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A/Prof Suresh Nathan Senior Consultant Department of Orthopaedic Surgery MBBS (Sing), US Medical Licensure, FRCS (Ed), MMed(Surg), FAMS (Orthopedics)
Core Faculty for Musculoskeletal Oncology Division NUHS Orthopaedics Residency Program |
Associate Professor Saminathan Suresh Nathan specialises in bone and soft tissue tumours of the musculoskeletal system and complex problems in joint replacement or adult reconstruction surgery (e.g. bone transplants and custom implants in revision joint surgery).
A/Prof Nathan obtained his medical degree from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1992 and trained in Orthopaedic Surgery at the National University Hospital (NUH), Singapore joining NUH in 1999 after he obtained his Masters of Medicine and Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He was awarded the Yahya Cohen Gold Medal Award for Best Clinical Performance and Academy of Medicine Gold Medal Award for Best Overall Performance at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. In 2006, he joined NUS and is a tenured Associate Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery continuing his clinical practice at NUH.
A/Prof Nathan trained at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York (affiliated with the Hospital for Special Surgery and Weill Medical College of Cornell University) between 2003 and 2005 and is a fellowship-trained musculoskeletal oncologist. At these institutions, he learned many advanced techniques in adult reconstruction in the context of restoring function to defects secondary to tumour resections and in difficult situations resulting from revision arthroplasty surgery. In addition, he has worked in the Children's Hospital of the Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Sloan-Kettering Institute in New York on molecular and chemosensitivity research in osteosarcoma - a type of cancer of the bone.
A/Prof Nathan divides his time between his role as the Head of the Musculoskeletal Oncology Division and Senior Consultant in Joint Replacement Surgery in NUH. He is the Principal Investigator of the Musculoskeletal Oncology Research Laboratory in the NUS Clinical Research Centre. In 2007, he was one of the only two members from Singapore inducted to the International Symposium of Limb Salvage Surgeons. In 2008, he was the only member from Singapore elected to the Advisory Committee of the Asia Pacific Musculoskeletal Tumour Society. He holds consultancy positions with 2 joint replacement companies as a joint replacement specialist. He is presently an active member of the American Orthopaedic Research Society and has been cited in Marquis Who's Who in the World, a publication recognizing individuals of distinction in their respective fields, since 2008.
Associate Professor Nathan has a consistent and passionate interest in research with more than 100 articles in high impact journals and abstracts of international meetings (Pubmed search 'Nathan S') and chapters in important surgical textbooks. He has received numerous research awards locally (Singapore Orthopaedic Association Young Orthopaedic Investigator Award and NUH - NUS Young Doctor Award in Research) and internationally (New Investigator Recognition Award, American Orthopaedic Research Society, 2004). He is Programme Director of Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) Musculoskeletal Oncology Cryosurgery initiative. He established the inaugural Musculoskeletal Oncology Fellowship Programme in the National University Health System in 2006. In 2009, he was awarded the Yahya Cohen Lectureship by the Academy of Medicine for his work in angiogenesis and chemo-responsiveness in solid tumours.
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