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Andrew's CV Apr 2014 1
CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL PARTICULARS
Name of Officer : Chin Yuan Hui, Andrew
Present Appointment : Head & Senior Consultant
Employing institution : Singapore General Hospital Department of Hand Surgery
Date & Place of Birth : 22 July 1971
Nationality : Singaporean
Race : Chinese
Marital Status : Married with 3 Children
Language/dialect : Written: English, Chinese
Spoken : English, Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese
SCHOOLS ATTENDED
School Attended Year Graduated
‘O’ Level School Certificate Anglo-Chinese Secondary School (Singapore)
1987
‘A’ Level School Certificate Anglo-Chinese Junior College (Singapore) 1989
TERTIARY AND /OR PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
MBBS (Basic Degree) National University of Singapore, NUS 1995
FRCS (Post Basic Degree) Fellow, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
2000
FAMS Fellow, The Academy of Medicine, Singapore (Exit certification and specialist accreditation in Hand Surgery)
2005
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Summary of Postings
Job Title Department Hospital Country Dates
Head Hand Surgery Singapore General Hospital Singapore Apr 09 to present
Senior Consultant Hand Surgery Singapore General Hospital Singapore May 12 to present
Visiting Consultant
Consultant
Paediatric Orthopaedics
Hand Surgery
KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital
Singapore General Hospital
Singapore
Singapore
May 09 to present
May 07 to Apr 12
Fellow Hand and Wrist Surgery Institut Kaplan, Barcelona Spain Dec 06 to Mar 07
Fellow Hand and Upper Limb Surgery
Centre for Hand and Upper Limb Surgery, Wrightington Hospital, Wigan
UK Mar 06 to Nov 06
Associate Consultant
Hand Surgery Singapore General Hospital Singapore May 05 to Apr 07
Registrar Orthopaedics Surgery Changi General Hospital Singapore Nov 04 to Apr 05
Registrar Hand Surgery Singapore General Hospital Singapore May 04 to Oct 04
Registrar Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery
National University Hospital Singapore Nov 03 to Apr 04
Registrar Hand Surgery Singapore General Hospital Singapore May 02 to Oct 03
Medical Officer (Specialist)
Hand Surgery Singapore General Hospital Singapore May 01 to Apr 02
Orthopaedics Surgery Singapore General Hospital Singapore Nov 00 to Apr 01
Accident & Emergency Dept Singapore General Hospital Singapore May 00 to Oct 00
Medical Officer (Trainee)
General Surgery Tan Tock Seng Hospital Singapore Nov 99 to Apr 00
General Surgery Singapore General Hospital Singapore May 99 to Oct 99
Medical Officer Army Singapore Armed Forces Singapore May 97 to Apr 99
Orthopaedics Surgery Tan Tock Seng Hospital Singapore Nov 96 to Apr 97
Anaesthesia & SIC Singapore General Hospital Singapore May 96 to Oct 96
House Officer General Surgery Tan Tock Seng Hospital Singapore Jan 96 to Apr 96
Medicine Singapore General Hospital Singapore Sep 95 to Dec 95
Obs & Gyn KK Women’s & Children Hospital
Singapore May 95 to Aug 95
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SAF (Singapore Armed Forces) Postings
Status Appointment Period Remarks
NS Battalion 2 I/C 2010 – present Combat Support Hospital
Company Commander (OC)
2006 to 2009 Surgical Company, Combat Support Hospital Attained rank of MAJOR in 2008
NSF Brigade
Medical Officer
Aug 97 to Apr 99 Administrative, staff
Officer & Command Appointment
Graduate, 9th National Service Command and Staff College, Nov 2008, (Pinnacle course for NS officers assuming key and higher appointments within the SAF)
Graduate, Advanced Medical Officer Course, Mar 2005
Parachutist, Graduate of the Basic Airborne Course, Dec 1997
NB: NSF- National Service Full Time, NS- Reservist status
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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical
• Former Director, Wrist Service, Department of Hand Surgery, SGH (up to Apr 2012)
Sub-specialty interest in Wrist and Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Hand and Wrist
• Conducting ward rounds and grand rounds
• Perform major/minor surgeries pertaining to the practice of hand and upper limb surgery
• Conducting of pre-op and post-op rounds
• Supervision and Management of emergency cases
• Night calls and duties
• Manage outpatient clinics
• Preparation and organisation of teaching rounds for students and trainees
Teaching
2013 to present
2012 to present
2009 to 2012
Clinical Physician Faculty Member, Hand Surgery & Surgery – In – General Surgical Specialties.
Member of Hand Surgery Residency Advisory Committee, Ministry of Health (MOH) Singapore – oversight for Hand Surgery Residency program in Singapore.
