Dr Kevin Leong Ming Wei

Designations:

Consultant, Department of Cardiology, National University Heart Centre, Singapore
Assistant Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

Qualifications:

MBBS, MRCP, PhD, CCEP, CCDS, FRCP, FHRS

Specialties/Sub-specialties:

Cardiology

Clinical Disciplines/Programmes:

Cardiac Genetics, Cardiology (Heart), Cardiomyopathy, Electrophysiology, General Cardiology

Special Interests:

Ablation of Complex Arrhythmias, Inherited Cardiac Conditions (Channelopathies, Cardiomyopathies), Pacing and Device Implantation, Sudden Cardiac Death

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Biosketch

Dr Kevin Leong graduated from King's College London and completed his training in cardiology, electrophysiology, devices and inherited cardiac conditions with the London Deanery at Imperial College Healthcare and Bart's Health NHS Trusts before his return to Singapore.

In addition to prizes at university and international conferences, he was conferred his PhD by Imperial College London and received the British Heart Rhythm Society Young Investigator of the Year Award for his work. His research interests are in predictive markers of sudden cardiac death, arrhythmias and inherited cardiac conditions.

He is accredited as a specialist in both electrophysiology and cardiac devices by the International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners and has been accorded Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society and Royal College of Physicians of London for his contributions to these fields.

Awards

Winner of Young Investigator Competition, Heart Rhythm Congress, UK 2017

Journals & Publications

Rowin EJ, Maron MS, Adler A, Albano AJ, Varnava AM, Spears D, Marsy D, Heitner S, Cohen E, Leong KMW, Winters SL, Martinez MW, Koethe BC, Rakowski H, Maron BJ. Importance of Newer Cardiac Magnetic Resonance-Based Risk Markers for Sudden Death Prevention in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy:An International Multicenter Study. Heart Rhythm 2022. 19;782-789.
Kim MY, Coyle C, Tomlinson DR, Sikkel MB, Sohaib A, Luther V, Leong KMW, Malcome-Lawes L, Low B, Sandler B, Lim E, Todd M, Fudge M, Wright I, Koa-Wing M, Ng FS, Qureshi NA, Whinnett ZI, Peters NS, Newcomb D, Wood C, Dhillon G, Hunter RJ, Lim PB, Linton NWF, Kanagaratnam P. Ectopy-Triggering Ganglionated Plexus Ablation to Prevent Atrial Fibrillation: GANGLIA-AF Study. Heart Rhythm 2022. 19; 516-524.
Chow JJ, Leong KMW, Yazdani M, Huzaien HW, Jones S, Shun-Shin MJ, Koa-Wing M, Lefroy DC, Lim PB, Linton NWF, Ng FS, Qureshi NA, Whinnett ZI, Peters NS, O'Callaghan P, Yousef Z, Kanagaratnam P, Varnava AM. A Multicentre External Validation of a Score Model to Predict Risk of Events in Patients with Brugada Syndrome. Am J Cardiol. 2021. Dec 1;160:53-59.
Leong KMW, Ng FS, Shun-Shin MJ, Koa-Wing M, Qureshi N, Whinnett, ZI, Linton NF, Lefroy D, Francis DP, Harding SE, Davies DW, Peter NS, Lim PB, Behr E, Lambiase PD, Varnava A, Kanagaratnam P. Non-invasive detection of exercise-induced cardiac conduction abnormalities in sudden cardiac death survivors in the inherited cardiac conditions. Europace 2021 23; 305-312.
Sandler B, Kim MY, Sikkel MB, Malcome-Lawes L, Koa-Wing M, Whinnett ZI, Coyle C, Linton NWF, Lim PB, Kanagaratnam P and other members of the Imperial College London, Cardiovascular Study Group/Consortium (Leong KMW). Targeting the ectopy-triggering ganglionated plexuses without pulmonary vein isolation prevents atrial fibrillation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2021 32;235-244.
Kim MY, Sikkel MB, Cantwell C, Leong KMW, Luther V, Malcolme-Lawes L, Koa-Wing, Ng FS, Qureshi N, Sohaib A, Whinnett ZI, Fudge M, Lim, E, Todd, M, Wright M, Peters NS, Lim PB, Linton N, Kanagratnam P. The Anatomical Distribution of the Ectopy-Triggering Ganglionated Plexus in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation: Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology 2020. 44:1045–1047.
Leong KMW. Typical Atrial Flutter In: Sohaib A. Decoding Cardiac Electrophysiology. 2020 p59-69.
Kim MY, Sandler B, Sikkel MB, Cantwell CD, Leong KMW, Luther V, Malcolme-Lawes L, Koa-Wing M, Siong FS, Qureshi N, Sohaib A, Whinnett ZI, Fudge M, Lim E, Todd M, Wright I, Peters NS, Lim PB, Linton NWF, Kanagaratnam P. The ectopr-triggering ganglionated plexuses in atrial fibrillation. Auton Neurosci. 2020 Jul; 21;228:102699.
Shun-Shin MJ*, Leong KMW*, Ng FS, Linton NWF, Whinnett ZI, Koa-Wing M, Qureshi N, Lefroy DC, Harding SE, Lim PBL, Peters NS, Francis DP, Varnava AM, Kanagaratnam P. Ventricular Conduction Stability Test: A method to identify and quantify changes in whole heart activation patterns during physiological stress. Europace 2019 21:9;1422-1431.
Qureshi N, Kim S, Cantwell C, Afonso V, Bai WJ, Ali R, Shun-shin M, Malcolme-Lawes L, Luther V, Leong KMW, Lim E, Wright I, Nagy S, Hayat S, Ng FS, Koa-Wing M, Linton N, Lefroy D, Whinnett Z, Davies DW, Kanagaratnam P, Peters NS, Lim PB. Voltage during atrial fibrillation is superior to voltage during sinus rhythm in localizing areas of delayed enhancement on magnetic resonance imaging: An assessment of the posterior left atrium in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm 2019 16:9;1357-1367.

Professional Memberships

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, United Kingdom
Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society, United States of America

2024/06/26

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