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Dr. Priya NairMBBS · MD · MRCP (UK)

Consultant Physician · Singapore

Dr. Priya Nair

MBBS · MD · MRCP (UK)

General Internal Medicine & Hospitalist

Consultant physician with seven years of post-graduate clinical experience in general internal and hospital medicine — running a busy general medicine ward, leading quality improvement that measurably cut readmissions, and active in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

  • 7 yrspost-graduate clinical experience
  • 18–24inpatients managed daily
  • 4peer-reviewed articles
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01 · Credentials

Registered, licensed and current.

The compliance facts first: medical registration, specialist membership and resuscitation certification — each listed with its issuing body and year.

5 registrations & certifications Full registration held since 2019 ACLS renewed 2025
  1. SMC

    Full Registration

    Issuer
    Singapore Medical Council
    Held
    2019 – present

    Current registration

  2. MRCP

    Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians (UK)

    Issuer
    Royal Colleges of Physicians
    Awarded
    2020

    First-attempt pass

  3. ACLS

    Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support

    Issuer
    American Heart Association
    Renewed
    2025

    Resuscitation

  4. BLS

    Basic Life Support Instructor

    Issuer
    American Heart Association (AHA)
    Year
    2022

    Teaches BLS

  5. USMLE

    United States Medical Licensing Examination

    Steps
    Step 1 · Step 2 CK
    Passed
    2017

    US licensing exams

02 · Clinical impact

Outcomes you can measure on the ward.

A heavy daily caseload, and quality-improvement work that moved the numbers that matter: fewer readmissions, faster admission workups and shorter stays.

Tan Tock Seng Hospital · General medicine

30-day readmission rate

Before and after the structured discharge protocol, adopted across two wards.

20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Before protocol: 18.4% of patients readmitted within 30 days 18.4% Before baseline After protocol: 11.7% of patients readmitted within 30 days 11.7% After structured discharge −6.7 pts percentage points
Before the protocol After: discharge checklist + telephone follow-up

Daily caseload

18–24 inpatients a day

Managed across a 32-bed general medicine ward, while supervising 2 medical officers and 1 registrar.

  • 18 patients
  • up to 24
  • rest of the 32 beds
  • 32beds on the ward
  • 2medical officers supervised
  • 1registrar supervised

Epic EHR order sets

Faster admission workups

14 MIN

Estimated 14 minutes saved per admission workup with order sets designed for sepsis and acute kidney injury.

  • Sepsis
  • AKI
  • Adopted on 3 wards

Singapore General Hospital · QI

Shorter pneumonia stays

Average length of stay, uncomplicated community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).

Before: 6.2 days Before 6.2 days After: 4.8 days After 4.8 days
  • Co-led QI project

Singapore General Hospital

Capacity under pressure

30patients / day

Managed up to 30 patients daily during peak COVID-19 periods, rotating across general medicine, cardiology and nephrology.

03 · Quality improvement

A structured discharge that kept patients home.

How a discharge checklist and a follow-up phone call brought the 30-day readmission rate on general medicine down from 18.4% to 11.7%.

Tan Tock Seng HospitalGeneral medicineRole: led implementationScale: two wards

  1. 1Problem

    Too many patients were coming back.

    On the general medicine ward, the baseline 30-day readmission rate stood at 18.4%.

    18.4%baseline

  2. 2Intervention

    A checklist on the way out, a call after.

    Led implementation of a structured discharge checklist, paired with a post-discharge telephone follow-up programme.

    Checklist + call

  3. 3Outcome

    Readmissions fell to 11.7%.

    The structured discharge protocol was adopted across two wards.

    18.4% 11.7%−6.7 pts

Related publication

Nair P et al. “Structured discharge protocols and 30-day readmission in general medicine.” Ann Acad Med Singapore, 2025.

Sepsis & AKI order sets

Tan Tock Seng Hospital · Epic EHR

Designed Epic EHR order sets for sepsis and acute kidney injury management. Adopted across 3 wards; estimated to save 14 minutes per admission workup.

Pneumonia length of stay

Singapore General Hospital · co-led

Co-led a quality-improvement project that reduced average length of stay for uncomplicated community-acquired pneumonia from 6.2 to 4.8 days.

04 · Clinical experience

Three Singapore hospitals, one steady line.

From residency at National University Hospital to consultant at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, via general medicine, cardiology and nephrology rotations at Singapore General Hospital.

  1. Jan 2022 – PresentConsultant

    Consultant Physician — General Internal Medicine

    Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

    • Manages 18–24 inpatients daily across a 32-bed general medicine ward; supervises 2 medical officers and 1 registrar.
    • Led implementation of a structured discharge checklist and post-discharge telephone follow-up programme, reducing the 30-day readmission rate from 18.4% to 11.7%.
    • Designed Epic EHR order sets for sepsis and acute kidney injury management, adopted across 3 wards; estimated to save 14 minutes per admission workup.

    “Clinical Excellence” commendation from the department head, 2024

  2. Aug 2019 – Dec 2021Medical Officer

    Medical Officer — Internal Medicine

    Singapore General Hospital

    • Rotated across general medicine, cardiology and nephrology; managed up to 30 patients daily during peak COVID-19 periods.
    • Completed the MRCP (UK) examination while working full-time, passing all 3 parts on the first attempt.
    • Co-led a quality-improvement project reducing average length of stay for uncomplicated CAP from 6.2 to 4.8 days.

  3. Aug 2017 – Jul 2019Resident

    Resident — Internal Medicine

    National University Hospital, Singapore

    • Completed residency training in internal medicine; assessed as “outstanding” in annual OSCE evaluations in both years.
    • First author on a case report published in the Singapore Medical Journal (2018).

05 · Publications

Four peer-reviewed articles.

Research rooted in hospital medicine: discharge and readmission, sepsis, acute kidney injury, and a rare presentation reported during residency.

  1. “Structured discharge protocols and 30-day readmission in general medicine.”

    Nair P et al. Ann Acad Med Singapore

    Discharge & readmission
    2025

  2. “Sepsis management in resource-limited ward settings.”

    Nair P, Lim J. Singapore Med J

    Sepsis
    2023

  3. “AKI recognition and early intervention: a QI study.”

    Nair P et al. J Hosp Med

    Acute kidney injury · QI
    2021

  4. “Rare presentation of Addisonian crisis — case report.”

    Nair P. Singapore Med J

    Case report · first author
    2018

06 · Teaching & practice

Teacher, instructor, proceduralist.

Active in medical education and in resuscitation training, with a hands-on procedural skill set and Epic EHR superuser experience.

Medical teaching

Active in undergraduate and postgraduate medical teaching.

BLS Instructor

Basic Life Support Instructor with the American Heart Association (AHA), 2022.

Ward supervision

Supervises 2 medical officers and 1 registrar on a 32-bed general medicine ward.

Procedures

  • Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)
  • Central venous access
  • Arterial line insertion
  • Lumbar puncture
  • Pleural aspiration
  • Ascitic drainage

Systems & leadership

  • Epic EHR (superuser)
  • Sepsis protocol lead

07 · Education

Trained with distinction.

Undergraduate and postgraduate medical training in India, both completed with honours.

2014 – 2017

MD (Internal Medicine)

Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education (JIPMER), India

Gold Medal, Internal Medicine

2008 – 2014

MBBS

Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

First Class with Distinction

08 · Contact

Dr. Priya Nair, Consultant Physician.

General Internal Medicine & Hospitalist, based in Singapore.

Email
priya.nair@email.com
Location
Singapore
LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/drpriyanair

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