Member of the Specialist Training Committee for Hand Surgery, MOH – overseeing the teaching curriculum and syllabus for Hand Surgery Advanced Training
2008 to present Department teaching co-ordinator for Advanced Specialist Trainees
Oversee the conduct of weekly teaching rounds
Ad-hoc lecturer for nursing staff and department staff
Conduct tutorials and lectures for medical students (Duke-NUS GMS and NUS-Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine)
Oversee the conduct of journal club presentations
Oversee mortality and morbidity rounds
Oversee and organise periodical combined Singapore Society for Hand Surgery meetings
Participate and chairs in monthly hospital-wide conference, clinical meetings and Continual Medical Education (CME) programmes organised by the Hospital on adhoc basis
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Administrative
President
Co-Chairman
Singapore Society for Hand Surgery, 2013 to present
Division of Surgery Project – Surgical Specialty Workgroup on proposed formalisation of departmental consults at the DEM and setting up of Specialist Outpatient Clinics at DEM
Chairman Working committee for SGH Division of Surgery Project on transfer pricing of A&E outpatients undergoing local anaesthetic surgical procedures by Specialty departments – 2010 to 2011
Vice-President Singapore Society for Hand Surgery, 2011 – present
Honorary Secretary Singapore Society for Hand Surgery, 2009-2010
Chapter of Hand Surgeons, Academy of Medicine, Singapore 2007 – 2011
Organising Committee for the Singapore Society for Hand Surgery – Hand Review Course 2007
Wrist Interest Group (WIG) of the Singapore Society for Hand Surgery, 2005 to present
Organising Committee for the Singapore Society for Hand Surgery – Hand Review Course 2005
Coordinator for Basic Microsurgery Course for the nurses, SGH, Oct 2004
Coordinator for Workshop on “Treatment Procedures in Hand Surgery”, SGH, Oct 2004
Honorary Treasurer Singapore Society for Surgery of the Hand, 2008 – 2009, 2010 – 2011
Member Ministry of Manpower Medical Specialist Panel of Work Injury Compensation Medical Board – Sep 2013
SingHealth Charity Golf 2013 Organising Committee Meeting & Dinner 2013
Residency Advisory Committee (Hand Surgery), Ministry of Health 2012 - present
Hand Surgery Exit Examination Board 2009
Exit Examination question setter for Hand Surgery Exit examinations 2008
Specialist Training Committee (Hand Surgery), Ministry of Health, 2009 - 2012
Medisave Audit Committee, Singapore General Hospital, 2009-10
Convenor Hand Surgery Exit examinations 2007
Dept Co-ordinator HMDP expert visitor programme in Hand Surgery for FY 2008 – Prof Angus McGrouther
JCI re-accreditation, Jul 2008
Ex-Chairman Pro-tem committee for Singapore Society for Hand Surgery bid for IFSSH 2013 congress (2006 – 2007)
Department clinical care pathway programme – 2005 to 2007
Others Organising staff for the MBBS (National University of Singapore – NUS) Surgery Examinations in 2000 and 1996
Involved in ad-hoc committees for organising of departmental functions – ongoing
Involvement in organising of the FRCS (Ortho) examination – Hand section –in Singapore, 2005
Representative IFSSH, Singapore Society for Hand Surgery, 2006-7
Department representative for SGH special projects (JCI 2005 and 2008)
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Department representative for SGH Evidence-Based Medicine Committee – 2005 to 2008
Team Leader Department CPIP project, 2007 to 2008
Division of Surgery, SGH representative at electronic BMU project 2009 - 2010
Department Champion for Hand Surgery Instrument audit, ongoing
Academic/Teaching appointments
Adjunct Asst Professor
Internal Examiner
Clinical Senior Lecturer
National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine – Oct 2013 to present
AY12-‐13, 13-‐14 Final MBBS OSCE Exam – Mar 2013, Mar 2014
National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine – Aug 2012 to Sept 2013
Faculty member Regional Education Training Team for AO Asia Pacific – current
Core Faculty SingHealth Orthopaedic Residency Programme – current
Adj Asst Professor Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School – Jun 2011 to current
Examiner Specialist Training Committee (Hand Surgery), Exit Examination – current
National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine – current
Teaching Faculty Duke – NUS Medical school , Musculo-skeletal programme – current
Clinical Teacher National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine – Jul 2007 to Jul 2012
