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Asst Prof Rena Dharmawan

Asst Prof Rena Dharmawan

MD, MMed (Surg), FRCS (Edin), MRCS (Edin), BSC (Biomedical Engineering)

Consultant

National Cancer Centre Singapore

Specialty/Department: Surgery & Surgical Oncology

Clinical Interest: Head & Neck, Thyroid, Salivary Glands

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Head and Neck Cancer, Thyroid Cancer.

Clinical Appointments

  • Consultant SingHealth Duke-NUS Head and Neck Centre
  • Consultant Division of Surgery & Surgical Oncology National Cancer Centre SingaporeNational Cancer Centre Singapore
  • Consultant Head & Neck Surgery Singapore General HospitalSingapore General Hospital

Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Innovations, DUKE-NUS Medical School

Profile

Dr Rena Dharmawan believes the with the right innovation, one can improve the lives of millions at a time. She is a Consultant Surgeon at Division of Surgery & Surgical Oncology in NationalView More +

Education

  • Masters of Medicine (Surgery), National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
  • MD, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
  • BSc (Biomedical Engineering), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh)
  • Member, Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh)
  • Instructor and Entrepeneur-in-Residence, Center of Technology and Development (CTeD), Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore

Awards

  • Faculty Appreciation Award, MD, Duke NUS Medical School, Singapore, 2020 & 2018
  • NTUC Future Starter 100k Challenge, Winner: Jaga-Me, NTUC Income, Singapore, 2015
  • MIT Hacking Medicine @SG, 2nd Runner-Up: JagaMe, IDA, Singapore, 2015
  • NTUC Future Starter 100k Challenge, Winner: Privi Medical, NTUC Income, Singapore, 2014

Research Interests

  • Medical Device and Technology Innovation
  • Thyroid & Parathyroid Disorders

Publications

· Dharmawan AR, Henry Ho, Ng HHM, Gopal Iyer, Tan HK, Tan NC
Implementing the Biodesign Process for Medical Device Innovation in Head and Neck Surgery. Surgical Innovation 2020. Vol. 0(0) 1-6, JIF: 1.42, CI: NA

· Yang Y, Kulangara K, Lam RT, Dharmawan R, Leong KW
Effects of topographical and mechanical property alterations induced by oxygen plasma
modification on stem cell behaviour.
ACS Nano. Oct 2012; 6(10):8591-8, JIF: 13.942, CI: NA

· Tan WJ, Chew MH, Dharmawan AR, Singh M, Acharyya S, Loi CT, Tang CL.
Critical appraisal of laparoscopic vs open rectal cancer surgery
World J Gastrointest Surg. June 2016; 8(6): 452-460, JIF: 2.813, CI: NA

· Huang HL, Dharmawan AR, Tan CJ, Thang SP.
A rare case of thymoma first detected on gallium-68 PSMA PET/CT.
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. Nov 2017. 44(12):2148-2149, JIF: 7.277, CI: NA

Research Trials