Education Qualifications: MBBS, MRCPCH, MCI, MPH
Dr Chong graduated in 2005 from the National University of Singapore (currently Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine), obtained her MRCPCH (UK) in 2009 and Masters of Public Health (MPH) in 2017. She is currently a Senior Staff Physician working in the Children’s Emergency Department in KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore.
Dr Chong is also a Clinician Investigator interested in clinical prediction rules in the paediatric Emergency Department, and trauma research (specifically traumatic brain injury). Her areas of interest are specifically in the area of the utility of clinical prediction tools in the paediatric emergency field and in childhood injuries. She is collaborating with physicians from adult emergency departments, as well as paediatricians and ED physicians from other Asian countries in a number of ongoing projects.
Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships:
- Executive Committee, Research, Emergency Medicine Education and Research by Global Experts (EMERGE) (2019-Present)
- Co-Lead, Sepsis Special Interest Group (SIG), Pediatric Acute and Critical Care Medicine Asian Network (PACCMAN)
- Faculty, SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute (SDGHI)
- Faculty, Pre-hospital & Emergency Research Centre (PERC)
- Member, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (2009-Present)
- Faculty, National Assembly of Pediatric Emergency Medicine (India, NAPEM) (2012-Present)
- Member, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Special Interest group (PEMSIG) (subgroup of International Federation of Emergency
- Medicine) (2014-Present)
Awards:
- Rapid Triage for Serious Infections in Infants Younger than 3 Months using a Novel Heart Rate Variability Tool – NMRC-IRG – NIG 2019
- Does 3% hypertonic saline decrease mortality and improve long-term neurological outcomes among children with traumatic brain injury? SingHealth Foundation Research Grant 2018
- SingHealth Excellence Award, Distinguished Team Award (For Department of Emergency Medicine, KKH), 2016
- National Medical Research Council (NMRC) Research Training Fellowship, 2016
- Healthcare Humanity Award, Singapore, 2015
Leadership positions / roles in Education:
- Curriculum involvement for residents and medical officers in the Emergency Department.
1. Early prediction of serious infections in febrile infants incorporating heart rate variability in an emergency department: a pilot study.*
Chong SL, Ong GY, Allen JC et al. Emerg Med J. 2021. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2020-210675
2. Predictors of serious bacterial infections using serum biomarkers in an infant population aged 0 to 90 days: a prospective cohort study*
Chang SSY, Lim AZ, Ong GYK, R Piragasam, JC Allen, KC Ng, I Maconochie, Chong SL. BMJ Paediatrics Open 2021;5:e000861. doi:10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000861
3. The impact of Traumatic Brain Injury on Neurocognitive Outcomes in Children: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Goh MSL, Looi DSH, Goh JL, Sultana R, Goh SSM, Lee JH, Chong SL. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry.2021. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2020-325066
4. Early Coagulopathy in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: A Pediatric Acute and Critical Care Medicine Asian Network (PACCMAN) Retrospective Study
Chong SL, Ong GY, Zheng CQ et al. Neurosurgery. 2021.
doi:10.1093/neuros/nyab157
5. Common diagnoses among pediatric attendances at emergency departments*
Yoong SYC, Ang PH, Chong SL, et al. BMC Pediatr. 2021;21:172
6. Differences in intubation outcomes for pediatric patients between pediatric and general Emergency Departments*
To YH, Ong YG, Chong SL, et al. Paediatr Anaesth.2021;31:713-719
7. Psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on paediatric healthcare workers
Kirk AHP, Chong SL, Kam KQ, et al. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2021;50:203-211
8. Pediatric Preparedness of the Emergency Departments*
Ang PH, Chong SL, Ong YG, Pek JH. Pediatr Emerg Care.2020;36:602-605
9. Differences in Utilisation of the General and Paediatric Emergency Departments by Paediatric Patients*
Tan JCL, Ang PH, Chong SL, et al. Ann Acad Med Singap.2020;49:948-954
10. Impact of COVID-19 on pediatric emergencies and hospitalizations in Singapore
Chong SL, Soo JSL, Allen JC et al. BMC Pediatr.2020;20:562
11. Paediatric ED utilisation in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic
Lee L, Mannix R, Guedj R, Chong SL et al. Emerg Med J. 2020. doi:10.1136/emermed-2020-210124.
12. Timing of tracheal intubation on mortality and duration of mechanical ventilation in critically ill children: A propensity score analysis
Chong SL, Dang TK, Loh TF, Mok YH et al. Pediatr Pulmonol 2020 doi:10.1002/ppul.25026.Online ahead of print
13. Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes in 10 Asian Pediatric ICUs: A Pediatric Acute and Critical Care Medicine Asian Network Retrospective Study
Chong SL, Dang H, Ming M, et al.; Pediatric Acute & Critical Care Medicine Asian Network (PACCMAN) Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2020 doi:10.1097/PCC.0000000000002575.Online ahead of print
14. Assessment of the Understanding of Concussion and Care Protocols Amongst Student Athletes and Coaches: A Qualitative Study
Subramaniam A, Tan RMR, Chan D, Ng ZM, Dong CY, Feng JXY, Chong SL. Front Pediatr 2020;8:526986
15. Contemporary trends in global mortality of sepsis among young infants less than 90 days old: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis*
Pek JH, Gan MY, Seethor STT, Greenberg RG, Hornik CPV, Tan B, Lee JH, Chong SL
BMJ Open 2020;10:e038815. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038815
16. A narrative review of heart rate and variability in sepsis*
Wee BYH, Lee JH, Mok YH, Chong SL
Ann Transl Med 2020;8:768. Doi:10.21037/atm-20-148
17. Neurocognitive impairment after neonatal sepsis: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis*
Pek JH, Yap BJ, Gan MY, Seethor STT, Greenberg R, Hornik CPV, Tan B, Lee JH, Chong SL
BMJ Open 2020;10:e038816. Doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038816
18. Dynamic adaptation to COVID-19 in a Singapore paediatric emergency department.
Tan RMR, Ong GY, Chong SL, Ganapathy S, Tyebally A, Lee KP. Emerg Med J 2020;37:252-254
19. Early coagulopathy in children with isolated blunt hear injury is associated with mortality and poor neurological outcomes.
James V, Chong SL, Shetty SS, Ong GY. [published online ahead of print, 2020 Mar 6] J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2020;1-7