Clinical Tutor National University of Singapore, Faculty of Medicine – July 2004 to Jun 2007
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Involvement in Organizing Committees of Conferences / Meetings
23 – 24 Jan 2014
28 Feb-2 Mar 2013
19 Jan 2013
8 – 9 Oct 2012
23rd Singapore Society for Hand Surgery Hand Review Course
22nd Singapore Society for Hand Surgery Hand Review Course – 1st Combined Singapore –Malaysia-Finland-Latvia-Estonia Hand Meeting
SSHS Teaching Session ‘Neuropathic Pain in Hand Surgery’
Inaugural Congress of Asian Pacific Federation of Societies for Reconstructive Microsurgery (APFSRM)
Organizing Chairman
Scientific Chairman & Speaker
Chairman, Committee
Organising Committee - Subcommittee Chairman (Social & Hospitality/Publicity)
10 – 15 Sep 2012 31st Basic Instructional Course on Microsurgery & Cadaveric Flap Dissection Course
Co-chairman & Teaching faculty
16 – 20 Apr 2012 30th Instructional Course on Basic Microsurgery Co-Chairman & Teaching Faculty
23 – 24 Mar 2012 Hand Arthroplasty Workshop at Tan Tock Seng Hospital Table Instructor
17 – 18 Feb 2012
9-10 Dec 2011
21st Singapore Society for Hand Surgery Hand Review Course and Annual Scientific Meeting 1st Hand Surgery Skills Course & Cadaveric Dissection
Scientific Chairman & speaker
Table Instructor
5 – 9 Sep 2011 29th Instructional Course on Basic Microsurgery Co-Chairman & Teaching Faculty
11 – 15 Aug 2011 AO Trauma Hand and Wrist Course, Singapore Chairman & speaker
11 – 15 Apr 2011 28th Instructional Course on Basic Microsurgery Co-Chairman & Teaching Faculty
21 – 22 Jan 2011 20th Singapore Society for Hand Surgery Hand Review Course and Annual Scientific Meeting
Scientific Chairman & speaker
14 Jan 2011 SGH Wrist Dissection Course (HMDP visitor) Chairman
9 – 22 Jan 2011 HMDP visitor in Wrist Surgery Local co-ordinator and host
15 Nov 2010 SGH Division of Surgery forum : Operation Afghanistan – The Singapore Experience
Chairman
31 Oct – 04 Nov 2010
11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand
Symposium Chairman & Invited Speaker
20 – 24 Sep 2010 27th Instructional Course on Basic Microsurgery Co-Chairman & Teaching Faculty
12 – 16 Apr 2010 26th Instructional Course on Basic Microsurgery Co-Chairman & Teaching Faculty
5 – 6 Mar 2010 19th Hand Review Course & Annual Scientific Meeting (Organised by : Singapore Society for Surgery of the Hand)
Organising Committee & Teaching Faculty
17 – 18 Nov 2009 Wrist and Distal Radius : Arthroscopy and Reconstruction Workshop Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
Course Instructor
19 – 23 Oct 2009 25th Instructional Course on Basic Microsurgery Co-Chairman & Teaching Faculty
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27 Mar 2009 Wrist, Forearm & Elbow Dissection Course (Department of Hand Surgery)
Organising Chairman
9 Jan 2009 Anatomy and Hand Dissection Course (HMDP Visitor) Co-Chairman
16 – 17 Jan 2009 18th Comprehensive Review Course & Annual Scientific Meeting (Organised by : Singapore Society for Surgery of the Hand)
Organising & Teaching Faculty
5 – 17 Jan 2009 HMDP Visitor in Hand Surgery Asst co-ordinator
24 – 28 Aug 2008 Triennial World 24th SICOT (International Society Hong Kong) Teaching Faculty
5 July 2008 SGH Combined Hand Surgery and Dermatology GP Lecture series
Organising chairman
28 June 2008 Singapore Society for Hand Surgery/Singapore Orthopaedic Association Hand Conference
Chairman
Jan 2008 17th Comprehensive Review Course & Annual Scientific Meeting (Organised by : Singapore Society for Surgery of the Hand)
Organising & Teaching Faculty
Mar 2007 Singapore General Hospital and Derby Hand Club Wrist Course Organizing committee and faculty
Mar 2007 16th Comprehensive Review Course & Annual Scientific Meeting (Organised by : Singapore Society for Surgery of the Hand)
Organising Faculty
Oct 2006 6th Wrightington International Wrist Meeting, Wrightington Hospital, UK
Assistant to organising faculty
Oct 2006 Wrightington Wrist Arthroscopy Course, Wrightington Hospital, UK
Assistant to organising faculty
Aug 2006 Symposium in Hand and Microsurgery – 30 years in Tampere University Hospital, Finnish Society for Surgery of the Hand
Faculty
Apr 2006 FRCS Hand Course, Wrightington Hospital Assistant to organising faculty
Sept 2005 AO course in Management of Hand Fractures for ORP (Operating Room Personnel) SGH
Organising committee and teaching faculty
Mar 2005 14th Comprehensive Review Course & Annual Scientific Meeting (Organised by : Singapore Society for Surgery of the Hand)
