Dr. ⁨Sakktivel Elangovan⁩MB BCh BAO, MMed (Int Med)

Associate Consultant

Changi General HospitalSingaporeORCID 0000-0002-9446-3860

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About

I am an Associate Consultant in the Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology at Changi General Hospital, Singapore. I obtained my medical degree from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. I completed my Gastroenterology Senior Residency training at SingHealth, serving as Chief Resident during my final year. I have a particular interest in chronic liver disease and portal hypertension. I also contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate medical education as an Education Associate at Duke-NUS Medical School

Areas of focus

Gastroenterology & HepatologyMetabolic liver diseaseAlcohol-associated hepatitisInflammatory bowel diseaseAdvanced endoscopyAcute-on-chronic liver failureHepatitis B reactivationIncretin-based therapies in liver disease

Experience & education

Associate Consultant · Changi General Hospital

Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

2026

Chief Resident, Gastroenterology & Hepatology Senior Residency · SingHealth

2025 — 2026

Education Associate · Duke NUS University

2023 — Present

Senior Resident, Gastroenterology & Hepatology · SingHealth

Gastroenterology Senior Residency

2023 — 2026

Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine) · National University of Singapore

2023 — 2023

Junior Resident, Internal Medicine · SingHealth

Rotating across CGH, SGH, NNI, NCCS

2020 — 2023

MOPEX Postings (Diagnostic Radiology, Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Rheumatology) · SingHealth

Singapore General Hospital / Changi General Hospital

2017 — 2020

Housemanship (PGY1) · Changi General Hospital / Singapore General Hospital

Internal Medicine, General Surgery

2016 — 2017

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Bachelor of Obstetrics (MB BCh BAO) · Trinity College Dublin

Ireland

2016

Publications

Emerging therapeutic regimens as alternatives to glucocorticoids for severe alcohol-associated hepatitis: a comprehensive review.

Kumar, Rahul, Elangovan, Sakktivel, Asrani, Sumeet K · Clinical and molecular hepatology · 2026PubMed

Long-term effectiveness and persistence rate of ustekinumab dose intensification in a South East Asian inflammatory bowel disease center.

Lim, Chong-Teik, Tay, Shu-Wen, Elangovan, Sakktivel, Ong, Wan-Chee, Lim, Gek-Hsiang, Salazar, Ennaliza, et al. · Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2024PubMed

The usefulness and validity of English-language videos on YouTube as an educational resource for spondyloarthritis.

Elangovan, Sakktivel, Kwan, Yu Heng, Fong, Warren · Clinical rheumatology · 2021PubMed

The Role of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Imaging in Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Elangovan, Sakktivel, Tan, York Kiat · Ultrasound in medicine & biology · 2020PubMed

Embolisation of large pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm with conservative treatment of delayed coil extrusion.

Elangovan, Sakktivel, Too, Chow Wei · Singapore medical journal · 2020PubMed

Markers of cardiac dysfunction in cognitive impairment and dementia.

Hilal, Saima, Chai, Yuek Ling, Ikram, Mohammad Kamran, Elangovan, Sakktivel, Yeow, Tan Boon, Xin, Xu, et al. · Medicine · 2015PubMed

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