Clin Assoc Prof Rukshini Puvanendran

Dr Rukshini Puvanendran is a Senior Consultant and Clinical Associate Professor in KKH Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Her clinical interests are in Midlife Women’s Health including Menopause and Osteoporosis. She also has an interest in Chronic Disease Management and Weight Optimization, especially in women keen to conceive and women with polycystic ovarian syndrome. In addition to clinical work, she is also passionate about education of residents and medical student and is core faculty in Duke-NUS Medical School and clinician faculty for Singhealth Family Medicine Residency. She serves as an examiner for doctors sitting for Masters of Medicine and well as Graduate Diploma examinations.

She has been the recipient of many awards including Singapore Health Quality Service Awards, Service from the Heart Awards, Singhealth Long Service Award and Faculty Appreciation Awards.

She also served on several committees, both at Hospital and National Level and has an interest in Patient Safety and Healthcare Improvement.

• MBBS (National University of Singapore)
• MMed (Family Medicine)
• FCFP (Singapore)
• Dip Dermatology (Cardiff)
• Grad Dip Mental Health (Singapore)
• GDHML (SMU- SingHealth)
  

• Senior Consultant KKH 2016 to present
• Clinical Associate Professor Duke NUS 2023 to present
• Core Faculty Duke NUS CARE program 2013 to present
• Faculty Lead: Clinical Skills Faculty: College of Family Physicians Singapore MMED Program
• Clinician Physician Faculty Family Medicine Residency 2013 to present
• Examiner MMed Examinations 2011 to present
  

• Star Award Recipient: Singapore Health Quality Service Awards 2022
• Gold Award Recipient: Singapore Health Quality Service Awards 2020/2015
• Certification of Appreciation: For work done during COVID 19 Pandemic
• SingHealth Long Service Award 2018/2022
• Service from the Heart Award 2013/2016
• Certification of Appreciation: Work done in patient Safety 2017/2020
• Duke-NUS Medical School Faculty Appreciation Award 2011/2012
  

• Menopause
• Osteoporosis
• Obesity management

• Discharge Planning in Integration of Care: Singapore Family Physician 2011, 37(3) 27-31. Puvanendran R
• Could peak proteinuria determine whether a patient with dengue fever develop into dengue hemorrhagic/dengue shock syndrome?-A prospective cohort study: BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:212. MS : 5145548835403334 Vasanthwala FFV, Puvanendran R, Fook-Chang S, Ng JM, Suhail SM, Lee KH
• Screening for Gynecological Cancer: Ministry of Health (Singapore) Cancer screening Clinical Practice Guidelines 2010 52- 65.
• Pre-participation cardiovascular assessment in adolescent athletes. Singapore Family Physician 36(4) 50-55. Puvanendran R
• A study of Predictors of Discharge Difficulty from a Tertiary Hospital: SGH Proceedings Volume 18 (2) 49- 55. Puvanendran R, Vasanthwala FF
• Necrotizing Fasciitis: Clinical Review. Canadian Family Physician 2009 Volume 55 981-87. Puvanendra R, Huey JC, Pasupathy S.
• Two cases of self- limiting nephropathies secondary to dengue hemorrhagic fever: Singapore Medical Journal 2009: 50(7) e1-3. Fasanthwala FF, Puvanendran R
• A Case of Significant weight loss and dysphagia due to a ”curse’. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry. 2012, 13 (1) E pub. VasanwalaFF, Tan SY, Puvanendran R,Ng BY
• What do Medical Students learn when they follow patients from hospital to the community? A qualitative study. Medical Education On Line 2012; 17: 10.3402/meo.v17i0.18899. Published on line 2012 July 10. Puvanendran R, Vasanthwala FF, Kamei R, Lee KH, Lie D.
• Primary Prevention of osteoporotic fractures in post menopausal women – Utilizing structured patient education and case managers to improve adherence. Gynecological Endocrinology Vol XXXVI 2014 250-254. Puvanendran R, Lee MLJJ, Chua MT, Cheng SJ, Ang SB
• The Ramifications of At-Own-Risk Discharges in the Palliative Care Setting Journal of palliative care and Medicine 2015 5:4 Loh ALZ, Shi YTJ, Puvanendran R, Menon S, KanesvaranR and Radha KrishnaLK,*
  

• Predictors of Discharge difficulty in hospitalized patients
• Common Themes in Patients with Discharge Difficulty.
• A Study of the Preference for Life Sustaining Treatment in the Event of Future Terminal Illness in an Adult Population in Singapore.
• Advanced Medical Directives in Primary care Setting: Who will sign?
• The use of proteinuria as a surrogate marker to determine whether the patient will develop dengue shock or dengue hemorrhagic fever.
• Hypercalciuria as a cause of secondary osteoporosis in a post-menopausal woman for the17th Annual Congress of the Australasian Menopause Society (5205)
• Primary Prevention of osteoporotic fractures in post menopausal women – Utilizing structured patient education and case managers to improve adherence. 16 congress of gynecological endocrinology
• Management of osteoporosis in a patient with breast cancer receiving Letrozole (Aromatase inhibitor): A Case Report.