Faculty
Nov 2004 Singapore Orthopaedic Association, Wrist arthroscopy Course Teaching Faculty
Oct 2004 Workshop on “Treatment procedures in Hand Surgery”, SGH Teaching faculty
Oct 2004 Basic Microsurgery Course for the nurses, SGH Teaching faculty
Oct 2004 Microsurgery and Flap Dissection Course, SGH Teaching faculty
Feb 2004 Hand fracture fixation course, NUH Teaching faculty
Oct 2003 AO course on “Management of Hand Fractures for ORP (Operating Room Personnel)”, SGH
Teaching faculty
Mar 2003 Video production team for “Procedures for common hand conditions”, SGH
Member
Mar 2003 Workshop on “Procedures for common hand conditions”, SGH Teaching faculty
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Mar 2003 GP Symposium on “Painful conditions of the hand”, SGH Teaching faculty
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Courses / Conferences involved
3-4 Apr 2014
21-23 Feb 2014
4-13 Feb 2014
15-19 Jan 2014
28 Nov-9 Dec 2013
9-10 Nov 2013
4-7 Oct 2013
30 Sep-5 Oct 2013
12-14 Sep 2013
4-7 Sep 2013
22-30 Aug 2013
14-19 Aug 2013
15-18 May 2013
1-5 Apr 2013
22-23 Mar 2013
Mar 2013
AO Trauma Education Commission – AO STaRT Program
AO Trauma Asia Pacific Faculty Education Program
ASSH Electives-in-Hand Surgery course
11th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC) and Fundamentals in Leadership and Management in Education (FLAME) Course
AO Trauma Course “Management of fractures in the hand and wrist”
AO Trauma Education Institute – AO STaRT Program
AO Trauma Asia Pacific Faculty Education Program
68th American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) Annual Meeting
AO Trauma Education Commission – AO STaRT Program
AO CMF Asia Pacific Coaching Program
Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Conference 2013 and Essential Skills in Medical Education Assessment (ESMEA) Course
AO Trauma Asian Pacific Faculty Education Program
AO Trauma Asia Pacific Coaching Program 32nd Basic Instructional Course on Basic Microsurgery
2nd Annual Instructional Course on Peripheral nerve surgery
conducted by KTP Hospital
12th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of Hand(IFSSH) and 9th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapists(IFSHT) – 4 to 8 Mar 2013
Adelaide, Australia
Shanghai, China
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Singapore
Davos, Switzerland
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
New Delhi, India
San Francisco, California, USA
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Penang, Malaysia
Prague, Czech Republic
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Thailand, Chiang Mai
Singapore
Singapore
New Delhi, India
Co-author
Teaching faculty
Participant
Delegate
International Faculty
Co-author
Teaching Faculty
Invited speaker
Co-author
Teaching Faculty
Delegate
Teaching Faculty
Teaching Faculty
Chairman & Teaching Faculty
Invited speaker
Session Co-Chairman
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Oct 2012
9th Congress of the Asian Pacific Federations of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (APFSSH)
Bali, Indonesia Invited speaker
Oct 2012 Inaugural Congress of Asian Pacific Federation of Societies for Reconstructive Microsurgery (APFSRM)
Singapore Session Chairman
Sep 2012 AOTrauma Course – Faculty Education Program (FEP) Hong Kong, China Teaching faculty
July 2012 AO Trauma Course – Course Chairperson Education Program (CEP)
Singapore Observer
Apr 2012
Mar 2012
“An Interactive Session on Distal Radius Fracture” Organised by Malaysian Society for Surgery of the Hand (MSSH) & Synthes Malaysia
Brachial Plexus Surgery Cadaveric Course 2012
KL, Malaysia
Bangkok, Thailand
Invited Speaker
Participant
Jan 2012 Postgraduate Course In Basic Arthroscopy of the Upper Extremity (Philippine General Hospital) Date: 20-21 Jan 2012
Manila, Philippines Invited speaker
Nov 2011
May 2011
AO Trauma Masters Workshop – Hand and Wrist with Anatomical Specimens Date: 19-20 Nov 2011
Charnley Centennial Meeting Hand & Wrist Day 19 May 2011
Basel, Switzerland
United Kingdom
Participant
Participant
Mar 2011 2nd Wrist & Distal Radius Arthroscopy & Reconstruction Workshop (Tan Tock Seng Hospital) Date : 3 & 4 Mar 2011
Singapore Invited speaker and faculty
Feb 2011 AO Trauma – Hand and Wrist Course Date : 24 – 26 Feb 2011
New Delhi, India Faculty
Jan 2011 20th Hand Review Course & Annual Scientific Meeting (National University Hospital) Date : 21 & 22 Jan 2011
Singapore Invited speaker
