Our Doctors

Specialist Orthopaedic Surgeon
MBBS (S'pore), FRCS (Edin)
FRCS (Glas) 
FAMS (Orth)

Adult Reconstruction, Joint Replacement, Paediatric Orthopaedics and Trauma

Dr Francis Wong graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1982 and was admitted as Fellow to the Royal College of Surgeons (Glasgow) and Fellow to the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) in 1987. He was admitted as a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore in 1991 under Orthopaedic Specialist Registrar.

Dr Wong began his training in orthopaedic surgery as a trainee in the University Department of Orthopaedics, University of Singapore. On graduation, he worked as a senior resident in the National University Hospital, Alexandra Hospital, and Tan Tock Seng Hospital before being made a consultant at the Singapore General Hospital.

He was awarded the prestigious HMDP fellowship to which he spent time at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London and Stanmore as well as Adeenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, specialising in paediatric orthopaedics and adult reconstruction surgery. On return to Singapore, he was in charge of the development of the Paediatric Orthopaedic Service at SGH.

Dr Wong began full private practice in 1996 in Mt Elizabeth Hospital and Mt Alvernia Hospital.

Dr Leslie Leong is an orthopaedic surgeon with a special interest in Hip and Knee Surgery. He graduated from NUS in 1991 and obtained his Master of Medicine (Surgery) and Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) in 1997.

Specialist Orthopaedic Surgeon
MBBS (S'pore), FRCS (Edin)
FRCS (Glas)
FAMS (Orth)

Adult Reconstruction, Joint Replacement & Musculoskeletal Tumour Surgery

• MBBS(Singapore) 1982 FRCS (Edinburgh) FRCS (Glasgow) FAMS (Orthopaedics)
• Visiting Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
  Singapore General Hospital
• Recipient
  Young Orthopaedic Surgeon Award
• Recipient
  Japan Orthopaedic and Trauma Foundation Award
• HMDP Fellowship in Musculoskletal Oncology and Adult Reconstruction
  University of Florida, USA
• Training in Correction of Limb Deformites and Limb Lengthening
  University of Maryland, USA

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

MBBS (S'pore), M.MED (Surg), FRCS (Edin), FAMS (Orth)

Dr. Tho Graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1985 and was then admitted as Fellow to the Royal College of Surgeons

Dr Wong graduated from the National University of Singapore Faculty of Medicine in 1989. He was admitted as a Fellow to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1994 and completed his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery in 1999.

Dr Chang  graduated from the National University of Singapore Faculty of Medicine in 1994. He was admitted as a Fellow to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians of Glasgow in 1998. The same year, he obtained his Master of Medicine in General Surgery from the National University of Singapore.

In 2001, Dr Chang became the first orthopaedic trainee from Singapore to obtain the FRCS Edin (Orth) when it was made a requirement for exit certification for orthopaedic training in Singapore. He was then awarded the Ministry of Health HMDP Scholarship in 2003 to train at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA as a Clinical Fellow in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine.

He was mentored by Professor David NM Caborn, a leading sports orthopaedic surgeon in the USA, with a special interest in the use of allograft tissues for sports reconstructive surgeries and in meniscus transplantations. He served as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Changi General Hospital and as Deputy-Head of the Changi Sports Medicine Center (CSMC). He was instrumental in developing the Orthopaedic Sports Service in CSMC, eventually becoming the Director of Orthopaedic Sports Service in 2007.

Among his many achievements was the setting up of the CSMC Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Programme in 2004, which has treated over 250 patients with anterior cruciate ligament injuries annually. Among his patients were National football players and S-League football players.

Dr Lim Kay Kiat is an Orthopaedic surgeon with a subspecialty in Foot and Ankle surgery. He has an interest in running and cycling injuries.

Dr Lim obtained his medical degree from the National University of Singapore in 1996. He went on to pursue postgraduate training in Surgery and was admitted as a Member of the Royal of College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2001. The following year, he obtained a Masters of Medicine in Orthopaedic Surgery from the National University of Singapore and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in Orthopaedic Surgery in 2005. Being awarded a training grant from the SingHealth Talent Development Fund, Dr Lim was a Foot and Ankle fellow in the University of Toronto and underwent subspecialty training at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, Canada between 2006 and 2007.

Dr Lim has been practicing as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Changi General Hospital and has also been the Director of the Foot and Ankle Service there. He performed the first total ankle replacement in Changi General Hospital and has been instrumental in pioneering the use of maggot debridement therapy in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers there. As a surgeon also running a practice in the Changi Sports Medicine Centre, Dr Lim counts amongst his many patients, several S-League and National soccer players, junior and development team athletes as well as dancers with lower extremity injuries.

He has a research interest in foot and ankle disorders and gait and has received several research grants and been published in major Orthopaedic scientific journals. In addition, Dr Lim has been involved in multi-centre international medical trials as the Singapore principle investigator.

Dr Lim holds a teaching appointment from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore for training undergraduate medical students. He is also involved in the training of specialist Orthopaedic surgeons, acting as mentor and supervisor for surgeons in-training. He has been teaching faculty for the National University of Singapore Postgraduate Course in Orthopaedic Surgery over the past few years. This is a course targeted at local and international trainee Orthopaedic surgeons. Outside of Orthopaedic surgery, Dr Lim has been an instructor for the Advanced Trauma Life Support course since 2004 and has acted as advisor/mentor for biomechanics students from the Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore.

Outside of his work, Dr Lim is a keen endurance athlete. He is a multiple-time finisher of Ironman 70.3 Triathlons and marathoner. With this background, he has a personal interest in running and cycling injuries. Beyond rehabilitative, medical and surgical treatment of cycling injuries, he also focuses on bike fit strategies to prevent and treat overuse cycling injuries.

Dr Lim has been involved in the medical team covering the Singapore Grand Prix since the inaugural event in 2008. In 2009, he was the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for the track medical service, responsible for trackside safety and medical intervention for racing accidents.