Our Cardiologist
Dr Dinesh NAIR
Consultant Cardiologist
Medical Director
MBBCH.BAO (Ireland),
MRCP (UK),
FAMS (Cardiology Singapore)
FRCP (Edinburgh),
FRCP (London),
FACC (USA),
FCCP (USA)
FSCAI (USA),
FESC (Europe)
Medical Background
Dr Dinesh Nair has been in medical practice for 25 years and in the specialist area of Cardiology for more than 20 years. He admits and manages patients primarily in Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital where his clinic is based.
He graduated from the National University of Ireland. He worked in Ireland and the United Kingdom (UK) before returning to Singapore to complete his Cardiology Advanced Specialty Training at the National Heart Centre (NHC). He also trained under Prof Eberhard Grube, one of the Pioneers of Interventional Cardiology, at the Helios Heart Centre, Siegburg in Germany, under a Singapore Government HMDP Scholarship. He worked as Cardiologist at National Heart Centre and Tan Tock Seng Hospital before moving to Private Practice in 2009. He remains a Visiting Consultant at the National Heart Centre, Singapore.
Cardiac Specialty
Dr Nair’s subspecialty is Interventional Cardiology and in particular Complex Angioplasty / Stenting procedures. He performs the majority of Angioplasty procedures (Ballooning and Stenting) via the Radial Artery, as it significantly reduces the risk of bleeding and other complications. He is experienced with complex techniques including intravascular imaging such as Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS), Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging and Rotablation as well as Lithotripsy.
Academia
He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine of Singapore, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Royal College of Physicians of London, American College of Cardiology, European Society of Cardiology and the American Society of Cardiac Angiology and Intervention.
He is a Council Member of the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) and is Chairman of the FAS medical committee and is an accredited Sports Medicine Specialist by the American College of Sports Medicine. He is a member of the Chapter of Cardiology of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (AMS) and the Singapore Cardiac Society (SCS).
Dr Nair is fluent in English, Malay and Bahasa Indonesia. He also has a working understanding of German, Malayalam and Tamil. He has published scientific papers and has a keen interest in teaching and research and travels overseas to give lectures to doctors and the public in addition to speaking in the local lecture circuit.