Bio
Prof Victor Samuel Rajadurai is a Senior Consultant at the Department of Neonatology at the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore. He has served as the Head of the Department for 11 years from 1.1.2006 until 31.12.2016. He is an Adjunct Professor in the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Adjunct Associate Professor of Paediatrics, Lee Kong Chian (LKC) School of Medicine and also a visiting Professor of Tianjin Central Hospital and Shijiazhuang, China. He is also a Clinical Physician Faculty Member, Academic Medicine Research Institute (AMRI), SingHealth Residency Program.
Prof Rajadurai has extensive experience in Neonatology spanning more than 30 years. His past academic roles include memberships of the Editorial Board, Annals of Academy of Medicine and Joint Committee on Specialist Training (Paediatric Medicine & Neonatology) and President of the College of Paediatrics and Child Health. His current academic responsibilities include Chairman of JCST Neonatology, Director of the Staff Registrar Scheme – Diploma in Neonatology Programme and President of the Perinatal Society of Singapore. He is also a member of the Perinatal Society of Malaysia, Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand and the IPOKRaTES Group.
Prof Rajadurai has a number of research collaborations locally as well as internationally. His research interests are pulse oximetry of newborn, perinatal asphyxia, inhaled nitric oxide therapy, chronic lung disease of prematurity, neonatal nutrition, newborn screening and newer modes of neonatal ventilation. He was one of the pioneers in establishing the National Expanded Newborn Screening Program for metabolic disorders in Singapore. Prof Rajadurai has been invited to speak at national and international conferences and to conduct seminars / workshops on neonatal care in Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, China, Japan and Myanmar. His publications include 117 articles in journals, 4 chapters in books and 180 abstracts, which were presented in national and international conferences.
Education
Fellow Academy of Medicine of Singapore
Academy of Medicine, Singapore
Member, Royal Coll of Physicians
Royal College of Physicians, UK, United Kingdom
Master of Medicine (Paediatrics)
University of Madras, India
Bachelor of Medicine
University of Madras, India