Dr Ananda Vella – Orthopaedic Surgeon In Singapore

Dr Ananda Vella is is the CEO and Medical Director, as well as Lead Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at OrthoCare – Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in Singapore with over 20 years of medical experience. He is a Swiss-double-fellowship-trained and MOH board-accredited orthopaedic specialist surgeon who specialises in lower limb conditions, including the foot and ankle, knee and hip, and all types of sports injuries and fractures.

In 2003, Dr Ananda graduated from the National University of Singapore. He pursued his postgraduate training in Orthopaedic Surgery in Singapore and obtained his fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh. Dr Ananda has also obtained a Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine from the NTU Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore, and is the first orthopaedic clinic to be exercise medicine certified.

Dr Ananda remains at the forefront of medical advances, having performed the 1st lateral total ankle replacement surgery in Southeast Asia for ankle arthritis.

Dr Ananda received many awards in the field including the Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) Award in 2016 for “The Way Forward in Delivering World Class Care in Foot and Ankle Surgery” which enabled him to pursue his fellowship training under world-renowned orthopaedic surgeons at the Inselspital Bern University Hospital and Kantonspital Baselland, Switzerland.

Dr Ananda also enjoys sharing his knowledge by teaching medical students at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Duke-Nus Medical School, as well as orthopaedic surgery residents and family medicine trainees.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Dr Ananda’s academic qualifications include:

• MBBS (Singapore)
• MRCS (Edin)
• MMED (Ortho)
• FRCSED (Orthopaedics & Trauma)
• G. DIP (Sports Medicine)

CLINICAL EXPERTISE

Dr Ananda’s expertise includes minimally invasive surgery (MIS) techniques for foot and ankle sprains and deformities such as flat feet, heel pain or bunion (hallux valgus) corrections, various ligament and meniscus injuries of the knee, all types of hip and knee replacements, various upper limb conditions of the neck, shoulder, back and hand, as well as to treat all fractures. He is also well versed in the use of arthroscopic (keyhole) surgery to address sports ligament injuries and adept in the all-inside (knotless) technique for the Bostrom Gould Reconstruction for ankle instability. 

Dr Ananda is also ROSA-certified to perform Robotic-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty for patients with painful knee arthritis. Dr Ananda has further developed and uses his own in-house AI technology, sports medicine testing and hosts a gait analysis lab to better diagnose and assist patients towards the right treatment choices and outcomes.

Dr Ananda remains at the forefront of medical advances, having performed the 1st lateral total ankle replacement surgery in Southeast Asia for ankle arthritis.

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS & COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS

Dr Ananda holds the following appointments and committee memberships:

• Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK
• Master of Medicine (Orthopaedics), National University of Singapore
• Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (Orthopaedics), UK

Articles reviewed by Dr Ananda Vella can be found here.

AWARDS

Dr Ananda won awards in the medical field and received commendations, including:

• 10 years Long Service Award Singhealth 2015
• Professor N Balachandran Lectureship Award 2013
• Best Houseman Award in Changi Hospital in 2004
• SINDA Academic Excellence Award A levels 1998
• SINDA Academic Excellence Award O levels 1996
• HMDP Award for Fellowship Training in Basel and Bern Inselspital, Switzerland

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