Dr. Baldev Singh obtained wide range of experience in the Departments of Accident and Emergency, Otolaryngology, Paediatrics and Anaesthesia at the Singapore General Hospital before being appointed as trainee lecturer in University Department of Medicine.
Dr. Singh was previously an Associate Editor of the Singapore Medical Journal and the Vice-Chairman of the Singapore National Heart Association and is currently a member of the Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee for Hypertension, Ministry of Health, Singapore. He has been awarded the Long Service Medal of the Singapore Medical Association and People’s Association, as well as the Long Service and Good Service Medals of the Singapore Armed Forces.
Dr. Baldev Singh graduated from the University of Singapore with Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. He then obtained his Masters of Medicine from the School of Postgraduate Medical Studies, University of Singapore. He subsequently obtained Membership of the Royal College of Physicians at Edinburgh and was attached to the Department of Cardiology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
He returned to Singapore and after further working experience was appointed Fellow in Cardiology at Kettering Medical Centre, Dayton, Ohio State, USA where he trained in invasive and interventional cardiology. He was appointed Clinical Tutor at Wright State University, Dayton Ohio USA.
He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine of Singapore, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.
In addition to being an established cardiologist, Dr. Singh is also a specialist in intensive care medicine.
Dr. Singh's specialty interests are internal medicine, interventional cardiology and preventive cardiology.
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