Dr Cynthia Assimta Peter

 Dr. Cynthia is a Musculoskeletal Radiologist working with Sengkang General Hospital. Having received her undergraduate degree from Christian Medical College, Vellore. She believes a sound basic foundation for learning comes from a healthy mentor-mentee interaction. In addition, weekly tutorials, daily discussions and journal clubs enhance learning as experienced during the 5 years of radiological training from National University of Singapore with Fellowship from the Royal College of Radiology. Her interests lie in investigating musculoskeletal injuries related to sports, posture, footwear etc. Resident Wellbeing and advocating Mindfulness at the workplace are her driving passions.

• MBBS Christian Medical College, Vellore,  India
• MMed, National University of Singapore
• FRCR Royal College of Radiology
• Graduate Diploma in Applied Positive Psychology, Aventis School of Management

• Director of Research, Department of Radiology
• Mindfulness Advocate, Sengkang General Hospital
• Clinical Mentor EnRICH mentorship program NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
• Adjunct Teaching faculty, LKC School of Medicine 

• ​Service with a Heart Award
  

• AM Research Grant 2018: Clinical lead “Investigating the effectiveness of Diffusion tensor imaging and related MRI techniques for assessing anterior cruciate ligament tears.
• Study member for study: Leg traction in hip MRI in evaluation of articular cartilage and labrum in Southeast Asian population: Feasibility in normal volunteers.
• "Atypical versus osteoporotic femoral fractures: Can you make the diagnosis of plain radiographs?"  Singapore Congress of Radiology 2016 - 19 to 21 February 2016, Singapore.
• "Application of Sonoelastography (SE) in the evaluation of various Musculoskeletal pathologies."  ESSR Annual Scientific Meeting 2017 - 15 to 17 June 2017, Bari, Italy.
• A "doughnut" in the abdomen.  Peter CA and Singh D. Abdom Radiol (2017) 42: 973. doi:10.1007/s00261-061-0928-z.
• Inferior vena cava and intra-cardiac invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma: a rare but catastrophic complication.  Peter CA, Anand Swaroop U, Wong BS. Med J Malaysia, 2017 Feb: 72 (1):58-59.
• Remote cerebellar haemorrhage as a complication of lumbar spine surgery. Cheryl Hui Shan Lim, Parag Ratnakar Salkde, Assimta Cynthia Peter. J Radiol Case Rep 2020 feb; 14(20: 1-11.  doi:10.3941/jrcr.v14i2.3844
• “The varying faces of gall bladder carcinoma: pictorial essay” Lim KS, Peters CC, Kow A Tan CH.  ActaRadiol June 2012   53:494—500.
• "Feasibility Study: MR imaging of the infraspinatus tendon along its true muscle plane."  Radiology Asia 2017 - 18 to 20 May 2017, Singapore (Submitted by G. Vickneswari).
• "What's twinkling?" Differential diagnosis of twinkling artefacts on Sonography.  Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM) 2017, 6 to 8 October 2017, Singapore (Submitted by Tzu-Chiao Karen).