Profile
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.
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
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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
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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
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