Dr Geoffrey Sithamparapillai Samuel

About

​Dr Geoffrey Samuel is a Senior Consultant with the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Singapore General Hospital, he is also the head of department since Jan 2022.

Education and Training

• Ministry of Health Healthcare Manpower Development Program, Fellowship in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, at the department of Physical medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, May to Nov 2015.
• Registered Specialist in Rehabilitation Medicine, Singapore Medical Council, November 2014 
• Member, Royal College of Physicians (UK), October 2011 
• Internal Medicine Basic Specialist Training May 2008- May 2011 
• MBBS, National University of Singapore, 2004

Awards

• Singapore Health Quality Service Award (SHQSA) 2024 Silver Award Feb 2025
• Singhealth Rehabilitation Medicine Residency Outstanding Faculty Award 2021/2022, 2022/2023; 2023/2024.
• Singhealth Service with a Heart Award February 2021.
• Singhealth Medicine Academic Clinical Pathway Education Senior Educator Award September 2020 (Supported by Seah Cheng Siang Professorship in Medicine)
• Singhealth 10 Year Long service Award (April 2015).
• Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence (Clinical Faculty Scheme) (AY12/13)- NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.

Publications

Publications

• Samuel GS, Swee DS. Use of testosterone replacement therapy in the rehabilitation of patients with intensive care unit-associated weakness and hospital-associated deconditioning: the Singapore General Hospital rehabilitation experience. Singapore Med J. 2024 Nov 1;65(11):607-613. doi: 10.4103/singaporemedj.SMJ-2021-307. Epub 2023 Jan 19. PMID: 36751836. 
• Ling Tan P, Poh Lim C, Ong S, Sithamparapillai Samuel G. The Use of Caffeine Citrate for Respiratory Stimulation in Acquired Central Hypoventilation Syndrome: A Case Series. J Crit Care Med (Targu Mures). 2023 Feb 8;9(1):49-54. doi: 10.2478/jccm-2023-0003. PMID: 36890973; PMCID: PMC9987273.
• Oey NE, Samuel GS, Lim JKW, VanDongen AM, Ng YS, Zhou J. Whole Brain White Matter Microstructure and Upper Limb Function: Longitudinal Changes in Fractional Anisotropy and Axial Diffusivity in Post-Stroke Patients. J Cent Nerv Syst Dis. 2019 Jul 30;11:1179573519863428. doi: 10.1177/1179573519863428. PubMed PMID: 31391787; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6668170. (Impact Factor 4.43 in 2016)
  
• MT Wang, YC Wang, Liang HY, Samuel GS. Dynamic Ultrasound - An Useful Tool to Demonstrate Adhesions Post-Carpal Tunnel Surgery: A Case report. Journal of Med Ultrasound. 2016 May;24(3):112-116. (Impact Factor 0.17 in 2018)

Grants and Research Projects

• SingHealth Academic Clinical Programme "Pitch For Funds" Award. SGD$20,000 from July 2013 to August 2014 for "Combinational Rehabilitation and Functional Imaging of Patients Recovering From Motor Stroke" project. Research ongoing.