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Sandeep Jacob Sebastin Muttath
Head and Senior Consultant, Department of Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery (department appointment)
The NUH individual biography supplies the stated appointment. The department also offers an observership; an observership-specific directorship is not separately stated.
National University Hospital — Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery
Sebastin trained in general and plastic surgery in India and completed specialist hand surgical training in Singapore. His hospital biography records further clinical and research training at Michigan and interests in microsurgical reconstruction and peripheral nerve surgery.
Official hospital clinician profile and subspecialty team listing ↗Profile reviewed 19 Oct 2026
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Aymeric Lim Yu Tang
Clinical faculty — hand and reconstructive microsurgery (individual fellowship appointment not confirmed)
The hospital lists this clinician in the relevant subspecialty team. This identifies the host team; individual fellowship supervision and availability require confirmation.
National University Hospital — Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery
Lim’s hospital biography describes hand and reconstructive microsurgery, peripheral nerve and brachial plexus surgery, spasticity surgery and thoracic outlet disorders. His research includes forearm muscle innervation and the development of tendon and nerve transfer procedures.
Official hospital clinician profile and subspecialty team listing ↗Profile reviewed 19 Oct 2026
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Alphonsus Chong
Clinical faculty — hand and reconstructive microsurgery (individual fellowship appointment not confirmed)
The hospital lists this clinician in the relevant subspecialty team. This identifies the host team; individual fellowship supervision and availability require confirmation.
National University Hospital — Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery
Chong trained in hand surgery in Singapore and undertook a two-year research fellowship at Stanford after receiving an A*STAR scholarship in 2004. His hospital biography describes research into surgical skills education and paediatric hand conditions.
Official hospital clinician profile and subspecialty team listing ↗Profile reviewed 19 Oct 2026
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Mark Edward Puhaindran
Clinical faculty — hand and reconstructive microsurgery (individual fellowship appointment not confirmed)
The hospital lists this clinician in the relevant subspecialty team. This identifies the host team; individual fellowship supervision and availability require confirmation.
National University Hospital — Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery
Puhaindran studied medicine and trained in hand and reconstructive microsurgery in Singapore. His hospital biography records a musculoskeletal oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering, with subsequent clinical work, research and teaching in hand surgery and musculoskeletal tumours.
Official hospital clinician profile and subspecialty team listing ↗Profile reviewed 19 Oct 2026
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Andre Cheah
Fellowship Programme Director, Department of Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery (official NUH biography)
The NUH individual biography supplies the stated appointment. The department also offers an observership; an observership-specific directorship is not separately stated.
National University Hospital — Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery
Cheah graduated from NUS in 2003 and completed specialist hand surgery training in 2010. His hospital biography records an INSEAD MBA and a Stanford visiting scholarship, with interests in wrist arthroscopy, upper-limb trauma, nerve compression and surgical innovation.
Official hospital clinician profile and subspecialty team listing ↗Profile reviewed 19 Oct 2026
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Soumen Das De
Clinical faculty — hand and reconstructive microsurgery (individual fellowship appointment not confirmed)
The hospital lists this clinician in the relevant subspecialty team. This identifies the host team; individual fellowship supervision and availability require confirmation.
National University Hospital — Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery
Das De completed orthopaedic residency at NUH and a hand, wrist and elbow fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery. His biography records further hand and reconstructive microsurgical training, congenital hand experience at Great Ormond Street and a Harvard public-health master’s degree.
Official hospital clinician profile and subspecialty team listing ↗Profile reviewed 19 Oct 2026
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Chan Chung Ming
Clinical faculty — hand and reconstructive microsurgery (individual fellowship appointment not confirmed)
The hospital lists this clinician in the relevant subspecialty team. This identifies the host team; individual fellowship supervision and availability require confirmation.
National University Hospital — Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery
Chan studied medicine at NUS and completed orthopaedic residency and oncology fellowship training at Florida. His hospital biography records further hand and microsurgical fellowship training at the Kleinert Institute and Louisville before returning to Singapore in 2021.
Official hospital clinician profile and subspecialty team listing ↗Profile reviewed 19 Oct 2026
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Ellen Lee
Clinical faculty — hand and reconstructive microsurgery (individual fellowship appointment not confirmed)
The hospital lists this clinician in the relevant subspecialty team. This identifies the host team; individual fellowship supervision and availability require confirmation.
National University Hospital — Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery
Lee trained in orthopaedic surgery at the Philippine General Hospital and undertook hand surgical fellowships in Hong Kong and Singapore. Her hospital biography describes specialist hand surgery qualification in 2017 and interests in peripheral nerves, brachial plexus injuries and upper-limb function.
Official hospital clinician profile and subspecialty team listing ↗Profile reviewed 19 Oct 2026
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Lim Jin Xi
Clinical faculty — hand and reconstructive microsurgery (individual fellowship appointment not confirmed)
The hospital lists this clinician in the relevant subspecialty team. This identifies the host team; individual fellowship supervision and availability require confirmation.
National University Hospital — Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery
Lim graduated from NUS in 2009 and completed specialist hand surgical training at NUH. Her hospital biography describes wrist and sports injuries, extremity microsurgical reconstruction and nail conditions, alongside research in surgical education.
