Dr Stella Setiawan

Dr Stella is an Associate Consultant with the Department of Neurology at the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI). Her clinical interests are in Headaches and Epilepsy.

• SingHealth Duke-NUS Medical School
• University of British Columbia, Canada
• Specialty Certificate Examination in Neurology (Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom and the Association of British Neurology), 2023
• Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom (UK), 2022
• United States Medical Licensing Examination and Step 1,2 CK, CS and 3, 2017
• Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), 2017

• Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (Neurology)

• Tan YJ, Ramesh R, Tan YH, Tan S, Setiawan S. COVID-19 and isolated oculomotor nerve palsy: Clinical features and outcomes. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2023 Jan 19;225:107601.
• Ng B, He YK, Pang YZ, Kok E, Goh ZH, Setiawan F, Jappar I, De Silva DA, Abdullah HRB. Reduction of inappropriate perioperative neurology outpatient referrals for perioperative risk assessment and antithrombotic risk management in a major academic hospital. BMJ Open Qual. 2025 Apr 29;14(2):e003038.
• Xu I, Guo L, Setiawan S, Deng X, Lo YL, Chai J, Simmons Z, Ramasamy S, Yeo C. Predictive analysis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis progression and mortality in a clinic cohort from Singapore. Muscle Nerve. 2025 Apr 23;72(1):71-81.
• Tan Z, Chua B, Ng M, Reyes S, Setiawan S, Tan YJ, Tan BK, Ponampalam R. Cerebral edema secondary to heavy metal toxicity from Siddha medicine: A case report and case-based review. Case Rep Neurol Med. 2026 Feb 12;2026:9945172.