Dr Chang Haw Chong

Dr Chang Haw Chong is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon practising in Singapore. He runs his own private practice, HC Chang Orthopaedic Surgery Pte Ltd, located at Napier, where he provides surgical and non-surgical care for patients with orthopaedic conditions and sports injuries since completing his specialist training.

Dr Chang offers services in orthopaedic sports medicine with a focus on key-hole (arthroscopic) surgeries. His practice encompasses anatomic anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions, robotic partial knee replacements, arthroscopic treatments for hip femoro-acetabular impingements, tennis elbow, shoulder rotator cuff tears and dislocations. He also provides care for frozen shoulder, ankle ligament reconstructions, herniated slipped disc, as well as hip and knee replacement surgeries.

Dr Chang graduated from the National University of Singapore Faculty of Medicine in 1994. He received his fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians of Glasgow in 1998, alongside a Master of Medicine in General Surgery. In 2001, he obtained his orthopaedic fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Dr Chang completed clinical fellowship training in orthopaedic sports medicine at the University of Louisville in the USA under a Health Manpower Development Programme scholarship from Singapore's Ministry of Health.

Prior to his current practice, Dr Chang served as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Changi General Hospital and as Deputy Head of the Changi Sports Medicine Centre (CSMC). He was involved in the development of the Orthopaedic Sports Service at CSMC and was appointed Director of Orthopaedic Sports Service in 2007. Under his direction, the CSMC Anterior Cruciate Ligament Programme was established in 2004, which treated patients with ACL injuries. In 2013, Dr Chang performed a robotic assisted partial knee replacement surgery at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital.

Dr Chang is an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. He has published peer-reviewed papers in orthopaedic sports medicine journals and contributed a book chapter on allograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Dr Chang serves on the editorial board of the Singapore Medical Journal and has organised training workshops for orthopaedic surgeons.

Dr Chang Haw Chong is accredited to perform surgical procedures at Thomson Medical Centre.