Dr. Ong Joo Haw

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Dr. Ong Joo Haw

Specialist Sports Physician

  • Sports and Exercise Related Injuries & Conditions
  • Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Therapy
  • Musculoskeletal Ultrasound-guided Treatment
  • Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT)

Biographical Summary

Fellowship-Trained Specialist

  • Double Fellowship in MSK Ultrasound and High-Performance Sports Medicine in London and Australia.

Key Leadership Roles in Clinical, Administrative, Research And Education

  • Clinical Director of the Sports and Exercise Medicine Centre, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, and Visiting Consultant at Singapore Sports Institute.

Innovator in Musculoskeletal Interventions

  • Expertise in advanced diagnostic and interventional techniques like hydrodissection and shockwave therapy.

Respected Academic Mentor

  • Adjunct Senior Lecturer at NTU and Clinical Senior Lecturer at NUS, mentoring future sports medicine practitioners.

Highly Experienced Clinician

  • Over 15 years of experience managing sports injuries and complex musculoskeletal conditions.

Conditions Treated

Field of Expertise

2004

M.B.B.S.

National University of Singapore Faculty of Medicine

2009

MRCSEd

Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh

2011

Master of Medicine, Family Medicine

National University of Singapore

2012

Graduate Diploma in Occupational Medicine

National University of Singapore

2013

Clinical Exercise Specialist (CES)

American College of Sports Medicine

2014

FAMS (Sports Medicine)

Academy of Medicine, Singapore

Academic and Clinical Positions:

  • Clinical Director (2022 to 2024)
  • Sports and Exercise Medicine Centre, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital
  • Senior Consultant Sports Physician (2022 to 2024)
  • Khoo Teck Puat Hospital
  • Visiting Consultant (2014 to present)
  • Singapore Sports Institute
  • International Clinical Fellow (2015-2016)
  • London Independent Hospital,  BMI and Australian Institute of Sport
  • Associate Consultant Sports Physician (2014-2016)
  • Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

Awards:

  • MOH Healthcare Manpower Development Program Award (2015) 
  • Double Fellowship in MSK Ultrasound Interventions and High-Performance Sports Medicine 
  • Ministerial Award for Operational Excellence (2006) 
  • Chief Medical Officer, Operation Lion Heart Humanitarian Mission for Central Java Earthquake Dean’s List, Yong Loo Lin SOM (2002) 
  • High Distinction in Microbiology and Immunology

Professional Society and Leadership Roles:

  • Chairman and Medical Director (2016 to present)
  • Medical and Anti-Doping Committee, Powerlifting Singapore Vice Chairman (2023 to present)
  • Singapore Orthopaedic Trauma Society Board Member (2018 to present)
  • Institutional Review Board, Singapore Sports Institute

Editorial and Research Roles:

  • Board Chairman (2020 to present)
  • Institutional Review Board, Republic Polytechnic Adjunct Senior Lecturer (2016 to 2024)
  • Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU
  • Journal Reviewer New
  • Zealand Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Asian Spine Journal

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:

  • “Shoulder Injuries” Book Chapter
    JH Ong, Ng CS, Exercise is Medicine Prescription Guide 2nd Edition, 2022
  • “Extensor Digitorum Brevis Manus Muscle: An Unusual Case of Dorsal Wrist Pain and Swelling with Weight Lifting”
    S. Sim, JH Ong, New Zealand Journal of Sports Medicine, 2021
  • “Morel-Lavallee Lesion of the Knee After Low-Energy Impact in a Healthy Non-Athlete”
    M Tay, JH Ong, Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, 2020
  • “Microvascular Volume in Symptomatic Achilles Tendons is Associated with VISA-A Score”
    SFE Praet; JH Ong; C. Purdam; et al., Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 2018

Conference Presentations:

  • Invited International Speaker, Australian Sonographer Association (ASA), 2021-2024
  • ⁠Invited International Speaker, Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM), 2020
  • ⁠Invited International Speaker, World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB) 2019
  • ⁠Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, 2016

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