Our Doctors

Dr Sonali Dass is a UK doctor who graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2007, before becoming a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2012.  She undertook her General Practice training in the Oxford Deanery, UK where she worked in Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Psychiatry, Emergency Medicine and General Surgery.

Dr Sonali Dass practiced as a Family Physician in Beaconsfield and London NHS surgeries.

Interests include:

• Children's Health
• Chronic Disease Management
• Contraception & Family Planning
• Dermatology
• Mental Health/ Anxiety & Depression
• Sexual Health
• Sports & Musculoskeletal Medicine
• Women’s Health

Dr Mélissandre Noël is a Canadian doctor who graduated from the University of Montreal in 2009, and went on to complete a residency in Family Medicine at the University of British Columbia (2011). She then pursued extra training in obstetrics and newborn care. She practiced in a full service family practice clinic in Vancouver, Canada for 5 years prior to her relocation to Singapore. During that time, part of her practice included maternity care and delivering babies. She also ran dedicated youth clinics, providing mental, sexual and reproductive health services to adolescents.

Interests include:

• Adolescent Medicine
• Children's Health
• Chronic Disease Management
• Contraception & Family Planning
• IUD Contraceptive Procedure
• Mental Health/ Anxiety & Depression
• Minor surgical procedures
• Travel Health
• Women’s Health

Dr Hina Kadwani graduated from Imperial College London UK in 2011. She did her intercalated BSc in Management with Health Management. Her initial clinical training was in general hospital medicine in London, and she gained her Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) in 2013. Dr Kadwani then decided on a career in General Practice and started her training in London in 2015, achieving her Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) in 2018.

After completing her speciality training, Dr Kadwani worked as a GP in a busy part of North London, working in a practice as well as doing Out of Hours (OOH) triage work. She held additional roles in teaching medical students from University College London both in practice and on campus through Women’s Health teaching workshops, as well as a management GP role involved in quality improvement projects. During this time, she also completed her DFSRH training and contraceptive implant training. She moved to Singapore in 2019 and continued her interest in medical education working at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine as an Education Associate and Clinical Communications Skills facilitator.

Interests include:

• Children's Health
• Chronic Disease Management
• Contraception & Family Planning
• Mental Health/ Anxiety & Depression
• Sexual Health
• Women’s Health

Dr Paliwal is a Board Certified Paediatrician from the USA. During her 10+ years of valuable experience, she has practiced in clinics as well as hospitals, including Level 1 trauma centres in New York and New Jersey. She has worked as a primary care physician and an emergency room paediatrician, providing medical care for a diverse variety of paediatric illnesses, ranging from simple ailments and well child care, to various orthopaedic and complex paediatric emergencies.

In addition to this, Dr Paliwal loves her role as a clinical educator, and was a Professor at RWJ School of Medicine at Rutgers University in NJ. She has been involved in medical education and was supervising and teaching medical students, training residents and fellows, both in paediatric medicine and in emergency medicine.

Interests include:

• Adolescent Medicine
• Allergies
• Asthma
• Childhood Development and Behaviour
• Children's Health
• Chronic Disease Management
• Minor surgical procedures

Dr Mythili is a family physician who has trained and worked in Australia before returning home to Singapore. She graduated from the University of Sydney, Australia in 2008 and moved to Singapore and worked in the exciting field of Obstetrics and Gynecology in a busy hospital practice.

In 2010, she moved onto general practice and found her passion in it. She is trained in Occupational medicine and family medicine.

She has been working closely with the Breastfeeding Mothers’ Support Group (BMSG) since 2010 and is an EXCO member of the charity. She is a International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and loves working with mother-baby dyads and guiding them along their breastfeeding journey.

Interests include:

• Breastfeeding Medicine
• Childhood Development and Behaviour
• Women’s Health

Dr Daly graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2003, and became a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2008.

After 5 years working as a family doctor in a busy urban west London surgery, she spent a year as an expat in Istanbul. She then returned to work in several surgeries in the South East of England before relocating with her family to Singapore.

Dr Daly has developed a keen interest in women’s health, having completed the Diploma of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (UK) in 2006 and the Diploma of Sexual and Reproductive Health (UK) 2009. She has been a member of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health for 10 years and is a qualified contraceptive coil and implant fitter. She has also completed the Diploma of Geriatric Medicine.

