Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Since its inception in 1952, the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery has played a crucial role in education, research and clinical service

Undergraduate Teaching

Organizes and conducts the main systemic clinical posting in orthopaedic surgery for the medical students

Research

Our research focus areas are in musculoskeletal tissue engineering, osteoporosis and fractures, and orthopaedic bioengineering

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Best APOA 2007 Poster Award
Dr Ismail Erwan, Dr Hee Hwan Tak, A/P James Goh, Professor Wong Hee Kit (Orthopaedic Surgery) received the Best APOA 2007 Poster Award for a paper entitled, “Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell transplantation and intervertebral disc distraction reverse intervertebral disk degeneration in a rabbit model” at the 15th Triennial Congress of Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association from 9 to 13 September 2007, Seoul, Korea

2008 R W H Pho Lecture
19 - 23 May 2008
National University Hospital
Email: Ms Janet Han
2008 NUHS Spinal Workshop Adolescent Spinal Deformity Course
15 - 17 June 2008
National University Hospital
Email: Ms Sarojeni Shanmugam
29th Orthopaedic Surgery Annual Postgraduate Course in Orthopaedics
2 - 5 July 2008
National University Hospital