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The SingHealth Duke-NUS Vascular Centre (SDVC) was established to bring together the multidisciplinary expertise of the vascular sub-specialties across SingHealth institutions – to offer integrated care and collaborate in research and education.
The multidisciplinary team consists of healthcare professionals from the following specialties:
One of the recent vascular surgery developments that the Centre is looking into is complex aortic aneurysm treatment. In the past, stent grafts were only used below the renal arteries in the abdomen. Today, custom-made devices are used to treat the whole aorta, including in the chest, abdomen and pelvis.
The Centre has also started to introduce the new technique of endovascular creation of fistulas to patients. Patients with chronic kidney disease require arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) for dialysis access, usually in the arm. This technique will allow for the surgical creation of such fistula access – connecting the artery and the vein by stitching them together.
The aim is to improve fistula maturation in appropriate candidates which represents a paradigm shift since the advent of surgical AVFs.
The Centre plans to consolidate the common research fields of Singapore General Hospital (SGH), Changi General Hospital (CGH) and Sengkang General Hospital (SKH), such as lower extremity revascularisation including endovascular treatment of the legs through ballooning and stents.
As part of the collective Centre, CGH and SKH will be joining SGH in participating in the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI), a voluntary initiative by over 800 medical centres in North America to collect and share data on vascular care. This will also allow the three institutions to audit and benchmark the quality of our vascular care against that of other centres.
Given the number of patients with diabetic foot ulcers requiring amputation in Singapore, the SDVC is also focusing efforts on the setting up of an amputation database. Through this database, the centre will collate data to look into how to improve our diabetes care.
Vascular surgery
Vascular & interventional radiology
Interventional nephrology
Cardiothoracic surgery
Vascular anomalies
For GP referrals, please contact the SingHealth Duke-NUS Vascular Centre:Singapore General Hospital: 6326 6060Changi General Hospital: 6788 3003 Sengkang General Hospital: 6930 6000KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital: 6294 4050National Heart Centre Singapore: 6704 2222
Website: www.singhealth.com.sg/vascular-centre
HeadAssoc Prof Chong Tze Tec Head & Senior Consultant, Dept of Vascular Surgery, SGH
Deputy Head Assoc Prof Tay Kiang Hiong Head & Senior Consultant, Dept of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, SGH
Director, Education Dr Ankur Patel Senior Consultant, Dept of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, SGH
Director, Research Assoc Prof Tang Tjun Yip Senior Consultant, Dept of Vascular Surgery, SGH
Service Chief @ SGH Assoc Prof Tan Chieh Suai Head & Senior Consultant, Dept of Renal Medicine, SGH
Service Chief @ CGH Dr Darryl Lim Consultant, Dept of Surgery, CGH
Service Chief @ SKH Assoc Prof Edward Choke Tieng Chek Senior Consultant, Dept of Surgery, SKH
Service Chief @ KKH Clin Assoc Prof Mark Koh Jean Aan Head & Senior Consultant, Dept of Dermatology, KKH
Service Chief @ NHCS Asst Prof Chao Tar Toong Victor Senior Consultant, Dept of Cardiothoracic Surgery, NHCS
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