Interests include:

• Adolescent Medicine
• Chronic Disease Management
• Contraception & Family Planning
• Implanon Procedure
• IUD Contraceptive Procedure
• Mental Health/ Anxiety & Depression
• Sexual Health
• Women’s Health

Dr Smith graduated from University of Southampton in 2009. Dr Smith has a interest in diabetes and went on to attain a Certificate in Diabetes in Primary Care at King’s College Hospital in 2012 where she also worked in a tertiary diabetes clinic.  She worked in General Surgery in East Kent in 2014 and has also worked in Palliative Care whilst a GP for over 2 years in 2016-17.

Dr Smith became a Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2017 and was practicing in the rural hub of a busy Canterbury practice in England prior to moving to Singapore with her family in 2018. Dr Smith is accredited as a legally qualified medical practitioner to issue LPA Certificates, gaining full LPA accreditation in 2020.

Interests include:

• Chronic Disease Management
• Mental Health/ Anxiety & Depression
• Preventative and Occupational Medicine
• Sexual Health

Dr King is a UK trained family doctor who has many years experience in women’s and children’s health. A graduate of the University of Dundee Medical School (2002), Dr King became a Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (UK) with Merit in 2006. She has worked as a GP for 11 years, initially as a partner within a busy urban medical practice in Scotland for over 7 years. During this time she was a GP trainer for trainee doctors as well as mentoring 4th year medical students from Glasgow University.

Through a developing interest in women’s health Dr. King gained the Diploma of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Diploma of Child Health in UK (2004) and became a member of the Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Healthcare (2005). Dr King has been a valued member of IMC for over 3 years. As a mother of four children Dr King appreciates women’s and children’s health both as a mother and a doctor.

Interests include:

• Children's Health
• Chronic Disease Management
• Contraception & Family Planning
• IUD Contraceptive Procedure
• Mental Health/ Anxiety & Depression
• Respiratory Medicine
• Sexual Health
• Women’s Health

A graduate of Queen’s University Belfast, UK in 2000, Dr Tan completed her Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2006. She completed her General Practice training in Birmingham, UK. She then worked at a practice in Central Birmingham for six years before moving to Singapore in 2012.
Dr Lih Yi is a very experienced Family Physician having enjoyed practicing medicine in the multi-cultural society residing in Birmingham and the West Midlands.

Interests include:

• Chronic Disease Management
• Contraception & Family Planning
• Executive Health Care
• Sexual Health
• Travel Health
• Women’s Health

Dr Sheren obtained her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the National University of Singapore in 1997, entered postgraduate training in family practice, earning her Masters of Medicine in Family Medicine in 2002. Now into her 10th year of practice with IMC, she has developed interests in almost all aspects of women’s health, from stages of adolescence to the post-menopause, sexual health and contraception including IUD procedures, as well as managing postpartum and breastfeeding issues.
She also has interest in Children’s health, Travel medicine, and Mental health managing anxiety and depression.
Dr June has garnered years of valuable experience working in large government-run polyclinics prior to joining IMC. She retains a keen interest in helping patients better manage chronic conditions such as hypertension, high cholesterol, asthma, and areas of cardiovascular disease prevention. Between 2010 and 2013 Dr Sheren held the position of Senior Family Physician at IMC Camden, relinquishing that appointment when she had her first child and needing to create a better work-life balance.

Interests include:

• Children's Health
• Chronic Disease Management
• Contraception & Family Planning
• Executive Health Care
• IUD Contraceptive Procedure
• Travel Health
• Women’s Health

Originally from Singapore, Dr. Vinu Sahlén graduated from the University of Aachen, Germany in 1998. She became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (UK) before undergoing training as a Family Physician in Sweden. She worked at a primary care clinic in Stockholm for 7 years before moving back to Singapore in 2014. Besides English she speaks German and Swedish.

Interests include:

• Allergies
• Asthma
• Chronic Disease Management
• Mental Health/ Anxiety & Depression
• Minor surgical procedures
• Respiratory Medicine
• Travel Health

A graduate of the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin in 1994, he also has a Bachelor of Science degree from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He is registered with UKOOA and trained in Occupational Medicine and a Designated Workplace Doctor. Dr Ho has been with IMC for over 10 years and is the Deputy Medical Director based in our Camden Clinic.

