Dr. James Wee Liang Hao

Orthopaedic Surgery

Credentials	MBBS, MRCSEd, MMed(Ortho), FRCS(Ortho), FAMS
Language	English, Mandarin Chinese, Hokkien Dialect, Teochew Dialect
Info	Dr James Wee is an Orthopaedic surgeon at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore. He has dual subspecialties in Hip & Knee surgery (joint replacement and sports) and Foot & Ankle surgery. He is experienced in limb lengthening and reconstruction surgery, computer-assisted navigation and robot-assisted total knee replacement, and complex revision knee and hip replacement surgery. Dr Wee also has extensive expertise in arthroscopic joint cartilage regeneration surgery in treating sports injuries and degenerative conditions. He was the former director of a limb lengthening and reconstruction service, and treated complex cases involving short limbs, congenital deformities and complex trauma. He was also a former consultant at the Adult Reconstruction service and Foot and Ankle service at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH). He continues to be a visiting consultant at Woodlands Health Service. Dr Wee obtained his bachelor’s degree at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK. He is the only dual fellowship-trained surgeon in the subspecialties of Hip & Knee surgery and Foot & Ankle surgery in Singapore. He was awarded a scholarship to complete his fellowship in Hip & Knee surgery at Oxford University Hospitals in the UK, where he acquired expertise in complex revision total hip replacement and total knee replacement surgery, as well as arthroscopic keyhole surgery for treating sports injuries such as ligament, meniscus, and cartilage tears. He underwent training in partial knee replacement (UKA) with renowned inventor-surgeons of the Oxford partial knee system. He is one of the highest-volume surgeons in the Oxford partial knee replacement system locally and has served as a Surgical Instructor in the Asia Pacific region. He also completed a fellowship in Foot & Ankle surgery at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London, which is the UK’s top specialist orthopaedic hospital that manages complex cases from across the nation. He is skilled in treating sports injuries and degenerative conditions, complex trauma and nerve problems, and is experienced in keyhole and minimally invasive surgery, including treating ankle sprains, bunions and hammer toes. He was the lead surgeon of the team performing the earliest bilateral (both-sided) MAKO robotic total hip replacements through the posterior approach in Singapore, and is the earliest surgeon in Singapore to perform bilateral (both-sided) ROSA robotic total knee replacements. He is also the earliest surgeon to perform arthroscopic (keyhole surgery) double and triple hindfoot fusion surgery. With another surgeon, Dr Wee co-developed the Lasso technique of minimally invasive ankle ligament reconstruction. He was the leader of the award-winning clinical practice improvement programme team for day surgery partial knee replacement at TTSH. Dr Wee previously served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and was the school’s Principal Lead for Orthopaedic surgery training across Singapore. He was also a senior lecturer at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. He has been active in postgraduate medical training and served on the NUS Master of Medicine Committee for Orthopaedic surgery. He has been an invited speaker at international conferences, and an instructor at local and regional surgical courses. He has also been published in multiple peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Associated Treatments	Unicompartmental knee replacement (Oxford Partial Knee Replacement) Total knee replacement with Robot Assisted and Computer Navigation techniques Arthroscopic cartilage regeneration and Sports surgery Arthroscopic knee ligament reconstruction and meniscus repair surgery Keyhole ankle ligament reconstruction surgery (Lasso technique) Keyhole bunion and hammer toe reconstruction surgery Minimally invasive ankle and foot fracture fixation surgery Arthroscopic triple fusion foot deformity correction Arthroscopic ankle fusion ankle deformity correction Total hip replacement (Direct Anterior Approach) with Robot Assisted techniques
Special Treatments	Partial knee replacement (Oxford Partial Knee Replacement) Arthroscopic cartilage regeneration with stem cell augmentation and Sports surgery Arthroscopic knee ligament reconstruction and meniscus repair surgery Keyhole ankle ligament reconstruction surgery (Lasso technique) Keyhole bunion and hammer toe reconstruction surgery Minimally invasive ankle and foot fracture fixation surgery Certified in MAKO Robot-assisted Knee replacement and Hip replacement Certified in ROSA Robot-assisted Knee replacement
Achievements	Introduced and headed the earliest limb lengthening and reconstruction surgery service in Singapore at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) Lead surgeon of the team performing the earliest bilateral (both-sided) MAKO robotic total hip replacements through the posterior approach in Singapore Earliest surgeon in Singapore to perform bilateral (both-sided) ROSA robotic total knee replacementsEarliest surgeon to perform arthroscopic (keyhole surgery) double and triple hindfoot fusion surgery Co-developed the Lasso technique of minimally invasive ankle ligament reconstruction with another surgeon Assistant director in the team that established the TTSH weight management service
Fellowships and Accreditations	2005: MBBS (NUS, Singapore) 2009: MRCSEd (RCS, Edinburgh, United Kingdom) 2013: MMed (Ortho Surg) (NUS, Singapore) 2015: FRCSEd (Ortho) (RCS, Edinburgh, United Kingdom) 2016: Fellowship in Foot & Ankle Surgery (Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London, UK) 2017: Fellowship in Hip & Knee Surgery (Oxford University Hospitals, Oxfordshire, UK) Certified in MAKO Robot-assisted Knee replacement and Hip replacement Certified in ROSA Robot-assisted Knee replacement