Education Qualifications: MBBS, FRCR, FAMS
Dr Chan Ling Ling is a Senior Consultant in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Singapore General Hospital and an Associate Professor in the Radiological Sciences, Academic Clinical Programme and Neuroscience & Behavioral Disorders, Signature Research Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School. She certified as a radiologist in 1996, and completed a double Neuroradiology fellowship in The Baylor College of Radiology and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas in 1998-1999. Since joining the faculty at the Singapore General Hospital in 1996, she is active in the clinical Neuroradiology service. Over the years, she has distinguished herself as a diagnostic neuroradiologist, helming the joint Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Orbital Neuroradiology X-Ray Conferences and various Tumour Boards for more than 15 years now. She works closely with the department MR physicists and radiographers, and has been instrumental in translating advanced Neuroimaging techniques into clinical service to address clinical problems.
Dr Chan is active in teaching and mentoring Residents and Fellows in Diagnostic Radiology, and Duke-NUS medical students. She has written over 120 publications in refereed journals, presented or co-authored more than 170 abstracts at local, regional and international conferences, and received or led more than 20 academic awards at these, including the Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. She has multiple research interests, including the use of advanced Magnetic Resonance and CT Imaging in neurodegenerative and gait disorders, normal pressure hydrocephalus, brain tumors, stroke, spinal and orbital disease. She is a PI, collaborator and recipient of multiple national grants and awards. She has held numerous administrative portfolios in the department over the years, including the Directors of Research and Clinical Services, before relinquishing the latter to concentrate on research as a BMRC/NMRC Clinical Scientist Investigator awardee in 2006. She serves on the MOH research accreditation panel & is a reviewer for numerous prestigious journals and funding agencies. She was also the Honorary Secretary of the Singapore Radiological Society in 2000-2002.
Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships:
- Member, Radiological Society of North America
- Member, College of Radiologists, Academy of Medicine, Singapore
- Member, Royal College of Radiologists
- Member, Singapore Radiological Society
Awards:
- NMRC Clinician Scientist Award, 2017
- 3D MR Volumetric Case Control Study: The Posterior Fossa CSF Space in Hemifacial Spasm. The 13th Asian Oceanian Congress of Radiology, 20 - 23 March 2010. The Radiological Society Of The Republic Of China - E-poster Award
- Hemifacial Spasm: Case Control MR Volumetry of the Posterior Fossa. The Third Joint Scientific Meeting of The Royal College of Radiologists and Hong Kong College of Radiologists and
- 17th Annual Scientific Meeting of Hong Kong College of Radiologists, 31 October – 1 November 2009. The Hong Kong Society of Diagnostic Radiologists Trust Fund Award – The Best Proffered Paper.
- Volume Of The Posterior Fossa In Hemifacial Spasm. SRS 18th Annual Scientific Meeting, 27-29 Mar, 2009, Singapore. Best Free Paper Award.
- Diffusion Tensor Imaging in 151 diseases of Parkinson’s Disease and Controls. Singapore Radiological Society 17th Annual Scientific Meeting & 2nd Singapore Society of Oncology – Chapter of Medical Oncologists, Joint Review Course 2008. Best Oral Paper and Young Radiologist Award – Mentor to Dr Ankur Patel.
- Compliments of His Royal Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam, 2007
Research Interests: Diffusion tensor and functional imaging studies in neurodegenerative diseases
Selected Publications:
Tan EK, Chan LL. A Trial of Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Essential Tremor.
N Engl J Med 2016; 375(22):2202-N.A. (Letter; Published in Print) JIF: 72.406; Times Cited: 1
Tan Eng-King, Chan Ling-Ling. Neurovascular compression syndromes and hypertension: clinical relevance.
Nature clinical practice. Neurology 2007; 3(8):416-7 (Review Article; Published in Print) JIF: 18.418; Times Cited: 3
Chan L-L, Ng K-M, Fook-Chong S, Lo Y-L, Tan E-K.
Three-dimensional MR volumetric analysis of the posterior fossa CSF space in hemifacial spasm
Neurology 2009; 73(13):1054-7 (Article; Published in Print)
JIF: 8.166; Times Cited: 24
Chan L-L, Rumpel H, Yap K, Lee E, Loo H-V, Ho G-L, Fook-Chong S, Yuen Y, Tan E-K. Case control study of diffusion tensor imaging in Parkinson's disease
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2007; 78(12):1383-6 (Article; Published in Print) JIF: 7.349; Times Cited: 180
Lo Y L, Chan L L, Pan A, Ratnagopal P. Acute ophthalmoparesis in the anti-GQ1b antibody syndrome: electrophysiological evidence of neuromuscular transmission defect in the orbicularis oculi.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2004; 75(3):436-40 (Article; Published in Print) JIF: 7.349; Times Cited: 43
Chan Ling-Ling, Lee Esther, Fook-Chong Stephanie, Tan Eng-King. Case control MR-CISS and 3D TOF MRA imaging study of medullary compression and hypertension in hemifacial spasm.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society 2008; 23(13):1820-4 (Article; Published in Print) JIF: 7.072; Times Cited: 12
Ondo William G, Chan Ling Ling, Levy Joel K. Vascular parkinsonism: clinical correlates predicting motor improvement after lumbar puncture.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society. 2002; 17(1):91-7 (Article; Published in Print)
JIF: 7.072; Times Cited: 49
Chan Ling-Ling; Ng Kia-Min; Rumpel Helmut; Fook-Chong Stephanie; Li Hui-Hua; Tan Eng-King. Transcallosal diffusion tensor abnormalities in predominant gait disorder parkinsonism.
Parkinsonism & related disorders. 2014; 20(1): 53-9 (Article; Published in Print) JIF: 4.484; Times Cited: 16
Tan WQ, Yeoh CS, Rumpel H, Nadkarni N, Lye WK, Tan EK, Chan LL. Deterministic Tractography of the Nigrostriatal-Nigropallidal Pathway in Parkinson's Disease.
Sci Rep 2015; 5:N.A.-N.A. (Article; Published in Print) JIF: 5.228; Times Cited: 4
Tan N-C, Chan L-L, Tan E-K. Hemifacial spasm and involuntary facial movements.
QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians 2002; 95(8):493-500 (Review Article; Published in Print)
JIF: 3.131; Times Cited: 137