Interests include:

• Chronic Disease Management
• Dermatology
• Men’s Health
• Minor surgical procedures
• Preventative and Occupational Medicine
• Travel Health
• UKOOA

Dr Dahel graduated from Birmingham Medical School in 2005.

Her specialist training took place in the West Midlands Deanery where she worked at a variety of secondary and tertiary hospitals including Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

Dr Dahel spent 2 years in Singapore during 2013-15 where she worked at IMC Paediatrics as well as completing a cardiology fellowship at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

After returning to the UK, she completed her Paediatric training and has been working as a Consultant Paediatrician with expertise in Cardiology. Dr Dahel is Head of Department for IMC Children’s.

Interests include:

• Adolescent Medicine
• Allergies
• Asthma
• Childhood Development and Behaviour
• Children's Health
• General Paediatrics
• New Borns
• Paediatric Cardiology

A graduate of the University of Sydney School of Medicine in Australia in 2000, Dr Druon became a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 2007. Dr Druon holds a Graduate Diploma of Family Practice Dermatology. Born in France, Dr Druon is a French speaking Australian who most recently practiced in Canberra, Australia at a private family practice that also serviced the needs of the diplomatic and expatriate community. Dr Druon has practiced family medicine in rural and regional centres as well as emergency and intensive care medicine.

Interests include:

• Allergies
• Asthma
• Children's Health
• Chronic Disease Management
• Contraception & Family Planning
• Dermatology
• Implanon Procedure
• Mental Health/ Anxiety & Depression
• Minor surgical procedures
• Nutrition
• Preventative and Occupational Medicine
• Respiratory Medicine
• Sexual Health
• Sports & Musculoskeletal Medicine
• Travel Health
• Women’s Health

Dr Neil Forrest graduated from the University of Leeds, UK and initially undertook training in Orthopaedics, becoming a member of the Royal College of Surgeons (UK) before training in General Practice. He holds the Diploma of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (UK).
He has worked as a Family Physician in London and the South East of the UK before relocating to Singapore with his family in 2015.

Interests include:

• Adolescent Medicine
• Children's Health
• Contraception & Family Planning
• Implanon Procedure
• Men’s Health
• Mental Health/ Anxiety & Depression
• Minor surgical procedures
• Sexual Health
• Sports & Musculoskeletal Medicine

Dr. Charu is a family practitioner who has trained and worked in the UK prior to moving to Singapore. She graduated from Pondicherry University, India in 1995 and was pursuing a paediatric career for over 3 years before moving to the UK in 1998. She continued training in Paediatrics and Neonatology in the UK in various hospitals and obtained Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, (MRCPCH, London) in 2001.

In 2001, she chose to change career paths and started her General Practice training in the UK. She then practiced as a GP in Cardiff, Wales from 2005 – 2011. She moved to Singapore in 2011 and has practiced for many years at a clinic serving mainly the expatriate population in Singapore.

During her career, she obtained a Diploma in Family planning (UK), a Diploma in Practical Dermatology from Cardiff University and is a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (UK). Stress is a huge factor in many expat families’ lives and Charu enjoys using her experience to approach disease in a holistic fashion and places emphasis on prevention. Having been located near a few international schools, she has gained valuable experience in dealing with children of all ages and their families recognizing the close link between physical and mental health.

She finds teaching medical students a good way to learn and has been working as a sessional Clinical Facilitator at the Lee Kong Chian Medical School, Singapore since 2015.

Dr. Charu also speaks Hindi/Urdu, Punjabi and Tamil.

Interests include:

• Children's Health
• Chronic Disease Management
• Contraception & Family Planning
• Dermatology
• Implanon Procedure
• Mental Health/ Anxiety & Depression
• Minor surgical procedures
• Travel Health
• Women’s Health

Dr. Morgan is a UK-qualified doctor who graduated from Kings College School of Medicine and Dentistry in London.  Her initial training was in general internal (i.e. hospital general) medicine and she gained Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP).  She then embarked on a career in General Practice, training as a GP in London. Dr. Morgan gained her Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners with distinction (MRCGP) and was selected to train further as a GP with Special Interest in Dermatology. She also holds a Diploma of the Faculty of Family Planning (DFFP) and a Diploma in Clinical Dermatology (DipDerm).

