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Tay Poi Hoon
Consultant, Department of Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital (host department; individual fellowship appointment not confirmed)
The host department profile identifies this clinician. The fellowship describes consultant/faculty supervision but does not individually name its trainers; no fellowship director or personal training commitment is implied.
Dr Tay Poi Hoon is a consultant in Tan Tock Seng Hospital’s Department of Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery. Her clinical practice covers traumatic and elective hand conditions, with particular interests in microsurgical reconstruction, wrist surgery and small-joint reconstruction. The department is the service named by the associated TTSH clinical fellowship page.
Official host programme or clinician profile ↗Profile reviewed 19 Oct 2026
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Mala Satkunanantham
Senior Consultant, Department of Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital (host department; individual fellowship appointment not confirmed)
The host department profile identifies this clinician. The fellowship describes consultant/faculty supervision but does not individually name its trainers; no fellowship director or personal training commitment is implied.
Dr Mala Satkunanantham is a senior consultant at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. She graduated from NUS, completed MRCS and a Master of Medicine in Orthopaedic Surgery, and trained in hand and plastic surgery at Inselspital, University of Bern, under a 2023 Human Manpower Training and Development Fellowship. Her interests include limb reconstructive microsurgery and hand and wrist surgery.
Official host programme or clinician profile ↗Profile reviewed 19 Oct 2026
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Heng Qi Hui Bernice
Consultant, Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital (host department; individual fellowship appointment not confirmed)
The host department profile identifies this clinician. The fellowship describes consultant/faculty supervision but does not individually name its trainers; no fellowship director or personal training commitment is implied.
Dr Bernice Heng is a consultant in Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery at Tan Tock Seng Hospital and a visiting consultant at Woodlands Hospital. She completed the Hand Surgery Residency programme in 2021. Her stated interests include complex trauma, microsurgical reconstruction and nerve-related injuries, and she has clinical roles in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.
Official host programme or clinician profile ↗Profile reviewed 19 Oct 2026
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Published role and affiliation
The official evidence identifies the leadership and affiliation listed below for Clinical Fellowship in Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery.
- Leadership as published
- Tay Poi Hoon (Consultant, Department of Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital (host department; individual fellowship appointment not confirmed)); Mala Satkunanantham (Senior Consultant, Department of Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital (host department; individual fellowship appointment not confirmed)); Heng Qi Hui Bernice (Consultant, Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital (host department; individual fellowship appointment not confirmed))
- Evidence reviewed
- 19 Oct 2026
- Affiliated training host
- Tan Tock Seng Hospital
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
Clinical fellowship
Clinical Fellowship in Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery
Comprehensive subspecialty training across hand, wrist, peripheral nerve and reconstructive microsurgery, with supervised increasing responsibility.
- Location
- Singapore, Singapore
- Duration
- 6 months, with an option to extend to 12 months
- Clinical participation
- Supervised operating, clinics, ward and on-call duties
- International applicants
- Clinical Fellows require Singapore Medical Council (SMC) registration; the fellowship office advises on the process
- Funding
- Not publicly listed
- Application timing
- No fixed deadline published
Programme listed — intake not confirmed
Current position availability not confirmed
Eligibility, training and application
Eligibility
Completed specialist training in Hand Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery or Plastic Surgery (or equivalent), with interest in hand/wrist disorders and microsurgical reconstruction
Published training
- Acute and elective hand, wrist and peripheral nerve conditions
- Reconstructive and microvascular techniques; fractures, tendon/nerve reconstruction and joint procedures
- Wrist and hand arthroscopy; minimally invasive and endoscopic techniques
- Outpatient clinics, elective and emergency lists, ward rounds and night trauma/microsurgery call
- Morning teaching 2–3 times weekly; at least one scholarly or quality-improvement project encouraged
Application route
Submit the Hand Surgery Fellowship Application pre-screening form, current CV and surgical case logs to tina.lee@nhghealth.com.sg. The fellowship office advises on mandatory SMC registration.
Published application documents
- Hand Surgery Fellowship Application – Pre-Screening Form
- Updated CV
- Surgical case logs
Published contact note: tina.lee@nhghealth.com.sg
Direct programme page · Source reviewed 19 Oct 2026
Official sources
- NHG Health / TTSH — official programme page ↗
- Tay Poi Hoon — Official host programme or clinician profile ↗
- Mala Satkunanantham — Official host programme or clinician profile ↗
- Heng Qi Hui Bernice — Official host programme or clinician profile ↗
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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