Assoc Prof Raghuram Jagadesan

MB BCh BAO (Dublin), FRCP (Glasg), FRCP (Edin), FCCP (USA) FAMS

Senior Consultant

Changi General Hospital

Specialty: Respiratory Medicine, Internal Medicine

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About

Education and Training

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Awards

Publications

Conditions Treated By This Doctor

Asthma Bronchiectasis Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Deep Vein Thrombosis Haemoptysis Heart Failure Image-Guided Lung Biopsy Interstitial Lung Disease Liver Failure Lung Cancer Lung Nodules Pleural Diseases Pneumonia Pneunomia Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Pulmonary Embolism Respiratory Distress Syndrome Sepsis Stroke Tuberculosis

Clinical Interests

Intensive Care Medicine

Clinical Appointments

Deputy Chairman, Medical Board (Continuity Care Disciplines)

Senior Consultant

Respiratory ＆ Critical Care Medicine

Director, Continuing Community Care, Regional Health Systems (RHS)

Visiting Consultant

SingHealth Duke-NUS Transplant Centre

About

Associate Prof Jagadesan Raghuram is the currently deputy CMB for Continuity Care Disciplines and director, Continuing Community Care, Regional Health Systems (RHS) with Singhealth. He is also a senior consultant with the Department of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine at Changi General Hospital (CGH).

A/Prof Raghuram has been the Chairman of SingHealth Centralised Institutional Review Board C since April 2009, giving his perspectives and inputs using his expertise in ensuring the ethical conduct of human-related research and safety of research participants. A/Prof Raghu’s enthusiasm to share and impart knowledge is not limited to clinicians. He has tutored nurses as well as mentored aspirant medical students to promote their interest in science and medicine. He is a clinical senior lecturer at the National University of Singapore since 2008 and clinical associate professor, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS since August 2014.

Education and Training

Fellow, Academy of Medicine, Singapore
Singapore Medical Council Specialist Registration in Respiratory Medicine
Ministry of Health, Republic of Singapore Certificate of Specialist Accreditation in Respiratory Medicine
M.R.C.P. (U.K.), Royal College of Physicians (U.K.)
M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., University of Dublin (Trinity College)
B.A. (Hons.), University of Dublin (Trinity College)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Associate Professor, Duke-NUS
Associate Professor, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Examination Panel, Respiratory Medicine Exit Examination (VIVA), Joint Committee on Specialist Training, 2014 - present
Examiner, Final M. Med (Internal Medicine)/MRCP (UK) PACES Examination, Singapore, 24-28 June 2016, 14-18 October 2016
Examiner, M. Med (Family Medicine), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS 15 November 2014
Chairman, Centralised Institutional Review Board C, SingHealth
Director, Continuing Community Care Programmes, Regional Health Systems, SingHealth
Member, Internal Medicine-Working Committee (IM-WC), MOH
Member, Specialist Training Committee (Respiratory Medicine)
Member, Specialist Training Committee (Intensive Care Medicine)
Member, Complaints Panel, Singapore Medical Council
Member, Residency Advisory Committee (RAC) for Respiratory Medicine
Member, SAF Respiratory Medicine Specialist Advisory Board, MINDEF
Instructor, FCCS
Instructor, ACLS

Awards

2017 Distinguished Senior Clinician Award for Excellence in Clinical Service, Education & Research, 2017
Best Educator Award, Medical – Postgraduate (Residency), 2014
Outstanding Faculty Award by Residency in Singhealth Excels! (RiSE) for outstanding contribution to Medical Education, 2014
“Silver Award”, Eastern Health Alliance Caring Awards, CGH, 2014
Singapore Health Quality Service Award “Silver Award”, 2010
Service Quality Award, Singapore General Hospital, 2004 - 2007
10-Year Long Service Award, Singapore General Hospital, 2004
Recognition Award by Singapore Medical Council for participating in Continuing Medical Education, 2000 - 2002

Publications

Wang YTS., Chee CBE., Hsu LY., Jagadesan R., Kaw GJL, Kong PM Ministry of Health Clinical Practice Guidelines: Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of Tuberculosis Singapore Medical Journal 2016: 57 (3) 118-125
Koh J., Xu Y., Yeo LF., Tee A., Siau C., Law J., Noor IBM., Poulose V., Jagadesan R., Achieving Optimal Clinical Outcomes in Ultrasounds-Guided Central Venous Catheterizations of the Internal Jugular Vein after a Simulation-Based Training Program for Novice Learners Simulation in Healthcare 2014: 9(3), 161-166
Koh J., Law J., Jagadesan R. Massive Hemoptysis, Not Your Usual Tuberculosis American Journal Of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2012: 185 (4), 455-455
Siau C., Tee A., Au V., Jagadesan R., Oh HML., Fock KM., Teo EK. Influenza A H1N1 (2009): Clinical Spectrum of Disease among Adult Patients Admitted to a Regional Hospital in Singapore Singapore Medical Journal 2011: 52 (7) 475-480
Siau C, Law J., Tee A., Poulose V., Jagadesan R. Severe Refractory Hypoxaemia in H1N1 (2009) Intensive Care Patients: Initial Experience in an Asian Regional Hospital. Singapore Medical Journal 2010: 51 (6) 490-495
Chay W.Y., Penafiel A., Jagadesan R., Chuah KL, Loo CM, and Lee P Dyspnea in a Transplant Recipient With Pulmonary Nodules CHEST 2009: 135:860–865
Lee P, Loo CM, Jagadesan R., Colt HG. Survey of Bronchoscopy Practice in Singapore J Bronchol; 15(4), October 2008: 215-220
A. M. Nagar, H Seong Teh, R Nee Khoo, A C Morani, K Vrishni, and Jagadesan R. Multifocal Pneumocyte Hyperplasia in Tuberous Sclerosis Thorax 2008; 63: 186
Anantham D., Jagadesan R., Philip Eng Cher Tiew Clinical Review: Independent Lung Ventilation in Critical Care Critical Care 2005, 9:594-600 (10 October 2005_
Kenneth P.W. Chan, Jenny G.H. Low, Jagadesan R ., Stephanie M.C. Fook-Chong, Asok Kurup Clinical Characteristics and Outcome of Severe Melioidosis Requiring Intensive Care. Chest 2005, 128: 3674-3678
Tan E, Hsu A, Eng P, Tan K, Lee P, Jagadesan R., Lo C., Loo C., Cheah F. P-123 Molecular Profiling of Lung Cancers: Can it be used as a Clinical Tool? Lung Cancer. July 2005 : Vol 49, S147
Chan KP, Jagadesan R., Low J., Kurup A Epidemiologic Characteristics and Prognostic Determinants of Death in Severe Melioidosis Requiring Intensive Care. Critical Care Medicine 2003: 31 (12), A120-A120
Tan HK, Lim JSS, Tan CK, Ng HS, Chow P. Lui HF, Wong GC, Tan PHC, Jagadesan R., et al. MARS Therapy in Critically Ill Patients with Advanced Malignancy: A Clinical and Technical Report. Liver International 2003:23:1-9
Ong KC, Indumathi V, Jagadesan R., Ong YY A Comparative Study of Pleurodesis using Talc Slurry and Bleomycin in the Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions Respirology 2000 Jun; 5(2):99-103
Jagadesan R., P Eng, YY Ong The Oxygen Delivery Debate – A Review Annals, Academy of Medicine Singapore 1998; 27:404-8 JIF: Cited: 2 Jagadesan R., Ong YY, Wong SY Tetanus in Singapore : Report of Three Cases Annals, Academy of Medicine Singapore, 1995; 24(6)