About Dr Aneez D.B Ahmed
With experience in thoracic surgery and oncology more than 15 years, Dr Aneez is currently the Director & Senior Consultant Surgeon at the International Centre for Thoracic Surgery in Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre. Prior to his private practice, Dr Aneez was the Head of Service of Thoracic Surgery at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH).
Upon completing his cardiothoracic training at NUH, he undertook exams at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and obtained his Fellowship. Currently Dr Aneez is also appointed an examiner at the college.
Dr Aneez D.B Ahmed's passion and keen interest in robotic surgery led him train at the European College of Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS), at which, he achieved the Level III Certificate Specialist training in Robotic Thoracic Surgery, and in the ASEAN cohort, he was also the first to do so. Dr Aneez now also spearheads the training program for thoracic surgeons in ASEAN and South Asia with his experience from advanced training in Robotic Thoracic surgery in America and Europe which led to his appointment in 2016 as the Vice President of Robotic Surgical Society of Singapore (RS3), and 3 years later, got elected as the scoiety's President.
Further cementing his authority and with the international recognition of his achievements, Dr Aneez has been invited to memberships and holds board seats at various thoracic surgical groups accross the globe, and with his invaluable knowledge in minimally invasive thoracic surgery, Dr Aneez is often invited to speak at workshops and conferences around the region.
Besides his efforts in the clinic, Dr Aneez's keen passion for teaching and imparting his knowledge had led to his creation of the Advanced Thoracic Nursing Course (ATNC) at TTSH in 2010. This course has continued to train nurses from around Asia since.
As a Thoracic Surgeon, Dr Aneez's special interest in chest wall surgery also paved the way for him to become one of the the pioneers in Chest Wall Resection and Reconstruction. Dr Aneez also led the first ever 3D Printed Polymer Ribcage Reconstruction that was ever performed on a cancer patient who was just 26.
All these successes has seen the establishment of Dr Aneez's reputation globally as one of the best in thoracic surgery. Moreover, patients from around the region such as Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and even from the United Arab Emirates fly in to seek treatment from him.
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Phone: 6591 8801
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- Sudharsan Madhavan; Fazuludeen A. Akbar, Khoon Leong Chuah, Aneez D.B. Ahmed. Behind The Façade: Robotic-Assisted Resection of a Diaphragmatic Osteochondroma. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier. 2020 June; 109(6): e395 e396. doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.10.031
- Sanghoon Jheon, Aneez DB Ahmed, Vincent WT Fang, Woohyun Jung, Ali Zamir Khan, Jang-Ming Lee, Jun Nakajima, Alan DL Sihoe, Punnarerk Thongcharoen, Masahiro Tsuboi and Akif Turna. General thoracic surgery services across Asia during 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Asian Cardiovascular& Thoracic Annals. Sage Journals. 2020 May 12; 0(0) 1-7 doi: 10.1177/0218492320926886
- Uei Pua; Lawrence Han Hwee Quek, Aneez Dokev Basheer Ahmed. Embolization of a Bronchial Artery-Pulmonary Artery Arterio-Venous Malformation. Annals of Vascular Diseases. J-Global. 2019 May; 12(2): 253-255 doi.org/10.3400/avd.cr.18-00109
- Lim, Ju Yee; Yong, Enming; Aneez, Dokev Basheer Ahmed; Tham Huilian, Carol. A simple procedure gone wrong: Pneumothorax after inadvertent transbronchial nasogastric tube insertion necessitating operative management. Journal of Surgical Case Reports. BMJ Case Reports. 2019;6, 1-3; doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjz 186
