Dr Vemula Vemula Naga Vikram

MBBS (Spore), MMed in Paediatrics (Spore), MRCPCH (UK)

Associate Consultant

Clinical Appointments

Associate Consultant General Paediatrics Service KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Profile

Dr V N Vikram graduated from Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (YLLSOM), National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2015 and joined the SingHealth Paediatric Residency Programme in KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital. He obtained his Master of Medicine (Paediatric Medicine) in 2021 and Membership with the Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health in the UK in 2021. He completed his residency training in 2024 and is now an Associate Consultant in the Department of Paediatrics, General Paediatrics Service.

Education

Member of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK) (2021)
Master of Medicine (MMed) in Paediatrics (Singapore) (2021)
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) (Singapore) (2015)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Associate Consultant, Department of Paediatrics, General Paediatrics Service, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital 2024 – Present
Member, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2021 – Present
Member, Singapore Medical Association 2015 – Present
Member, SingHealth Residents’ Committee, 2018

Awards

Paediatrics ACP Day (2021): First prize for Quality Improvement (QI) project: Reducing Specimen Errors in the Department of Paediatrics
Best Resident Tutor Award (Y2016-Y2017): Awarded by Paediatrics ACP
Junior Doctor Teaching Award (Y2015-2016): Awarded by National University Singapore
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Dean’s Dinner (2014): Non-academic (Sports-MEDLAW)
NUS Medical Society Colours Award for House Core Committee (2012/2013)
NUS Medical Society Colours Award for Class Representative Year 1 (2010/2011)

Research Interests

Publications and Research Trials

Case of extensive cerebrospinal fluid leak postlumbar puncture in a paediatric patient with idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
Vikram VN, Roy Chowdhury S. BMJ Case Rep. 2022 Apr 29;15(4):e246131.
Risk factors and clinical profile of measles infection in children in Singapore
Vikram Naga Vemula, Ling Li, Koh Cheng Thoon, Chia Yin Chong, Nancy Wen Sim Tee, Matthias Maiwald, Natalie Woon Hui Tan Infection, Disease & Health, Volume 21, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 192-196, ISSN 2468-0451