Dr Mitra Amit Kanta

About

​Dr Mitra completed his medical undergraduate studies in 1969 from the Calcutta University. He went on to complete his orthopaedic surgical training in 1979. In 1988, he was awarded the Ministry of Health, Singapore HMDP (Health Manpower Developmental Programme) and spent a year as a fellow in Sports Medicine in United Kingdom. He then returned to practice in the Singapore General Hospital since 1989.

Education and Training

• ​MBBS - Calcutta University, 1969
  
• F.R.C.S - Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow, 1979
  

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

• ​Senior Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Sports Services, Singapore General Hospital Pte Ltd.
  
• Visiting Consultant to Singapore Armed Forces
  
• Clinical Senior Lecturer of National University Hospital.
  
• Honorary Visiting Consultant to the Sports Medicine Research & Sports Science Centre.
  
• Visiting Consultant to Singapore Armed Forces.
  
• Honorary Fellow of the American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine.
  
• Honorary Fellow of the European Society of Knee & Arthroscopy Association.
  
• Member of Asia-Pacific Orthopaedic Association.
  
• Member of ASEAN Orthopaedic Association.
  
• Member of National Arthritis Foundation.
  
• Member of Singapore Medical Association.
  
• Member of Singapore Hand Society.
  
• Member of Singapore Sports Association.
  
• Member of Asia-Pacific Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.
  
• Advisory Panel, Changi Sports Medicine Centre
  
• Member of School of Health Sciences Physiotherapy Advisory Panel (2010 onwards)
  
• Member of the Singapore Medical Council’s Complaints Panel with effect from June 2010 – 2012.
  
• Member of School of Health Sciences Physiotherapy Advisory panel Meeting from 2010 onwards.
  
• Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS  from 1st August 2010 to 31st July 2012.
  

Publications

• Deep Vein Thrombosis Following Hip Surgery for Fracture of the Proximal Femur. Singapore Medical Journal 1989, No. 30, Page 530-534.
  
• Function Following Limb Salvage for Primary Humerus of the Shoulder Girdle. Acta Orthopaedic Scandinavia 1994, No. 65 (1), Page 55-61.
  
• Colonic Carcinoma with Metastasis to Tibialis Anterior Muscle. Annals Academy of Medicine, Vol 23 No. 1.
  
• A Surgical Approach to the Posterior Interosseous Branch of the Radial Nerve through the Brachioradialis. Singapore Medical Journal, Vol. 35 No. 4 August 1994.
  
• Role of Arthroscopy in Ankle Disorder - Early Experience. Annals Academy of Medicine, Vol. 23 No. 3.
  
• Lateral Ligament Injuries of the Ankle (Invited article). Sports Medicine News 1994.
  
• Dorsum Metatarsal (Lisfranc’s) Injuries - Result of Open Reduction and Internal Fixation. Annals Academy of Medicine, Nov 1995 Vol. 24 No. 6.
  
• A Case Report on Bilateral Avascular Necrosis of the Medial Cuneiform. Annals Academy of Medicine, May 1995 Vol 24 No. 3.
  
• Surgical Treatment of Symptomatic Accessory Navicular. Annals Academy of Medicine, May 1995 Vol 24 No. 3.
  
• Exostosis Presenting as Solidity Loose Body in Ankle of 2 Children. Annals Academy of Medicine, May 1995 Vol 14 No. 3.
  
• Arthroscopic Treatment of Osteochondral Lesion of the Talus. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore 1996.
  
• Management of Hind Foot of Problem in Athletes (Invited article). Sports Medicine News 1996.
  
• Anthropometry of Anterior Cruciate Ligament in Singaporean Chinese. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore 1998; Vol. 27 No. 6 : 776-9.
  
• The Results of Autogenous Tibial Periosteal Transplants for Full Thickness Cartilage Defects in the Knee Joints of Pigs. Annals Academy of Medicine, Singapore 1999; No. 28: 8-14. 
  
• A Comparative Study Between Autogenous Tibial Periosteal Transplants and Mosaicplasty for Full Thickness Articular Cartilage Defects in the Knee Joints of Pigs. Journal of ASEAN Orthopaedic Association, July 2000; Vol. 13 No. 1.
  
• Social Aspects in Patient Following Proximal Femoral Fractures. Annals Academy of Medicine, Singapore 1994.
  
• Fibre Optic Foot Pressure Pad. SGH Proceedings, Vol. 10 No. 4, 2001.
  
• Morselized Graft for Full Thickness Osteochondral Defect in the Knee Joint of the Pig. - Singapore Medical Journal, 2001.
  
• Effect of Surgical Timing on Outcome of ACL Reconstruction. Journal of ASEAN Orthopaedic Association, July 2001; Vol. 14 No. 1.
  
• The Posterior Cruciate Ligament :  An Anthropometric Study in Asians & Evaluation of Safe Limits for Bony Tunnel Creation During Reconstruction” – Annals of the Academy of Medicine. Singapore; 31 No. 5 September 2002: 631 – 35
  
• Morbidity following Ant cruciate ligament reconstruction using hamstring autograft Vol 33 No. 2, March 2004.
  
• Assessment of blood-induced cartilage damage in rabbit knees using scanning electron microscopy – Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery 2004; 12(2):199-204
  
• Scanning Electro Microscopic & Light Microscopic Study of Haemarthrosis Induced Surface & Cellular Damage to Articular Cartilage in Rabbits.
  
• Twenty-Year Outcome of Open Menisectomy.
  
• ESWT for Plantar Fasciitis.
  
• Arthroscopic Treatment of osteochondritis dissecans of the talus – Foot and Ankle Surgery 10, 2004 -  Pg 181-186
  
• Arthroscopic Microfracture of the Knee – Journal of Asean Orthopaedic Association Vol 16. No. 1, Jan 2004
  
• Comparing 2 years outcomes of ACL reconstruction using either patella tendon or semitendinosus tendon autografts :  A non-randomised prospective study – Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery 2005 : 13 (2): 139 – 146.