About
About Dr. Anandakumar Vellasamy Dr. Anandakumar Vellasamy is an orthopedic specialist surgeon having more than 15 years of expertise. Services provided by him includes complex foot and ankle conditions, lower limb trauma and sports injuries. The National University of Singapore (NUS) awarded Dr. Ananda a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Science (MBBS) degree in 2003. During his time working as a houseman in medicine, he won the Best Houseman Award. He continued his postgraduate training in orthopaedic surgery and earned his fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. In 2014, Dr. Ananda was in the final year of his orthopaedic residency when he was given the N. Balachandran Memorial Lectureship prize. He also received the renowned AO Trauma fellowship prize the following year, in 2015. Dr. Ananda has further professional interests outside of medicine. He instructs family medicine residents, orthopaedic surgery residents, and medical students at the Duke-NUS Medical School and the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. He participated in the Master of Medicine in Orthopedic Surgery Committee, which oversaw the junior orthopaedic surgery residents’ training. The AO Foundation, the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), the European Society of Sports, Traumatology, Knee Surgery, and Arthroscopy, the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, the Singapore Orthopaedic Association, and the Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society of Singapore are among the international organisations that Dr. Ananda has held membership in and continues to hold. Dr. Anandakumar Vellasamy is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Tamil.
List of Treatments
- Total Hip Replacement
- Acetabular Fixation
- Cemented Total Hip Replacement
- Cementless Total Hip Replacement (THR) Surgery
- Revision Hip Replacement
- Hip Replacement with Computer Navigation
- Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement
- Bilateral Hip Replacement Surgery
- Both Hip Replacement together
- Birmingham Hip Resurfacing BHR
- BHR with stem
- BMHR
- Minimally Invasive Hip Resurfacing
- Hip Resurfacing with computer navigation
- ACL Reconstruction
- Revision ACL Reconstruction Surgery
- Patello Femoral Replacement
- High Tibial Osteotomy
- Lower femoral Osteotomy
- Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Reconstruction
- Arthrodesis
- Septic Arthritis Treatment
- Lateral Retinacular Release Surgery
- Arthroscopic Menisectomy
- Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI)
- Meniscal Repair
- Osteochondral Autografting – Mosaicplasty Surgery
- Knee Replacement Surgery
- Unicondylar Knee Replacement
- High Flex Knee Replacement
- Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement Surgery
- Revision Single Knee Replacement
- Arthrotomy
- Arthroscopic surgery
- Reduction of fractures open
- Closed Reduction for Fracture
- Arthroplasty
- Carpal Tunnel Release (CTR) Open or Endoscopic
- Palmar Fasciectomy
- Tendon Repair Surgery: Flexor Extensor
- Thumb Arthroplasty
- Tendon Transfer
- Internal Fixation of Fractures
- Pollicization Surgery
- Syndactyly (Webbing) Treatment
- Repair of Digital Nerves
- Synovectomy of Hand
- Tenodesis tenolysis and tendon transfers and grafts
- Boutonniere Deformity Treatment
- Wrist Joint Replacement (Wrist Arthroplasty)
- Neurolysis Procedure
- Ganglion Cyst Excision
- Shoulder Replacement Surgery
- Open Reduction of Fracture
- Knee Arthroscopy
- Repair of Shoulder Rotator Cuff
- Acromioclavicular Joint Repair
- Repair of dislocations
- Shoulder Labral Tears Surgery
- Surgical decompression
- Extensor mechanism realignment
- Elbow Replacement Surgery
- Elbow Arthroscopy
- Lateral Epicondyle Release (Tennis Elbow)
- Fracture reduction and fixation
- Osteotomy
- Arthrolysis
- Limb Lengthening
- Sports Related Injuries
- Trigger Point Injection (TPI)
- Knee Meniscectomy
- Ankle Arthroscopy
- Shoulder Arthroscopy
- Tibial Tubercle Transfer for Patellofemoral Arthritis
- Arthroscopic Debridement of Calcium Deposits
- Leg Injury
- Paget’s Disease
- Partial Hip Replacement Surgery – Unilateral Hip Replacement
- Foot and Ankle Deformity Correction
- Arthritis
- Triple arthrodesis and internal fixation
- Corrective Osteotomy and fixation and bone graft
- Corrective osteotomy, fixation and ligament reconstruction surgery
- Knee replacement – Bilateral
- Knock knee surgery
- Single Hip Replacement
Work Experience
Consultant, Farrer Park Hospital, Singapore
Consultant, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
Special Interest
Sports injuries, ligament injuries & tendinopathies
Arthroscopic (keyhole) surgery for management of cartilage defects and impingement
Forefoot deformity correction (Bunions and lesser toe deformities)
Management of foot pain (metatarsalgia)
Management of Diabetic foot ulcers, Charcotâs joints & wounds
Management of fractures around the foot & ankle
Correction of flatfeet & high arched feet
Management of arthritis including Total Ankle Replacement and osteotomies