Education Qualifications: MBBS, MMed (Anaes), FAMS
A/Prof Eileen Lew graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1996 and completed her training in Anaesthesiology in 2004. She completed her fellowship in Perioperative Medicine at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, USA in 2003. Since 2004, A/Prof Lew has been practising at the Department of Women’s Anaesthesia, assuming headship from 2012 to 2017, while serving as Chair of Hospital Transfusion Committee (2010-2019). Her current appointments include Chair of Division of Clinical Support Services, Campus Director of Medical Innovation and Care Transformation and Institution Wellness Officer at KKH. Apart from clinical duties, A/Prof Lew is also committed to the teaching of undergraduates and postgraduates. Her current research interests include mobile health technologies, Patient Blood Management in obstetrics and defining the learning curve of obstetric neuraxial blocks in junior residents.
Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships:
- Institutional Wellness Officer, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital
- Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS
- Senior Consultant, Department of Women’s Anaesthesia, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital
- Member, Disciplinary Tribunal, Singapore Medical Council, 2016-2018
- Member, SingHealth Centralised Institutional Research Board A, 2017- 2019
- Member, Master of Medicine Examination Committee, Graduate Medical School NUS, since 2016
- Member, Complaints Panel, Singapore Medical Council, 2012-2014
- Chairman, Hospital Transfusion Committee, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, 2011 - 2020
- Clinical Core Faculty, SingHealth Anaesthesiology Residency Program, 2011- 2022
- Member, Clinical Competence Committee, SingHealth Anaesthesiology Residency Program, since 2011 - 2022
- Member, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, 2005 - 2020
- Reviewer, local and regional medical journals, since 2008
Awards:
- National Day Awards – Long Service Medal, 2022
- Publication Award (Medical Education): Academic Day, 2021
- 1st Runner-up Abstract (Medical Education): Academic Day, 2019
- Singapore Medical Journal Reviewer Recognition Award for reviewing with Distinction: 2017
- SingHealth 20 year Long Service Award : 2017
- SingHealth Game-Changer Award : 2017
- Singapore Health Quality Service Award: 2016
- SingHealth Outstanding Faculty RiSE Award : 2015
- KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital 10 year Long Service Award: 2007
- Excellent Service Award (Gold) : 2006
Leadership positions / roles in Education:
- Academic Deputy Vice-Chair - Clinical Quality and Safety, ANAES ACP, 2016-2019
- Lead, ACP Mentoring Workgroup, 2019 - current
Selected Publications:
1. Osman T, Lew E, Sng BL, Car J. Assessment of inter-rater agreement of the American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classification system in a tertiary women’s hospital: An observational study. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2022;39:787-788.
2. Lew E, Lional K, Tagore S. Obstetric red cell transfusion in a high-volume tertiary hospital: a retrospective cohort study. Singapore Med J. 2022 Jun 24. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2022082.
3. Tan CJ, Cai C, Ithnin F, Lew E. Challenges and innovations in undergraduate medical education during the COVID-19 pandemic – A systematic review. The Asia Pacific Scholar 2022;7:1-9.
4. Osman T, Lew E, Sng BL, Dabas R, Griva K, Car J. Delphi Consensus on American Society of Anesthesiologists' Physical Status Classification in an Asian Tertiary Women's Hospital. Korean J Anesthesiol. 2021 Dec 16. doi: 10.4097/kja.21426.
5. Oh TT, Lew E, Sng BL. Management of maternal resuscitation and category-1 caesarean delivery in a Covid-19 suspect parturient. J Clin Anesth 2020 May 23;66:109909.
6. Osman T, Lew E, Lum E, van Galen L, Dabas R, Sng BL, Car J. PreAnaesThesia Computerized Health (PATCH) assessment: development and validation. BMC Anesthesiol. 2020 Nov 14;20(1):286.
7. Osman T, Lew E, Lum E, Chew J, Dabas R, Sng BL, Car J. Effect of PreAnaesThesia Computerized Health (PATCH) assessment on duration of nurse–patient consultation and patient experience: a pilot trial. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. 2020; 17, 4972
8. Lew E, Allen JC, Goy RWL, Ithnin F, Sng BL. Determining competence in performing obstetric combined spinal-epidural procedures in junior anesthesiology residents: results from the cumulative sum analysis. Int J Obstet Anesth 2020 Nov; 44 :33-39.
9. Lee JSE, Goy RWL, Sng BL, Lew E. Considerations and strategies in the organisation of obstetric anaesthesia care during the 2019 COVID-19 outbreak in Singapore. Int J Obstet Anaesth 2020 Aug;43:114-117.
10. Lee YL, Lim ML, Leong WL, Lew E. Difficult and failed intubation in caesarean general anaesthesia: a 4-year retrospective review. Singapore Med J 2020 Aug 17
11. Goy RWL, Ithnin F, Lew E, Sng BL. Exploring the challenges of task-centred training in obstetric anaesthesia in the operating theatre environment. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2019 Aug;39:88-94.
12. Sng BL, Ithnin F, Mathur D, Lew E, Han NR, Sia AT. A preliminary assessment of the LMA ProtectorTM in non-paralysed patients. BMC Anesthesiology. 2017 Feb 20;17(1):26.
13. Tien JC, Lim MJ, Leong WL, Lew E. Nine-year audit of post-dural puncture headache in a tertiary obstetric hospital in Singapore. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2016 Dec; 28:34-8.
14. Chay J, Koh M, Tan HH, Ng J, Ng HJ, Chia N, Kuperan P, Tan J, Lew E, Tan LK, Koh PL, Desouza KA, Bin Mohd Fathil S, Kyaw PM, Ang AL. A national common massive transfusion protocol (MTP) is a feasible and advantageous option for centralized blood services and hospitals. Vox Sang. 2016 Jan;110(1):36-50.
15. Lew E, Tagore S. Introducing an obstetric cell salvage service in a tertiary obstetric hospital. Singapore Med J. 2015 Aug;56(8):445-9.
16. Cheng SM, Lew E. Obstetric haemorrhage – can we do better? Trends Anaesth Crit Care. 2014; 4(4):119-126.
17. Lee S, Lew E, Lim Y, Sia AT. Failure of augmentation of labor epidural analgesia for intrapartum cesarean delivery: a retrospective review. Anesth Analg. 2009 Jan;108(1):252-4.
18. Fun W, Lew E, Sia AT. Advances in neuraxial blocks for labor analgesia: new techniques, new systems. Minerva Anestesiol. 2008 Mar;74(3):77-85.
19. Kan RK, Lew E, Yeo SW, Thomas E. General anesthesia for cesarean section in a Singapore maternity hospital: a retrospective survey. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2004 Oct;13(4):221-6.
20. Lew E, Yeo SW, Thomas E. Combined spinal-epidural anesthesia using epidural volume extension leads to faster motor recovery after elective cesarean delivery: a prospective, randomized, double-blind study. Anesth Analg. 2004 Mar;98(3):810-4.