Dr Ong Hean Yee

Dr Ong Hean Yee is a Cardiologist practising at Cardiac Solutions Medical Centre in Novena. 

Dr Ong has more than 25 years of clinical experience in public hospitals, including seven years in the National Health Service in the United Kingdom and 15 years in Singapore's public hospitals. His professional experience includes establishing cardiology services and leading the development of multidisciplinary cardiac care. He holds Level III accreditation in both echocardiography and cardiac CT. 

Dr Ong specialises in cardiology, with subspecialties in cardiac imaging and heart failure. His clinical and research interests include cardiac screening, lipid disorders, exercise testing and heart failure management. His imaging practice includes echocardiography and cardiac CT. 

Dr Ong graduated from Queen's University of Belfast, United Kingdom, with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB) in 1994. He subsequently obtained his Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) (UK) in Internal Medicine in 1998. After completing his advanced specialist training in Cardiology at the National University Hospital, Singapore, in 2004, he pursued further training at the Cleveland Clinic in the United States. This fellowship in Advanced Cardiac Imaging was supported by a Ministry of Health Health Manpower Development Programme (HMDP) scholarship in 2006. In the same year, he obtained his board certification in Echocardiography (ASCeXAM). 

Prior to private practice, Dr Ong worked at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast as a Research Fellow from 1998 to 2000. In Singapore, he established the Division of Cardiology at Alexandra Hospital in 2007. The division subsequently became a department in 2010. He was appointed Head of the Department of Cardiology at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) in 2010. Under his leadership, the department developed services in cardiac electrophysiology, nuclear cardiology, echocardiography, cardiac rehabilitation and percutaneous coronary intervention. It also established a heart failure programme and a clinical research programme. Dr Ong continues to serve as a Visiting Consultant at KTPH. 

Alongside his clinical practice, Dr Ong has contributed to medical education, research and professional leadership. He has served as a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the National University of Singapore and a Core Faculty member of the NHG-AHPL Cardiology Residency Programme. Since 1998, he has participated in and led industry-initiated and investigator-initiated clinical research studies. His research has been referenced in European clinical guidelines, and he has spoken at international cardiology scientific meetings. Dr Ong served as President of the Singapore Cardiac Society from 2018 to 2021. He was also appointed Chairman of the Ministry of Health's Treadmill Licensing Committee in 2014 and served on its Writing Committee for Good Clinical Practice in Heart Failure. His professional contributions include membership of the Domain Specific Review Board, which oversees the ethical conduct of clinical trials. Outside medicine, he supports the Singapore Ireland Fund and maintains links with the Singapore Medical Society of Ireland. 

Dr Ong is accredited to perform surgical procedures at Thomson Medical Centre.