Profile
Dr Harikrishnan graduated with MBBS from The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University,Chennai,India. Dr Harikrishnan did anaesthesia residency training & obtained qualifications(diploma & masters) from Christian Medical College Hospital,Vellore & Madras Medical College, Chennai. After obtaining the above qualifications, he did his cardio-thoracic anaesthesia fellowship at southern railway HQs hospital, Perambur, Chennai.
Dr Harikrishnan moved to Australia in 2003 to pursue his further studies. For the first 2 years, he did intensive care medicine training at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia(which is recognised by ICU college, Australia) & then he continued anaesthesia training at Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia & obtained FANZCA(Fellow of the Australian & New Zealand college of anaesthetist) in 2008. After obtaining FANZCA, Dr Harikrishnan did cardio-thoracic anaesthesia & ECHO training at Royal Adelaide Hospital & Royal Perth Hospial. Dr Harikrishnan has recently completed his Masters in Clinical Ultrasond (UniMelbourne).
His clinical interests include cardio-thoracic anaesthesia,TEE, VADs, Heart & Lung transplant.
Education
- PGMCU (UniMelbourne) 2015
- PGDCU (UniMelbourne) 2013
- FANZCA 2008
- Diploma in Anaesthesia 2003
- Diplomate of National Board (Anaesthesia) 2001
- MBBS 1994
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Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships
- Senior Consultant Anaesthesiologist,SGH.
- Visiting Consultant Anaesthesiologist, NHCS.
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School.
- Clinical Senior lecturer, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.
- Clinical Core Faculty Member, Sing Health Residency Program
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Awards
- Service with a Heart award
- Outstanding Faculty award by Sing Health Residency Programme (Anaesthesiology) 2013.
- Outstanding Faculty award by Sing Health Residency Programme (Anaesthesiology) 2014.
- 2nd best e-poster presenter award by ISACON 2014.
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Publications
- Difficult Intubation in a patient with Vallecular Cyst. SMJ 2013; 54(3):e62-e65 (1st author)
- Original article: Anaesthesia Management for MitraClip Device Implantation: Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia. January 2014 issue. (1st author)
- Original article: Anaesthesia for Endoscopic Sinus Surgery: A Survey of Anaesthesiologists in Restructured Hospitals in Singapore, SingHealth Proceedings, Volume 23,No 4,2014.(Last author)
- Combined use of the Glide scope and flexible fibrescope as a rescue technique in a difficult airway. (last author) SingHealth proceedings June 2015 Volume 24:117-120.
- Direct Aortic Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Anaesthesia Attentions. (2nd author).SingHealth proceedings .March 2015.Volume 24.Number 1.2015
- Fontan Physiology: Anaesthetic Implications for Non-cardiac surgery(1st author) International journal of Anesthetics & Anesthesiology.February 2015.
- Review article: Anaesthesia for goitre surgery –A review. (last author) SingHealth Proceedings, August 2015.
- Complex Aortic Procedure and Cerebral Protection Strategies: A Case Report and Review of Literature (2nd author) Anaesthesia cases, AAGBI, August 2015.
- Review article: Anaesthetic Considerations for Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: A Review (1st author): Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, January 2016 issue.
- Anesthetic management for intra-abdominal malignancies with cardiac involvement: A report of two cases and review of literature. Anaesthesia cases, AAGBI, January 2016.
- Association between frailty, cerebral oxygenation and adverse postoperative outcomes in elderly patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery: An observational Study (last & corresponding author).Submitted to Indian Journal of Anaesthesia (accepted but requested some changes in the manuscript)
- Comparison of clinical performance of Igel, Supreme, Proseal in elective surgery. Submitted to Singapore Medical Journal.
Research Interest
- Interested to do prospective/retrospective studies in cardiothoracic anaesthesia.
- Ongoing research activities
- Retrospective study: Anaesthetic condiderations for TAVI:case series( ongoing )
- Retrospective Study: Complications of Rigid Bronchoscope. Just completed data collection.
- Device to countercheck Intravenous Drug Administration and Reduce Medication Errors in Anaesthesia – Grant Approved (one of the co-author). Just completed the study.
- To determine changes in the endotracheal cuff pressure after insertion of TEE probe on cardiac surgery(ongoing)
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