Dr Tan Chung Hui James

Dr Tan Chung Hui James is an Orthopaedic Surgeon practicing at Quantum Orthopaedics in Orchard. 

Dr Tan has more than 10 years of experience in sports surgery and exercise medicine. He has treated athletes from Singapore's National Teams, as well as professional footballers from the Singapore Premier League and the Young Lions. His work also includes collaborations with industry partners to develop advanced treatment techniques. 

Dr Tan specialises in orthopaedic surgery, with a subspecialty in sports medicine. His clinical practice focuses on sports injuries affecting the knee, shoulder and elbow. He performs cartilage and meniscus surgery, minimally invasive (keyhole) tendon and ligament repairs, joint replacement surgery and muscle-tendon transfers of the shoulder. 

Dr Tan graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS), with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in 2001. He subsequently obtained a Master of Medicine in Orthopaedics and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (UK) in 2007. His specialist training also included further training at the Department of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Germany, under Professor Andreas Imhoff. 

Dr Tan is a member of the Asian Shoulder and Elbow Group and a founding member of the Singapore Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Society. Through his involvement in professional education, he has chaired and instructed at workshops and seminars in China, South Korea, India, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. 

Alongside his clinical practice, Dr Tan is involved in orthopaedic research and medical education. As a Principal Investigator, he leads National Medical Research Council-funded tissue engineering projects involving bone, meniscus and tendon. His research collaborations include scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Technical University of Munich, A*STAR, Osteopore and Trendlines Medical Singapore. He has also published original research articles on the shoulder and knee. In medical education, he holds Adjunct Assistant Professor appointments at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS, and the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine. 

Dr Tan is accredited to perform surgical procedures at Thomson Medical Centre.