DR ANITA MENON

Specialized Services

Dr Menon's sub-specialty interest is in Management of Infectious Diseases in Children

Common conditions managed by Dr Menon include:

• Management of acute and chronic infections including the investigation and management of prolonged fever
• Management of infections in immunocompromised children.
• Immunisations following bone marrow transplantation
• Routine childhood immunisations
• Management of common (general paediatric) childhood conditions
• A children's travel clinic that offers comprehensive travel advice and travel immunisations
• Specialised medical care for TB and HIV-infected children

Professional Associations/Affiliations

Dr Menon is a Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (U.K.).

She is a Member of:

• Singapore Medical Association

• Singapore Infectious Diseases Society

• European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases

• Infectious Diseases Society of America

• International Society for Infectious Diseases

• Faculty of Paediatrics, Royal College of Physicians in Ireland

Achievements/Research Fields

Dr Menon completed her undergraduate and post-graduate training in Ireland and the U.K.. She worked as a Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases at The Children's University Hospital and Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Dublin, Ireland. Dr Menon established the Irish Paediatric Surveillance Unit and was a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of The Health Protection & Surveillance Centre in Ireland.

She returned to Singapore in 2007 to take up the appointment of Paediatric Consultant, Infectious Disease Service at KK Hospital and she was also a Visiting Consultant at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (Paediatric TB Clinic) and National University Hospital. She was on the H1N1 Taskforce and was also the Chairperson of the Antibiotic Subcommittee, Hospital Infection Control Committee at KK Hospital.