Professional Profile
Dr Yap graduated from University of Aberdeen and completed her postgraduate specialty training in Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Internal Medicine in North of Scotland. She passed the Royal College of Physicians Endocrinology & Diabetes Specialty Certificate examination in 2017, before completing her training and taking up an NHS consultant post in Aberdeen in 2020. She was elected as Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 2021. She is currently the clinical lead in general internal medicine.
Her scope of practice includes general diabetes management, insulin pump and other diabetes technologies, endocrine (hormonal) conditions and general internal medicine. Dr Yap has special interest in adrenal gland disorders such as adrenal insufficiency or Addison’s disease and adrenal lesions. She also offers investigation and management of a wide range of endocrine conditions including disorders of thyroid, calcium and parathyroid, pituitary and hypogonadism such as testosterone deficiency. She is also an experienced General Physician who is involved in management of general medical patients in the medical ward and acute medical emergencies.
Dr Yap is committed to delivering pragmatic and evidence-based medicine. She has been involved in various quality improvement projects. She has worked closely with specialist endocrine nurses and other specialties in steroid education and introduction of the steroid emergency card as per NHS Improvement national patient safety alert recommendation. She has also implemented local clinical guidelines for adrenal incidentaloma and management of patients on continuous subcutaneous insulin pump in inpatient setting.
Dr Yap has a keen interest in medical education and holds the post as Honorary Clinical Lecturer with University of Aberdeen. She is actively involved in the design and delivery of teaching of both undergraduate medical programme and postgraduate doctors. She acts as a clinical and educational supervisor for postgraduate training doctors. She is also a Royal College of Physicians examiner for the MRCP (UK) PACES examination.
Dr Yap has been involved in research and acts as the primary investigator for study of self-management in patients with adrenal insufficiency and as sub-investigator for a Phase 4 diabetes medication trial.
Dr Yap is committed to provide personalised, practical and patient-centered care, helping her patients to negotiate and understand their illnesses as well as formulate an individually tailored treatment to suit each patient.