Official hospital clinician profile and subspecialty team listing ↗Profile reviewed 19 Oct 2026
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Renita Sirisena
Clinical faculty — hand and reconstructive microsurgery (individual fellowship appointment not confirmed)
The hospital lists this clinician in the relevant subspecialty team. This identifies the host team; individual fellowship supervision and availability require confirmation.
National University Hospital — Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery
Sirisena studied medicine at NUS and completed specialist hand surgery training in 2017. Her hospital biography describes degenerative hand conditions, acute hand and wrist injuries and paediatric hand conditions, alongside clinical education and multidisciplinary rehabilitation.
Official hospital clinician profile and subspecialty team listing ↗Profile reviewed 19 Oct 2026
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Ruth Tan En Si
Clinical faculty — hand and reconstructive microsurgery (individual fellowship appointment not confirmed)
The hospital lists this clinician in the relevant subspecialty team. This identifies the host team; individual fellowship supervision and availability require confirmation.
National University Hospital — Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery
Tan’s hospital biography describes hand surgery with interests in peripheral nerves, spasticity and wrist surgery. It also records clinical teaching at NUS and participation in surgical research and international medical conferences.
Official hospital clinician profile and subspecialty team listing ↗Profile reviewed 19 Oct 2026
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Lim Zhixue
Clinical faculty — hand and reconstructive microsurgery (individual fellowship appointment not confirmed)
The hospital lists this clinician in the relevant subspecialty team. This identifies the host team; individual fellowship supervision and availability require confirmation.
National University Hospital — Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery
Lim earned medical and medical-science degrees at Glasgow. His hospital biography describes specialist hand surgery, trauma and reconstruction, with research concerning reconstructive surgery, sports medicine, oncology and health policy.
Official hospital clinician profile and subspecialty team listing ↗Profile reviewed 19 Oct 2026
Profile page →Appointment evidence
Published role and affiliation
The official evidence identifies the leadership and affiliation listed below for Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery Observership (hands-off).
- Leadership as published
- Andre Cheah (Fellowship Programme Director); Sandeep Jacob Sebastin Muttath (Head of Department); additional clinical faculty listed in the department team
- Evidence reviewed
- 19 Oct 2026
- Affiliated training host
- National University Hospital — Department of Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery
Names may identify a director, supervisor, host or contact. The source wording above defines the role; reconfirm the current appointment with the programme.
Training context
Published programme focus
These areas describe the linked training programme, rather than a complete clinical biography or list of individual credentials.
Associated training route
Observership
Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery Observership (hands-off)
A short hands-off observership in the National University Hospital hand and reconstructive microsurgery department for foreign doctors, also suggested as a preview before applying for the fellowship.
- Location
- Singapore, Singapore
- Duration
- Up to 4 weeks; the page encourages a visit of one to two weeks to understand the fellowship
- Clinical participation
- Strictly observational: no direct patient care, no case notes or prescriptions and no scrubbing in for surgery
- International applicants
- Offered to foreign doctors; valid health insurance and varicella screening or immunisation are required before arrival
- Funding
- Observers arrange their own board and lodging; the department and hospital make no financial commitment or payment
- Application timing
- Not stated on the cited programme page
Programme listed — intake not confirmed
Arranged by application; no fixed intake stated
Eligibility, training and application
Eligibility
Foreign doctor submitting the application form, letter of undertaking, CV, two referee reports, passport-sized photo and medical certificates; valid health insurance and varicella screening or immunisation before arrival.
Published training
- Observation of hand and reconstructive microsurgery clinics and operations
- No hands-on patient participation
Application route
Submit the proposed start and end dates, a recent CV, two referee reports, a passport-sized photo, the application form and the letter of undertaking to the department.
Published application documents
- Proposed observership dates
- Recent CV
- Reports from two referees
- Passport-sized photo
- Application form and letter of undertaking
- Copies of undergraduate and postgraduate medical certificates
Published contact note: hand_fellowship@nuhs.edu.sg
Direct programme page · Source reviewed 19 Oct 2026
Official sources
- NUH — Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery education page ↗
- NUH — official hand and reconstructive microsurgery team ↗
- Sandeep Jacob Sebastin Muttath — Official hospital clinician profile and subspecialty team listing ↗
- Aymeric Lim Yu Tang — Official hospital clinician profile and subspecialty team listing ↗
- Alphonsus Chong — Official hospital clinician profile and subspecialty team listing ↗
- Mark Edward Puhaindran — Official hospital clinician profile and subspecialty team listing ↗
- Andre Cheah — Official hospital clinician profile and subspecialty team listing ↗
- Soumen Das De — Official hospital clinician profile and subspecialty team listing ↗
- Chan Chung Ming — Official hospital clinician profile and subspecialty team listing ↗
- Ellen Lee — Official hospital clinician profile and subspecialty team listing ↗
- Lim Jin Xi — Official hospital clinician profile and subspecialty team listing ↗
- Renita Sirisena — Official hospital clinician profile and subspecialty team listing ↗
- Ruth Tan En Si — Official hospital clinician profile and subspecialty team listing ↗
- Lim Zhixue — Official hospital clinician profile and subspecialty team listing ↗
Source review: 19 Oct 2026. Education history, additional appointments, publications and personal contact details are not added without separate official evidence.
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