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Amit KANSAL

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept of Biomedical Informatics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS 

Brief Introduction

Dr Amit Kansal, FCICM (Australia/New Zealand), MD - Anesthesia (Delhi), is currently working as a Senior Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH), Jurong Health Campus (JHS), NUHS, since 2014. He has been appointed as Adj Asst Prof with Dept of Biomedical Informatics, NUS since 2022. He had been the NUHS co-lead for clinical decision support group and Reporting and Data Analysis functional group for Next Generation EMR implementation.

He have been an active supporter of clinical quality initiative activities to ensure highest standards of clinical care. His areas of interest include Cost effectiveness in critical care, role of HFNC therapy in respiratory failure - especially post-extubation HFNC failure, and rapid response systems – care of deteriorating patients on wards. His recent notable publications include Machine Learning Methodologies for outcome prediction and optimization of BPA alerts to reduce alert fatigue among clinicians.

Dr Kansal is a keen educator. He is actively involved in Simulation-based teaching and is a facilitator for Simulation-faculty Development. Additionally, he is an instructor for many internationally recognized courses – ATLS, ‘BASIC’ & ‘Beyond BASIC’ (Advanced course in Nephrology, Airway & Mechanical Ventilation’ course) – ‘Basic Assessment and support in Intensive Care’. He is actively involved in multidisciplinary teaching activities involving doctors, nurses, allied health as well as teaching initiatives internationally in India, Sri Lanka, Philippines, and Australia.

Additional Appointments 

Senior Consultant (Intensive Care)
July 2019 - Present
Ng Teng Fong General Hospital / Previously Alexandra Hospital (Jurong Health Service), Singapore

Supervisor of Training - CICM (Australia & NZ)
NTFGH, Jurong Health
2015 - Present

Profession Education & Qualifications 
  • Fellowship of College of Intensive Care Medicine (FCICM) of Australia & New
    Zealand (2005-2011)
  • MD (Anesthesiology) (2002-2005)
    University College of Medical Sciences & Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi,
    India (Delhi University, Delhi, India)
  • MBBS (1995-2000)
    University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India (Delhi University)
Teaching Areas & Research Interests
Journals & Publications