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Professor Shamal Das De
MBBS (Cal), FRCS (Eng), FRCS
(Ed), FRCSEd (Orth), M.Ch (Orth)(Liv), AM (Sing), MD (Sing)
Orthopaedic & Arthroscopic Surgery Hip and Foot & Ankle Surgery |
Professor Shamal Das De specializes in disorders of the hip joint and the foot and ankle, as well as general orthopaedics. His special areas of interest are the care, rehabilitation and surgical treatment of injuries and degenerative disorders of the lower limbs including surgical expertise on minimally invasive total hip joint replacement.
Professor Das De completed his medical degree at the University of Calcutta, India in 1972. He underwent his training in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Western Infirmary, Glasgow and at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, United Kingdom from 1976 to 1981. He joined the National University of Singapore (NUS) and National University Hospital in 1981 as a Lecturer. He was appointed a full Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery in 2001. He is the Head of the Division of Adult Reconstructive Surgery.
Professor Das De is actively involved in medical student teaching at NUS and is the Chief Co-ordinator of M3-M5 student medical curriculum. He holds numerous positions at various committees of the medical faculty at NUS. He is a member of the DSRB (Domain Specific Review Board) of research projects submitted at the NHG group. He is a member of the Singapore Medical Association and the Western Pacific Orthopaedic Association. He is the co-ordinator for South East Asia of the Indian Orthopaedic Association (IOA) and examiner for the MBBS at NUS, M.Med examination (Malaysia), for the FRCS (Edinburgh) Orthopaedic Specialist examination in Hong Kong and Singapore. He is a Past-President of the Singapore Orthopaedic Association, and past Vice-President of both the Asia Pacific Arthroplasty Society and the Singapore Osteoporosis Society. He is the Chairman of the Orthopaedic Specialist Training Committee (STC) and the FPTC (Faculty Promotion and Tenure Committee) at NUS.
Professor Das De is the author of over 57 scientific research articles, and 15 book chapters and over 200 conference papers posters and guest lectures locally and internationally. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Foot Surgery (India) and reviewer of scientific articles submitted to the Clinical Orthopaedic and Related Research journal (USA) and local journals (Singapore Medical Journal and the Annals of the Academy of Medicine of Singapore) and reviewer of National Medical Research Council research grants. Some of his research interests over the years are listed below:-
- Osteoarthritis of the hip in the local community - a study of the nature and evaluation of the disease
- Vascular pedicle graft using gluteus minimus and medius and its insertion in greater trochanter (original operation)
- Arthrodesis of the hip
- Epidemiology of hip fractures in Singapore
- Hip morphology in Singaporeans - radiological analysis
- Results of total hip replacement - cemented and uncemented
- Recurrent dislocation of peroneal tendons (original operation)
- Anatomical study of the vasculature of the ankle and foot
- Calcaneal fractures - conservative versus operative treatment for displaced intra-articular fractures
- Avascular necrosis of the femoral head
- Osteoporosis in SLE - the effect of calcium and calcitonin on the Bone Mineral Density
- Osteopetrosis-related research projects
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