Dr Annabelle Leong’s Medical Education and Academic Contributions
Teaching and Medical Education
Dr Annabelle has been involved in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education in Singapore, including teaching medical students, ENT residents and fellow healthcare professionals.
Her teaching and academic activities have included specialist ENT courses, workshops and presentations at local and international medical conferences.
Asia Pacific Neurotology Congress, March 2018
ENT Residents Teaching, TTSH, 2017
ENT Resident Teaching, TTSH, 2017
Hearing Talk, Bangkok, March 2018
House Tutor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
Singapore Young Investigator Award, 2017
Sleep Talk, Singapore Sports Medicine Conference, 2018
Sudden Hearing Loss Talk, SSOHNS Scientific Meeting, March 2018
Teaching Temporal Bone Course, SGH, July 2017
Teaching TTSH Course, 2017
Faculty Demonstration at Ear Workshop
Teaching ENT Residents
Research and Journal Publications
Dr Annabelle has contributed to research across multiple areas of otolaryngology, including ear and hearing disorders, dizziness and balance, paediatric ENT, sleep-related breathing disorders and other areas of ENT practice.
Selected Journal Publications
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Lau JCT, Leong AC. The C-MAC video-assisted nasoendoscopy vs traditional direct flexible nasoendoscopy: A pilot randomised controlled study. Clin Otolaryngol. 2018;43(3):966–969.
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Syed MI, Ilan O, Leong AC, Pothier DD, Rutka JA. Ménière's Syndrome or Disease: Time Trends in Management and Quality of Evidence Over the Last Two Decades. Otol Neurotol. 2015;36(8):1309–1316.
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Leong AC, Pothier DD, Rutka JA. Oral mycostatin as a possible alternative treatment for intractable Meniere's disease: a preliminary cohort study. J Laryngol Otol. 2014.
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Leong AC, Jiang D, Agger A, Fitzgerald-O'Connor A. Evaluation of round window accessibility to cochlear implant insertion. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2013;270(4):1237–1242.
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Gutierrez T, Leong AC, Pang L, Chevretton E, Jeannon JP, Simo R. Multinodular thyroid goitres causing obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome. J Laryngol Otol. 2012;126(2):190–195.
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Ahmed J, Leong AC, Jonas N, Grainger J, Hartley B. The extended Sistrunk procedure for the management of thyroglossal duct cysts in children. Clin Otol. 2011;36(3):271–275.
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Leong AC. A randomized controlled trial to compare postoperative pain in children undergoing tonsillectomy using cold steel dissection with bipolar haemostasis versus coblation technique. Clin Otol. 2009;34(6):579.
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Leong AC, Golding-Wood D. Contralateral incipient posterior canal benign positional paroxysmal vertigo: complication after Epley maneuver. Laryngoscope. 2008;118(11):2087–2090.
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Leong AC, Barker F, Bleach NR. Primary Assessment of the Vertiginous Patient at a Pre-ENT Balance Clinic. J Laryngol Otol. 2007.
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Leong AC, Aldren C. Bones of Contention: A Donor Register for Temporal Bone Donation? J Laryngol Otol. 2007;121(10):932–937.
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Lim M, Leong AC and Desai V. Metastatic colorectal carcinoma to thyroid gland on background of multinodular goitre. J Otolaryngol Rhinol 2016 Feb; 2: 014.
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Leong A. Intratympanic steroids in Bell's palsy: Some issues highlighted. Otol Neurotol 2015 Sept; 36(9): 1580.
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Leong AC, Bowdler DA. A simple method to prevent obstruction of post-tympanoplasty ventilation tubes. J Laryngol Otol. 2013 Sept; 127(9): 922-3.
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Hall AC, Leong AC, Jiang D, Fitzgerald-O'Connor A. Sudden bilateral sensorineural hearing loss associated with urticarial vasculitis.
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Connor SE, Holland NJ, Agger A, Leong AC, Varghese RA, Jiang D, Fitzgerald O'Connor A. Round window electrode insertion potentiates retention in the scala tympani. Acta Otolaryngol. 2012 Sep; 132(9):932-7.
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Leong AC, Bowdler DA. Complication of Vinegar Therapy for External Canal Cholesteatoma. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2012 Oct;269(10): 2301.
