Dr Shenthilkumar S Naidu

• Specialty

  • Plastic Surgery

• Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, National University of Singapore
  • Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  • Master of Medicine (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery), National University of Singapore
  • Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (Plastic Surgery)

• Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Mandarin
  • Tamil

Background

• Dr Shenthilkumar Naidu is a plastic surgeon practising at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, Singapore. His main clinical interests are cosmetic surgery of the face and body.
• Dr Shenthilkumar specialises in procedures including korean-style double eyelid creation (double suture twisted technique), scarless eyebag removal, short incision breast augmentation, 4D micro-nano fat grafting, Columbia 4D high definition Vaser liposuction and fat transfer, short scar tummy tuck, and korean-skilled rhinoplasty.
• Dr Shenthilkumar, popularly known as Dr Shens, is a Ministry of Health accredited Consultant Plastic Surgeon. He graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1998. After completing his basic training in surgery, he became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2002.
• It was during his basic surgical training that Dr Shenthilkumar was first exposed to the fascinating specialty of plastic surgery. This spurred him to undergo the advanced specialty training in plastic and reconstructive surgery at the National University Hospital. Dr Shens also went on to acquire many Korean surgical techniques for enhancing the beauty of the individual. He has since adapted his learnings to suit the local culture in Singapore, and modified it with higher precision surgical skills.
• Upon completing his training and returning to Singapore, Dr Shenthilkumar was accredited as a specialist in plastic surgery and practised as a consultant plastic surgeon in Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH). He has since ventured into private practice at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital while maintaining his status as a visiting consultant to TTSH. He is also a clinical lecturer in plastic surgery at the faculty of medicine in NUS.
• Dr Shenthilkumar was awarded the prestigious National Medical Research Council grant for his research in 2005, and won the young investigator’s award in the Singapore-Malaysia Congress. His research has been presented at international medical conferences and published in high impact peer-reviewed journals such as Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Dr Shenthilkumar has been invited to speak in various regional and international conferences about double eyelid creation.

Awards

• Awarded the Health Manpower Development Programme Scholarship for training in plastic surgery and the subspecialty of Reconstructive and Aesthetic at the Hanyang University Hospital located in Korea
• Awarded the prestigious National Medical Research Council grant for research in 2005
• Won the young investigator’s award in the Singapore-Malaysia Congress