National University Hospital
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Prof. Shamal Das De
Head & Senior Consultant, Division of Foot and Ankle Surgery
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National University Hospital
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Speciality
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Disorders of the hip joint and the foot and ankle, and general orthopaedics. |
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Languages
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English
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Graduated
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1972 (52 years since graduation)
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About
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Special areas of interest are the care, rehabilitation and surgical treatment of injuries and degenerative disorders of the lower limbs including surgical expertise on minimally invasive total hip joint replacement. |
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Education
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Medical degree at the University of Calcutta, India in 1972. |
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Professional Experience
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Head & Senior Consultant, Division of Foot and Ankle Surgery, Senior Consultant in Hip and Knee Division.
Training in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Western Infirmary, Glasgow and at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, United Kingdom from 1976 to 1981.
Joined the National University of Singapore (NUS) and National University Hospital in 1981 as a Lecturer.
Appointed as Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery in 2001.
Head of the Division of Adult Reconstructive Surgery.
Chief Co-ordinator of M3-M5 student medical curriculum.
Past-President of the Singapore Orthopaedic Association.
Vice-President of both the Asia Pacific Arthroplasty Society and the Singapore Osteoporosis Society.
Chairman of the Orthopaedic Specialist Training Committee (STC) and the FPTC (Faculty Promotion and Tenure Committee) at NUS.
Member of the UPTC (University Promotion and Tenure Committee). |
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Certifications
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Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons (England).
Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh). |
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Memberships
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Singapore Medical Association.
Western Pacific Orthopaedic Association.
Co-ordinator for South East Asia of the Indian Orthopaedic Association.
Singapore Orthopaedic Association.
Asia Pacific Arthroplasty Society.
Singapore Osteoporosis Society. |
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