Emeritus Professor Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine National University of Singapore
Clinical Appointments
Emeritus Consultant Division of Foot & Ankle Surgery Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Hospital
Qualifications
M.B.B.S., Calcutta, India
F.R.C.S. (Edinburgh), Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
F.R.C.S., England, United Kingdom
F.R.C.S. (Orth & Trauma), (Edinburgh) Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
M.Ch.Orth. (Liv), University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
F.A.M.S., Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
M.D., National University of Singapore, Singapore
Awards and Prizes
Countess of Ronaldshay Gold Medal in Surgery MBBS ,Calcutta 1971
Teaching Excellece award NUS 2001
Donald Gunn Lecture and Gold Medal 2010
Prof A K Saha Memorial Oration lecture and Gold Medalm WBOA 2012
Research Areas of Interests
Osteoarthritis of the hip in the local community
Total Joint Replacement
Hip Disorders
Foot and Ankle Disorders and Anatomy
Bone and Joint Infection
Osteoporosis and Fractures – basic science, clinical assessment & treatment
Selected Research Projects
Assessment of insufficiency fractures and incident knee osteoarthritis in pre and post-menopausal women using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry
Emeritus Prof. Shamal Das De's Selected Publications
Acetabular morphometry for determining hip dysplasia in the Singaporean population. Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research , Volume 9 , Issue 1 (2014) Avi Elbaz , Amit Mor , Ganit Segal , Yoav Aloni , Yee Hong Teo , Yee Sze Teo , Shamal Das-De , Seng Jin Yeo
Cemented Cruciate-Retaining Total Knee Arthroplasty in Osteoarthritis: A Comparison of Pegged and Stemmed Tibial Designs. The journal of knee surgery (2014) Siddharth Mahesh Shah , Andrew Quoc Dutton , Shen Liang , Geoffrey Ng , Shamal Dasde
Improving stability of locking compression plates through a design modification: a computational investigation. Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering (2013) D Anitha , Shamal Das De , Khong Kok Sun , Hitendra K Doshi , Taeyong Lee
Bicompartmental Versus Total Knee Arthroplasty for Medio-patellofemoral Osteoarthritis: A Comparison of Early Clinical and Functional Outcomes. The journal of knee surgery (2013) Siddharth Mahesh Shah , Andrew Quoc Dutton , Shen Liang , Shamal Dasde
Associations between ethnicity, body composition and bone mineral density in a south east Asian population. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (2013) Pls Yang , Y Lu , Cm Khoo , Mks Leow , Eyh Khoo , A Teo , Ys Lee , S Das De , Ys Chong , Pd Gluckman , Es Tai , K Venkataraman , Cma Ng
A subtrochanteric femoral fracture 15 years after radiotherapy: a case report. Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong) , Volume 21 , Issue 2 (2013) H Sivasubramanian , G Ee , M G Srinivasaiah , S Das De
The relationship between body mass index and physical activity levels in relation to bone mineral density in premenopausal and postmenopausal women. Archives of osteoporosis , Volume 8 , Issue 1-2 (2013) James Wee , Bo Yang Jonathan Sng , Liang Shen , Chin Tat Lim , Gurpal Singh , Shamal Das De
Administration of PTH and ibandronate increases ovariectomized rat compact bone viscoelasticity. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials , Volume 22 (2013) Xiao Yang , Swee-Hin Teoh , Shamal DasDe , Taeyong Lee
The susceptibility of the femoral neck to fracture: An assessment incorporating the effects of age-remodeling and stress reduction. Journal of biomechanics (2012) Taeyong Lee , Abhishek V Rammohan , Ally Chan , Vincent Beng Chye Tan , Shamal Das De , Thomas M Link , Felix Eckstein , Benjamin W Schafer
Femoral canal obliteration secondary to prolonged alendronate use: a case report. Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong) , Volume 20 , Issue 1 (2012) Chin Tat Lim , Tony Setiobudi , Shamal Das De
