Dr Hee Hwan Tak is an Adjunct Associate Professor with Nanyang Technological University. He did his spine surgery fellowship in the United States between 1999 to 2000. He spent 6 months in Tulane University in New Orleans, and 6 months in Louisville, where he was a clinical instructor in University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Currently, Dr Hee is a spine surgeon whose clinical practice is 100 percent on spinal disorders in the pediatric and adult population. He manages all types of spinal disorders, for example degenerative spine (including cervical spine or neck), spinal fractures, spinal tumor, spinal infections, spinal deformities (including scoliosis).
His specialist services encompass non surgical management of spinal conditions, as well as surgery if clinically indicated. Surgical services available at Pinnacle Spine & Scoliosis Centre include cervical spine (neck) surgery, non fusion (including artificial disc replacement) surgery, scoliosis and spinal deformity surgery, minimally invasive spine surgery, spine tumor surgery, and revision spine surgeries.
Professional Affiliations
- Panel of Medical Experts, former Subordinate Courts of Singapore
- Associate Editorial Board Member, The Spine Journal
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Orthopaedic Science
- Member, Cervical Spine Research Society
- Founding member, Cervical Spine Research Society (Asia Pacific section)
- Member, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
- Member, North American Spine Society
- Member, International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery
- Member, AO Spine International
- Associate Fellow, Scoliosis Research Society
- Member, Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association
- President, Back Society (Singapore)
Professional Awards
- TTSH 9th Annual Scientific Meeting 2001 (overall best paper award)
- Singapore Orthopaedic Association Hong Kong ambassador, November 2001
- Yahya-Cohen Lecture, 36th Singapore-Malaysia Congress of Medicine, August 2002
- Star Award, Quality Convention, National University Hospital, January 2004
- Star Award, Quality Convention, National University Hospital, March 2006
- Young Investigator Award – 29th Annual Scientific Meeting of Singapore Orthopaedic Association , November 2006
- 1st prize, Doctoral category in research presentation contest, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, May 2007
- Star Award, Quality Convention, National University Hospital, May 2007
- Best poster award – Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell transplantation and intervertebral disc distraction reverse intervertebral disc degeneration in a rabbit model. 15th Triennial Congress of APOA, Seoul, Korea, September 2007
- JOA Congress 2008 Travel Award Winner – Effects of dynamic tension on degenerated human annulus fibrosus and nucleus pulposus cells: an in vitro study. The 81st Annual Congress of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association, Sapporo, Japan, May 2008
- Excellent service award (Star award) 2008
- Excellent service award (gold) 2009
Practice Address
Pinnacle Orthopaedic Group (Mt Elizabeth)
3 Mount Elizabeth, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre #04-07, Singapore 228510