About
Dr Yap Peng Leng Karen
Dr Karen Yap is a Breast and General Surgeon. She is currently practising at Farrer Park Medical Centre, and was previously at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital from 2005 to 2015. Prior to that, she was at the National Cancer Centre’s Department of Surgical Oncology.
Dr Yap graduated from the Medical School of the National University of Singapore in 1994 and trained in General Surgery. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. She has completed a breast fellowship at the Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto.
She received her Specialist Accreditation in General Surgery in 2002, and is a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. Dr Yap has numerous publications in international journals, and received a Masters of Science from the National University of Singapore in 2009 for her research thesis on breast cancer.
Dr Yap specialises in Breast Surgery, including Mammotome biopsy, sentinel lymph node biopsy and oncoplastic techniques. Behind her youthful looks lie years of training and experience in dealing with diseases of the breast. As a lady surgeon, Dr Yap understands and appreciates the place and role that the breasts have in a lady’s image and self-esteem.