Dr Mothi Babu Ramalingam

About

Dr Mothi Babu graduated from Madras Medical College, India with Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) and became a Member of Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom (MRCP, UK) in 2015. He completed his Basic Specialist Training in Internal Medicine in 2014 and ACGME-I accredited Senior Residency training in Rehabilitation Medicine in Singapore. (2014 – 2017).  Dr Mothi completed an international observership in Cancer Rehabilitation and a Fellowship in Integrative Medicine from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center , USA.  between January to June 2024.

His clinical areas of interest include Cancer Rehabilitation, Cancer survivorship and Exercise Oncology, Metastatic Spinal Cord Injury, Integrative Medicine in Oncology and Pain Management in Cancer. He is also passionate about medical education both at undergraduate and post graduate level.

 

Education and Training

• ​MBBS (Madras Medical College – 2008)
• MRCP (London,UK – 2015)
• FAMS (Singapore –2018)
• FRCP (London,UK – 2024)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

• Member -  Singapore Medical Association
• Member – Society of Rehabilitation Medicine, Singapore 

Awards

• ​SingHealth Outstanding Resident Award (RISE) 2016
• Service with a Heart Award 2021
• SingHealth Outstanding Faculty Award (RISE) 2023
• 10-year long service award 2019

Publications

• ​A Case of Acquired Heterotopic Ossification Following a Complicated Pelvic Fracture: Lui Siew Kwaon, Ramalingam Mothi Babu - American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: January 2017 - Volume 96 - Issue   1 - p e13
• Atraumatic hematomyelia with skipped spinal lesions: Visual vignette showing stepwise spinal progression of hematomyelia : Ramalingam, Mothi Babu, Leng Tan Yeow
• American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: June 10, 2020 : 
• Pan-spinal cord compression from gout: Visual vignette of a young male patient with three spinal decompressive surgeries.: Leng, Tan Yeow: Jing, Chen: Ramalingam, Mothi Babu
• American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: July 6, 2020 
• Rehabilitation of a Post-Intensive Care Unit Patient after Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia.
• Ramalingam MB, Huang Y, Lim PAC. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2020 Dec; 99(12):1092-1095.              
• Stressors and coping strategies of migrant workers diagnosed with COVID-19 in Singapore: A qualitative study. Yee K, Peh HP, Tan YP, et al. BMJ Open 2021; 11: e045949. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045949 
• Baseline characteristics of breast and gynecological cancer patients enrolled in the trial of a multidisciplinary survivorship care model in an Asian national ambulatory cancer center. Ke Yu et al, October 2021, Journal of Clinical Oncology - 39(28_suppl):37-37 doi: 10.1200/JCO.2020.39.28_suppl.37
• Barriers and facilitators to exercise among adult cancer survivors in Singapore. Alexandre Chan et al. February 2022, Supportive Care in Cancer. doi: 10.1007/s00520-022-06893-y.
• Development of a digital self-reported version of the G8 screening tool. Ravindran et al October 2022 , Journal of Geriatric Oncology 13(8):S42-S43 doi: 10.1016/S1879-4068(22)00346-0
• Implementing an Inclusive, Multidisciplinary Supportive Care Model to Provide Integrated Care to Breast and Gynaecological Cancer Survivors: A Case Study at an Asian Ambulatory Cancer Centre. Ke Yu et al. March 2023 International Journal of Integrated Care 23(1 ) DOI: 10.5334/ijic.6480
• External validation of the first prognostic nomogram for older adults with cancer.Tay YL, Ong WS, Liew SZH, Chowdhury AR, Chan J, Ramalingam MB, Rajasekaran T, Tan TJ, Krishna L, Lai O, Chow ALY, Chen S, Kanesvaran R. Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2023 Sep 28;15:17588359231198433. doi: 10.1177/17588359231198433. 
• A digital self-reported G8 screening tool: A comparison study. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare. 2024;33. doi:10.1177/20101058231224488. Arifin T, Ong WS, Chia YLJ, et al
• Impact of a Multidisciplinary Supportive Care Model Using Distress Screening at an Asian Ambulatory Cancer Center: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. JCO Oncol Pract 20, 1207-1218(2024).DOI:10.1200/OP.23.00505. Yu Ke et al.
• A single institution comparative study of a prognostic nomogram model in fit, vulnerable and frail cohorts of geriatric oncology patients : Lin, J. et al. Journal of Geriatric Oncology, Volume 15, Issue 7, 101902
• Prehabilitation Outcomes in Surgical Oncology Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Surgery: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Control Trials. Ann Surg Oncol 32, 1236–1247 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-024-16527-8. Soh, N.H., Yau, C.R.Z., Low, X.Z. et al.