Dr. Morgan practiced in London and Manchester for 8 years before moving to Singapore in 2008, where she continued to practice as a GP in an international clinic, primarily serving the expatriate community. Being a ‘third culture kid’ herself, she understands the positive experience as well as challenges that face the expatriate community. Optimising her patients’ health and empowering them to stay healthy is her passion and pride as a doctor.

Dr. Morgan also enjoys her teaching role as a clinical facilitator, teaching medical students at Lee Kong Chian Medicial School, Singapore. In addition she enjoys giving back to the community and is a Medical Advisor to charity organisation H.O.M.E. (Humanitarian Organisation of Migrant Workers).

Aside from English, Dr Morgan also speaks German and Arabic.

Interests include:

• Children's Health
• Chronic Disease Management
• Contraception & Family Planning
• Dermatology
• Mental Health/ Anxiety & Depression
• Sexual Health
• Travel Health
• Women’s Health

Dr Maria Tang graduated from United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy’s and St Thomas’, University of London, UK in 1998.

Dr Tang is a Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP, UK). In addition, she holds a Diploma in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (DRCOG, UK) as well as a Diploma in Family Planning and Reproductive Healthcare (DFFP, UK). She was a qualified BCLS (Basic Cardiac Life Support) and AED (Automated External Defibrillator) Instructor teaching doctors and nurses in Alexandra Hospital, Singapore.

She trained as a General Practitioner in UK and was a practising partner for over 6 years in Milton Keynes and then in Cambridge. She moved to Singapore in 2010 where she continued to practice in Alexandra Hospital and Jurong Medical Centre before settling as a General Practitioner in an international medical clinic serving mainly an expatriate community.

Dr Tang strongly believes in a holistic and caring approach to medical care for all her patients so as to empower them to lead a strong, positive and healthy lifestyle.

Dr Tang speaks English and Cantonese.

Interests include:

• Children's Health
• Chronic Disease Management
• Contraception & Family Planning
• Mental Health/ Anxiety & Depression
• Preventative and Occupational Medicine
• Sexual Health
• Travel Health
• Women’s Health

Born and raised in New York, Dr. Arti Jaiswal is a Board certified Paediatrician with nearly 15 years of clinical paediatrics experience. She completed her medical degree at New York Medical College and did her Paediatric residency at the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.  She has also worked as a Paediatric Critical Care Physician at Columbia University Children’s Hospital in New York. Motivated by a love of general paediatrics and medical education, she spent 8 years as an Assistant Professor of Paediatrics at Weill Cornell New York Presbyterian Hospital, delivering inpatient and outpatient care as well as teaching medical students and residents.  In 2016, she moved to Singapore with her husband and three sons.

Interests include:

• Adolescent Medicine
• Allergies
• Asthma
• Childhood Development and Behaviour
• Dermatology
• General Paediatrics
• New Borns

Dr Laura Biffin trained at the University of Sydney, Australia, attaining her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery in 2015. She continued to work in a wide range of specialities at St Vincent’s Hospital Darlinghurst and Wagga Wagga Base Hospital in rural New South Wales for 3 years prior to moving to Singapore. She is currently enrolled in the University of Sydney’s Children’s Health Diploma and has a special interest in caring for children. Dr Biffin initially trained as a pharmacist at the University of Sydney attaining honours in 2008, and as a doctor, has a keen interest in medication management and safety.

Interests include:

• Asthma
• Children's Health
• Chronic Disease Management
• Mental Health/ Anxiety & Depression
• Nutrition
• Women’s Health

Dr Wibisono is a graduate of University of Sint Eustatius School of Medicine (Netherlands Antilles) and went on to complete her speciality training in Paediatrics from John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County in Chicago (USA).  For over 6 years she practiced in Paediatrics in busy private clinics in both Illinois and Indiana (USA) before relocating to Singapore in 2017. She became board certified in American Board of Paediatrics in 2013.

