Academic Staff
Dinesh Kumar, Srinivasan
(PhD; MS; MBBS)
Deputy Education Director, Department of Anatomy, NUS
Tel: +65 6601 5996
Email: dineshkumar@nus.edu.sg
Office: MD10 #04-01Q
Education / Research Interests
- Nanotheranostics Strategies for Bone Regeneration, Skin Wound Healing and Cardiovascular Diseases
- Teaching Pedagogy, Blended Learning, Curriculum Development, Mixed Reality for Medical Education
Current Projects
- Higher Education Pedagogy and Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL)
- ChatGPT Applications in Healthcare
- Continuing Education & Training (CET)
Areas of Collaborative Research
- Investigating the role of co-expression of truncated O-GalNAc glycans and calcium sensing receptor in parathyroid neoplasms with Asst/Prof Parameswaran Rajeev (National University Hospital) and A/Prof Verma Navin Kumar (Nanyang Technological University)
- Electron microscopy studies in heart failure with Assoc Prof Manvendra K Singh, Duke-NUS
Selected Publications
- Sule AA, Poh KK and Srinivasan DK (2024). Role of ChatGPT in Interventional Cardiology. SMJ [Online ahead of print]
- Pang ASR, Dinesh T, Pang NYL, Dinesh V, Pang KYL, Yong CL, Lee SJJ, Yip GW, Bay BH and Srinivasan DK (2024). Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Systems for the Targeted Treatment of Atherosclerosis. Molecules 29 (12), 2873. [PubMed]
- Sim TM and Srinivasan DK (2024). Zinc-Based Therapeutic Approach for Diabetes Mellitus. Zinc, 1st Edition, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Inc, 100-113. [PubMed]
- Pang ASR, Dinesh V, Pang NYL, Dinesh T, Pang KYL, Yip GW, Bay BH and Srinivasan DK (2024). Precision medicine in myocardial infarction: Nanotheranostic strategies. Nano Select, 5, 2300127. [PubMed]
- Lin AJ and Srinivasan DK (2024). ChatGPT in Anatomy Teaching and Learning: A Review. AJSER 3(3), 163. [PubMed]
- Zheng V, Rajeev R, Pinto D, de Jong MC, Srinivasan DK and Parameswaran R (2023). Variant anatomy of non-recurrent laryngeal nerve: when and how should it be taught in surgical residency?. Langenbecks Arch Surg 408, 185. [PubMed]
- Shyamasundar S, Ramya S, Kandilya D, Srinivasan DK, Bay BH, Ansari SA and Dheen ST (2023). Maternal Diabetes Deregulates the Expression of Mecp2 via miR-26b-5p in Mouse Embryonic Neural Stem Cells. Cells. 12(11):1516. [PubMed]
- Srinivasan DK, Taranikanti V, Inuwa IM (2022). Can Simulation be a Learning and Assessment Tool for Collaborative Learning in the Preclinical Years? FASEB journal; 36, S1 [PubMed]
- Inuwa IM, Srinivasan DK, Taranikanti V (2022). Maximizing Opportunities for Anatomy Learning: Use of Authentic OSPE as Part of Assessment in Anatomy. FASEB journal; 36, S1 [PubMed]
- Taranikanti V, Srinivasan DK, Inuwa IM (2022). Fostering Students Collaborative Learning through Innovative Integrated Assessments in a Laboratory Setting. FASEB journal; 36, S1 [PubMed]
- Koh ZJ, Yeow M, Srinivasan DK, Ng YK, Ponnamperuma GG, Chong CS (2021). A randomized trial comparing cadaveric dissection and examination of prosections as applied surgical anatomy teaching pedagogies. Anat Sci Edu; 30 Dec [Online ahead of print] [PubMed]
- Srinivasan DK, Chandrika M, Jayabharathi K, Dheen ST, Bay BH, Parameswaran R (2021). Embryology and Surgical Anatomy of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands, Endocrine Surgery: A South Asian Perspective CRC Press, Francis & Taylor Inc [PubMed]
- Srinivasan DK, Tay SSW (2021). Anatomy of the nasopharynx and nasopharyngeal swab procedure for Diagnosis of Covid-19. Handbook of Pandemic Management: 82-94. [PubMed]
- Gandhimathi C; Sundarrajan S; Matsuura T; Srinivasan DK; Wei H; Xuecheng D; Ramakrishna S. Fabrication and characterization of high flux poly(vinylidene fluoride) electrospun nanofibrous membrane using amphiphilic polyethylene-block-poly(ethylene glycol) copolymer (2021). J ApplPolym Sci; 138: e50296. [PubMed]
- Srinivasan DK (2020). Medical Students' Perceptions and an Anatomy Teacher's Personal Experience Using an e-Learning Platform for Tutorials During the Covid-19 Crisis. Anat Sci Educ; 13(3): 318-319.[PubMed]
