Annabelle Leong Chooi Kien

Dr Annabelle Leong is an ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeon at Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore. She has subspecialty interests in hearing disorders and paediatric ENT, and is experienced in managing all types of ENT conditions, including nasal, sinus and sleep disorders in both adults and children. She received her MBBS (Hons) from Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ hospitals in London, UK. Having completed her basic surgical training at Cambridge and London, Dr Leong went on to manage a wide range of both paediatric and adult ENT conditions throughout her postgraduate specialist training in London, UK, at Great Ormond Street Hospital, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals, and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery at Queen’s Square, UK. She is registered with both the General Medical Council in the UK and the Singapore Medical Council as a specialist in otolaryngology. She is the only Singaporean recipient of the Royal Society of Medicine’s national temporal bone prize for displaying the best surgical skill in ear dissection in the UK. She was also awarded the annual Thomas Wickham Jones ear fellowship at Toronto General Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children in Canada. Dr Leong was the associate programme director of the National Health Group’s ENT residency specialist training scheme, and was senior clinical lecturer at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. She continues to nurture her passion for teaching and research and is currently a house tutor at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine. She is the first author of many academic publications, and lectures and speaks at overseas conferences and workshops and courses in Singapore. Dr Leong regularly undertakes volunteer work as an ENT specialist for charity medical missions in Thailand, Cambodia and Sri Lanka.