Clin Asst Prof Kamalesh Anbalakan

​Clinical Assistant Professor Kamalesh Anbalakan is a Consultant with the Department of Cardiology at the National Heart Centre Singapore.

His clinical subspecialty interest is in critical care medicine, advanced heart failure, transplant cardiology and echocardiography.

• Membership of the Royal College of Physicians, MRCP (UK), 30/6/2017
• Master of Medicine, M.Med (Internal Medicine), Singapore, 30/6/2017
• MBBS(hons) National University of Singapore 30/4/2015

• Consultant, Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore, May 2024 - Present 
  
• Clinical Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School, 30 October 2024 - Present
• Internal Medicine Core Faculty, January 2023 - Present 
  
• SingHealth Code Blue Committee, January 2023 - Present 
  
• ​Associate Consultant, Department of Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore, March 2022 - April 2024
• Clinical Educator, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, 1 January 2021 - Present
• Clinical Educator, Yong Loo Lin School Of Medicine, 4 July 2018 - Present
• Chief Resident Cardiology, National Heart Centre Singapore, July 2020 - June 2021
• Singhealth Associate in Education, SingHealth, 1 September 2017 - Present
• Director, SGH PACEs Course 2018, SingHealth, 1 July 2017 - 31 December 2018
• Course Director, Cadence Programme, SingHealth, 1 July 2017- 3 July 2018
  

• Outstanding Resident, Cardiology Senior Residency, SingHealth, 2021
• Certificate of Commendation, Singapore Chief Residency Programme, SingHealth, 2019
• Outstanding Resident, Internal Medicine Residency, SingHealth, 2018
• Inspiring Resident Educator Award, Internal Medicine Residency, SingHealth, 2018
• Outstanding Resident Award, Internal Medicine Residency, SingHealth, 2016
• Best House Officer, SingHealth, 2016
• NUS Junior Doctor Teaching Award, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 2015
• First Class Honours, MBBS, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 2015
• Dean's List, MBBS, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2015

• Anbalakan K, Xinzhe JC, Ruth DA et al. Preparing for the European Examination in Core Cardiology (Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology Exit Examinations. Journal of Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology. 2023;2:e16. https://doi.org/10.15420/japsc.2022.40
  
• Anbalakan K, Chew KM, Loh JK, Sim D, Lai SH, Teo Look Yee L. Contemporary review of heart transplant immunology and immunosuppressive therapy. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare. 2022;31. doi:10.1177/20101058221138840
  
• ​Yap J, Anbalakan K, Tay WT, Ting D, Cheung CY, Sabanayagam C, Cheng CY, Wong TY, Yeo KK. Impact of type 2 diabetes and microvascular complications on mortality and cardiovascular outcomes in a multiethnic Asian population. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2021 Jul;9(1):e001413. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2020-001413. PMID: 34244217; PMCID: PMC8268896