Chapter of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Modern orthopaedic surgery in Singapore started in 1952 with the establishment of a University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in the General Hospital campus under Professor J A P Cameron. Before 1952, fractures and orthopaedic diseases were treated on an ad hoc basis by general surgeons. In 1956, a government Department of Orthopaedic Surgery under Mr D W C Gawne was set up also in the General Hospital. In these early days, the common problems were infection of bone and joints like tuberculosis, poliomyelitis, leprosy and cerebral palsy.
In 1973, a spinal rehabilitation centre was set up in Tan Tock Seng Hospital. This was due to the untiring efforts of Mr N Balachandran who even sought the help of Sir George Bedbrook to convince the government of the urgency. Financial help came from a local philanthropist, Dato Lee Chee Shan.
The idea of an ASEAN Orthopaedic Association was first mooted in 1977 at the SICOT Meeting in Kyoto among the delegates from Indonesia, Philippines and Singapore. Subsequent events culminated in the inaugural meeting in Manila in February 1981.
| Rank | Name |
| Chairman | Dr Puah Ken Lee |
| Vice-Chairman | Dr Gabriel Liu Ka Po |
| Honorary Secretary | Dr Ou Yang Youheng |
| Members | Dr Hamid Rahmatullah Bin Abd Razak |
| Dr Guo Junhong Derrick | |
| Dr Remesh s/o Kunnasegaran | |
| Dr Oh Yoong Leong Jacob | |
| Co-Opt Members | Dr Inderjeet Singh Rikhraj |
| Dr Han Xinyun Audrey |
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