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Dr Melissa Jeanne Padua Batilando

MD, FAAP, Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics

Consultant

KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Specialty: Paediatrics

Sub-specialties: Neonatology

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Diseases that affect premature and full-term newborn infants .

Clinical Appointments

Consultant Neonatology KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Profile

Dr Melissa Batilando has been a member of the Department of Neonatology in KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital since 1998, after finishing her post-graduate training in pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine at the Children’s Medical Center of Brooklyn in New York, USA.

Dr Batilando is a member of the department’s NICU team and has been in charge of the post-discharge follow-up of term and near-team newborns admitted to the NICU. Her interests lie in the fields of Neonatal Resuscitation, Retinopathy of Prematurity, Neonatal Ventilation and Post-operative Care, and Pain Management in Newborns.

She has received the Service from the Heart Award in 2017, Outstanding Clinical Teacher Award in 2009 and the Singapore Quality Health Service Gold Award and Star Award in 2004 and 2005 respectively.

Education

Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics (USA)
Diplomate in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (USA) 1997, 2004
Subspecialty Residency (Fellowship) in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (USA) 1994 – 1997
Diplomate in Pediatrics (USA) 1995
Residency in Pediatrics (USA) 1991 – 1994
Doctor of Medicine (Philippines) 1986
Bachelor of Science (Zoology) (Philippines) 1981

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Consultant, Department of Neonatology, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, 2003 – Present
Member, IPOKRaTES International, 2003 – Present
Member, Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2004 – Present
Fellow (FAAP), American Academy of Pediatrics, 1992 – Present

Awards

Service from the Heart Award, 2017
Best Clinical Teacher Award, KK People Developer, 2009
Singapore Quality Health Service Star Award, 2005
Singapore Quality Health Service Gold Award, 2004

Research Interests

Publications

Transient paralytic ileus following the use of cyclopentolate-phenylephrine eyedrops during screening for retinopathy of prematurity. Lim, L. C. D., Batilando MJP, Rajadurai VS. Journal of Pediatrics and Child Health, May 2003. Volume 39, Issue 2, Page318.
The effect of prophylactic ointment therapy on nosocomial sepsis rates and skin integrity in infants with birth weight of 501 to 1000g. William H.Edwards, Jeanette M. Conner, Roger R. Soll for the Vermont Oxford Network Neonatal Skin Care Study Group. Pediatrics 2004; 113(5):1195-1203 (participating author)
An epidemiologic study comparing fetal exposure to tobacco smoke in three Southeast Asian countries. Ostrea E, Villanueva-Uy E, Ngerncham S, Punnakanta L, Batilando MJP, Agarwal P, Pensler, E, Corrion M, Ramos E, Romero J, Thomas RL. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2008:14(4)