KNEE INJURIES IN WOMEN

Dr Tan Sok Chuen is an Orthopaedic Surgery Specialist at Hip & Knee Orthopaedics, and a Visiting Consultant at Thomson Surgical Centre. Her subspecialty is in hip and knee surgery, including joint replacement and revision surgeries, minimally invasive joint replacement surgery and osteoporosis treatment.

Dr Tan graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2004. She completed her Orthopaedic Seamless Training programme across all tertiary institutions in Singapore (SGH and NUH) and was conferred the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery. She completed clinical fellowships in Hip & Knee Surgery at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK in 2016, and London Health Sciences Centre, Ontario, Canada in 2015.

Before joining The Orthopaedic Centre, Dr Tan was a Consultant in Orthopaedic Surgery at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, where she was one of the highest volume surgeons. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor involved in medical undergraduate teaching, and has published extensively on hip and knee arthroplasty.

Dr Tan is the first woman hip and knee replacement surgeon in Singapore. Being also a mother of an active toddler, she understands the demands of the modern working mother and the need for mobility and minimum down-time. She believes that all women should be able to age gracefully and have quality of life even in old age.