Credentials MBBS (Singapore) 1978 M Med (Paed) (Singapore) 1981 MD (Paed) (Singapore) 1991 FRCPCH (UK) 2000
Language English, Mandarin Chinese
Background

Dr Lee Bee Wah is a Consultant Paediatrician and Clinical Paediatric Immunologist/Allergist at the Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, an Adjunct Associate Professor (Department of Paediatrics) at the National University of Singapore, and a Visiting Senior Consultant Paediatrician (Children’s Medical Centre) at the National University Hospital.

She received her MBBS from the University of Singapore (1978). She also received her Master of Medicine (Paediatrics)(1981) and Doctor of Medicine (1991) from the National University of Singapore. She is a Fellow of Royal College of Paediatricians (Edinburgh)(1999), the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK)(2000) and the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology. She was also a Research Fellow in the Division of Allergy/Immunology at the Children’s Hospital in Boston, USA from 1986-1988.

Dr Lee has a special interest in the areas of Paediatric Allergic Diseases, Epidemiology of allergy diseases in children, Allergen characterisation – and dust mite allergens, Probiotics in the prevention of allergic diseases and Childhood Vaccines.

She has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and is on the Board of Directors of the World Allergy Organization, is a Corresponding Fellow of the American Academy of Allergy and Immunology and a Member of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.