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Dr Geoffrey Sithamparapillai Samuel

MBBS (S'pore); MRCP (UK)

Head ＆ Senior Consultant

Singapore General Hospital

Specialty: Rehabilitation Medicine

Clinical Interest: Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Medicine

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Botulinum Toxin Injection (Botox), Joint Aspirations and Intra-articular Drug Injections.

Clinical Appointments

Head ＆ Senior Consultant Rehabilitation Medicine Singapore General Hospital

Profile

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

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

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

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.

Research Interests

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.