Dr Singaraselvan Nagarajan

Dr Singar is a Senior Consultant in the Department of Women's Anaesthesia at KK Women's and Children's Hospital. After completing his MBBS in Chennai, India, he gained valuable experience in General Surgery and Emergency Medicine in UK before enrolling in a Royal College of Anaesthetists Accredited training program.

With a special interest in Obstetric Anaesthesia, he trained in notable tertiary maternity centres, including Cardiff, Birmingham, and Singapore. He completed a one-year advanced training fellowship in Obstetric Anaesthesia at KK Hospital, where he developed a keen interest in research on maternal cardiac output and obstetric hemorrhage. Additionally, he has completed advanced training in Airway Management and Healthcare Management.

He is a proud recipient of KKHHEF grant in 2016 for research on hypotension and angiotensin polymorphism and the SHF Grant in 2017 for the ADIVA study on minimizing hypotension during caesarean sections.

Dr Singar is also an active educator, teaching at NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and in the Singhealth Anaesthesiology Residency Program.

• FCARCSI (Dublin) 2002
• MBBS (Dr TN MGR Medical University, India) 2002

• Division CSS Lead for Medical Informatics, KKH 2022 – Present
• KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Senior Consultant, Nov 2022 - Present
• KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Consultant, Nov 2018 - Oct 2022
• KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Associate Consultant, Sep 2015 - Oct 2018
• Birmingham School of Anaesthesia (various hospitals) Specialist Training programme Anaesthesia, Feb 2011 – August 2015
• University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, LAT ST3 Anaesthetics, Aug 2010 - Feb 2011
• Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Wales, Specialty Doctor Anaesthetics, Aug 2007 - Aug 2010
• Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn, SHO Anaesthetics, Nov 2004 - Aug 2007
• Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan, Locum SHO A & E, Aug 2004 - Nov 2004
• University Hospital of Hartlepool, SHO A & E, Feb 2004 - Aug 2004
• University Hospital of Hartlepoo,l HO Surgery, Aug 2003 - Feb 2004
• GVN Hospital, Trichy, India, RMO, Mar 2002 - Aug 2002
• Govt. Stanley Medical College Hospital, PRHO, Jan 2001 - Jan 2002

• KKH Health Endowment Fund Grant for Research, 2016
• SHF Grant for Research, 2017
• RiSE Award 2018 - Outstanding Clinician Faculty, Anaesthesia
• Service from the Heart, KKH 2020
• SingHealth Long service award- 2020

• Maternal cardiac Output
• Closed loop automated management of maternal hypotension

• An advanced double intravenous vasopressor automated system to treat hypotension during spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section., 2017-18
• Evaluating an advanced double intravenous vasopressor automated system to treat hypotension during spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery: a randomized controlled trial, 2019-21

• Evaluating an advanced double intravenous vasopressor automated system to treat hypotension during spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery: a randomized controlled trial. H.S. Tan, S. Nagarajan, J. Chan, W.T. Chin, R. Sultana, A.T.H. Sia, B.L. Sng. BMC Anesthesiology (2023) 23:33
• An advanced double intravenous vasopressor automated system to treat hypotension during spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section. S. Nagarajan, J. Chan, W.T. Chin, Z.G.A Al-Hashim, R. Sultana, A.T.H. Sia, B.L.Sng. European Journal of Anesthesiology (2022) 39: 42-49
• Association of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system genetic polymorphisms with maternal hypotension during spinal anaesthesia for caesarean delivery: a retrospective cohort study. H.S. Tan, Y.T Gan, E.C. Tan, S. Nagarajan, R. Sultana, N.L.R. Han, A.T.H. Sia, B.L. Sng. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia (2020) 44, 3–12
• Anaesthetic management of coexisting Preeclampsia and Paraganglioma in Pregnancy. M.L.Lim, J.J.Yek, Singaraselvan. Journal of Case Reports 2020;10(1):1-4
• Persistent post caesarean pain. Lee J, Nagarajan S, Tan CW, Sng BL. Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care 20 (2018) 26-31   
• Anesthetic choices in IVF – Practical problems in assisted conception, Cambridge University Press 2018. IVF Text book