NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, SINGAPORE
Clinic address: 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074Clinic Number: 6779 2777
Opening Hours: Mon – Fri: 8:30am to 5:30pm, Sat, Sun & PH: Closed
Professor Wong Hee Kit is a Senior Consultant at the University Spine Centre, National University Hospital, and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. He was the Head, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Hospital and the National University Health System (NUHS) from 2004 to 2015; Head of Spine Surgery from 1996 to 2015; and Chair of the University Orthopaedics, Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery Cluster from 2008 to 2019.
Prof Wong’s practice is exclusively in the subspecialty of Spine Surgery, focusing on the management of spinal disorders. He has special interests in the surgical treatment of back pain, scoliosis and other forms of spinal deformity, with expertise in minimally invasive spine surgery as well as major reconstructive and revision spinal surgery. He is a pioneer of minimally invasive “keyhole” surgery and vertebral body tethering (VBT) for the treatment of juvenile and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
Prof Wong’s research interests are in the area of spinal nerve injury and repair, tissue engineering solutions for back pain, the epidemiology and treatment of adolescent and adult scoliosis. He is an active member of the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (ISASS), Scoliosis Research Society (SRS), International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS), North American Spine Society (NASS), and the Asia Pacific Spine Society (APSS). He is the founding President of the Singapore Spine Society, and has served as a President of ISASS and APSS. He serves as a Board Member in the Pacific Asian Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (PASMISS). He peer-reviews for the journal SPINE, the Journal of Spinal Deformity, the Asian Spine Journal, the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, and the Journal of Orthopaedic Science.
In recognition of Prof Wong’s exceptional contributions towards elevating the quality of healthcare delivery, he was awarded the Master Clinician Award by the NUHS in 2011, National Outstanding Clinician Award by the Ministry of Health, Singapore in 2012, and was the inaugural recipient of the national accolade – Distinguished Senior Clinician Award in 2016.
MBBS(S’pore), MMED(Surg), FRCS(Glas), MCh(Orth) Liv., FAMS
Spine Surgery
