Dr Lean Lyn Li is a consultant anaesthesiologist at the Department of Anaesthesia, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. She has clinical interest in pain management and regional anaesthesia. She completed Anaesthesia basic specialist training in Ireland and completed her Anaesthesia residency in National University Health System as chief resident.
Dr Lean has keen interest in both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Education from Cardiff University. In addition, she regularly teaches NUS YLLSOM students in both clinical and preclinical years. In AY 2013/2014, she received a NUS Training Enhancement Grant (TEG) for a medical education study on feedback in novice learners.
Dr Lean is currently the NTFGH Department of Anaesthesia representative for the Singapore Society of Anaesthesiologists. She is the assistant lead of research in the department and has an academic interest in systematic reviews and meta-analysis. She frequently teaches research techniques, Evidence Based Medicine and paper critique techniques to medical students and residents.
1. Knowledge, awareness and attitudes of Singapore medical students regarding organ donation. Singapore Med J. 2023. PMID: 36861625
2. Point-of-care platelet function testing for guided transfusion in neurosurgical management of intracranial haemorrhage: a systematic review. Eur J Med Res. 2022. PMID: 36182926
3. The hospital difficult airway team: experience and implications for patient care. Ir J Med Sci. 2021. PMID: 33481159
4. Factors predicting one-year post-surgical mortality amongst older Asian patients undergoing moderate to major non-cardiac surgery – a retrospective cohort study. BMC Surgery. Jan 2020. DOI: 10.1186/s12893-019-0654-x
5. The neglected perioperative population of undiagnosed diabetics - a retrospective cohort study. BMC Surg. 2020 Aug 18;20(1):188. doi: 10.1186/s12893-020-00844-2. PMID: 32811495; PMCID: PMC7437967.
6. Prediction of Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression on Inpatient Wards Using Continuous Capnography and Oximetry: An International Prospective, Observational Trial. Anesth Analg. 2020 Oct;131(4):1012-1024. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004788. PMID: 32925318; PMCID: PMC7467153.
7. Use of GoPro point-of-view camera in intubation simulation-A randomized controlled trial. PLoS One. 2020 Dec 1;15(12):e0243217. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243217. PMID: 33259536; PMCID: PMC7707475.
8. Cerebral oxygenation in hemodialysed patients. (letter) J Anesth 34, 156 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00540-019-02664-y
9. Anaesthesia considerations and techniques for Pressurised IntraPeritoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy (PIPAC), Pleura and Peritoneum, 2020, 5(4), 20190013. doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/pp-2019-0013
10. How do NUS medical students' personalities differ from the local undergraduate population: A cross-sectional study. Singapore Medical Journal. 2018 Feb 12. DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2018018.
11. Endoscopic versus surgical palliation for malignant distal bile duct obstruction (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2017, Issue 8. Art. No.: CD012758. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012758. (Full review ongoing)
12. Inadvertent spinal injection of ondansetron. Journal of Anesthesia 2016. Dec 27;30(6):1071-1073. DOI: 10.1007/s00540-016-2254-6
13. End-task versus in-task feedback to increase procedural learning retention during spinal anaesthesia training of novices. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract 2016. DOI: 10.1007/s10459-016-9703-8
14. Use of the C-MAC® adult D blade in paediatric patients with Nager syndrome. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2016 Sep;44(5):647-8. PMID: 27608358
15. Analgesic effect of bilateral ultrasound-guided pudendal nerve blocks in management of interstitial cystitis. J Anesth. 2012 Feb;26(1):128-9. DOI: 10.1007/s00540-011-1243-z. PMID:21976176
