Clin Asst Prof Wee Tze Chao

Dr Wee Tze Chao is a Senior Consultant with the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Changi General Hospital (CGH). His areas of interests include musculoskeletal rehabilitation, chronic pain and neuromusculoskeletal ultrasound.

Dr Wee completed his training in rehabilitation medicine and pain medicine in Australia, for which he was admitted to the fellowship of both the Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, as well as the Faculty of Pain Medicine at the Australia and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists. He is accredited by the Specialist Accreditation Board in Singapore as a specialist in rehabilitation medicine and is a fellow at the Academy of Medicine (Singapore).

Dr Wee was awarded the Health Manpower Development Program (HMDP) to do a fellowship in neuromusculoskeletal ultrasound at the National Taiwan University Hospital in Taipei and St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney.

On the academic front, Dr Wee is actively involved in teaching both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He participates actively in various scientific conferences as part of continuing education and has published in peer reviewed medical journals.

• Fellowship in Neuromusculoskeletal Ultrasound, National Taiwan University Hospital and St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney
• Fellow, Faculty of Pain Medicine (FFPMANZCA), The Australia and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (2015)
• Fellow, The Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (FAFRM) The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (2014)
• Graduate Diploma in Geriatric Medicine (GDGM) 
• National University of Singapore (2012)
• Graduate Diploma in Acupuncture (GDA)
• Singapore College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (2011)
• Graduate Diploma in Family Medicine (GDFM)
• National University of Singapore (2010)
• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
• National University of Singapore (2003)

• Clinical Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS
• Clinical Core Faculty, SingHealth Rehabilitation Medicinr Senior Residency Program
• Clinical Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine NUS
• Vice Chair, Chapter of Rehabilitation Medicine
• College of Physicians, Academy of Medicine, Singapore

• Silver, Eastern Health Alliance Caring Awards, 2014
• Outstanding Faculty Award, Rehabilitation Medicine, Singhealth Residency, 2017

• Wee TC, Tan YL. Should we be concerned about "acute sarcopenia" in the  inpatient population? Is there a role for ultrasound evaluation? Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2018 Mar 19. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000929. [Epub ahead of print] 

• Wee TC, Wu CH, Chen WS, Wang TG. Sonographic Evaluation of the Posterior Interosseous Nerve in a Patient with Wrist Drop. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2018 Feb 5. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000878. [Epub ahead of print]

• Tan YL, Wee TC. Adult human metapneumovirus encephalitis: A case report highlighting challenges in clinical management and functional outcome. Med J Malaysia. 2017 Dec;72(6):372-373.

• Wee TC. Poststroke Headache: An Underdiagnosed Entity? Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2017 Oct 2. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000835. [Epub ahead of print]

• Wee TC. The Potential for Gabapentinoid Abuse in Pain Management. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2017 Oct;96(10):e176.

• Wee TC. Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage Related to Fluoxetine in a Patient with Stroke. 2017 Nov;96(11):e201-e203.

• Wee TC. The Sunken Skull. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2017 Mar;96(3):e55.

• Tay SS, Wee TC, Mohamed Noor S, Hassan N. View towards rehabilitation in the home – A survey of patient’s mindset towards a home rehabilitation program. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2016 Dec;45(12): 560-562

• Teo EY, Wee TC. Renal tuberculosis. N Engl J Med 2011; 365(12):e26

• Tan YK, Wee TC, Koh WP et al. Survival among Chinese women with lung cancer in Singapore: a comparison by stage, histology and smoking status. Lung Cancer 2003;40(3):237-246.