Dr Ravintharan Tharmalingam

General Surgeon

Specialty

General Surgery

Languages

English

Gender

Male

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Experience

Dr Ravi was awarded the Merit Scholarship by the Public Service Commission to complete his MBBS. degree at the National University of Singapore where he graduated in 1982. The Ministry of Health in Singapore, awarded him traineeship in Surgery, and in 1987 he completed his fellowship examinations by the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (FRCS Ed) and M Med (Surgery) at the National University of Singapore.

In 1991, he went to Scotland to train with world-renowned Professor Sir Alfred Cuschieri in the very new and fast-expanding field of Minimally Invasive (Laparoscopic) Surgery. Upon his return, he pioneered several major Laparoscopic procedures in Singapore and has been involved in teaching and training surgeons in Singapore and around the region in this new field of surgery. In 1993, he obtained his FAMS and FICS membership.

In 1997, Dr Ravi entered private practice at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre.