Education Qualifications: MBBS, MRCS (Edinburgh), MMed (Surgery), FRCS (Edinburgh)
Dr Natascha Putri is a consultant Head and Neck Surgeon with the Division of Surgery and Surgical Oncology, chiefly practicing at the National Cancer Centre Singapore and Singapore General Hospital.
After obtaining her specialist qualification in General Surgery, she continues to hone her interest in Head and Neck Cancers, Thyroid and Parathyroid diseases. She pursued subspecialty clinical training at the SingHealth-Duke NUS Head and Neck Centre (2017-2018) concomitantly with the IFHNOS Global Online Fellowship Program. She has also completed a clinical fellowship at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, USA (2019-2020).
Deeply passionate about medical education, Assistant Professor Putri is actively involved in pre-clinical and clinical planning and teaching at all three medical schools in Singapore. She is the Associate Program Director for the SingHealth Post-Graduate Year 1 (PGY1) Residency Program, and Fellowship Director at the SingHealth Duke-NUS Head and Neck Centre. She is a strong proponent of inter-professional collaborative learning, and holds teaching appointments with oral maxillofacial surgery residency as Visiting Consultant in Khoo Teck Puat Hospital and NUS Faculty of Dentistry.
Awards:
- Singapore Health Quality Service Awards (Star Award), 2022
- SingHealth Residency Outstanding Faculty Award, 2021/2022
- Singapore Health Quality Service Awards 2021 (Hero Award), 2020/2021
- SingHealth Long Service Award (10 years), 2019/2020
- Dean’s Teaching Award, National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 2015/2016
- Outstanding Resident Representative, SingHealth General Surgery Residency, 2012/2013
- Best Resident Award, SingHealth General Surgery Residency, 2011-2013
- Meritorious House Officer Award, National University of Singapore, 2010/2011
- Best House Officer Award, Changi General Hospital, 2010
- First Mekie Book Prize, National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 2015/2016
Leadership positions / roles in Education:
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, NUS Faculty of Dentistry
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School
- Clinical Lecturer, NUS YLL School of Medicine
- Adjunct Teaching Faculty, NTU LKC School of Medicine
- Education & Fellowship Director, SingHealth Duke-NUS Head and Neck Centre
- Associate Program Director, SingHealth PGY1 Residency Program
- Education Supervisor, SGH General Surgery (2017-2019)
- Physician Faculty, SingHealth General Surgery Residency Program (2017-present)
Selected Publications:
1. Hao Li, Marlena McGill, Natascha Putri, Avery Yuan, Richard J. Wong, Snehal G. Patel, Ian Ganly. Margin Status, Local Control and Disease-specific Survival in Surgically Resected Parotid Carcinomas with Parapharyngeal Extension. Head & Neck. May 2021. doi: 10.1002/hed.26730
2. Lek SM, Li K, Tan QX, Shannon NB, Ng WH, Hendrikson J, Tan JWS, Lim HJ, Chen Y, Koh KKN, Skanthakumar T, Kwang XL, Chong FT, Leong HS, Tay G, Putri NE, Lim TKH, Hwang JSG, Ang MK, Tan DSW, Tan NC, Tan HK, Kon OL, Soo KC, Iyer NG, Ong CJ. Pairing a prognostic target with potential therapeutic strategy for head and neck cancer. Oral Oncol. 2020 Dec;111:105035. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.105035. Epub 2020 Oct 19. PMID: 33091845.
3. A Tan, NG Iyer, N Putri, N Nadkarni, T Skanthakumar, TH Wong, G Tay. Factors driving frequent attendance at emergency departments for patients with head and neck cancer. Head & Neck. Aug 2019. doi: 10.1002/hed.25916
4. Guo JW, N Putri. Spontaneous diaphgramatic rupture in a young man with back pain. ANZ J Surg. July 2022. doi: 10.1111/ans.17932.
5. Putri N, Lek SM, Shannon N, Tan J, Tan G, Chia C, Teo M, Thng CH, Tay T, Ong J, & Koh PT. Two Cancers Arising from Different Mesenchymal Origins: An Unexpected Connection over Time and Space. Case Reports in Clinical Medicine. 2019. 08. 99-104. 10.4236/crcm.2019.85012.