Dr Sridhar Arunachalam

Dr Sridhar Arunachalam is serving Singapore Health Services for more than a decade. He holds the accreditation for both Paediatrics and Neonatology in Singapore. He has more than 20 years of experience in dealing with children and newborn. He completed his MBBS at the renowned Manipal University, India.  He has a vast International experience before moving to Singapore. He has worked in Malaysia, Kuwait and UK before relocating to Singapore.

His areas of expertise include General Paediatrics, Paediatric emergencies, Neonatal resuscitation and neonatal intensive care, management of premature babies ranging from extreme premature to late preterm babies and providing appropriate developmental care and follow up of all high risk newborn infants. He works with the relevant specialists to provide antenatal counseling for high risk deliveries.

He has been representing SingHealth as an International Volunteer to train the doctors and nurses in the resource poor countries since 2014. He holds immense passion in the field of medical education and contributes in various positions in the Singapore medical schools. He is also an examiner for the undergraduate examinations. He trains doctors, nurses and paramedics as a faculty in the simulation based training program. He is also a tutor for the MMED/MRCPCH course which helps budding doctors to embark in the field of Paediatrics. He has represented SGH in various local and International conferences.

• ​FRCPCH (UK-2021)
• Fellow of Academy of Medicine, Singapore (2016)
• Specialist Accreditation- Neonatology, Singapore (2016)
• Specialist Accreditation- Paediatric medicine, Singapore (2014)
• MRCPCH (UK-2009)
  
• MBBS (India- 1998)
  

• ​Senior Consultant, Department of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, SGH
• Adj. Assistant Professor, DUKE-NUS Medical School
• Adj Senior Lecturer, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
• Clinical Senior Lecturer, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
  

• 10 years: Long service award from SGH. 2020
• Service from the heart award June 2019, SGH
• Outstanding Faculty Award 2019-2020
• SIF (Singapore International Foundation) dedication award, Dec 2019 for being a dedicated international volunteer representing Singapore to train doctors and nurses in the state of Karnataka, India on behalf of SingHealth
• MOHH training scholarship award, Singapore in Paediatrics and neonatology for the year 2012
  

1. Ng PS, Edison PE, Lakshmi NK, Bhatia A, Arunachalam S. Meconium peritonitis in trisomy 21 masquerading as hydrops fetalis. J Clin Neonatol [serial online] 2021 [cited 2021 Feb 24]; 10:45-7. Available from: https://www.jcnonweb.com/text.asp?2021/10/1/45/308841
2. Edison, P., Arunachalam, S., Baral, V. and Bharadwaj, S. (2021), Varying clinical presentations of umbilical venous catheter extravasation: A case series. J Paediatr Child Health. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.15137
3. Use of web-based game in neonatal resuscitation - is it effective? Cheo Lian Yeo, Selina Kah Ying Ho, Vina Canlas Tagamolila, Sridhar Arunachalam, Ereno Imelda Lustestica et al, BMC Medical Education volume 20, Article number: 170 (2020)
4. Therapeutic Hypothermia for Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy in Singapore General Hospital:  Two Patient Case Series and Review of Literature. Sridhar Arunachalam, Woei Bing Poon, Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, Jan 2012;21(4):286-292
5. Lessons From 10 Years Of Invasive Fungal Infection At Singapore General Hospital Nicu: Epidemiology, Risks, Clinical Course And Outcomes (ACCEPTED AS POSTER)
   DJ Leo, PS Liew, S Arunachalam, WB Poon, Arch Dis Child 2014;99(Suppl 2):A1–A620
6. ESCHAR OR ECTHYMA OR BOTH?
   S. Arunachalam, K.C. Thoon, N. Nagarajan, J.Y. Pan, J Pediatr Infect Dis 2015; 10(02): 059-062
7. Sridhar Arunachalam, Chan Kwai Lin Daisy, Critical Review on Making End of Life Decisions in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, MIMS JPOG May-June 2016;42(3):112-119