Nov 2010
Advanced Wrist Arthroscopic Surgery Course with training on anatomical specimens (EWAS) Date: 26-27 Nov 2010
Strasbourg, France Participant
Nov 2010 Robotic- Assisted Surgery of the Hand Course (RASH society) Date: 25 Nov 2010
Strasbourg, France Participant
Nov 2010 AO Trauma – International Hand & Wrist Course with Practical Exercises Date : 20 – 23 Nov 2010
Basel, Switzerland Participant
Oct 2010 11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand Date : 31 Oct – 04 Nov 2010 Symposium: Cubital Tunnel Syndrome – Recent Developments in Management
Seoul, South Korea Symposia organizer & Invited speaker
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Oct 2010 2009 Hong Kong International Wrist Arthroscopy Workshop & Seminar Pre-Congress event to IFSSH 2010 Congress Date : 27 – 28 Oct 2010
Hong Kong, China Participant
Sep 2010 27th Instructional Course on Basic Microsurgery, Date : 20-24 Sep 2010
Singapore Invited speaker
Jun 2010 17th Annual Scientifically Seminar & 9th Annual Meeting of Vietnam Orthopaedic Association Date : 24 – 27 Jun 2010 1) Enhance AO Osteosynthesis Technology 2) New Knowledge in Hand Surgery
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Invited speaker
Jun 2010 Instructional Course in Hand Surgery (6th Meeting, 4th Series) Wrist & Occupational & Psychological Aspects of Hand Conditions Date : 04 – 05 Jun 2010
Manchester, UK Participant
Mar 2010 19th Hand Review Course & Annual Scientific Meeting (National University Hospital) Date : 05 & -6 Mar 2010
Singapore Invited speaker
Dec 2009 AO Trauma Course – Management of Fractures of the Hand & Wrist Date : 05 - 10 Dec 2009
Davos, Switzerland Participant
Nov 2009 The Wrist and Distal Radius : Arthroscopy and Reconstruction Workshop (TTSH) Date : 17-18 Nov 2009
Singapore
8th Asian Pacific Federation for Societies of Surgery of the Hand Date : 12-15 Nov 2009
Kaohsiung, Taiwan Participant
Oct 2009 Upper Extremity Arthroplasty Workshop Date : 30 Oct 2009 Venue : Wrightington Hospital (University of Manchester) Wigan, UK
Wigan, UK Participant
25th Instructional Course on Basic Microsurgery Date : 19-23 Oct 2009
Singapore Teaching faculty
Sep 2009 Wrist Arthroscopy Course – Training on Anatomical Specimen Advanced Course, Taiwan Organised by GEAP-EWAS
Taichung, Taiwan Participant
Apr 2009 SGH 18th Annual Scientific Meeting Singapore Participant
Aug 2008 The American Society for Surgery of the Hand Wrist and Elbow Arthroscopy Course
Rosemont, USA Participant
Sep 2007 62nd American Society for Surgery of the Hand annual meeting
Seattle, USA Participant
Mar 2007 International Advanced Wrist Symposium Cairns, Australia Participant
Mar 2007 International Wrist Investigators’ Workshop Cairns, Australia Participant
Mar 2007 Xth Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Sydney, Australia Participant
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Surgery of the Hand
Oct 2006 6th Wrightington International Wrist Meeting, Wrightington Hospital
Wigan, UK Participant
Oct 2006 Wrightington Wrist Arthroscopy Course, Wrightington Hospital
Wigan, UK Participant
Aug 2006 Symposium in Hand and Microsurgery, Finnish Society for Surgery of the Hand
Tampere, Finland Oral presenter
Jun 2006 XI Congress of the Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand
Glasgow, UK Participant
Jun 2006 Instructional Course in Hand Surgery – Fractures, joint injuries and Arthritis, British Society for Surgery of the Hand
Manchester, UK Participant
Mar 2006 North-West Musculoskeletal Clinical Research and Audit Symposium, Wrightington Hospital
Wigan, UK Participant
Jan 2005 Double Bundle ACL Reconstruction Course Singapore Participant
Nov 2004 Shoulder and Wrist Arthroscopy Course Singapore Participant
Nov 2004 Derby Wrist Course Derby, UK Participant
Nov 2004 5th Congress of the Asian Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (APFSSH) 1) Sesamoiditis of the Thumb 2) Anterior Subfascial Transposition of Ulnar Nerve
Osaka, Japan Oral presenter
Oct 2004 AO Hand and Wrist fixation Course Leeds, UK Participant
Aug 2004 The American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH)
Wrist Arthroscopy Course
Rosemont, USA Participant
Jun 2004 9th Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH) 1) Anterior Subfascial Transposition of Ulnar Nerve
Budapest, Hungary Oral presenter
Feb 2004 Review Course in Hand Surgery, Singapore General Hospital 1) Sesamoiditis of the thumb
Singapore Oral presenter
