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Dr Ikram Hussain
Gastroenterologist
Specialty
Gastroenterology
Languages
English, Hindi
Gender
Male
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Great Eastern, Prudential^
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Experience
Dr Ikram Hussain is a gastroenterologist at Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore.
He manages a broad range of digestive and liver conditions, and is skilled in routine and advanced endoscopic procedures, including endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, endoscopic ultrasound, deep enteroscopy, luminal stenting and cholangioscopy.
Prior to joining private practice, Dr Hussain was a senior consultant in the department of gastroenterology and hepatology at Woodlands Health Campus.
Dr Hussain graduated from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India, and then got his master’s at the National University of Singapore. He became a member of the Royal College of Physicians, UK. He subsequently underwent advanced endoscopy training at the Royal Free Hospital and University College London, UK under the Health Manpower Development Plan scholarship. He was a consultant gastroenterologist at the University Hospital of North Durham in the UK. He has been practising medicine for more than 15 years.
Beyond his clinical work, he was a clinical lecturer at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and a clinical teacher at Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine.
Associated treatments
- Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in gastrointestinal diseases
- Diagnostic & therapeutic upper GI endoscopy
- Diagnostic & therapeutic colonoscopy & flexible sigmoidoscopy
- Diagnostic & therapeutic ERCP
Awards and honours
- 2021
Long Service Award, Woodlands Health Campus - 2014
Silver Award, Changi General Hospital
Research & publications
Namasivayam, V., Koh, C. J., Tsao, S., Lee, J., Ling, K. L., Khor, C., Lim, T., Li, J. W., Yip, B. C., Hussain, I., Chua, T. S., Toh, B. C., Ong, H. S., Wang, L. M., So, J. B., Teh, M., Yeoh, K. G., & Ang, T. L. (2022). Academy of Medicine, Singapore clinical guideline on endoscopic surveillance and management of gastric premalignant lesions. Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore, 51(7), 417–435.
Ikram Hussain, Saba Ishrat, Veeraraghavan Meyyur Aravamudan, Shahab R Khan, Babu P Mohan, Rahul Lohan, Muhammad Bilal Abid, Tiing Leong Ang (2022). Mesenteric panniculitis does not confer an increased risk for cancers: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Medicine (Baltimore).
Ikram Hussain, Yu Jun Wong, Rahul Lohan, Su Lin, Rahul Kumar (2022). Does preemptive transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt improve survival after acute variceal bleeding? Systematic review, meta-analysis, and trial sequential analysis of randomized trials. J Gastroenterol Hepatol.
Ikram Hussain, Gabriel Liu Yuan Cher, Muhammad Abbas Abid, Muhammad Bilal Abid (2021). Role of gut microbiome in COVID-19: An insight into pathogenesis and therapeutic potential. Front Immunology.
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GUTCARE
38 Irrawaddy Road #10-58
Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre
SG 329563
Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre
SG 329563
6734 3458
