Asst Prof Abdul Alim

Dr Abdul Alim is currently working as a senior consultant in the Department of Neonatology. He has been working in KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital since 2011. He graduated in Medicine in 1994 from India and completed his postgraduate training in Paediatrics and Neonatology with an interest in paediatric cardiology in the United Kingdom (UK). Before moving to Singapore, he was working as a consultant in neonatology in the UK after his advanced specialist training in Paediatrics and two years’ fellowship in paediatric cardiology in the UK.

Dr Abdul Alim has broad clinical experience in the fields of Paediatrics and Neonatology and is very experienced in the clinical management of critically ill newborn infants in the neonatal intensive care unit, management of newborn infants in the special care nursery and management of wide range of neonatal conditions. He also provides follow-up care for newborn infants who are born premature. His clinical and research interests include neonatal respiratory care, bronchopulmonary dysplasia in newborn, neonatal jaundice, neonatal cardiology, neonatal point of care ultrasound imaging and functional echocardiography.

Dr Abdul Alim has strong interest in undergraduate and postgraduate education and training. He has teaching appointments with all the three medical schools in Singapore. He served as a core faculty member in SingHealth Paediatrics residency program for 6- years and had been awarded the outstanding faculty award for three years. He also serves as executive council member in the Chapter of Neonatology, College of Paediatrics and Child health as well as Perinatal Society of Singapore.

He has been awarded the SingHealth Health and Manpower Development Program Award, Singapore Healthcare Quality Service, Silver award and Singapore Health Quality Service, Star awards in recognition for his contributions.

• FAMS (Singapore), 2013
• FRCPCH (Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK), 2011
• Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCT) in Paediatrics (UK), 2009
• MRCPCH (Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK), 2003
• DCH (Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK), 2003
• Diplomat of the National Board (Paediatrics) (National Board of Examinations, India), 2001
• MD (Paediatrics) (Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, India), 2000
• MBBS (Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, India), 1994
  

• Senior Consultant, Department of Neonatology, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH), 2018- till present
• Consultant, Department of Neonatology, KKH, 2013- 2018
• Associate Consultant, Department of Neonatology, KKH, 2011
• Treasurer, Perinatal Society of Singapore
• Chairman, KKH Results Management Workgroup, 2015- 2023
• Member, KKH Hospital Ethics Committee
• Member, SingHealth Paediatrics Residency Clinical Competency Committee (2018- 2023)

• Singapore Health Quality Service Award- Star Award, 2022
• Outstanding Faculty Award, SingHealth Residency- Paediatrics, 2018
• Singapore Health Quality Service Award- Silver Award, 2017
• Outstanding Faculty Award, SingHealth Residency- Paediatrics, 2016
• Outstanding Faculty Award, SingHealth Residency- Paediatrics, 2015
• Singapore Health Quality Service Award- Silver Award, 2013

• Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in preterm infants
• Neonatal Jaundice
• Neonatal Cardiology
• Patent Ductus Arteriosus in preterm neonates

• Haium AA, Messenger L, Cross M, Muchena B, Yates R, Kelsall W. Accuracy of antenatal detection of serious congenital heart disease in low risk population. Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 2011;96(Suppl 1):Fa32-Fa3.
• Abdul Haium AA, Sheppard M, Rubens M, Daubeney P. Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome in childhood: presentation with an inferior caval vein mass. BMJ case reports. 2013;2013.
• Abdul Haium AA, Sim SW, Ong LY, Rajadurai VS. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia associated with oesophageal atresia and tracheo-oesophageal fistula in a low birth weight infant. BMJ case reports. 2013;2013.
• Ibrahim T, Abdul Haium AA, Chandran S, Rajadurai V. Current controversies in the management of patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants. Indian pediatrics. 2014;51(4):289-94.
• Chandran S, Rajadurai V, Alim A, Hussain K. Current perspectives on neonatal hypoglycemia, its management, and cerebral injury risk. Research and Reports in Neonatology. 2015;5:17-30.
• Kang ZL, Revanna KG, Abdul Haium AA, Sriram B. Neonatal small left colon syndrome. BMJ case reports. 2015;2015.
• Ting CY, Kong JY, Ong LY, Soh SY, Abdul Haium AA. Aortic thrombus causing ischemic bowel mimicking as necrotizing enterocolitis in a premature neonate: A case report. Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports. 2016;4:42-5.
• Clinical Accuracy and Usefulness of Transcutaneous Bilirubinometry in Asian Newborn Infants. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2017;53:3-.
• Varied factors causing haemodynamic instability following surgical ligation of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2017;53:82-.
• Huang P, Kang Z, Loh L, AA AH, Chang A. The Neonatal Transport Service in Singapore: A 5-Year Review. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. 2020;49(3):171-4.
• Ibrahim T, Haium AAA, Tapawan SJ, Puerta RD, Allen Jr JC, Chandran S, et al. Selective Treatment of PDA in High-Risk VLBW Infants With Birth Weight≤ 800 g or< 27 Weeks and Short-Term Outcome: A Cohort Study. Frontiers in pediatrics. 2020;8.
• Poh BH, Lee JH, Haium AAA, Choo TLJ. Complete Heart Block Secondary to Flecainide Toxicity: Is It Time for CYP2D6 Genotype Testing? Pediatrics. 2020.
• Teo W-Y, Sriram B, Alim AA, Ruan X, Rajadurai V. A single-center observational study on congenital diaphragmatic hernia: Outcome, predictors of mortality and experience from a tertiary perinatal center in Singapore. Pediatrics & Neonatology. 2020.
• Yeo CL, Ho SKY, Tagamolila VC, Arunachalam S, Bharadwaj SS, Poon WB, et al. Use of web-based game in neonatal resuscitation - is it effective? BMC Med Educ. 2020;20(1):170.
• 15. Badillo M, Abdul Haium A, Chandran S, Saffari S, Rajadurai V. Safety and Efficacy of Oral and Parenteral Ibuprofen for Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Very Low Birth weight Asian Neonates-A retrospective Audit. Archives of Clinical and Medical Case Reports. 2021;5(1):182-92.
• Dong X, Alim AHA, Saffari SE, Chua MC, Rajadurai VS, Chandran S. Safety and Efficacy of Animal Derived Surfactants in Treating Preterm Infants with Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Archives of Clinical and Medical Case Reports. 2021;5(3):455-65.
• Tan MX, Alim Abdul Haium A, Visruthan NK, Rajadurai VS, Ibrahim T. 248 Validity of an IVH and PVL prevention bundle interventions in a centre with a very low incidence of severe IVH: a case-control study. BMJ Paediatrics Open. 2021;5(Suppl 1):A73-A.
• SpO2 histogram characteristics differ in very preterm infants developing chronic lung disease -a pragmatic pilot study; Mittal, Rashmi A; Teoh, Kok Wooi ; Fernandez, Rudimar M. ; Quek, Bin Huey ; Rajadurai, Victor S. ; Abdul Haium, Abdul Alim+
• Shan, T. H., Valerie, Revanna, G. K., Zarsis, M. K., Geetha, O., Huey, Q. B., Rohit, N., & Abdul Alim, A. H. (2023). PLACENTAL HISTOPATHOLOGY CHANGES DO NOT PREDICT RISK of BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA-ASSOCIATED PULMONARY HYPERTENSION [Conference Abstract]. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 59, 119. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.16357