Dr Sharline Suhumaran

MMed (Paeds) (Spore), MRCPCH, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK), MBBS (Spore)

Consultant

KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Specialty: Child Development, General Paediatrics

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About

Education and Training

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Awards

Research Interests

Publications

Conditions Treated By This Doctor

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Autism Autism Spectrum Disorder Behavioural and Emotional Disorder of Childhood Developmental Screening of Preschool Children General Paediatric Conditions Global Developmental Delay Learning Difficulties Speech and Language Disorders

Clinical Appointments

Consultant

Department of Child Development

About

Dr Sharline graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) with a Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) in 2010. She received her post-graduate specialist training in Paediatric Medicine in KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH), and was awarded the Master of Medicine in Paediatrics (MMed Paeds, Singapore) and the Membership of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH, United Kingdom) in 2014. She has also received certification in Paediatrics from the American Board of Medical Specialties (Singapore). She attained her Specialist Accreditation in Paediatrics by the Joint Committee on Specialist Training in Paediatrics in 2018.

She is trained in General Paediatrics and is now a Consultant in the Department of Child Development in KKH. Her practice involves evaluation and early intervention for preschool children with developmental and behavioural concerns. She has a special interest in Paediatric Neurodevelopmental and behavioural disorders.

Education and Training

Master of Medicine in Paediatrics (Spore)
MRCPCH, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK)
MBBS (Spore)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Consultant, Department of Child Development, KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Patient Safety Lead, Department of Child Development, KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Clinical Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Clinical Lecturer, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine school of Medicine
Senior Resident, Department of Paediatrics, Singhealth Residency, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, 2014-2018
Junior Resident, Department of Paediatrics, Singhealth Residency, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, 2010-2013

Awards

Top scorer in MRCPCH/MMed clinical examination and recipient of Nestle Book Prize (2014)
Residency in SingHealth Excels (RiSE) Award 2014
Conferred the Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery and attained results in the top 15 percent of the graduating class of 2010

Research Interests

Developmental Paediatrics with special interests in Autism spectrum disorder, Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and Global developmental delay
Early predictors of developmental delays
Evaluation of psychosocial and environmental stressors and their correlation with neurocognitive and neurobehavioural outcomes
Early intervention and its impact on clinical outcomes of developmental disorders

Publications

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Annual conference - Poster presentation: Subacute Cervical Lymphadenopathy: Could this be Kikuchi Disease?