- Bay BH, Tay SSW, Srinivasan DK (2020). Facilitating Small Group Learning. L.K. Chan and W. Pawlina (eds.), Teaching Anatomy: A Practical Guide, Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2020, 133-141. [PubMed]
- Ezhilarasu H; Vishalli D; Dheen ST; Bay B-H; Srinivasan DK (2020). Nanoparticle-Based Therapeutic Approach for Diabetic Wound Healing. Nanomaterials; 10(6): 1234.[PubMed]
- Sim TM; Tarini D; Dheen ST; Bay BH; Srinivasan DK (2020). Nanoparticle-Based Technology Approaches to the Management of Neurological Disorders. Int J Mol Sci; 21(17): 6070.[PubMed]
- Cibi DM; Bi-Lin KW; Shekeran SG; Sandireddy R; Tee N; Singh A; Wu Y; Srinivasan DK; Kovalik J-P; Ghosh S, Seale P, Singh MK (2020). Prdm16 Deficiency Leads to Age-Dependent Cardiac Hypertrophy, Adverse Remodeling, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, and Heart Failure. Cell Reports; 33(3): 108288.[PubMed]
- Das NS; Dheen ST; Ling EA; Bay BH; Srinivasan DK (2019). Therapeutic Prospects in Preeclampsia - A Mini-Review. Current Medicinal Chemistry; 26(25): 4786-4798.[PubMed]
- Gandhimathi C; Quek YJ; Ezhilarasu H; Ramakrishna S; Bay B-H; Srinivasan DK (2019). Osteogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells with Silica-Coated Gold Nanoparticles for Bone Tissue Engineering. Int J Mol Sci; 20(20): 5135.[PubMed]
- Ezhilarasu H; Ramalingam R; Dhand C; Lakshminarayanan R; Sadiq A; Gandhimathi C; Ramakrishna S; Bay BH; Venugopal JR; Srinivasan DK (2019). Biocompatible Aloe vera and Tetracycline Hydrochloride Loaded Hybrid Nanofibrous Scaffolds for Skin Tissue Engineering. Int J Mol Sci; 20(20): 5174. [PubMed]
- Gandhimathi C; Venugopal JR; Ramakrishna S; Srinivasan DK (2018). Electrospun-electrosprayed hydroxyapatite nanostructured composites for bone tissue regeneration. J ApplPolym Sci; 135(42): 46756.[PubMed]
- Gandhimathi C; Muthukumaran P; Srinivasan DK (2017) Nanofiber composites in cardiac tissue engineering. Nanofiber Composites for Biomedical Applications. 411 – 453. [PubMed]
- Suriyanto; Ng EYK; Kumar SD (2017). Physical mechanism and modeling of heat generation and transfer in magnetic fluid hyperthermia through Neelian and Brownian relaxation: a review. BioMed Eng OnLine; 16: 36.[PubMed]
- Lim JP; Baeg GH; Srinivasan DK; Dheen ST; Bay BH (2017). Potential adverse effects of engineered nanomaterials commonly used in food on the miRNome. Food Chem Toxicol; 109: 771-779.[PubMed]
- Dhand C, Venkatesh M, Barathi VA, Harini S, Bairagi S, Goh Tze Leng E, Muruganandham N, Low KZW, Fazil MHUT, Loh XJ, Srinivasan DK, Liu SP, Beuerman RW, Verma NK, Ramakrishna S (2017). Bio-inspired crosslinking and matrix-drug interactions for advanced wound dressings with long-term antimicrobial activity. Biomaterials; 138: 153-168.[PubMed]
- YH Ong, WCA Koh, ML Ng, Zhi Yang Tam, SC Lim, Bernhard O Boehm, Adult‐Onset Autoimmune Diabetes Mellitus Consortium (ADAMS)..DK Srinivasan, CF Sum, ES Tai, ZY Tam, WE Tan, S Tavintharan, MP Toh (2017). Glutamic acid decarboxylase and islet antigen 2 antibody profiles in people with adult-onset diabetes mellitus: a comparison between mixed ethnic populations in Singapore and Germany. Diabet. Med; 32: 1145–1153.[PubMed]
- Suriyanto; Ng EYK; Say XJ; Ng CED; Yan XS; Kumar SD (2016). Quantitative means for differentiating renal obstruction by analysing renography by compartmental modelling of renal fluid flow rate. Nuclear Medicine Communications; 37(9): 904-910.[PubMed]
- Tham AY; Gandhimathi C; Praveena J; Venugopal JR; Ramakrishna S; Kumar SD (2016). Minocycline Loaded Hybrid Composites Nanoparticles for Mesenchymal Stem Cells Differentiation into Osteogenesis. Int J Mol Sci; 17(8): 1222.[PubMed]
- Jayaraman P; Gandhimathi C; Venugopal JR; Ramakrishna S; Srinivasan DK (2016). Minocycline Hydrochloride Entrapped Biomimetic Nanofibrous Substitutes for Adipose-Derived Stem Cells Differentiation into Osteogenesis. Regen Eng Transl Med; 2: 10–22.[PubMed]
Honours & Awards
- 2024 The World’s Top 2% of Highly Cited Researcher
