred the Master of Medicine (Psychiatry) degree in 1990, and attained her specialist accreditation in 1998. She first worked in the field of Eating Disorders in 1988 at the Gordon Hospital (Charing Cross & Westminster Psychiatry Rotation) in London, UK. Her overseas exposure extends to the University of Toronto/Toronto General Hospital (1997-1998) where she completed a Clinical Fellowship in Eating Disorders and Mood Disorders. She also completed Health Manpower Development Fellowships at Stanford University (Family-Based Treatment),UCLA (Obesity Management/Eating Disorders), and the University of Hawaii (Motivational Enhancement Therapy). . Having a special interest in Eating Disorders, Dr. Lee then founded the Eating Disorders Programme at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH), of which she was the first Director. She was also the former Clinical Director of the SGH LIFE Centre, where she is currently still practicing at as a Visiting Consultant. Apart from Eating Disorders, Dr. Lee’s other areas of interest are Mood Disorders and General Psychiatry. Dr Lee sees patients who are turning 13 this calendar year and older, and adults. . Dr. Lee is also a member […]

Dr. Joseph Leong is well known to be warm and welcoming to all who have met him. He listens actively to assess what is happening and makes recommendations, going through various options for both patients and caregivers who seek his help. He believes that recovery is possible for all and can be successful when there is appropriate support and adequate skills training – so he looks beyond finding the best combination of medications to recommending talk therapy and psycho-social rehabilitation and community partnerships. He is highly skilled in motivational interviewing as well as solution-focused brief therapy and has been promoting health coaching approaches to all he meets. He is committed to finding the best possible solutions for the recovery of those under his care. Before joining Promises Healthcare, Dr. Joseph Leong has actively served in both the public and people sectors to promote recovery and build community capabilities and capacity.  Dr. Joseph Leong Jern-Yi started work at the Institute of Mental Health since 2000 and earned his Master in Medicine (Psychiatry) in 2003. He studied Psycho-Social Rehabilitation at UCLA with Distinguish Professor of Psychiatry Robert Paul Liberman in 2009. He won the Best Scientific Poster Award for his “Personal Effectiveness […]

MBBS (S’pore), DPM (UK), M Med (Psych), FAMS Counselling Centre Psychiatry Clinical Interest General psychiatry, medico-legal forensic issues, alcohol and drug addiction and stress related issues. Profile Dr Lim Yun Chin is a Psychiatrist in Raffles Hospital. He is also a Psychiatrist with the Singapore Prisons and Drug Rehabilitation Centre and Visiting Consultant to the Institute of Mental Health. Dr Lim has been with Raffles Hospital for over 25 years.