- Founding Partner, Pinnacle Orthopaedic Group
- Fellowship at Stanford University, USA
- Founding Member, ASEAN Association For Sports Medicine & Arthroscopy (ASSA)
- Council Member, ASEAN Arthroplasty Association (AAA)
- Member of The American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS)
- Member of the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Sports Medicine (ISAKOS)
- Member of The International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS)
- Vice-President (Leisure Cycling), Singapore Cycling Federation
- First orthopaedic surgeon to win both the Singapore Orthopaedic Association Young Investigator Award (for his work on mesenchymal stem cells and cartilage repair in the knee) and the N Balachandran
- Award in the same year
- Mentored his trainee to win an unprecedented second time the Young Orthopaedic Investigator Award in 2009
- Multiple research grants and publications on cartilage repair, stem cells, biomaterials and joint replacements
Dr Kevin Lee is a US fellowship-trained senior consultant orthopaedic surgeon. He completed his medical degree at the National University of Singapore in 1996 and has been in clinical practice since then. He is a member of the Royal College Of Surgeons, Edinburgh and a fellow of the Royal College Of Surgeons, Edinburgh (Orthopaedics). He also holds a Master Of Medicine (Orthopaedics), Singapore. Dr Kevin Lee’s sub-specialty interests are in knee replacements and hip surgeries, cartilage repair of the knee, sports injuries of the lower limb and stem cell therapeutics in orthopaedics.
Dr Kevin Lee underwent sub-speciality training at the Hip & Knee Division, Stanford University Orthopaedic Department, USA. He trained with world-renowned surgeons Professors Stuart B Goodman and William J Maloney in complex knee and hip replacement procedures. He was also involved in both clinical and basic science research on joint replacements, biomaterials and stem cell therapeutics in orthopaedics. Dr Kevin Lee is a founding and council member of the ASEAN Association For Sports Medicine & Arthroscopy (ASSA) and a council member of the ASEAN Arthroplasty Association (AAA). He is also a member of the American Association Of Hip & Knee Surgeons (AAHKS) , the International Association Of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery & Sports Medicine (ISAKOS) and the International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS).
Dr Kevin Lee was a Visiting Consultant to the National University Hospital, Singapore and the Singapore Armed Forces Military Medicine Institute and is currently a consultant for Zimmer Inc, one of the largest orthopaedic implant companies in the world. He travels frequently to conduct teaching courses and give talks to regional and international surgeons. Dr Kevin Lee has won multiple awards – the National University Hospital STAR Award in 2006 and 2007 and the SPRING EXSA Service Silver Award in 2009 for excellent patient care. During his previous tenure in the National University Hospital, Singapore, he was the Principal Investigator who established the National University Health System’s (NUHS) Total Hip and Knee Replacement Registry in 2008. As a Co-Principal Investigator, he was also instrumental in setting up the NUHS’s Sports Registry.
As a knee and hip specialist in Singapore, Dr Kevin Lee is actively involved in education and research. In 2005, Dr Kevin Lee became the first orthopaedic surgeon to win both the Singapore Orthopaedic Association Young Investigator Award (for his work on mesenchymal stem cells and cartilage repair in the knee) and the N Balachandran Award in the same year. He mentored his trainee to win an unprecedented second time the Young Orthopaedic Investigator Award in 2009. Dr Kevin Lee was a Principal Investigator for several active grants (> $500,000) and was the Co-Principal Investigator for numerous other grants involving cartilage repair, stem cells, biomaterials and joint replacements. He is still currently actively involved in these projects.
In his younger school days, Dr Lee had an outstanding academic career and his achievements include scoring 9 distinctions (8A1s and 1 A2) and the Marine Parade Constituency Book Prize Award in the GCE O Levels (1988) and a perfect score of 7 distinctions/A1s in the GCE A Levels (1990) and he was also awarded the Marine Parade Constituency Book Prize Award, the Prime Minister’s Book Prize Award and the Raffles Junior College Academic Prize Award in the same year.
Dr Lee is an avid sportsman who was a competitive windsurfer in his school days. He currently plays golf (playing off a handicap of 16), scuba dives and boating for fun, and does cycling, swimming and land paddling for fitness. In 2015, he was elected into the Singapore Cycling Federation’s Management Committee and holds the post of Vice-President (Leisure Cycling).
Dr Kevin Lee’s Professional Affiliations
- Founding & Council Member, ASEAN Society For Sports Medicine & Arthroscopy (ASSA)
- Council Member, ASEAN Arthroplasty Association (AAA)
- Member of The American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS)
- Member of the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Sports Medicine (ISAKOS)
- Member of The International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS)
- Member of the Singapore Orthopaedic Association (SOA)
- Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Ortho), Edinburgh (2005)
- Master of Medicine (Orthopaedics) (2002), National University of Singapore
- Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (2001)
- United States Medical Licensing (USMLE), Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) Certification (1998)
Dr Kevin Lee’s Professional Awards
- SPRING Singapore EXSA Silver Award 2009
- Ministry of Health Human Manpower Development Programme (HMDP) Award 2007
- NUH STAR Award July-September 2006 and January-March 2007
- Minister For Health Award for the medical relief effort after the Indonesian Earthquake in May (Team Leader of the National University Hospital Team) 2006
- Singapore Orthopaedic Association-Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Ambassador 2006
- AO East Asia Junior Travelling Ambassador 2004
Practice Address
Pinnacle Orthopaedic Group (Mt Elizabeth)
3 Mount Elizabeth, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre #04-07, Singapore 228510