Oct 2003 Replantation and Flap Surgery Course, National University Hospital
Singapore Participant
Oct 2003 International Conference for Evidence Based Medicine 1) Systematic review of Splinting versus Surgery in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Singapore Oral presenter
Feb 2003 AO course “ Principles of Operative Management of Fractures”
Hong Kong, China Participant
May 2002 Review Course in Hand Surgery, Singapore General Hospital 1) Anterior Subfascial Transposition of Ulnar Nerve
Singapore Oral presenter
Apr 2002 SGH Annual Scientific Meeting, Singapore General Hospital 1) Anterior Subfascial Transposition of Ulnar Nerve
Singapore Poster presenter
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May 2001
Singapore Society for Hand Surgery, Annual Hand Review Course, Singapore General Hospital
Singapore
Participant
Apr 2001 11th Instructional Course in Basic Microsurgery, Singapore General Hospital
Singapore Participant
Apr 2001 SGH Annual Scientific Meeting Presented paper on "Outcome of Surgical Intervention in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis" in the SGH Annual Scientific Meeting 2001 (Supervisor - Mr C T Tan, Senior Consultant)
Singapore Poster presenter
Oct 2000 8th Congress of Asia Pacific Association of Laser Medicine and Surgery
Singapore Participant
Apr 2000 2nd Uro-oncology Consensus Conference Singapore Participant
Apr 2000 NUH/Johns Hopkins Cancer update Singapore Participant
Apr 2000 Emergency Medicine course MOH Singapore Participant
Mar 2000 Basic Surgical Skills Course, NUS/RCS (Edin) Singapore Participant
2000 Vascular Surgery Workshop, Singapore General Hospital Singapore Participant
1999 Basic Wound Closure Course, Singapore General Hospital Singapore Participant
1999 Advanced GI Anastomosis Course, Singapore General Hospital
Singapore Participant
Jun 1997 & Aug 2001
Advanced Trauma Life Support Course, SAF Singapore Participant
Sep 1997 & Dec 2004
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Course, SAF Singapore Participant
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Relevant Leadership and educational courses attended/taught
21-23 Feb 2014 15 – 19 Jan 2014 5 Dec 2013 30 Nov-4 Dec 2013 9-10 Nov 2013 5-6 Oct 2013 12-14 Sep 2013 5-6 Sep 2013 24-28 Aug 2013 16-17 Aug 2013 8-14 Dec 2012
AO Trauma FEP Course APMEC and FLAME course AO Trauma RETT meeting AO Trauma Hand Course AO STaRT Program for Distal Radius AO Trauma FEP Course AO STaRT Program for Distal Radius AOCMF FEP & Coaching Course AMEE and ESMEA Course AO Trauma FEP Course AO Trauma Coaching Program for Educators
Shanghai, China` Singapore Davos, Switzerland Davos, Switzerland Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia New Delhi, India Hong Kong Penang, Malaysia Prague, Czech Republic Hong Kong Davos, Switzerland
Faculty Participant Participant Teaching Faculty Co-Module Author Faculty Co-Module Author Educator Participant Faculty Faculty & participant
29-30 Oct 2012 Sep-Oct 2012 3 – 5 May 2012
Finance for Non-financial Manager Programme 4th Healthcare Family Leadership & Policy Perspectives (LPP) Programme AOTrauma – Regional Education Teams Training (RETT) – Faculty Training Course
Singapore Civil Service College, Singapore Zurich, Switzerland
Participant Participant Participant
7, 14 & 21 Oct 2011 SPRING – NUS – SMA Healthcare Advanced Management Programme
NUS Business School, Singapore
Participant
10 – 13 Oct 2010 AOTrauma Course Chairperson Education Program (CEP) – Structured training for AO faculty assuming the role of course chairmen
Mangalore, India Participant
13 –16 Jul 2010 Mayo Clinic – SingHealth Risk Management Course on Root Cause Analysis and Failure Modes Effect Analysis
Singapore Participant
Apr – Nov 2008 9th Singapore Command and Staff College – Premier leadership Course for NS officers
SAFTI – SCSC Singapore Armed Forces, Singapore
Trainee
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30 – 31 Oct 2007 Joint Commission International Accreditation Executive Briefings
Singapore Delegate
3 – 5 May 2007 24 – 26 May 2007
SMU – SingHealth Clinician Leadership Program
Singapore Management University, Singapore
Participant
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RESEARCH
“Hypnotherapy: A Forgotten Modality in Managing Chronic Post-Traumatic Upper Limb Pain Peter Mack, Andrew KT Yam, Andrew YH Chin “ Use of CO2 lavage in bone preparation prior to cementation – a cadaveric study (Supervisor, Prof John Stanley)
Co-investigator
Co-investigator
