Dr R R Pravin

Dr R R Pravin completed his medical undergraduate training in 2016 and underwent paediatric residency training at KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital where he served as the Chief resident from 2023 to 2024. He received his MRCPCH (UK) and Master of Medicine in Paediatrics in 2021. He is currently an associate consultant in paediatric complex care. He is passionate about paediatric and neonatal complex care and palliative care. He completed his Masters in Palliative Medicine in 2025.

• MSc Palliative Medicine (Cardiff) 2025
• MMed Paediatric Medicine (Singapore) 2021
• MRCPCH (UK) 2021
• MBBS (National University of Singapore) 2016

• Associate Consultant, General Paediatrics & Paediatric Complex Care Service, 2025-Present
• Clinical Tutor, Clinical Faculty Scheme, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 2023-Present
• Member, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2021-Present

• Residency in SingHealth Excels (RISE) Inspiring Resident Educator Award (2024)
• SingHealth Associate in Education Recipient (2022)
• Military Medicine One Life Saved Distinction Award (2019)
• KKH Paediatrics Outstanding Resident Award (2018)
• Home Care Association Best Community Impact Individual Award (2017)
• SGH Emergency Medicine Best Team Player Award (2017)
• KKH Paediatrics Service from the Heart Award (2017)
• KKH Paediatrics Outstanding House Officer Award (2016)

• Paediatric & Neonatal Complex Care & Palliative Care

• Utility of Umbilical Arterial Blood Gas Lactate Levels in Predicting Short-term Neonatal Morbidity: A Retrospective Audit in a Tertiary Neonatal Unit. Pravin RR, Raveentheran G, Sultana R, Haium AAA. Journal of Clinical Neonatology 13(4):p 149-154, Oct–Dec 2024.
• Daily Sedation Interruption versus Continuous Sedation in Pediatric Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Toh SWT*, Pravin RR*, Ho HYK, Sultana R, Couban R, Choong K, Lee JH. JAMA Network Open. 2024;7(8):e2426225. *indicates co-first authors
• Atypical presentations of primary acquired hypothyroidism - a case series. Pravin RR, Kan SY, Soh SY, Chan D, Farhad Vasanwala R. BMC Endocrine Disorders. 2023 Nov 6;23(1):242.
• The Science to Spirituality in Paediatric Palliative Care: A Commentary. Pravin RR. Indian Journal of Palliative Care. 2023 Jul-Sep;29(3):336-339.
• Necrotizing pneumonia requiring prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: Pushing the boundaries in pediatric ECMO. Pravin RR, Chandran S, Tan YH, Thomas B, Lee JH, Menon AP, Ong KK, Kumar Pugalenthi A. Clinical Case Reports. 2022 Jul 11;10(7):e5973.
• Mortality Trends of Oncology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients Supported on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Pravin RR, Huang BX, Sultana R, Tan CW, Goh KJ, Chan MY, Ng HJ, Phua GC, Lee JH, Wong JJ. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 2022 Apr;37(4):555-564.
• Speckled brain lesions in Incontinentia Pigmenti patients with acquired brain syndromes. Pravin RR, Douch C, Aan Koh MJ, Lai AHM, Lim CT, Hartley L, Thomas T, Yeo TH. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology. 2021 Jul;33:106-111.
• Safety and efficacy of low-dose diazoxide in small-for-gestational-age infants with hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia. Chandran S, Pravin RR, Mei Chien C, Saffari SE, Rajadurai VS, Yap F.  Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal Edition. 2022 Jul;107(4):359-363.
• Critical illness epidemiology and mortality risk in pediatric oncology. Pravin RR, Tan EEK, Sultana R, Thoon KC, Chan MY, Lee JH, Wong JJ. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2020 Jun;67(6):e28242.
• The Portrait of a Dying Child. Pravin RR, Enrica TEK, Moy TA. Indian Journal of Palliative Care. 2019 Jan-Mar;25(1):156-160.
• Elevated Glycated Hemoglobin During Pregnancy in Diabetic Women as a Predictor of Large-for-gestational Age Infants in an Asian Cohort. Xin SC, Pravin RR, Rajadurai VS, Chandran, S.  Journal of Clinical Neonatology 7(3):p 136-140, Jul–Sep 2018.
• Modern Marvels of Children's Palliative Care. Pravin RR. Journal of Palliative Medicine 2015 18:12, 1078-1079
• Of Children and X-Men. Pravin RR, Xin SC. European Journal of Palliative Care 2015. 22. 46-48.