Interests include:

• Allergies
• Asthma
• Childhood Development
• Children's Health
• General Paediatrics
• New Borns

Dr Reidy is an Australian doctor who graduated from the University of Tasmania in 1996 and was awarded Fellow of Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (2003). Dr Reidy completed her general practice training in Melbourne, and spent 6 years living in the UK where she practised in psychiatry, rural general practice and student health, culminating in the appointment as a partner in a NHS general practice in Marylebone, London.
Since moving to Singapore with her family Dr Reidy has been regularly travelling to Australia to work in a busy rural general practice in Tasmania. Dr Reidy has been with IMC since 2015

Interests include:

• Adolescent Medicine
• Children's Health
• Contraception & Family Planning
• Implanon Procedure
• Mental Health/ Anxiety & Depression
• Travel Health
• Women’s Health

A graduate of the University of Queensland, Australia in 1993, Dr Phua was awarded the Graduate Diploma of Family Medicine & Graduate Diploma of Family Practice Dermatology at the  National University of Singapore. Dr Phua has worked in Australia, New Zealand & Singapore.  As part of the training for general practice, she has worked in adult medicine & surgery, paediatric medicine & neonatal intensive care unit, women’s health, sexual health, emergency medicine and general practice.

She has worked in family practice clinics as well as corporate clinics before joining IMC in 2003.

Interests include:

• Allergies
• Asthma
• Children's Health
• Dermatology
• Executive Health Care
• Implanon Procedure
• Minor surgical procedures
• Travel Health
• Women’s Health

A graduate of the National University of Singapore in 1993. Dr Lim was awarded her Masters in Family Medicine in 1999, is a Council Member of the College of Family Physicians, and a tutor and examiner in the Graduate Diploma in the Family Medicine Programme. Dr Lim has been with IMC since 2002 and is the Medical Director, based at the Jelita Clinic.

Interests include:

• Allergies
• Asthma
• Contraception & Family Planning
• Implanon Procedure
• IUD Contraceptive Procedure
• Mental Health/ Anxiety & Depression
• Minor surgical procedures
• Travel Health
• Women’s Health

Dr Nav Uppal is a Graduate of the University of Wales college of Medicine, Cardiff (UK). She became a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2006 and has over 5 years experience working as a GP in UK. She has completed a Diploma in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and was involved in Medical Education at the University of Birmingham, UK where she trained Medical Students and was undergoing a Masters degree in Primary Care. Dr Nav has been in Singapore for 6 years.

Interests include:

• Children's Health
• Contraception & Family Planning
• Executive Health Care
• Implanon Procedure
• Mental Health/ Anxiety & Depression
• Sexual Health
• Travel Health
• Women’s Health

A graduate of the University of Sydney, Dr Woo practiced in Australia for 7 years in a General Practice Clinic before relocating to Singapore. She is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in Australia and has been with IMC for over 10 years

Interests include:

• Children's Health
• Chronic Disease Management
• Contraception & Family Planning
• Travel Health
• Women’s Health

Dr Eldridge is a UK doctor who graduated from Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital in London UK in 1998. He intercalated this with a degree in Psychology. His main interest at the time was surgical and he attained membership to the Royal College of Surgeons in 2002.

Dr Eldridge became a partner in a busy suburban London NHS practice for 5 years undertaking medicals and travel advice as well as working in corporate private clinics. Dr Eldridge relocated to Melbourne in 2012, to further his clinical experience. This involved working for a busy clinic providing emergency and operative care to the community. He is registered with UKOOA to perform off-shore medicals.

Interests include:

• Children's Health
• Chronic Disease Management
• Executive Health Care
• Men’s Health
• Mental Health/ Anxiety & Depression
• Minor surgical procedures
• Sexual Health
• Sports & Musculoskeletal Medicine
• Travel Health
• UKOOA

Dr Nandini Shah graduated from Barts and The Royal London School of Medicine (UK) before becoming a Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (UK) in 2014. Dr Nandini has always been passionate about a career in general practice and during her training she worked in general medicine, psychiatry, palliative care, emergency medicine and obstetrics and gynaecology. During this time she was involved in teaching medical students and providing clinical and practical skills training, whilst also interviewing students for entry into Medical School.

She has practiced in busy surgeries in London and Kent, UK  and also regularly worked in Palliative Care before moving to Singapore in 2015.

Interests include:

• Children's Health
• Chronic Disease Management
• Contraception & Family Planning
• Dermatology
• Men’s Health
• Mental Health/ Anxiety & Depression
• Women’s Health