Thursday, 21 March 2019
12pm to 2pm (12pm-Lunch, 1pm–Talk)
Farrer Park Medical Centre, 1 Farrer Park Station Road, Connexion #16-06, TK Low Academic Specialist Centre, Singapore 217562
GERD is a short acronym, but it is as complex a disease as it comes from its definition, management and outcome. This condition can be aptly summarized as a complex, challenging and confounding disease that many healthcare professional may encounter in their practice.
Join us at this CME Lunch Talk as we delve into what constitutes this ‘syndrome’ and touch on the principles of management from the absolutely vital changes in lifestyle to the varied medical therapy. The session will also cover the endoscopic and surgical modalities to detect, control and treat this disease, and most of all, to attempt to answer the ‘burning’ myths of this conundrum.
*This session is open to doctors and healthcare professionals only. Thank you.
Call us to register or email us at [email protected].
General Surgeon
Dr Ganesh Ramalingam graduated from National University of Singapore in 1997 and he completed his post graduate training and Fellowship with the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. He is currently a Consultant specializing in General Surgery. His subspecialty interests include Bariatric Surgery, Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, Endoscopy and Trauma.
Dr Ganesh developed the Weight Management Centre and Bariatric Surgery in Alexandra Hospital and Khoo Teck Puat Hospital since 2001 and is currently head of the Centre for Weight Loss and Metabolic Surgery in G&L Surgical Clinic. During this period, he has performed multiple procedures in Bariatric Surgery which include Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding, Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy, Laparoscopic Roux en Y Gastric Bypass and Intragastric Balloon inserted Endoscopically. This experience would also include revisional Bariatric surgery and in research. He is a founding committee member of the OMSSS (Obesity and Metabolic Surgical Society of Singapore) and a part of IFSO (International Federation for the surgery of obesity. Dr Ganesh is an ATLS (Advanced trauma and life support) instructor, teaching and lecturing trauma. He is also a member of the ELSA (Endoscopic and Laparoscopic surgeons of Asia) playing an active part in regional conference.
Dr Ganesh was part of the Faculty of the Residency Program and Proctor of the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery in Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. He was an Adjunct Assistant Professor, General Surgery at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, at National University of Singapore and was active as a lecturer and examiner.
In the Singapore Armed Forces, Dr Ganesh served in the Commando Unit since 1999 as a Commando Medical Officer during both his National Service and as National Serviceman. He is part of the Football Association of Singapore Medical Committee and is the match doctor for the Singapore National Team.
Outside of his work commitments, Dr Ganesh has also been on voluntary Humanitarian Efforts at Banda Aceh after the tsunami and Jogjakarta for the earthquake relief mission. He also has special research interests in Trauma, Critical Care, Advanced Laparoscopy and Bariatrics and published 15 original articles in various peer review journals and more than 60 poster and oral presentations at conferences to date.
