Aruna Vijaya Ratnam

NB: Aruna is not a medical doctor but has a clinical doctorate in physical therapy.

Dr. Aruna Vijaya Ratnam was awarded the Mid-Term Scholarship in 2012 and graduated from the University of Queensland in 2013 with her Bachelor of Physiotherapy. She then went on to complete her Clinical Doctorate in Physical Therapy with Nova Southeastern University in 2018. She is also a certified lymphedema and wound management therapist by the International Lymphedema and Wound Training Institute.

Dr. Aruna joined Jurong Health Services in 2014, where she has been specializing in rehabilitation. Having managed the Day Rehabilitation Centre at Jurong Community Hospital for 1.5 years, she is well versed in managing patients requiring rehabilitation for orthopedic, neurological, geriatric, and women’s health conditions. Moreover, while pursuing her bachelor’s degree, Dr. Aruna had the opportunity to work with and learn from the women’s health physiotherapists at the Mater Women’s and Children’s Hospital, where she gained experience and knowledge working with prenatal and postnatal mothers, baby massage, and healing of diastasis recti, and developed a love for working with these mothers.

Dr. Aruna is passionate about rehabilitating patients with an orthopedic condition and has been co-leading the Jurong Community Hospital’s inpatient orthopedic team. She is a certified Clinical Educator with the Singapore Institute of Technology and provides regular teaching and training sessions for both student physiotherapists and junior physiotherapists. She has given regular continuing medical education (CME) talks on hip fracture and rehabilitation, and she was part of the Hip Integrated Care Pathway team that was awarded the NUHS-Mochtar Riady Pinnacle Awards in 2019. She has also initiated total knee replacement classes in both the acute and community settings, which patients have enjoyed.

Aruna is a passionate, dedicated, and personable physiotherapist who always seeks to give her best to help her patients achieve their desired outcomes.