1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
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This session is open to doctors and healthcare professionals only.
CME points will be awarded.
Traumatic, inflammatory and degenerative conditions affecting the joints of the hand and wrist can cause swelling, pain and deformity, as well as affecting the hand function. Surgical treatment involves fusion of joints which can correct deformity and remove pain, but restricts range of motion. Where indicated, replacement of joints in the wrist, distal radioulnar joint, thumb carpometacarpal joint, finger metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joints can be done to correct deformity, remove pain and maintain motion, with the overall outcome of improving the function and appearance of the hand.
Our Speaker
Dr. Winston Chew
Orthopedic and Hand Surgeon
Dr. Chew Yoon Chong Winston has a special interest in Hand and Microsurgery and is one of only two surgeons to date to attain specialisation in both Orthopedic and Hand Surgery. His clinical interests include managing fractures of the distal radius and hand, wrist conditions, arthroscopy of the wrist and small joints of the hand, reconstruction for deformities of rheumatoid and degenerative arthritis including total joint replacement for the wrist and fingers, and microsurgical reconstruction of both upper and lower limbs including replantations, vascularised free flap and toe-to-hand transfers. His passion is in good patient care and he is interested in clinical research and has authored 26 articles in peer-reviewed journals and five book chapters in hand surgery.
Dr. Chew was the Head of Orthopedic Surgery (2008-2011) in Tan Tock Seng Hospital. He helped to set up the Hand and Microsurgery Section in Tan Tock Seng Hospital, and served as the head of the section from 2008-2012. Currently, he is in private practice with a focus in Hand Surgery.
Dr. Chew’s other appointment included President of the Singapore Society for Hand Surgery (2004-2006). He graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) before being awarded the Ministry of Health’s Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) scholarship to undergo advanced training in Hand and Microsurgery in the prestigious Christine M Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsugery / Kleinert-Kutz Hand Care Center (USA).