Outcome of ‘Radial Head Replacement on patients with Essex-Lopresti Syndrome’ (Supervisor, Prof John Stanley)
Co-investigator
Prospective study on ‘Outcome of Posterior Interosseous Neurectomy’ (Supervisor, Prof John Stanley)
Co-investigator
Piso-hamate ligament reconstruction – a novel technique (Supervisor, Prof John Stanley)
Co-investigator
Produced video on Brunelli IV scapholunate reconstruction with Prof John Stanley
Co-producer
Wrist project entitled “Investigating the kinematics of the wrist and that of the scaphoid relative to the lunate, after a novel repair of the dorsal scapho-lunate interosseous ligament in a scapho-lunate disassociation” (NMRC grant)
Co-investigator
Was involved in research and data collection on prostatic cancer in the General Surgery Department, section of Urology, TTSH, 1999/2000 (Principal Investigator - Mr S J Chia, Consultant Urologist, Dept of General Surgery, TTSH)
Collaborator
Participated in research project on "Outcome of Surgical Intervention in Degenerative Spondylolisthesis". Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, SGH (Supervisor - Mr C T Tan, Senior Consultant)
Collaborator
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PUBLICATIONS (JOURNAL/BOOK CHAPTER)
Long-Term Results Using a Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Sesamoiditis of the Thumb Metacarpophalangeal Joint
In: The Journal of Hand Surgery (American Volume)
The Journal of Hand Surgery, Feb 2013 (Vol. 38A. No. 2. Pp. 316-‐321)
Author
(1st)
The anti-pronation spiral tenodesis - a new surgical technique for the treatment of perilunate instability
In: The Journal of Hand surgery (American Volume)
The Journal of Hand Surgery, Dec 2012 (Vol. 37A, Pp.2611-8)
Co-author
(2nd)
Linburg-Comstock Phenomenon following forearm laceration
In: Hand Surgery
Hand Surgery, Jan 2012 (17(2):221-224)
Co-author
(Last)
Capsulodesis for treatment of Scapholunate Instability
In : Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery’, Ed-in-chief: Sam W. Wiesel, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia ISBN : 978-0-7817-6370-7, 2011
Book Chapter 43 (Pg 2472-2479)
Co-author
(Last)
Wrist Arthroscopy: Beware the Novice
In : Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume)
The Journal of Hand Surgery, Aug 2009 (34(4):540-2)
Co-author
(3rd)
Combined Reverse Perilunate & Axial Ulnar Dislocation of the Wrist, A Case Report
In: Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume)
The Journal of Hand Surgery, Oct 2008 (33(5):672-6)
Author
(1st)
Complex Carpal Dissociation With Open Complete, and Divergent Trapezium, Capitate, and Hamate Dislocation: A Case Report
In : Journal of Hand Surgery (American Volume)
The Journal of Hand Surgery, Nov 2007 (32(9):1363-6)
Co-author
(3rd)
Evidence-Based Medicine article “Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – Splinting versus surgery
In : SGH proceeding, Nov 2005
SGH proceeding Nov 2005 -14(:2)
Author
(1st)
Anterior Subfascial Transposition of Ulnar Nerve
In : Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume)
The Journal of Hand Surgery, Feb 2003 (28(1):73-6)
Co-author
(Last)
Trigger Digits
In : Painful Conditions of the Hand (Department of Hand Surgery, SGH publications, 2003)
Book Chapter 5 (Pg39-43)
Co-author
(2nd)
Hypnotherapy: A Forgotten Modality in Managing Chronic Post-Traumatic Upper Limb Pain
In : Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore
Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore, July 2013 (Vol. 42, No. 7, Pp.361-362)
Co-author
(Last)
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Reviewer for Medical Journals
Hand Surgery
Journal of Asia-Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand
Annals of Academy of Medicine, Singapore
Singapore Medical Journal
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NOTABLE RECORDS
Professional Membership
Local Member, Singapore Medical Association (SMA)
Executive Committee Member, Singapore Society for Hand Surgery (SSHS)
Fellow, Academy of Medicine, Singapore
Regional/International Member, American Society of Surgery of the Hand
Member, British Society for Surgery of the Hand
Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Other Activities
Civic Organisations Volunteer Doctor, St Luke's Hospital for the Elderly, Singapore
Volunteer, The Boys' Brigade of Singapore
Sports and Recreation Represented NUS in Bridge Tournaments 1992 to 1994
Represented MOH in Bridge Tournaments 1996, 2000, 2002 to 2011
Active in golf and tennis
NB: NUS – National University of Singapore, MOH – Ministry of Health
