Dr Cynthia Assimta Peter

Dr Cynthia Assimta Peter is a Senior Consultant Radiologist in the Department of Radiology, Sengkang General Hospital with special interest in Musculoskeletal imaging. She received her undergraduate degree from Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, Master in Medicine (M.Med) from National University of Singapore with Fellowship from the Royal College of Radiology (FRCR), London. She pursued an observer-fellowship in Musculoskeletal Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, USA, and Chinese University of Hong Kong, China in 2023 and remains involved in creating new services for patient care. Besides clinical practice, she is an EnRICH clinical mentor with the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, a Senior lecturer with LKC medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor with DUKE-NUS and Core Faculty for SingHealth Leadership Programme (SLRP). After completing a Graduate Diploma in Applied Positive Psychology, she introduced Resilience training in Education by co-pioneering “a Safe Space®” initiative in Sengkang General Hospital, SingHealth Resilience training workshops and positive psychology lectures for Radiology Residents. She has embarked on a Post-Graduate Diploma in Psychotherapy and Counselling and remains invested in Resilience for the Healthcare professional.

• MBBS Christian Medical College, Vellore,  India
• MMed, National University of Singapore
• FRCR Royal College of Radiology, United Kingdom
• Fellowship in Musculoskeletal imaging (multiple countries)
• Specialist Accreditation in Diagnostic Radiology, Singapore
• Graduate Diploma in Applied Positive Psychology

• Clinical Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
• Core Faculty, SingHealth Residency Leadership Program (SRLP)
• Clinical Senior Lecturer and EnRICH clinical mentor, NUS-YLL School of Medicine
• Chairman, Radiation and MRI safety committee, Sengkang General Hospital
• Patient Safety Lead, Sengkang General Hospital

• ​Service with a Heart Award, Singapore General Hospital
  

• Lee, S. H. T., Peter, C. A., Wong, S. B. S., & Goh, A. G. W. (2026). Utilizing Clinical Examination in Conjunction with Magnetic Resonance Cartilage Studies for Post-Operative Evaluation of Cartilage Repair: A Case Report. Vol. 20 No. 1 (2026) DOI: https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.6008
• Ni, W., Khaw, M. S., Yeap, P. M., Mohamed Shah, M. T. B., Peter, C. A., Ho, J. X. M., Low, Y. X., Chau, D. H. H., Goh, J. K. M., Wong, S. B. S., & Goh, A. G. W. (2026). Internal-Control-Normalized T2 Mapping of Meniscal Abnormalities on a Cartilage MRI Protocol: An Exploratory Retrospective Study. Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 16(16), 2564. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics16162564
• Zheng, Y., Wong, S. B. S., Peter, C. A., Ho, J. X. M., & Goh, A. G. W. (2025). Evaluation of the patella following cartilage repair on conventional magnetic resonance imaging and T2 mapping. Clinical radiology, 88, 107006. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crad.2025.107006
• Ni, W., Dong, C., Peter, C. A., & Upadhyaya, V. S. (2026). Faculty-led mindfulness-based social-emotional learning workshops for radiology residents: Building self-awareness, resilience and community. Letter to the EditorVol. 55 No. 4, 221–223 https://doi.org/10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2025304 Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore.
• Upadhyaya, V. S., Lim, C. H. S., Lee, Z. R., & Peter, C. A. (2024). 'Safe Space': A wellness initiative for residents. Medical education, 58(2), 258–259. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15277
• Pan, R., Wang, X., Lin, Z., Ho, C. L., James Nickalls, O., Peter, C. A., Tay, D., & Huang, W. (2024). A Three-Stage Semi-Supervised Learning Approach to Spine Image Segmentation. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference, 2024, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC53108.2024.10781902
• Anterior and posterior hip osteoarthritis: prevalence and potential value of CT compared to radiographs. Mercer, R.W., Peter C. A., Habib, U et al. Skeletal Radiol (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-023-04434. Pub date 2023-08-26
• Lim, C. H. S., Salkade, P. R., & Peter, A. C. (2020). Remote cerebellar hemorrhage as a complication of lumbar spine surgery. Journal of radiology case reports, 14(2), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.v14i2.3844
• Unusual complication following revised total hip arthroplasty. Deng Jia, Peter Cynthia, Farah Irani Eurorad 10th June 2022 DOI: 10.35100/eurorad/case.17752 ISSN: 1563-4086 URLhttps://www.eurorad.org/case/17752
• Lim, K. S., Peters, C. C., Kow, A., & Tan, C. H. (2012). The varying faces of gall bladder carcinoma: pictorial essay. Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987), 53(5), 494–500. https://doi.org/10.1258/ar.2012.110684

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