Dr David Chua Thai Chong

MBBS, FRCSEd

Senior Consultant

Changi General Hospital

Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery

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About

Education and Training

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Awards

Publications

Conditions Treated By This Doctor

Hip Osteoarthritis Hip Surgery Knee Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis Total Knee Replacement Trauma

Clinical Appointments

Senior Consultant

Orthopaedic Surgery

About

Dr David Chua attained his MBBS from NUS and was accepted into orthopaedic training in 1994. Following that, he received further training in trauma care under the guidance of Prof Joseph Schatzker in 1995.

Dr Chua's current practice is in fracture care, mainly in the pelvis, acetabulum and lower limb fractures. He also has an interest in the management of arthritis in the hip and knee.

Additionally, Dr Chua maintains an interest in the training of orthopaedic surgeons and regularly contributes to resident training and AO courses.

Education and Training

FRCS Edinburgh
MBBS (NUS)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Clinical Lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery - NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.
Clinical Core Faculty Member - SingHealth Orthopaedic Residency Program.
Clinician Physician Faculty Member - SingHealth Residency Program.
Physician Faculty Member - Transitional Year B. for Post-Graduate Year 1 (PGY1) program, SingHealth.
Adjunct Associate Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery - Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine.
Chairman - HTAC Sub-Committee on Total Knee Replacement Implants.
Member - MOH Health Technology Advisory Committee.
Chairman - MOH Workgroup to Review the Evaluation and Financing of Screening and Treatment Modalities.
Member - Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Advisory Committee.
Member of the MOH Medical Licensing ExamTest Design Workgroup.
Member - Steering Committee for Cluster Image Management System.
Member - St Andrews Community Hospital Research Ethics Committee.
Chairman - MOH workgroup for the evaluation and financing of screening and treatment modalities.
Deputy Chairman - Cluster EMR Subcommitte.
Member - Orthopaedic Specialist Training Committee.
Member - Complaints Committee, SMC
Member - Disciplinary Committee, SMC
Medical Specialist - Panel of Workmen’s Compensation Medical Board
Deputy Chairman - MOH EMRX Audit WorkGroup
Member - Cluster Electronic Prescription Focus Group (Cluster eRx), Singhealth.
Member - EMR Phase II Planning Workgroup.
CGH representative for CHIDS workgroup.
CGH representative for EMRX workgroup.
SingHealth EMR Security Implementation Focus Group.
Member - Project Steering Committee. Singapore Health Services, PKI and related IT security services.
Member - Medical Device Oversight Committee.
Member - ValuedCare Programme Office.
Member - Medical Board.
Member - MAC
Member - CGH-SUTD HEALTHTECH Innovation Project.
Member - IPSG workgroup B.
Member - PIC.
Member - Operating Theatre Committee.
Member - CGH Surgical Credentialling Committee.
Co-Chairman - JCIA workgroup on Management of Communication & Information (MIC).
Co-Chairman - Ambulatory Workgroup, CGH redevelopment.
Member - P&T Committee.
Member - Trauma Committee.
Facilitator - CGH Strategic Planning.
Chairman - EMR-RIS interface project.
Co-Chairman - CGH JCIA workgroup for Management of Information.
Co-Chairman - CGH EMR UIT workgroup.
Deputy Head of Department - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Advisor - CGH OTM-SCM integration workgroup.
Member - DRG Committee.
Chairman - EMR-RIS interface project.
Co-Chairman - CGH JCIA workgroup for Management of Information
Co-Chairman - CGH EMR UIT workgroup.
Member - Clinical Research Committee.
Representative - CGH in SingHealth Orthopaedic Implants Tender Review Committee
Member - CGH SARS Taskforce.
Orthopaedic Representative - Trauma Team planning group.
Co-ordinator of Mortality Round - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1998 till present
Representative - CGH in MOH, Orthopaedic DRG Review Workgroup.
Tissue Committee - member
Junior Staff Welfare Committee - Chairman
Advisor - Clinical Pathway for Fractured Hips, NCH/CGH
Member - Committee on pre-admission testing

Awards

Aug 2014 - MOH Long Service Medal, National Day Awards 2014
Aug 2013 - Singapore Healthcare Management 2013 Certificate of Recognition, Operations Category
Mar 2013 - Eastern Health Alliance Caring Award Gold Award
Mar 2010 - Singapore Health Quality Service Award Star Award
2012 - Singhealth Residency RISE Top Faculty
2013 - CGH Best Educator Award – Medical Undergraduate
2013 - CGH Best Educator Award – Medical Postgraduate
2015 - CGH Best Educator Award - Postgraduate (Residency)
2014 - CGH Best Educator Award - Postgraduate (Residency)
2014 - SingHealth Residency RISE Award

Publications

BISPHOSPHONATE-ASSOCIATED PERI-IMPLANT FRACTURES: A NEW CLINICAL ENTITY? A CASE SERIES OF TEN PATIENTS WITH ELEVEN FRACTURES Justine Lee (corresp), Tamara Soh, Tet Sen Howe, Joyce, Suang Bee Koh, Ernest Kwek Beng Kee, David, Thai Chong Chua. Acta Orthopaedica 2015; 86 (5): 622–626
Review: Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Atypical Femur Fractures. Alvin C. Ng & Meng Ai Png & David T. Chua & Joyce S. B. Koh & Tet Sen Howe. Current Osteoporosis Reports, Article 198
Subtrochanteric insufficiency fractures in patients on alendronate therapy A CAUTION. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 89-B, Issue 3, 349-353. S.-K. Goh, K. Y. Yang, J. S. B. Koh, M. K. Wong, S. Y. Chua, D. T. C. Chua, and T. S. Howe
Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Fractures of the Acetabulum - Local Experience. Singapore Medical Journal 2003, Vol. 44 (8): 404-409. K Y Tan, H C Lee, D Chua
Predictors of Early Failure of Fixation in the Treatment of Displaced Subcapital Hip Fractures. Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, Vol. 12, No. 4, 1998. Pp. 230-234. David Chua, Susan B. Jaglal & Joseph Schatzker
An Orthopaedic Surgeon survey on the treatment of displaced femoral neck fractures: opposing views. Can. Journal of Surgery, Vol. 40, No. 4, Aug. 1997. David Chua, Susan B. Jaglal & Joseph Schatzker
The effect of Methylprednisolone on Porcine Bone Morphogenetic Protein in Fracture Healing. Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research, 1993. Volume No.292 pg. 336-375. Kitti Jirarattanaphochai, Tan Ser Kiat, David Chua & Song In Chin