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Dr Amar is an Associate Consultant from the Department of Cardiology at National Heart Centre Singapore and Changi General Hospital. His clinical interest is in interventional cardiology and he has a passion for medical education.
Languages Spoken
English
Education and Training
Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom, MRCP (UK), 2020
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, MBChB (Edinburgh), 2016
Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships
Associate Consultant, Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore, June 2025 - Present
Awards
Winner, American College of Cardiology FIT Jeopardy International 2025
Shining Hearts Award 2024
Inspiring Resident Educator 2024
British Medical Association Young Author’s Award 2019
Service with a Heart Award 2016
Publications
Transcatheter closure of a coronary artery to pulmonary artery fistula with two sequential giant aneurysms
Uy FM, Vaswani A, Tay KH, Lim ST, Yap J
J Invasive Cardiol 2024 Mar 4. Doi: 10.25270/jic/24.00024
Identifying and Solving Gaps in Pre- and In-Hospital Acute Myocardial Infarction Care in Asia-Pacific Countries
Tern PJW, Vaswani A, Yeo KK
Korean Circ J, 2023 Sep 53 (9): 594-605.
Prevalence, determinants, and clinical associations of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin in patients attending emergency departments
KK Lee, Noaman A, Vaswani A, Gibbins M, Griffiths M, Chapman AR, Strachan FE, McAllister D, Newby DE, Gray AJ, Mills NL, Shah ASV
The American Journal of Medicine 132, Oct 2018
Patient selection for high sensitivity cardiac troponin testing and diagnosis of myocardial infarction: prospective cohort study;
ASV Shah, Sandoval Y, Noaman A, Sexter, A, Vaswani A, Smith SW, Gibbins M, Griffiths, M, Chapman AR, Strachan FE, Anand A, Denvir M, Adamson, P, D’Souza M, Gray AJ, McAllister DA, Newby DE, Apple FS, Mills NL
BMJ, 2017 359:j4788
High Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I at presentation in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome: a cohort study
Shah ASV, Anand A, Sandoval Y, Lee KK, Smith SW, Adamson P, Chapman AR, Langdon T, Sandeman D, Vaswani A, Strachan FE, Ferry A, Stirkazer AG, Reid A, Gray AJ, O Collinson P, McAllister D, Apple FS, Newby DE, Mills NL
The Lancet 386, October 2015
Books
Cardiology in a Heartbeat 2e, 2022
Medicine in a Minute, 2016
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