Shamal Das De MBBS, FRCS, FRCS

Professor Shamal Das De specialises in disorders of the hip, knee, foot and ankle, as well as general orthopaedics. His special areas of interest are the care, rehabilitation and surgical treatment of injuries and degenerative disorders of the lower limbs including surgical expertise on total knee replacements and minimally invasive total hip joint replacements.

Professor Das De completed his medical degree at the University of Calcutta, India in 1972. He underwent his training in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Western Infirmary, Glasgow and at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, United Kingdom from 1976 to 1981. Professor Das De is actively involved in medical student teaching at NUS and was the Chief Co-ordinator of M3-M5 student medical curriculum. Presently, he is the departments' undergraduate teaching director and is involved in the teaching and admissions committee. He is a Past-President of the Singapore Orthopaedic Association, and past Vice-President of both the Asia Pacific Arthroplasty Society and the Singapore Osteoporosis Society. He was the Chairman of the Orthopaedic Specialist Training Committee (STC) and the FPTC (Faculty Promotion and Tenure Committee) at NUS and uptil recently a member of the UPTC (University Promotion and Tenure Committee).