Dr Chitra Ramalingam

Dr Chitra Ramalingam is Consultant at the Department of Child Development at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore.

Dr Chitra graduated from the Madras Medical College, India in 2000. She obtained her MRCPCH (UK) in 2004 and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK). She completed her Specialist paediatric training in UK and has worked as a Consultant in Community Paediatrics in UK for 6 years. Prior to joining KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Dr Chitra was working as a Consultant Paediatrician in private practice for over 3 years in Singapore.

She has over 23 years of experience in Paediatrics and has been doing assessments for children with neurodevelopment problems including Global Developmental Delay, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, and management of common paediatric illnesses.

• Graduate Diploma in Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality, National University of Singapore, 2025
• FRCPCH, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK, 2015
• MRCPCH, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK, 2004
• MBBS, Madras Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, India, 2000

• Program Faculty for Team SPEAK & Team GRACE under SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute for Patient Safety & Quality (IPSQ) AM-EPIC Framework.
• Content Expert, Clinical Teacher and Clinical Practice facilitator, LKC medicine
• Clinical Instructor SingHealth Duke NUS Paediatrics Academic Clinical Programme
• Patient Safety Enabler for DCD
• KKH Injury Prevention Workgroup member
• Fellow of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK
• Member, Singapore Medical Council
• Member, General Medical Council, UK
• Member, Tamilnadu Medical Council, India

• Clinical Excellence Award in Feb 2016 for contribution towards service provision for Looked After Children, The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.