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Dr Lee Keng Thiam is a Singapore trained Orthopaedic Surgeon since 2006. He currently serves as a Senior Consultant in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH). His main areas of clinical interests include the arthroscopic (“key-hole”) treatment of shoulder and sports knee injuries such as shoulder dislocation, SLAP tears, shoulder impingement, rotator cuff tears, knee ligament tears, meniscus and cartilage injuries. He also manages all kinds of shoulder, elbow and knee conditions, including performing shoulder, elbow and knee replacement surgeries.

Dr Lee graduated from The National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1997. He received his Master of Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) in 2001. He completed Advanced Specialist Training in Orthopaedic Surgery in 2006, and was registered as an Orthopaedic Surgeon with the Singapore Medical Council since May 2006. He is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

As a recipient of the Ministry of Health Human Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) scholarship, Dr Lee underwent fellowship training in advanced Sports Surgery and Upper Limb Surgery at the Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre and Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia in 2006/07.

Dr Lee is the Head of the Sports Medicine & Surgery Service, Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) from December 2009 to October 2015, and again from January 2017 till present. He was also former Head of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, TTSH from July 2015 to January 2025 and Clinical Board Member, TTSH for 6 years from 2016 to 2021.

Besides clinical work, Dr Lee is also actively involved in the education of local medical students. He was appointed Adjunct Associate Professor by Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS in 2015. He is concurrently an Adjunct Associate Professor with Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU since 2016. Dr Lee also teaches and mentors the next generation of Orthopaedic surgeons in Singapore as a Core Clinical Faculty Member of the NHG Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program from 2011 to 2024. He has also trained several overseas surgeons from Asia in shoulder and knee surgery in the past 2 decades, and published more than 25 research articles in local and international peer-reviewed medical journals.

Dr Lee was awarded TTSH Top 10 Teacher for Academic Year (AY) 2010-11, 2015-16 and 2018-19, and was presented with TTSH Best Teacher Award, Division of Surgery for AY 2016-17. He also received NUS Orthopaedic Teaching Excellence Award for AY 2012-13, 2013-14 & 2014-15, and NUS Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence for AY 2014-15 and 2015-16. Over his more than 2 decades of clinical practice, he has also received several awards for excellence in patient service and clinical quality improvement projects. He was conferred The Long Service Medal (Pingat Bakti Setia) at the MOH National Day Awards 2023 for his 25 years of Public Service, as well as received TTSH Staff Excellence Award (Gold) in 2024.