Past Appointments & Achievements
Secondary School Member of the Boys' Brigade of Singapore
• Appointed Company Sergeant Major
• Attained the Rank of Staff Sergeant
• Awarded the Founder's Badge
Junior College Committee Member of the Science Council
Organising committee member of the Annual Science Quiz
Sub-editor of the College Science Magazine
Committee member of the AUDIO-VISUAL AID (AVA) Crew
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AWARDS
6th Allied Health Innovative Practice Award
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, NUS, Outstanding Teaching Award
Long Service Medal, Singapore Armed Forces
Feb 2013
Oct 2012
May 2012
Letter of commendation, Singapore Armed Forces May 2012
Letter of commendation, Singapore Armed Forces Apr 2012
Service with A Heart Award (Singapore General Hospital) Mar 2012
Singapore Health Quality Service Award 2011 - Star Award 13 Jan 2012
Service with A Heart Award (Singapore General Hospital) Feb 2011
Singapore Health Quality Service Award 2010 - Silver Award
Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
26 Jan 2011
2009/2010
EXSA 2009 Star Category 24 Nov 2009
Service with A Heart Award (Singapore General Hospital) 20 Aug 2009
EXSA 2008 Silver Category 11 Nov 2008
SingHealth CPIP project Merit Award winner 2008
SingHealth HMDP Award 2007
Good conduct medal, Singapore Armed Forces 2007
Letter of commendation, Singapore Armed Forces 2001
GOALS AND SPECIAL INTERESTS
I have always been interested in Hand Surgery after serving my internship/house officer year in medicine. I was exposed to Hand Surgery proper during my orthopaedic rotation as a medical officer in 1996. I went through my basic surgical training and took the Fellowship examination (Surgery in General) in 2000 at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. I successfully applied to the Department of Hand Surgery, Singapore General Hospital in 2001 for a 1-year training rotation.
To further my interest in Hand Surgery, I entered into Advanced Surgical Training programme in Hand Surgery since 2002. It was then that I continue to develop a keen interest and enthusiasm in the field of Wrist Surgery and Arthroscopy. As part of my sub-specialty training in wrist surgery, I have completed a 1-year HMDP fellowship programme in wrist surgery in 2006 to 2007 period. From March to November 2006, I was at the Centre for Hand and Upper Limb Surgery, Wrightington Hospital, Wigan, UK under the supervision of Prof John Stanley and from December 2006 to March 2007, I was at the Kaplan Institute in Barcelona, Spain with eminent wrist surgeons, Drs Marc Garcia-Elias and Alberto Lluch.
Since my return from HMDP, I was appointed Director of Wrist Service in the Department of Hand Surgery in SGH up to end April 2012 when I handed over. As the prime mover of the wrist sub-specialty, I take it as a challenge for me to bring the Hand Surgery Department to greater heights through application of current developments in wrist surgery and delivery of quality patient care.
I have also taken an interest in medical education as well as administration. I am currently both Adjunct Asst Professor to the 2 medical schools in Singapore, Duke-NUS and NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, actively involved in both undergraduate teaching as well as in postgraduate teaching as a core faculty for the Orthopaedic Residency programme. I am also in the Residency Advisory Committee for Hand Surgery, an appointed body by the Ministry of Health to provide oversight to the post graduate training for specialists and also to provide guidance and input towards the update and
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maintenance of the Hand Surgery training syllabus in Singapore.
Being the current Head, Department of Hand Surgery at the Singapore General Hospital and the President of the Singapore Society for Hand Surgery, I have been given the opportunity to take on administrative roles and responsibilities. I am actively serving as a reservist appointment holder for the Army Medical Services for the past 9 years and my role has allowed me to make critical decisions from time to time to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Army Medical Services. I am also sitting on and chairing various committees as part of my exposure to hospital and medical administration. I do hope to pursue postgraduate training in medical administration in time to come as part of my overall career development and progression.
