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Dr Raghuraman Raghavan

Dr Raghuraman

Clinical Appointments

  • Consultant Orthopaedic Surgery Changi General HospitalChangi General Hospital
  • Director, Hip and Knee Surgery Changi General HospitalChangi General Hospital

Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS School of Medicine
  • Clinical Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
  • Content Expert, Clinical Teacher and Clinical Practice Facilitator, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University

Profile

Dr. Raghuraman Raghavan graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2007 before pursing his interest in orthopaedic surgery and commencing his formal specialist training in 2012. He was then appointed as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons (Glasgow) in 2011 before he went on to obtain his Master of Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) from the National University of Singapore in 2017. He was subsequently appointed as fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (orthopaedic surgery) in 2018 and was awarded the College of Surgeons Gold Medal in Orthopaedic Surgery.

Dr. Raghavan’s subspecialty interests are hip and knee surgery (arthroplasty and sports surgery). He is currently the Director of the Hip and Knee Surgery service in CGH. He also has a keen interest in medical education and is actively involved in organising and conducting education programmes in orthopaedic surgery to undergraduates as well as postgraduates.

Education

  • FRCSEd (Ortho)
  • MMed (Ortho Surg), Singapore
  • MRCS (Glasgow)
  • MBBS (Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • Director of Hip and Knee Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Changi General Hospital 2021 – Present
  • Associate Programme Director, Postgraduate Year 1 (Orthopaedic Surgery) 2023 – Present
  • Clinical Lead, Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement Value Driven Care Workgroup, Changi General Hospital 2021 – Present  
  • Consultant, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Changi General Hospital 2020 – Present
  • Faculty, AO Foundation 2017 – Present
  • Member, Singapore Orthopaedic Association 2017 – Present

Awards

  • SingHealth Quality Service Award, 2023
  • Outstanding Faculty Award, Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Programme, 2022
  • Best Educator Award, Changi General Hospital, 2021
  • OneCGH Cares Award, 2021
  • College of Medicine Gold Medal in Orthopaedic Surgery, 2018

Research Interests

Publications

  • Proximal Tibiofibular Joint Stabilization with Concurrent Posterolateral Corner Reconstruction in Multiligamentous Knee Injury WLP Yuen, R Raghuraman, YJ Loh Arthroscopy Techniques 10 (11), e2457-e2462, 2021
  • Cutibacterium Acnes Infection of Hip Bipolar Hemiarthroplasty Resulting in Protrusion Acetabuli : A Case Report and Review of Literature WLP Yuen, R Raghuraman, Omar MHED, Adrian LCK Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports 9, 33-37, 2021
  • Predictors Of Failure Following Fixation of Intertrochanteric Fractures With The Proximal Femoral Nail Antirotation (PFNA) R Raghuraman, JW Kam, DTC Chua Singapore Medical Journal 60 (9), 463, 2019
  • Total Knee Replacement (TKR) : A Patient Centric Approach to Improving Length of Stay (LOS) R Raghuraman, Wang Ping, Rosmita Jasmin, Goh PH, Chong HC, P Koh, Clarissa Kwok, Accepted for publication in Journal of Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality (JPSHQ)

Research Trials