Division of Neurosurgery

Name: National University Hospital
Telephone: +65 6908 2222

2024/09/15

The Division of Neurosurgery offers expertise across a wide range of adult and paediatric neurosurgical procedures including both open and minimally invasive techniques for the brain and spine.

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Neurosurgical Programmes

		Glioma Surgery Programme Surgery remains the standard approach to glioma. Brain surgery (a.k.a. craniotomy) is typically performed under general anaesthesia with the balance of maximal resection of gliomas and maximal preservation of critical brain functions.  At NUH, we specialise in the resection of gliomas via Awake Brain Surgery (or awake craniotomy), where the patient is deliberately awake for a portion of the procedure. Read more here.

		Endoscopic Pituitary and Skull Base Surgery Programme The endoscopic endonasal (a.k.a. transphenoidal) surgical approach uses the nostrils as a natural surgical corridor to remove pituitary adenomas, and some midline skull base and brain tumours. This endonasal route is the preferred surgical approach for a large majority of pituitary adenomas and Rathke’s cleft cysts, as well as some of the craniopharyngiomas, clival chordomas and midline meningiomas. Read more here.

		Paediatric Neurosurgery Programme Our Paediatric Neurosurgical Service, as part of the Division of Neurosurgery, provides care for our paediatric neurosurgical patients. Our comprehensive clinical/surgical management and outcomes are benchmarked against top academic paediatric neurosurgical units around the world. Read more here.

		Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Programme The Gamma Knife Radiosurgery is a form of stereotactic radiosurgery that uses computer-guided planning and radiation to treat primary and secondary brain tumours, vascular abnormalities, and other lesions in the brain. It may be used as the primary or secondary mode of treatment for certain brain lesions under the circumstances where surgical removal of the lesion(s) is impractical or undesirable. Read more here.

Conditions

Our Team of Doctors

		Assistant Professor Vincent Nga Head of Division Senior Consultant Sub-specialties: Surgery, Surgical Oncology (Neurosurgery), Paediatric Neurosurgery, Endoscopic pituitary and skull base surgery, General Neurosurgery Special interests: Endoscopic pituitary and skull base surgery, Paediatric neurosurgery, Adult neuro-oncology, Neuroendoscopic surgery, Gamma knife radiosurgery

		Clinical Associate Professor Yeo Tseng Tsai Senior Consultant Sub-specialties: Surgery, Surgical Oncology (Neurosurgery), Functional Neurosurgery, General Neurosurgery Special interests: Neuro-oncology, Functional neurosurgery, Gamma knife radiosurgery

		Dr Swati Jain Associate Consultant Sub-specialties: Surgery, General Neurosurgery Special interests: Neuro-oncology, Brain tumour surgery on eloquent areas of brain (Awake brain surgery and brain mapping), Pituitary and skull base surgery, Spine surgery

		Dr Arjun Bolem Associate Consultant Sub-specialties: Neurosurgery Special interests: Skull-Base Surgery, Neurovascular Surgery, Neuro-Oncology, Endonasal Surgery for Pituitary Tumours, Spine Surgery

		Dr Nivedh Dinesh Associate Consultant Sub-specialties: Neurosurgery Special interests: Skull-Base Surgery, Neuro-Oncology, Endonasal Surgery for Pituitary Tumours, Spine Surgery

		Dr Tan Chin Lik Associate Consultant Sub-specialties: Neurosurgery Special interests: Skull-Base and Pituitary Surgery, Neurovascular Surgery, Spine Surgery