Dr Chong Yong Yeow

Dr Chong Yong Yeow is a Rheumatologist with special interest in clinical allergy. After he graduated from NUS, he obtained his MRCP and M Med (Internal Medicine) in 2003. Prior to joining Raffles Hospital in 2011, Dr Chong was a consultant in the Department of Rheumatology & Immunology in Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and was the Director of the SGH Allergy Clinic in 2010. He is a member of the Singapore Society of Rheumatology and Allergy, Clinical Immunology Society of Singapore, National Arthritis Foundation Singapore as well as Fellow with the Academic of Medicine Singapore. He has experience in internal medicine, rheumatology and autoimmune conditions. He also manages patients with general allergic conditions such as drug allergies, food allergies, anaphylaxis, urticaria and angioedema.

He completed his specialist rheumatology training at SGH in 2007. He subsequently underwent Health Manpower Development Plan training in the field of Allergy and Clinical Immunology at the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, United Kingdom. Dr Chong has special interest in connective tissue diseases such as systemic lupus erythematous and inflammatory arthritis. In allergies, his specialty is in the drug and food allergies. He has published articles in peer- reviewed journals and had been involved in clinical audits in rheumatology and allergy. He was also a co-investigator in biologics treatment trials as well as severe drug reactions clinical trials.