Dr Prem Harichander Thurairajah
Gastroenterologist
Specialty
Gastroenterology
Languages
Bahasa Indonesia, English, Malay, Tamil
Gender
Male
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Key achievements
- Performed complex hepatobiliary endoscopy at the National University Hospital and the University of Kentucky, USA, where he served as a transplant hepatologist
- Spearheaded the chronic hepatitis C treatment programme at Changi General Hospital
- Served as a transplant hepatologist in the UK, USA and Singapore, and managed complex liver disease
- Completed a basic science PhD on viral hepatitis in the UK
Experience
Dr Prem Harichander Thurairajah is a gastroenterologist at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore.
He treats a wide range of gastrointestinal and liver problems such as viral hepatitis, fatty liver, liver cirrhosis, gastric and colon cancer screening, reflux disease, anaemia, irritable bowel syndrome, bloating, biliary stones and pancreatic disease.
Prior to private practice, he worked at the National University Hospital, where he managed complex liver and pancreatic conditions, and contributed to the national liver transplant programme.
Dr Thurairajah graduated from the Manipal Academy of Higher Education in India. Following medical school, he trained and worked in the UK and USA. His postgraduate training in internal medicine was at teaching hospitals in England and Wales, culminating in his admission to the Royal College of Physicians, UK. He subsequently entered specialist training in gastroenterology and hepatology at the West Midlands Deanery, UK where he honed his skills in the management of complex liver disease and liver transplantation.
Driven by his interest in hepatology, he pursued a PhD in hepatitis C. His research has been widely published in peer-reviewed journals. He later subspecialised in liver transplant medicine, completing fellowships in transplant hepatology at the liver unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, UK and in advanced hepatobiliary endoscopy at the University College London (UCL), UK. At UCL, he received training in advanced therapeutic endoscopy, including endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, endoscopic ultrasound, endoscopic stenting, percutaneous gastrostomy and complex colonic polypectomy.
Dr Thurairajah was appointed consultant transplant hepatologist at St James’s University Hospital, UK, before moving to the USA, where he served as assistant professor of medicine at the University of Kentucky’s liver transplant unit. He relocated to Singapore and joined Changi General Hospital, where he led the development of a chronic hepatitis C treatment programme and served as director of hepatology. He completed and published a clinical study on linkage to care in hepatitis C in the community. He also carried out modelling studies on hepatitis C with Singapore colleagues to help inform public policy on the elimination of hepatitis C. He has been practising medicine for more than 25 years.
He currently serves as an invited member of the national hepatitis C elimination steering committee, playing a key role in shaping public health policy in Singapore.
Dr Thurairajah’s work in community-based hepatitis C care was recognised with the Best Publication Award by the Singapore Medical Association.
Associated treatments
- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
- Diagnostic & therapeutic upper GI endoscopy
- Diagnostic & therapeutic colonoscopy & flexible sigmoidoscopy
- Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in gastrointestinal diseases
- Diagnostic & therapeutic ERCP
Research & publications
Chaillon, A., Thurairajah, P. H., Hsiang, J. C., & Martin, N. K. (2020). What is required for achieving hepatitis C virus elimination in Singapore? A modeling study. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 36(4), 1110–111
Thurairajah, P. H., Carbone, M., Bridgestock, H., Thomas, P., Hebbar, S., Gunson, B. K., Shah, T., & Neuberger, J. (2013). Late Acute Liver allograft Rejection; a study of its natural history and graft survival in the current era. Transplantation, 95(7), 955–959.
Thurairajah, P. H., Hegazy, D., Chokshi, S., Shaw, S., Demaine, A., Kaminski, E. R., Naoumov, N. V., & Cramp, M. E. (2008). Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)–Specific T Cell Responses in Injection Drug Users with Apparent Resistance to HCV Infection. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 198(12), 1749–1755.
Thurairajah, P. H., Matthew J Akiyama, Nadine Kronfli, Joaquin Cabezas, Yumi Sheehan, Richard Lines, Andrew R Lloyd (2021). Hepatitis C elimination among people incarcerated in prisons: challenges and recommendations for action within a health system framework. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 6(5), 391-400
Wong YJ, Thurairajah PH, Kumar R, et al. Efficacy and safety of sofosbuvir/velpatasvir in a real-world chronic hepatitis C genotype 3 cohort. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021;36 (5):1300-1308.
Rajvinder Singh, Yasser Maqbool Bhat, Prem Harichander Thurairajah, Mohit Pramod Shetti, Mahesh Jayanna, Garry Nind, William Tam, Russell Walmsey, Micheal Bourke, Alan Moss, Robert Chen, Peter Bampton, Ian Roberts-Thomson, Mark Schoeman, Graeme Tucker. (2013). Is narrow band imaging superior to high-definition white light endoscopy in the assessment of diminutive colorectal polyps? Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2013; Mar, 28 (3): 472 -478
Singh, R., Nordeen, N., Shanmuganathan, G., Thurairajah, P. H., & Bhat, Y. M. (2011). Role of narrow band imaging Barrett`s Oesophagus. Digestive Endoscopy, 23(s1), 83–85.
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Acorn Gastroenterology
3 Mount Elizabeth#03-10
Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre
SG 228510
Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre
SG 228510
6443 2521
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319 Joo Chiat Place #04-05
Parkway East Medical Centre
SG 427989
Parkway East Medical Centre
SG 427989
6241 4991
