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Dr Muntasir Mannan Choudhury

Senior Consultant Hand Surgeon

MBBS, MRCS (Glasgow), FAMS Hand Surgery (Singapore)

Dr Muntasir Mannan Choudhury, former Consultant and Service Lead of Hand, Wrist, and Microsurgery Services at Sengkang General Hospital, played a pivotal role in establishing and enhancing the hospital’s hand and wrist surgical services. His special interests include minimally invasive surgery for conditions such as arthroscopic management of wrist ligaments, bone injuries, arthritis, ganglions, and hand and wrist trauma.

About

Dr Muntasir Mannan Choudhury

Senior Consultant Hand Surgeon

MBBS, MRCS (Glasgow), FAMS Hand Surgery (Singapore)

Dr Muntasir Mannan Choudhury, former Consultant and Service Lead of Hand, Wrist, and Microsurgery Services at Sengkang General Hospital, played a pivotal role in establishing and enhancing the hospital’s hand and wrist surgical services. His special interests include minimally invasive surgery for conditions such as arthroscopic management of wrist ligaments, bone injuries, arthritis, ganglions, and hand and wrist trauma.

Dr Choudhury’s academic background includes completing his International Baccalaureate at the prestigious United World College of the Atlantic in South Wales, UK, and graduating from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, India, in 2004. He earned his MRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow in 2010, completed advanced specialist training in Hand Surgery at Singapore General Hospital (SGH), and became a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine in Singapore in 2016. In 2020, he pursued a fellowship in Minimally Invasive Hand and Wrist Surgery under the renowned Dr Jeff Ecker at the Jeff Ecker Clinic in Perth, Australia. He has conducted one of the highest numbers of successful wrist arthroscopies in the restructured hospitals, introducing several arthroscopy techniques and innovations in Singapore.

As a dedicated medical educator, Dr Choudhury serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School and a Senior Lecturer at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. He was the medical education officer for the Department of Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery at SGH and is a senior member of the Hand Surgery Exam committee. An active researcher, he has numerous publications and has pioneered several arthroscopic techniques for wrist surgery, holding one of the highest numbers of scientific papers in wrist arthroscopy in Singapore.

Dr Choudhury’s commitment to patient care has earned him several accolades, including multiple SingHealth Service Awards and four Singapore Health Quality Service Awards. He has also received the ‘You Sparkle’ Award twice. Dr Choudhury is recognized as one of the foremost Covid Heroes in healthcare, having been mentioned by Minister Tan See Leng in parliament. On 20th March 2023, he was invited to the parliament along with nearly 100 other frontliners and was given a standing ovation

Outside of his professional work, Dr Choudhury is the founder and a team leader of the Wandering Dervishes Initiative (The Wandering Dervishes | Migrant Worker Health Services), which provides linguistic-based support and free consultations to migrant workers in their native languages. The initiative has provided health consultations and screening for over 1,500 migrant workers. Outside of work, Dr Choudhury is an amateur historian with one of the largest collections of history books in Singapore, and enjoys evening runs, promoting a healthy lifestyle.

Publications
  1. Choudhury MM, Tay SC. Prospective study on the management of trigger finger. Hand Surg. 2014;19(3):393-7
  2. Choudhury MM, Tay SC. Outcome of traction tenolysis in open trigger finger release–a retrospective review. Hand Surg. 2013;18(3):375-9
  3. B Singh, RM Pandey, N D’Souza, A Anushyanthan, V Krishna*, V Gupta*, MM Choudhury. Knowledge, Attitudes and Socio-Demographic Factors Differentiating Blood Donors From Non-Donors in an Urban Slum of Delhi.Indian Journal of Community Medicine. Vol. 27, No. 3 (2002-07 – 2002-09)
  4. Mabel Qi He Leow, Aik Siew Robyn Hay, Shu Li Ng, Muntasir Mannan Choudhury, Huihua Li,Duncan Angus McGrouther and Shian Chao Tay; A randomized controlled trial comparing ketorolac and triamcinolone injections in adults with trigger digits. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2018;43(9):936-941. 
  5. Chung SR, Choudhury MM, Too SJY, et al. Microvascular anastomosis with fish-mouth suturing and adhesive sealants. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2019;72(1):137-171. 
  6. Ivan Djordjevica, OleksandrPokholenkoa, Ankur Harish Shaha, GautamaWicaksonoa, Lluis Blancafort, John V.Hanna, Samuel J.Page, Himansu Sekhar Nandaa, Chee Bing Ong, Sze RynChung, Andrew Yuan Hui Chin, Duncan McGrouther, Muntasir Mannan Choudhury, Fang Li, Jonathan Shunming Teo, Lui Shiong Lee, Terry W.J.Steele; CaproGlu: Multifunctional tissue adhesive platform. Biomaterials. 2020;260:120215. 
  7. Muntasir Mannan Choudhury, Jackson Kian Hong Jiang, Robert Tze Jin Yap. A Technique of Continuous catheter Irrigation in an Infected Wrist Joint: Improving management in septic arthritis of the wrist. J Wrist Surg 
  8. Camelia Q Y Tang, Jackson k H Jiang, Andrew Y H Chin, Muntasir M Choudhury. All Arthroscopic Foveal Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Reconstruction. J Wrist Surg
  9. Muntasir M. Choudhury, Robert T. J. Yap, Dawn S. Y. Chia, Suraj Sajeev, Ghulam S. Alizada, Jackson K. H. Jiang. Symptomatic Radial-Sided Tears of the Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex: An All-Arthroscopic Repair Using Bone Anchors. Journal of Wrist Surgery. 
  10. Christina PNG, Muntasir Mannan Choudhury, Andrew Yuan Hui Chin ; A novel technique using the dorsal capsule of the distal radioulnar joint for extensor carpi ulnaris tendon subsheath reconstruction.  J Wrist Surg 
  11. Choudhury MM, Yap RTJ, Chia DSY, Sajeev S, Jiang JKH. An All-arthroscopic Technique of Repair of Substance Tears of the Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex in Symptomatic Patients. Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg. 2023;27(3):169-174. Published 2023 Sep 1. 
  12. Muntasir Mannan Choudhury, Suraj Sajeev , Brandon Yew Bao Sheng , Dashishka Thanuranga Wijetunga , Andrew Yuan Hui Chin. Arthroscopic Wafer Procedure for Ulnar Impaction Syndrome in an Intact Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex. J Wrist Surg
  13. Muntasir Mannan Choudhury, Sandip Singh Saggi , Sze Ryn Chung , Robert Tze Jin Yap , Dawn Sinn Yii Chia , Jackson Kian Hong Jiang , Andrew Yuan Hui Chin. Arthroscopic Examination of the Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex in Galeazzi Injuries: Revisiting a Complex Injury. J Wrist Surg
  14. Nah JH, Tang CQY, Choudhury MM, Chia DSY, McGrouther DA, Jiang JKH. Secondary Intention Healing for Fingertip Amputations in a Tropical Climate. J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol. 2024 Apr;29(2):96-103.
  15. Choudhury MM, Yap RTJ, Jiang JKH, Chia DSY, Chin AYH. An All-Arthroscopic Technique of Repairing Foveal Tears of the Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Using a Bone Anchor-Repair Made Simple. Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg. 2024 Mar 1;28(1):19-25
  16. Epidemiology of Soft Tissue Tumours of the Hand and Wrist- submitted to Singapore Medical Journal – Awaiting publication in the Singapore Medical Journal

Place of Practice

Paragon Medical Centre