Profile
Dr Amudha started her career in Tamilnadu Medical Service since 1989.She has worked in Ultrasonology departments in referral centres in Tamandu and New Delhi till 1997.She worked as a Registrar in Neonatology in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
Dr Amudha joined KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital in July 2006 as a Medical Officer. She completed her AST Training and successfully exited in October 2012.She exited Neonatology AST in 2013 and is currently working as a Senior Consultant in the Neonatology Department.
Her sub-specialty interests include Birth Defect Clinic, Follow up of Children with Down Syndrome Neonatal Imaging and Communication. She is a member of Neonatal Ambulatory Committee and Necrotizing Enterocolitis work group. She is also a member of palliative team and Bereavement support group.
Education
- MRCPCH Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK) 2006
- Diploma in Child Health Dr M.G.R Medical University (India) 1992
- MBBS Madras University (India) 1986
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Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships
- Senior Consultant, Department of Neonatology, KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital
- Member Academy of Medical Sciences
- Member Neonatal Ambulatory Committee
- Member Hospital Bereavement Committee
- Member Palliative work group
- Member, American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography 2000-present
- Member, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK) 2006
- Member of Perinatal Society
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Awards
- Outstanding Educator Award 2022
- Singapore Health Quality Service Awards 2022
- Merit Award Oral Poster, SIPPAC 2019
- Merit Award Oral Poster, 2013
- Outstanding Service Award, 2010
- Service from the Heart award, 2009-2010
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Research Interests
- Risk factors for Focal Intestinal Perforation in the Very Low Birth Weight Population
- Abdominal Cysts – Postnatal Outcome
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Publications
- Pneumatosis coli in preterm neonates: Can they be managed more conservatively to maintain the intestinal milieu?
EY Lee, E Ma, AJ Anand, S Chandran
BMJ Case Reports Aug 2022; 15(8), e250274 - K Sothirasan, AJ Anand, MPW Chua, PC Khoo, MC Chua
Clinical Guideline for Management of Down Syndrome in Singapore
Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare May 2022; 31
JIF: 0.5 Times Cited: 3 - AJ Anand, MC Chua, Devaki V, R Rai, B Sriram, Edwin Thia, VS Rajadurai, S Chandran
Outcomes of Antenatally Detected Omphalocele and Gastroschisis: A single center study over 11 years.
Singapore Medical Journal 2022, 1-14
JIF 1.141 - S Chandran, AA Jayanthi, RV Samuel, SE Saffari, KP Choo, CM Chien
Evidence Based Practices Reduce Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Improve Nutritional Outcomes in Very Low Birth Weight Infants
Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Sep 2021; 45(7), 1408-1416
JFI: 3.151 Times Cited: 13 - Odattil Geetha, Victor Samuel Rajadurai, Amudha Jayanthi Anand, Rowena Dela Puerta, Bin Huey Quek,Poh Choo Khoo,Mei Chien Chua, Pratibha Agarwal
New BPD-prevalence and risk factors for broncho-pulmonary dysplasia/mortality in extremely low gestational age infants ≤28 weeks.
Journal of Perinatology Aug 2021; 41(8), 1943-1950
JIF: 1.967 Times Cited: 19 - EN Vidal, VS Rajadurai, AJ Anand, S Chandran
Listeriosis during pregnancy and in newborns: 18 years of data from a large tertiary hospital in Singapore
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Sep 2020; 9(4), 498-501
JIF: 2.2 Times Cited:11 - AJ Anand, K Sabapathy, B Sriram, VS Rajadurai, PK Agarwal
Single Center Outcome of Multiple Births in the Premature and Very Low Birth Weight Cohort in Singapore
American Journal of Perinatology Sep 2020; 39(4), 409-415
JIF:1.862 Times Cited: 3 - K Sothirasan, AJ Anand, R Mittal, PC Khoo, S Chandran
Emotional and Behavioural disorders in a cohort with Down syndrome using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: A pilot study.
Heliyon 6 (10), e050952020
JIF: 2.85 - AJ Anand, MC Chua, SH Khoo, PL Yuen, MCW Fong, A Goh, P Agarwal
Early discharge planning in preterm low birth weight babies: A quality improvement project
Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare Jun 2017; 26 (2), 98-10132017
JIF: 0.210 Times Cited:6
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Research Trials
- Can Pentoxifylline improve long-term outcomes in preterm infants with late-onset sepsis or necrotizing enterocolitis?
A pragmatic, randomised, placebo controlled trial
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