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Leong AC. Racial/Ethnic Variations in the Incidence and Evolutionary Pathogenesis of Otitis Media. Archives of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 2011; 144(6): 1010.
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Leong AC, Yong J, Salama N. Lymphoproliferative disorder of the nasopharynx after longstanding cyclosporin therapy for psoriatic arthritis. J Laryngol Otol 2010 Oct; 124(10): 1120-2.
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M Buckingham, AC Leong, D Bowdler. Sleep-related breathing disorders in children. Foundation Years Journal July 2010; 4(7): 5-9.
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J Thambyrajah, AC Leong, D Bowdler. Epistaxis. Foundation Years Journal July 2010; 4(7): 10-14.
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Leong AC, Sharp HR. Nasal septal cyst: a rare phenomenon. Auris Nasus Larynx. 2009 Feb;36(1):96-9.
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Leong AC, Golding-Wood D. A two-fingered salute to comfortable and cost-effective nasal packing. Clin Otolaryngol. 2008 Apr;33(2):175-6.
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Javed F, Leong AC, Fairley JW. Superficial temporal vein graft in stapedotomy: a functional and aesthetic alternative. Clin Otolaryngol. 2008 Apr;33(2):120-3.
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AC Leong, DB Mitchell. Endoscopic management of oesophageal food bolus obstruction: Flexibility is the way forward. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2008 Apr;265(4):493-4; Epub 2008 Jan 5.
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AC Leong, T Patel, F Rehman, J Tysome, M Oyarzabal, P Gluckman. CSF rhinorrhea complicating septoplasty: A novel mechanism of injury. Ear Nose Throat 2010, January.
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AC Leong, JW Fairley, Padgham ND. Sudden hearing loss. Clin Otol 2007, 32(5): 391-5.
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AC Leong. Re: A prospective observational study to determine if post-tonsillectomy secondary haemorrhage is an infective condition. Clin Otol. 2007, 32(4): 303.
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AC Leong, JP Davis. Morbidity After Adenotonsillectomy for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: Waking up to a Pragmatic Approach. J Laryngol Otol. 2007, 121(9): 809-17.
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AC Leong, A Coonar, L Lang-Lazdunski. Catamenial pneumothorax: Surgical repair of the diaphragm and hormonal treatment. Ann R Coll of Surg Engl. 2006 Oct, 88(6): 547-9.
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AC Leong, C Khoo. Letter in reply to: Keratoacanthomas observed. J Plast Reconstr Aesth Surg 2006, 59(2): 202.
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A Leong, S Kundu, P Devesa-Martinez and C Aldren. Artificial ear: Training tool for grommet insertion and manual dexterity. ORL Journal of Otorhinolaryngology and allied sciences 2006, 68: 115-117.
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AC Leong, C Aldren. A non-randomised comparison between the Do-it-yourself ear vacuum kit and the Jobson-Horne probe. Clin Otol 2005, 30(4): 320–323.
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ACK Leong, AM Hanby, HWW Potts, DSP Tan, K Ryder, WH Harris, RD Liebmann, DM Barnes and CE Gillett. Cell cycle proteins do not predict outcome in grade I infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the breast. International Journal of Cancer 2000, 89: 26–31.
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DSP Tan, HWW Potts, ACK Leong, CE Gillett, D Skilton, WH Harris, RD Liebmann and AM Hanby. The biological and prognostic significance of cell polarity and E-cadherin in grade I infiltrating carcinoma of the breast. Journal of Pathology 1999, 189: 20-27.
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AC Leong. The red sticker. BMJ 2006, 332: 648.
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AC Leong. Separating a septum sandwich. BMJ 2006, 333: 82.
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AAO-HNS Washington 2007 Meet: A trainee's perspective. ENT News Vol 16 No. 5 Nov/Dec 2007 p.16.
Book Chapters
Dr Annabelle has also contributed to specialist medical texts and educational resources in otolaryngology.
Bowdler D, Leong AC. Otoendoscopy and Endoscopic Ear Surgery. Chapter 87, Scott-Brown's Otorhinolaryngology, 8th Edition, 2018.
Leong AC, D'Souza AR. Rhinoplasty: The Open Approach. Book chapter, Rhinoplasty Archive, editors Daniel Becker and Pietro Palma, Aug. 2012.