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Chandran Suresh

Chandran Suresh MBBS, MD, DCH, MRCP, FRCPCH, FAMS

Pediatrics, Neonatal and Perinatology
Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

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Dr. Suresh Chandran is a career neonatologist who has so far worked for 30 years in neonatal medicine. He had his training in Neonatology at Royal Hospital, Oman, Hammersmith Hospital, London and Monash Medical center, Australia. He pioneered the development of a tertiary Neonatal center at RIPAS Hospital, Brunei Darussalam during his tenure from 1987 to 2011. He was working as a Consultant Neonatologist in RIPAS Hospital, Brunei Darussalam from 1997 - 2011. Dr. Suresh has been working in the Department of Neonatology, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) as Senior Consultant since April 2011.

He has been working as an educator for the last 30 years. He was a senior lecturer at Queensland University and lecturer at PAPRSB Institute of Health Sciences, Brunei Darussalam. Currently, he is Adj Associate Professor in Duke NUS Medical school and Adj Assistant Professor in Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, the National University of Singapore and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore.

He spearheaded a new service at KKH in 2014 – “To develop a one-stop center in KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore for diagnosis and management of Hyperinsulinaemic Hypoglycemia”. This service is currently available at KKH. Dr. Suresh’s interest includes – Congenital Hyperinsulinism, Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in Newborn, Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy and Congenital Anomalies.