Dr James Tan Chung Hui
Dr James Tan is a specialised orthopaedic surgeon at Quantum Orthopaedics, who has more than 10 years of experience in sports surgery and exercise medicine in Singapore. He offers specialised orthopaedic consultations at Camden Medical and Mount Alvernia Hospital, Singapore.
Apart from partnering with the industry to introduce various treatment techniques, Dr James has treated athletes from the Singapore National Teams and professional footballers from the Singapore Premier League and the Young Lions. He is a member of the elite Asian Shoulder and Elbow Group and a founding member of the Singapore Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Society.
As a specialised orthopaedic surgeon in Singapore, he is also the Principal Investigator of tissue engineering (bone, meniscus and tendon) projects, has been awarded National Medical Research Council grants, and collaborates with scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Technical University of Munich, A*Star, Osteopore, and Trendlines Medical Singapore. He is also a three-time Service Champion Gold Award winner.
Dr James has experience of lecturing at the Women's Tennis Association Coaches' Clinic, NTU and Nanyang Polytechnic along with holding instructional Shoulder & Knee Arthroscopy workshops in Singapore, South East Asia, China, South Korea and India.
He received further specialist training in the renowned Department of Sportsorthopaedics, Technical University of Munich, Germany, under the tutelage of Professor Andreas Imhoff.
Specialties
As a leading orthopaedic doctor in Singapore, Dr James specialises in orthopaedic conditions of the knee, shoulder and elbow joints, as well as cartilage and meniscus surgery. He is also experienced in minimally invasive (key-hole) tendon and ligament repair, joint replacement, and muscle-tendon transfers of the shoulder joint. In addition, he has published several original research articles on the shoulder and knee joint.
Background
MBBS - National University of Singapore (NUS), Faculty of Medicine
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (MRCS)
MMed - Master of Medicine in Orthopaedic Surgery (NUS)
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Adjunct Assistant Professor (NUS, LKC)
Senior Consultant Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports and Exercise Medicine
Head of Department, Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine Centre
Scientific Papers & Contributions
An experienced orthopaedic doctor of Singapore, Dr James is also involved in active scientific research and is the reviewer for the Journal of Biomechanics, Singapore Medical Journal and Asia-Pacific Journal of Sports Med, Arthroscopy, Rehab & Technology. He held concurrent Adj Asst Professorship at the National University of Singapore School of Medicine and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine.
MOH awarded him the TCM Research Grant (TCMRG) for his research proposal 'Acupuncture for the Postoperative Recovery of Hip Fracture Patients: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial'
Double-row repair of rotator cuff tears: Comparing tendon contact area between techniques > View research paper
The effect of post-fixation olecranon lengthening on range of motion of the elbow: a cadaveric study View research paper
Minimally invasive helical plating for shaft of humerus fractures: technique and outcome > View research paper
Short-term comparative outcomes between reverse shoulder arthroplasty for shoulder trauma and shoulder arthritis: a Southeast Asian experience > View research paper
Neuropathic arthropathy of the elbow treated with double-plate arthrodesis and resection site bone graft > View research paper
Radiological study of the Asian coracoid process and clavicle: Implications for coracoclavicular ligament reconstructionView research paper
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