As hospitals worldwide explore in-house medical device production, the University Hospital Basel has become a pioneer in developing patient-specific 3D printed implants. In this podcast, Dr Neha Sharma, Deputy Head of the Medical Advanced Manufacturing (Swiss MAM) Research Group and the 3D Print Lab at the Universitätsspital Basel (University Hospital Basel, USB), Switzerland, joins SGH's Dr Goh Su-Yen and Dr Mark Tan to discuss the groundbreaking development of their regenerative surgery programme. From virtual surgical planning to tissue engineering, discover how point-of-care 3D printing is revolutionising personalised healthcare delivery and advancing surgical innovation. Learn about USB's journey as the first hospital to produce MDR-compliant patient-specific implants in-house, and explore the infrastructure and ecosystems needed to bring such cutting-edge technology from bench to bedside.

3D Printing Technology at SGH

Singapore General Hospital (SGH) has a clinical 3D Printing Centre (3DPC) which can develop and produce, from medical imaging, patient-specific surgical implant sizing and rehearsal models, intra-operative surgical guides for lesion resection and osseous reconstruction, orthotics, as well as implants in-house and with partners.

About SGH Hospital of the Future Podcast Hosts
Dr Goh Su-Yen is Clinical Director in the Future Health System Department and SGH 3D Printing Centre (3DPC), and Senior Consultant,  Endocrinology at SGH. She is also Head and Senior Consultant, SingHealth Duke-NUS Diabetes Centre, and Group Director, Innovation and Transformation, SingHealth.

Dr Mark Tan is Clinical Lead at 3DPC and Consultant at Neuroradiology, SGH. He is also Consultant, Neuroradiology at National Neuroscience Institute. His clinical, academic and research interests include employment of imaging, including 3D visualisation and printing, in the planning, rehearsal and performance of neurosurgical, ear, nose, throat (ENT), ophthalmological, plastic and reconstructive, orthopaedic and cardiac surgeries, as well as designing and producing, from medical imaging, patient-specific anatomical models for surgical simulation and rehearsal, surgical guides for lesion targeting and osseous reconstruction, custom devices, orthotic and prosthetic appliances, as well as bioresorbable and non-resorbable implants for clinical care. 

#SingaporeGeneralHospital website: www.sgh.com.sgSGH 3D Printing Centre (3DPC) website: https://www.sgh.com.sg/our-specialties/3d-design-and-printing-centre

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