MBBS, FRCS (Edin), FAMS
Senior Consultant & Director, Sports Medicine Service (SGH Orthopaedic Sports & Joint Centre)
A/Prof Paul Chang completed his medical undergraduate studies in 1986 from the National University of Singapore (NUS). He went on to complete his orthopaedic surgical training in 1991. In 1994, he was awarded the Ministry of Health, Singapore HMDP (Health Manpower Developmental Programme) and spent a year as a fellow in Sports Medicine in the renowned University of Pittsburgh, USA . He is the current Director Of Sports Medicine since May 2000.
EDUCATION
- Fellow of the Academy of Medicine (Singapore) 1997
- Fellowship for Sports Medicine – University of Pittsburgh 1994
- Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates Certificate 1993
- Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1991
- M.B.B.S (Singapore) 1986
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS & COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS
- Director Sports Service, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery since May 2000
- Vice President, Singapore Orthopaedic Association (SOA) 2012, Organising Committee SOA ASM 2012
- Sports Medicine Association of Singapore (Secretary 1999; Vice-President 2000; President 2001; Council Member 2004)
- Honorary Visiting Consultant to the Sports Medicine & Sports Science Centre, Singapore Sports Council since 1997.
- Advisory Panel, Changi Sports Medicine Centre 2003-2005.
- Asia-Pacific Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (Secretary 2000 to 2006; Scientific Chairman for Annual Meeting in 2002)
- International Society for Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery & Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Membership Committee 2003 to 2005.
- Academy of Medicine/Royal College of Surgeons Basic & Advanced Arthroscopy Course Instructor (April 1998, July 1999, April, July, October, December 2000).
- International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. dvanced Arthroscopy Course. Instructor March 2002, May 2004.
- Visiting Lecturer, School of Mechanical & Production Engineering, Nanyang Technological University.
- Visiting Consultant, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Changi General Hospital.
- Honorary Member, Peruvian Arthroscopy Association.
- Associate Professor, Yong Yoo Lin, School of Medicine ational University of Singapore, 2008.
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
- Training Coordinator, Experimental Surgery Sngapore General Hospital
- SGH vs Alumnus Golf Competitions Organising Committee.
- Academy of Medicine of Singapore & Malaysia Combined Meeting Golf Convenor (2002/2003/2004)
- Member of Ambulatory Surgery Centre, Management Committee
- Member of Medisave Audit Committee, Singapore General Hospital
AWARDS
- Feb 2005 SQ- Service with a Heart Award (Singapore General Hospital)
- Mar 2004 SQ-Service with a Heart Award (Singapore General Hospital)
- Jul 2001 National Service Medal, Singapore Armed Forces.
- Mar 2000 SQ-Service with a Heart Award (Singapore General Hospital)
- Apr 1999 Awarded the Smith & Nephew Scholarship for Sports Medicine to Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Jun 1998 Promoted to the rank of Major by the Singapore Armed Forces Council.
- Apr 1998 Awarded the Western Pacific Orthopaedic Association – ESSKA Travelling Fellowship to Europe.
- Oct 1997 Winner of Young Orthopaedic Investigator Award (20th SOA Meeting).
- “The Result of Periosteal Transplants for Full Thickness Osteochondral Defects in the Knee Joints of Pigs”.
- Jul 1993 Good Service Medal Singapore Armed Forces
- Nov 1988 Howard Eddey Gold Medal Part I FRACS
Practice Address
SGH Orthopaedic Sports & Joint Centre
1 Orchard Boulevard, Camden Medical Centre, Level 15 (#15-01 to 07), Singapore 248649