- Kingsfield Ong, Chin Siang Ong, Yang Chong Chua, Ali Akbar Fazuludeen and Aneez Dokeu Basheer Ahmed. The Painless Combination of Anatomically Contoured Titanium Plates and Porcine Dermal Collagen Patch for Chest Wall Reconstruction. _Journal of Thoracic Disease. PubMed. 2018 May 10 (5): 2890-2897
_ - Kingsfield Ong, Keerthi Rajapaksha, Chin Siang Ong, Ali Akbar Fazuludeen and Aneez Dokeu Basheer Ahmed. Triple Cultures Increase the Diagnostic Sensitivity of Mycobacterial Tuberculosis Empyema. Tuberculosis Research and Treatment. PubMed. 2017 Sept 5 doi: 10.1155. 1-4
- Hide Wee, Ali Akbar Fazuludeen, Keerthi Rajapaksha, Atasha Asmat and Dokeu Basheer Aneez Ahmed. A case of pulmonary Artery Pseudoaneurysm Secondary to Epithelioid Choriocarcinoma. World Journal of Medical and Surgical case Reports 2017. npplweb. 2017 March 31 vol.8 6:4
- Dagaonkar RS, Choong CV, Asmat A, DBA Ahmed, A Chopra, AYH Lim, DYH Tai, AC Kor, SK Goh, J Abishegenadan, Verma A. Significance of co-existent granulomatous inflammation and lung cancer. Journal of Clinical Pathology. BMJ Publishing Group.2016 Sept 19 doi: 10.1136. 1-5
- Akash Verma; Akhil Chopra; YW Lee; Bharwani LD; Asmat AB; Dokeu Basheer AA; Akbar FA; Lim AY; Chotirmall SH and John Abisheganaden. Can EGFR- Tyrosine Kinase Inhabitors (TKI) Alone Without Talc Pleurodesis Prevent Recurrence of Malignant Pleural Effusion (MPE) in Lung Adenocarcinoma. Curr Drug Discov Technol. Bentham Science. 2016 June 13(2): 68-76.
- Ivan Kuang Hsin Huang; Mahendran Nadarajah; Li Tserng Teo; Dokev Basheer Ahmed Aneez Ahmed; Uei Pua. Percutaneous Coil Embolization of Traumatic Juxtacardiac Vein Pseudoaneurysm. Letters to the Editor. JVIR. 2015 May 26 (5): 755-57.
- Akash Verma; Akhil Chopra; Albert Y H Lim; Dessmon Y H Tai; Soon Keng Goh; Ai Ching Kor; Benjamin Ho; Dokeu Basheer AA; Yeo Wee Lee and John Abisheganaden. Timeliness of In-Hospital Journey of Suspected Lung Cancer Patients: From First Presentation-to-Start of Therapy. International Journal of Cancer Research and Molecular Mechanisms.SciForschen: Open Access. 2015 May 16 1(1): 1-6.
- Zhang, Wen Cai; Shyh-Chang, Ng; Yang, He; Rai, Amit; Umashankar, Shivshankar; Ma, Siming; Soh, Boon Seng; Sun, Li Li; Tai, Bee Choo; Nga, Min En; Bhakoo, Kishore Kumar; Jayapal, Senthil Raja; Nichane, Massimo; Yu, Qiang; Ahmed, Dokeu A.; Tan, Christie; Sing, Wong Poo; Tam, John; Thirugananam, Agasthian; Noghabi, Monireh Soroush; Huei Pang, Yin; Ang, Haw Siang; Mitchell, Wayne; Robson, Paul; Kaldis, Philipp; Soo, Ross Andrew; Swarup, Sanjay; Lim, Elaine Hsuen; Lim, Bing. Glycine Decarboxylase activity drives non-small cell lung cancer tumor-initiating cells and tumorigenesis. Cell. Elsevier Inc. 2012 Jan 148(1): 259-72
- Ahmed Aneez, Page R.D. The utility of intrapleural instillation of autologous blood for prolonged air leak after lobectomy. Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine. Lippincott William & Wilkins. 2008 Jul 14(4):343-7
- Elaine H Lim, Shen-Li Zhang, Kun Yu, Min-En Nga, Dokeu A Ahmed, Thirugananam Agasthian, Poo-Sing Wong, Gim-Chuah Chua, Daniel Wong, Lenny Tan, Kar-Yin Seto, Wee-See Yap, Seow-Ping Low, Kay-Leong Khoo, Alex Chang, Alan Ng, Patrick Tan. An alternative approach to determining therapeutic choices in advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC): maximizing the diagnostic procedure and the use of low-volume lung biopsies. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. Lippincott William & Wilkins. 2007 May 2(5): 387-96
- Wong P.S., Ahmed Aneez, Lee C.N..Department of CTVS, NUH, Singapore. False aneurysm in pulmonary sequestration. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Elsevier Science Inc, for STS. 2004 Oct 78(4):1477