- 2024 NUS Outstanding Undergraduate Research Prize (OURP) for UROP Project
- 2024 Hind Rattan Award (Jewel of India) by the NRI Welfare Society of India
- 2023 The World’s Top 2% of Highly Cited Researcher
- 2023 NUS Medicine Mentees’ Choice Award
- 2022 The World’s Top 2% of Highly Cited Researcher
- 2022 NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award (ATEA) - University Level
- 2022 Commendation Letter, Dean of Students, National University of Singapore
- 2022 NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Teaching Excellence Award(Individual) for AY2020/2021
- 2021 NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Teaching Excellence Award(Individual) for AY2019/2020
- 2020 NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Teaching Excellence Award(Individual) for AY2018/2019
- 2020 NUHS Teaching Excellence Award
- 2020 NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Fortitude Award
- 2020 NUS Medical Education Grand Innovation Challenge (MEGIC) Award – 2ndPrize
- 2017 Medical Research Excellence Award, iCiAsT, NTU
- 2015 Long Service Award, Service to Education, MOE
- 2014 SHBC Best Poster Award (Silver), Health Professions Education
- 2014 Young Investigator Award (Silver), Basic Science/Translational Research
- 2014 Favorite Faculty Award, LKC Medicine, NTU
- 2012 Reviewer Recognition Award, Singapore Medical Journal
- 2011 Pewter Award, Service to Education, MOE
- 2009-10 Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Inst, Cleveland, OH, USA
- 2010-11 Fellowship, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
- 2009 AAA Postdoctoral Travel & Poster Awards, EB2009, USA
- 2008 Appreciation Letter, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
- 2006 Appreciation Letter, Vice Dean (Education), NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
- 2004 Travel Scholarship, 8th Asia Pacific Electron Microscopy Conference, Kanazawa, Japan
- 2002 Appreciation Letter, CEO, NUH
- 1997-1999 NUS Graduate Research Scholarship
Other Appointments
- Lead for Continuing Education & Training (Anatomy), NUS Medicine (2018 - Present)
- Medical Science Lead for CVS, NUS Medicine (2017 - Present)
- Master Mentor, HUMILITAS, NUS Medicine (2024 - Present)
- Resident Advisor (RAD), OSA, NUS (2024 - Present)
- Advisor (HealthX), OSA, NUS (2024 - Present)
- Committee Member, Curriculum Implementation Taskforce Committee, NUS Medicine (2017 - Present)
- Committee Member, Combined Phase I & II Committee, NUS Medicine (2023 - Present)
- Committee Member, Phase I Examination and Assessment, NUS Medicine (2017 - Present)
- Committee Member, Phase I Modified Angoff Committee, NUS Medicine (2019 - Present)
- Committee Member, Collaborative Learning Cases, NUS Medicine (2017 - Present)
- Coordinator, Phase I CAMS, NUS Medicine (2017 - 2022)
- Mentor, Caritas House, NUS Medicine (2019 - 2024)
- Committee Member, Phase I, NUS Medicine (2017 - 2021)
- Associate Director (Temasek Hall), Office of Alumni Relations, NUS (2017 - 2023)
- Resident Fellow, Temasek Hall, NUS (2017 - 2024)
- Vice-Chairperson, Lianhua Primary School Advisory Committee, MOE (2006 - 2023)
- Founding Lead (Anatomy), Co-Lead (Human Structure and Function), LKC Medicine, NTU (2012 to 2016)
- Assistant Dean (Exams and Assessments), LKC Medicine, NTU (2012 to 2014)
Professional Organizations
- President, Singapore Chapter of NRI Welfare Society, Singapore
- Council Member, Singapore Neuroscience Association
- Member, American Association for Anatomy, USA
- Member, Microscopy Society (Singapore)
- Specialty Editor, Singapore Medical Journal
- Editor, International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS)
- Editor, BMC Medical Education
- Editor, AI in Surgery, Journal of Innovation and Emerging Technologies (JIET)
- Associate Editor, Journal of Medical Imaging and Health Informatics
- Editorial Board, Annals of Clinical Cytology and Histology
- Editorial Board, Journal of Cytology and Tissue Biology
- Editorial Board, Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University