Dr Yan Yet Yen

Diagnostic Radiologist

Specialty

Diagnostic Radiology

Languages

English, Mandarin

Gender

Male

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Experience

Dr Yan Yet Yen is a diagnostic radiologist at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore.

His specialties are in musculoskeletal imaging and interventional radiology.

He was a former consultant in the department of diagnostic radiology at Changi General Hospital (CGH).

Dr Yan graduated from the National University of Singapore and then obtained his master’s there. He did his fellowship in musculoskeletal radiology for 1 year at Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Canada.

While at CGH, he collaborated in a clinical trial on genicular nerve radiofrequency ablation vs hyaluronic acid in knee osteoarthritis.

He is a fellow of both the Royal College of Radiologists, UK and the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. He is a current member of the International Skeletal Society and a youth committee member at the Asian Musculoskeletal Society.

Associated treatments

Diagnostic Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Percutaneous image guided needle or catheter placement for diagnostic or therapeutic purpose
Ablation of bone & soft tissue musculoskeletal tumours
Diagnostic Computed Tomography
Percutaneous Vertebroplasty

Research & publications

Saw, S. N., Yan, Y. Y., & Ng, K. H. (2025). Current status and future directions of explainable artificial intelligence in medical imaging. European Journal of Radiology, 183, 111884.

Tan, J. R., Yan, Y. Y., Sheikh, A., Ouellette, H., Mallinson, P., & Munk, P. L. (2023). Cementoplasty to cryoablation: review and current status. BJR|Open, 6(1).

Yan, Y. Y., Walsh, J. P., Munk, P. L., Mallinson, P. I., Simmons, C., Clarkson, P. W., Jayaram, P. R., Heran, M. K., & Ouellette, H. A. (2021). A Single-Center 10-Year retrospective analysis of cryoablation for the management of desmoid tumors. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 32(9), 1277–1287.

Vora, B. M. K., Munk, P. L., Somasundaram, N., Ouellette, H. A., Mallinson, P. I., Sheikh, A., Abdul Kadir, H., Tan, T. J., & Yan, Y. Y. (2021). Cryotherapy in extra-abdominal desmoid tumors: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PloS one, 16(12), e0261657.