Clin Asst Prof Bimal Vora

Dr Vora Bimal is a Consultant Radiologist at SGH. He graduated from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and completed his Radiology training through the SingHealth Diagnostic Radiology Residency Programme, attaining Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists (UK) in 2017.

Dr Vora completed a HMDP-awarded fellowship at the Centre for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases in Copenhagen, Denmark and is involved in Musculoskeletal Interventional procedures.

Passionate about education, Dr Vora currently serves as Director of Medical Student Education in the Division of Radiological Sciences and is the Radiology Lead for Duke-NUS Medical School. He is also a Clinical Lecturer at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School, and Clinical Teacher at Lee Kong Chian Medical School. 

Dr Vora’s clinical and research interests include Rheumatologic Imaging.

• Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists, United Kingdom (FRCR) (2017)
• Master of Medicine (Diagnostic Radiology) (2017)
• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine NUS, Singapore (2011)

• Director, Medical Student Education, Division of Radiological Sciences, Singhealth
• Member, SGH Education Council
• Advisory Editor, Clinical Radiology

1. Yong KR, Lee S, Uppaluri A, Tan MO, Ng JJ, Venkatesh SH, Vora BMK, Salkade PR, Wong SB, Ganti S. How to Report a Coronary CT Angiogram:Step-by-Step Guide for the Novice Reader. Radiographics. 2025 Jul;45(7):e250015. doi: 10.1148/rg.250015. PMID: 40569838.
2. Tan, Y.K., Lim, G.H., Ooi, C.C. et al. Thermographic and ultrasound assessment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: can thermography detect subclinical synovitis at the wrist?. BMC Rheumatol 8, 62 (2024). https://bmcrheumatol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41927-024-00435-1
3. Tan, J.R., Vora, B.M.K., Tan, E.J. et al. Contribution and challenges of musculoskeletal radiologists in interventional oncology—Is the cause worth the cost?. Skeletal Radiol 54, 431–435 (2025). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00256-024-04785-2
4. Vora, B.M.K., Tan, T.L., Tandon, A.A. (2024). Osteonecrosis of the Hip. In: Davies, M., Botchu, R., Iyengar, K.P. (eds) Imaging of the Hip & Bony Pelvis. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Cham. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/174_2024_482
5. MRI-based synthetic CT: a new method for structural damage assessment in the spine in patients with axial spondyloarthritis - a comparison with low-dose CT and radiography. Willesen ST, Hadsbjerg AE, Møller JM, Vladimirova N, Vora BMK, Seven S, Pedersen SJ, Østergaard M. Ann Rheum Dis. 2024 Mar 20:ard-2023-225444. doi: 10.1136/ard-2023-225444. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38490729.
6. Survival Radiology: How a popular in-person interactive medical student radiology workshop pivoted online during the COVID-19 pandemic. Velaga J, Lee SSY, Tran NTA, Vora BMK, Cheng LT-E. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare. February 2022.
7. Cryotherapy in extra-abdominal desmoid tumors: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Vora BMK, Munk PL, Somasundaram N, Ouellette HA, Mallinson PI, Sheikh A, et al. PLoS ONE Dec 2021 16(12): e0261657.
8. Common accessory ossicles of the foot: imaging features, pitfalls and associated pathology.
   Vora BMK, Wong BSS. Singapore Med J. 2018;59(4):183-189.