Dr Raghuraman Raghavan

FRCSEd (Ortho), MMed (Ortho Surg), MRCS (Glasgow), MBBS

Consultant

Changi General Hospital

Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery

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About

Education and Training

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Awards

Research Interests

Publications

Conditions Treated By This Doctor

Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction Arthritis Hip Osteoarthritis Hip Surgery Joint Preserving Osteotomy for Knee Osteoarthritis Knee Cap Injury Knee Cartilage Injuries Knee Ligament Injuries (ACL, PCL, Multiligament) Knee Meniscal Injury Knee Osteoarthritis Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) Procedures in Orthopaedics Osteoarthritis Sports Related Injury – ACL Injury Sports Related Injury – Hip Osteoarthritis Total Knee Replacement Treatment for Knee Injuries

Clinical Appointments

Consultant

Orthopaedic Surgery

Director, Hip and Knee Surgery

Academic Appointments

Clinical Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS School of Medicine

Clinical Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

Content Expert, Clinical Teacher and Clinical Practice Facilitator, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University

About

Dr. Raghuraman Raghavan graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2007 before pursing his interest in orthopaedic surgery and commencing his formal specialist training in 2012. He was then appointed as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons (Glasgow) in 2011 before he went on to obtain his Master of Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) from the National University of Singapore in 2017. He was subsequently appointed as fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (orthopaedic surgery) in 2018 and was awarded the College of Surgeons Gold Medal in Orthopaedic Surgery.

Dr. Raghavan’s subspecialty interests are hip and knee surgery (arthroplasty and sports surgery). He is currently the Director of the Hip and Knee Surgery service in CGH. He also has a keen interest in medical education and is actively involved in organising and conducting education programmes in orthopaedic surgery to undergraduates as well as postgraduates.

Education and Training

FRCSEd (Ortho)
MMed (Ortho Surg), Singapore
MRCS (Glasgow)
MBBS (Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Director of Hip and Knee Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Changi General Hospital 2021 – Present
Associate Programme Director, Postgraduate Year 1 (Orthopaedic Surgery) 2023 – Present
Clinical Lead, Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement Value Driven Care Workgroup, Changi General Hospital 2021 – Present
Consultant, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Changi General Hospital 2020 – Present
Faculty, AO Foundation 2017 – Present
Member, Singapore Orthopaedic Association 2017 – Present

Awards

SingHealth Quality Service Award, 2023
Outstanding Faculty Award, Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Programme, 2022
Best Educator Award, Changi General Hospital, 2021
OneCGH Cares Award, 2021
College of Medicine Gold Medal in Orthopaedic Surgery, 2018

Research Interests

General Orthopaedics
Joint Arthroplasty
Sports Surgery

Publications

Proximal Tibiofibular Joint Stabilization with Concurrent Posterolateral Corner Reconstruction in Multiligamentous Knee Injury WLP Yuen, R Raghuraman, YJ Loh Arthroscopy Techniques 10 (11), e2457-e2462, 2021
Cutibacterium Acnes Infection of Hip Bipolar Hemiarthroplasty Resulting in Protrusion Acetabuli : A Case Report and Review of Literature WLP Yuen, R Raghuraman, Omar MHED, Adrian LCK Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports 9, 33-37, 2021
Predictors Of Failure Following Fixation of Intertrochanteric Fractures With The Proximal Femoral Nail Antirotation (PFNA) R Raghuraman, JW Kam, DTC Chua Singapore Medical Journal 60 (9), 463, 2019
Total Knee Replacement (TKR) : A Patient Centric Approach to Improving Length of Stay (LOS) R Raghuraman, Wang Ping, Rosmita Jasmin, Goh PH, Chong HC, P Koh, Clarissa Kwok, Accepted for publication in Journal of Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality (JPSHQ)