Assoc Prof Anantham Devanand

About

A/Prof Devanand was trained in interventional bronchoscopy and clinical ethics at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, Harvard Medical School and Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg. He has clinical interests in rigid bronchoscopy, advanced diagnostic bronchoscopy, sarcoidosis and medical thoracoscopy. His research interests include lung nodule evaluation, navigational bronchoscopy and patient decision-making. He is pursuing a PhD at NUS in medical ethics.

Education and Training

• 2008    FAMS Fellow of Academy of Medicine (Singapore)
• 2002    MRCP Royal College of Physicians (UK)
• 1998    Associate of Kings College London
• 1998    MBBS Kings College London

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

• Director of the Centre of Medical Ethics and Professionalism, SMA
• Council Member of Singapore Medical Association
• Vice Chair, National Medical Ethics Committee

Awards

• ​Singhealth Outstanding Educator Award 2016
• Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) Fellowship 2006 and 2013
• Buxton prize in Orthopedics, 1998, Kings College London
• Hughes prize in Anesthesia, 1998, King’s College London
• Howlett prize in Radiology 1998, King’s College London

Research Interests

• Lung Nodule Evaluation
• COPD
• Patient Decision-making
• Pleural Diseases

Research Trials

• Decision making preferences for patients with chronic lung diseases in Singapore
• Doctor-patient partnerships: the key to a better standard of medical advice?

Publications

1. Jonathan Caleb Quek, Tao Qiao Li, John Carson Allen, Devanand Anantham. Malignant pleural Effusion Survival Prognostication in an Asian Population. Respirology. 2020 Dec;25(12):1283-1291.
2. Lai GGY, Lim TH, Lim J, Liew PJR, Kwang XL, Nahar R, Aung ZW, Takano A, Lee YY, Lau DPX, Tan GS, Tan SH, Tan WL, Ang MK, Toh CK, Tan BS, Devanand Anantham, et al. Clonal MET Amplification as a Determinant of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Resistance in Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-Mutant Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2019 Apr 10;37(11):876-884.
3. Tan AC, Lai GGY, Tan GS, Poon SY, Doble B, Lim TH, Aung ZW, Takano A, Tan WL, Ang MK, Tan BS, Devanand A, et al. Utility of incorporating next-generation sequencing (NGS) in an Asian non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) population: Incremental yield of actionable alterations and cost-effectiveness analysis. Lung Cancer. 2020 Jan;139:207-215.
4. Jianbin Chen, Tong Zhang, Hechuan Yang, Audrey Su Min Teo, Lidyana Bte Amer, Faranak Ghazi Sherbaf, Chu Quan Tan, Jacob Josiah Santiago Alvarez, Bingxin Lu, Jia Qi Lim, Angela Takano, Rahul Nahar, Yin Yeng Lee, Cheryl Zi Jin Phua, Khi Pin Chua, Lisda Suteja, Pauline Jieqi Chen, Mei Mei Chang, Tina Puay Theng Koh, Boon-Hean Ong, Devanand Anantham, et al.
   Genomic landscape of lung adenocarcinoma in Asia. Nat Genet. 2020 Feb;52(2):177-186.
5. Nguyen HV, Bose S, Mital S, Chau AY, Ang SY, Shao WL, Anantham D, Finkelstein E, Koh MS. When Is Bronchial Thermoplasty Cost-Effective as Treatment for Problematic Asthma Patients in Singapore: a Model. Respirology. 2017; 22(6):1102-1109.
6. Sewa DW. Anantham D. Overcoming Ethical Challenges of Bedside Medical Education. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2017 Jan;46(1):1-3.
7. Meng P, Tan GL, Low SY, Takano A, Ng YL, Anantham D. Fibred Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy in the diagnosis of Interstitial Lung Diseases. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 2016 Dec;8(12):3505-3514.
8. Ratneswaran C, Chisnall B, Mingyue Li,Tan S, Douiri A, Anantham D, Steier J. Desensitization to cigarette package graphic health warnings: a cohort comparison between London and Singapore. BMJ Open. 2016 Oct 24; 6(10):e012693.
9. Ho YS, Yip LY, Basri N, Chong VS, Teo CC, Tan E, Lim KL, Tan GS, Yang X, Yeo SY, Koh MS, Anantham D, Takano A, Tan EH, Tan DS, Lim TK. Lipidomic Profiling of Lung Pleural Effusion Identifies Unique Metabotype for EGFR Mutants in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Sci Rep. 2016 Oct 14;6:35110.
   Bai C, Choi CM, Chu CM, Anantham D, Ho JC, Khan AZ, Lee JM, Li SY, Saenghirunvattana S, Yim A. Evaluation of pulmonary nodules: clinical practice consensus guidelines for Asia. Chest. 2016 Oct;150(4):877-893.
10. Ernst A, Anantham D. Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction. Pulm Med. 2011;2011:610802
11. Ernst A, Anantham D. Bronchus sign on CT scan rediscovered. Chest. 2010 Dec;138(6):1290-2.
12. Herth FJ, Eberhardt R, Anantham D, Gompelmann D, Zakaria W, Ernst A. Narrow-band imaging bronchoscopy increases the specificity of bronchoscopic early lung cancer detection. J Thorac Oncol. 2009 Sep;4(9): 1060-5.
13. Anantham D, McHugh W, O'Neill S, Forrow L. Clinical review: influenza pandemic - physicians and their obligations. Crit Care. 2008; 12(3):217.
14. Anantham D, F Herth, A Majid, G Michaud, Ernst A. Vibration Response Imaging in the detection of pleural effusions: a feasibility study. Respiration. 2008;77(2): 166-72.
15. Ernst A, Anantham D, Eberhardt R, Krasnik M, Herth F. Diagnosis of mediastinal adenopathy – real-time endobronchial ultrasound guided needle aspiration versus mediastinoscopy. J Thorac Oncol. 2008; 3(6): 577-82.
16. Anantham D, Ong SJ, Chuah KL, Fook S, Hsu A, P Eng. Sarcoidosis in Singapore: epidemiology, clinical presentation and ethnic differences. Respirology 2007; 12(3):355-60.
17. Eberhardt R, Anantham D, Ernst A, Feller-Kopman D, Herth F. Multimodality bronchoscopic diagnosis of peripheral lung lesions: A randomized controlled trial. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2007; 176(1): 36-41.
18. Eberhardt R, Anantham D, Herth F, Feller-Kopman D, Ernst A. Electromagnetic Navigation Diagnostic Bronchoscopy in Peripheral Lung Lesions. Chest 2007; 131(6): 1800-5.
19. Anantham D, Feller-Kopman D, Shanmugham LN, Berman SM, Decamp MM, Gangadharan SP, Eberhardt R, Herth F, Ernst A. Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy guided fiducial placement for robotic stereotactic radiosurgery of lung tumors - a feasibility study. Chest 2007; Sep;132(3): 930-5.
20. Anantham D, G Raghuram, P Eng. Independent lung ventilation in critical care. Crit Care 2005; 9(6): 594-600.
21. Hsu LY, Tse HL, Anantham D, Kurup A, Chan K, Tan BH. Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus, Singapore. Emerg Infect Dis 2004 Aug; 10(8): 1509-10.
22. S Yang TY, Tan KL, Anantham D, Fook-Chong S, P Eng. Acute exacerbation of COPD requiring admission to the intensive care unit. Respirology 2004; 9: 543-9.
23. Anantham D, Koh MS, Ong TH, Low SY, Phua GC, Tan KL, P Eng CT, Samuel M. Simple aspiration versus chest tube insertion in the management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax: a systematic review. Respir Med 2004; 98(7): 579-590.