Dr. Tan Chong Tien

Dr. Tan Chong Tien

Dr. Tan Chong Tien

Specialist Orthopaedic Surgeon

  • Endoscopic Spine Surgery
  • Scoliosis Surgery
  • Total Disc Replacement

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Biographical Summary

Professional Experience:

  • Over 20 years of practice in orthopaedic and spine surgery.
  • Director of Spine Service at Singapore General Hospital from 1989 to 2005, responsible for establishing the spine subspecialty and introducing innovative procedures.
  • Trained many local and overseas spine surgeons.
  • Appointed Visiting Professor to Taishan Medical College and Ningxia Medical College in China.

Fellowships:

  • Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Glasgow) in 1981.
  • Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Singapore (Orthopaedic Surgery) in 1987.

Academic Background:

  • Graduated from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia in 1974.

Conditions Treated​

Field of Expertise

1974

MBBS

Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

1981

Fellowship

Royal College of Surgeons (Glasgow)

1987

Fellowship

Academy of Medicine Singapore (Orthopaedic Surgery)

Honors

  • Director of Spine Service at Singapore General Hospital, instrumental in developing the spine subspecialty

Certifications

  • 2004 | Course Director of the Shoulder and Wrist workshop at the Annual Scientific Meeting
  • 2002 | Chairman of the Arthroscopic shoulder and elbow course at the Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Society Medicine meeting
  • MBBS (S’pore)
  • M.MED (Surgery)
  • FRCS (Edin)
  • FRCS (Glas)
  • FAMS (Ortho)
  • Member, Scoliosis Research Society
  • Member, Spine Section, Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association
  • Member, ASEAN Orthopaedic Association
  • Member, Asian Academy of Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery (AAMISS)
  • Member and Past President, Singapore Orthopaedic Association

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