Mitral valve repair in Singapore

Chan Wan Xian

Heart · Singapore

Dr Chan Wan Xian is a cardiologist at Gleneagles Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Hospitals, and Parkway East Hospital, Singapore. Her clinical expertise includes heart failure and management of patients with mechanical hearts, valvular heart diseases, and cardiac imaging including echocardiography and nuclear cardiology techniques. She pursued subspecialisation training in advanced heart failure and cardiac transplantation at the Toronto University Health Network in Canada. She completed her advanced specialist training in cardiology at the National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS) in 2009. She also received training in cardiomyopathies and cardiac imaging (including nuclear cardiology imaging and echocardiography). Subsequently, Dr Chan was awarded team scholarship and pursued further training in women’s heart health services at the Mayo Clinic in USA and the Ottawa Heart Institute in Canada. She was a former senior consultant and co-director of the women’s heart health service at NUHCS. She is currently an adjunct assistant professor of the department of medicine at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in NUS. During her time at NUHCS, Dr Chan led the transitional and home care services for complex heart failure patients. She was awarded the Outstanding Collaborating Physician Award in 2016 at the National University Hospital in Singapore. The initiative also won Merit award in the Quality Improvement project (CareHub pilot project in cardiac patients) in 2016.

Heart · Singapore

Cardiologist specializing in women’s heart health, heart failure, and cardio-oncology with expertise in advanced cardiac imaging.

Dr. Jayaram Lingamanaicker

20+ years of experience · Heart · Singapore

Dr. Jayaram Lingamanaicker is a Senior Cardiology Consultant at Lifeline Heart Centre, Singapore, with over 20 years of clinical experience in cardiology and internal medicine. He specializes in interventional cardiology, with particular expertise in balloon angioplasty, coronary stenting, and advanced cardiac catheterization procedures. His clinical practice also includes echocardiography, pacemaker implantation, and comprehensive management of complex cardiovascular diseases such as coronary artery disease, heart failure, arrhythmias, and valvular heart disease. Prior to entering private practice, Dr. Jayaram served in the public healthcare sector for over a decade, where he held senior leadership roles including Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist and Head of Cardiology at Changi General Hospital. He received his medical education and specialist training in the United Kingdom, including training at the University of Oxford, and obtained his foundational medical qualification from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He subsequently spent over 12 years practicing in various hospitals, gaining broad clinical and procedural experience in cardiology. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Jayaram has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed medical publications and remains active in academic medicine as a Senior Lecturer at the National University of Singapore. He is frequently invited as a speaker at regional and international cardiology conferences across the Asia-Pacific region, reflecting his standing in the field. His clinical focus remains on interventional cardiology procedures and the management of high-risk cardiac patients requiring catheter-based and device-based therapies.

Heart · Singapore

Dr. Jeremy Chow is a Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist at Asian Heart & Vascular Centre, Singapore, with subspecialty expertise in cardiac rhythm disorders and cardiac implantable electronic devices. He previously served as Consultant Cardiologist at Changi General Hospital and is a Visiting Consultant at the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS). He was also a Clinical Lecturer at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS) from 2006 to 2013. Dr. Chow graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from NUS and completed his basic specialist training in Internal Medicine, obtaining a Master of Medicine in Internal Medicine (Master of Medicine in Internal Medicine, National University of Singapore). He became a certified cardiologist in 2010 after completing advanced specialist training in Cardiology at Changi General Hospital and NHCS. He was awarded the Health Manpower Development Plan scholarship by the Ministry of Health for advanced fellowship training in cardiac implantable electronic devices and electrophysiology in Germany, where he trained under Dr. Johannes Sperzel at Kerckhoff Klinik, Bad Nauheim. His subspecialty focus includes complex cardiac device management such as cardiac resynchronization therapy, lead extraction, and advanced pacemaker and defibrillator implantation, as well as electrophysiology procedures including ablation of atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. He is actively involved in research and clinical management of atrial fibrillation, stroke prevention, supraventricular tachycardias, and sudden cardiac death prevention. Dr. Chow is a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Singapore (Chapter of Cardiologists), Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology, Fellow of the ASEAN College of Cardiology, and a Certified Cardiac Device Specialist (Heart Rhythm Society, USA).