Atasha Binti Asmat
Consultant
General Surgery
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Singapore
Biography
Dr Asmat holds academic appointments at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU. She is also part of the teaching faculty for the NUHS Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program and has conducted numerous training workshops in Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for junior medical staff. She holds various professional memberships, namely with the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons and the International Association of the Study of Lung Cancer. She has presented at local and international conferences and is passionate about mentoring junior medical staff in research. She has published various papers and book chapters on Thoracic Surgery in local and international peer-reviewed journals such as Singapore Medical Journal, Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals, European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Dr Asmat’s administrative responsibilities include the Patient Education Steering Workgroup, JCI Internal Auditor and Hospital Clinical Ethics Committee at TTSH.
Research Interest
Her clinical interests include thymic diseases (thymoma) and thoracic surgical oncology.
