Dr Kamini Singh is an Anaesthesia Consultant and Pain Management Specialist.
Currently available at : IMC hospital , Jeddah , KSA
My Background
I DR Kamini Singh ventured to the KSA in 2012 as a consultant in Anesthesia and Pain Management after spending 13 years in Private Practice in Durban , South Africa doing Anaesthesia and Pain Management . I maintained my skills in both Anaesthesia , Pain and ICU by attending ongoing medical education and courses to stay up to date with the most recent advances and innovations . I completed an interesting course with Aesculap Academy affiliated with Daradia Pain Clinic ( Bengalru) to improve my interventional pain skills . My practice here in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has expanded doing interventional techniques for chronic pain as well as ultrasound guided blocks , shock wave therapy , botox injections for headaches and i recently completed a course in laser therapy in preparation for its launch soon in our Pain Clinic. Over the many years that I have worked in SAUDI ARABIA i have delivered many talks and presentations on the topic of Pain, Pain management and Anesthesia.
Below is a list of some of my work :
In -department presentations : Injuries in anesthesia-February 2013 , Pre-operative Preparation of patients (2014) , Multimodal analgesia techniques IMC Hospital , 2017
Paediatric Hot topics -March 5-7th 2013 (King Fahad Hospital)
Pain management Day : King Fahad hospital –May 2013 speaker – Role of multimodal analgesics.
Courses attended :
Pain course -WIP -Kolkatta -May 2014- AESCULAP ACADEMY AND WIP AFFILIATED - DR Gautam Das
BLS , ACLS , PALS and NRP courses all renewed and up to date 2020
Paediatric Congress -South Africa -November 2015
Pain skills update - Kolkatta -WIP affliated -March 2016
Difficult airway symposium -King Fahad hospital – April 2016
ICRA course ( India ) - Presenter and attendee – Kolkatta August 2016
2017- SASA Congress South Africa , Pain congress South Africa ,
WIP Pain Congress and workshops South Africa 2017
Pain conference - Pune India plus workshop attended 2016
Diploma strategy planning and healthcare . Saudi Arabia (2018)
ICU course -Fundamentals of Critical Care with USA affiliation
Masters in Health Care Management (2019- to date )
Presentations that I have have conducted in my training and working within South Africa are as follows:
Department of Anaesthetics - University of Natal, Durban, South Africa:
Department weekly meetings: Myasthenia Gravis in an Obstetric Patient - 1996
Marfan’s Syndrome - 1996
Pericardial Effusions - 1997
Department Journal Club presentations
Anaesthetic Update, University of Natal, in September 199
Anaesthesia for a patient with Myasthenis Gravis
Anaesthetic Update, University of Natal, in 1997: New Drugs: Rocuronium
Pain Symposium, Durban in 2001: The Good, Bad and Ugly
Chirocane Launch held in Durban and Pietermaritzburg in 2001
Pain and Regional Workshop: Paediatric Blocks in May 2003
Chaired a meeting on “Opiod Phobhia” -2003
Chaired a meeting for Roche Road Show in 2003
Speaker at the Roche Road Show, Durban in 2004
Chronic Pain Talk to General Practitioners and Specialists in October 2003
Chaired the meeting – Durban Association of Obstetrics (Kytril use in Gynaecology)
Talk –SANOFI : Nausea and Vomiting in the Obstetric and Gynaecology patients 2006
Regular talk and teaching to General Practitioners, Pharmacists and specialists in South Africa
SASA 2008:
Workshops and talks on Lower Limb Blocks, Eye blocks and sedation
Workshop on Ultra Sound and Ilioinguinal, Femoral, Iliohypogastic Nerve Blocks
Pain Focus Day – Organiser, Chair Person and Speaker:
The Pain Continuum – The Good , Bad And Ugly 2002
Presently at IMC Hospital I am an active consultant involved in resident teaching both in Anaesthesia and Pain .
South African qualified
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Degree obtained : M.B.Ch.B (Degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery)
Year : December 1989
POST GRADUATE QUALIFICATIONS
October 1992-awarded DCH (SA) - Diploma of Child Health
1993-awarded D.A (SA) – Diploma in Anaesthetics
May 1997-awarded F.C.A (SA) – Fellowship of the College of Anaesthetists of South Africa
1997 - M. Med Anaesthesia (University of Natal)
2018 -diploma in Strategy Planning in Health Care
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
LOCAL:
Health Professionals Council of South Africa: Registered as Independent Practice
Anaesthesiogy Specialist equivalent to a consultant in Saudi Arabia
Registered as Specialist Anaesthesiologist W.E.F - 29/07/1997
College of Medicine SA
Diploma of Anaesthesia – 1992 (SA )
Diploma of Child Health -1992 (SA )
Fellow of the College of Anaesthetists-1997 (SA )
South African Society of Anaesthetists
Medical Defense Membership: MPS 09/24211 – 1996
INTERNATIONAL :
General Medical Council(UK) –
Temporary registration – The NETHERLANDS (1997/1998) completed a Paediatric Anaesthesia fellowship
Temporary registration – NEWZEALAND (1999-2011) locumed Regularly for 1999-2011
Saudi Health Council and MOH ( Saudi Arabia ) to date
EMPLOYMENT : Presently at IMC HOSPITAL Jeddah , KSA (2016 – to date ) CONSULTANT ANAESTHESIA AND ACUTE AND CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT
PREVIOUS EMPLOYER : SAAD SPECIALIST HOSPITAL : Al Khobar , Saudi Arabia
EMPLOYMENT : 28/06/2012 -2016
CONSULTANT PAIN MANAGEMENT AND ANAESTHESIA
Dr K Singh at IMC Hospital
The International Medical Center Hospital adopts the mission of creating a unique model of health care with a holistic approach by healing body, mind and spirit by following international medical standards and persuing divine ethics. The hospital adopts the principle of "Healing by Design" by introducing elements that help in the healing process such as natural light in all patients' rooms and gardens all over the hospital, which create a proper healthy environment, while respecting patient’s privacy and dignity during his/her stay.