Dr. Kau Chung Yuan

Dr. Kau Chung Yuan


  • Specialty Orthopedic Surgery
  • Languages English Mandarin Hokkien
  • Panels AIA Great Eastern HSBC Life Income Prudential Singlife AON Cigna Fullerton Health MHC

Contact Information

  • Clinic
    Synergy Orthopaedic Group
    1 Farrer Park Station Rd, #14-06 Connexion, Singapore 217562
    Mon - Fri: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
    2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
    Sat: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Associated Conditions and Treatments

Anterior Ligament Tear (ACL) Cartilage Disorders Meniscus Tear

Biography

Dr. Kau Chung Yuan is a fellowship-trained Orthopedic Surgeon with a subspecialty interest in Hip and Knee surgery.

His subspecialty interests include hip and knee conditions include managing osteoarthritis, sports, cartilage, meniscus and ligament injuries, fracture care and general orthopaedics. These include injuries of anterior and posterior cruciate ligament, meniscus, cartilage and bone. He treats patients with hip injuries and conditions including hip arthritis, dysplasia and hip fractures.

He is proficient and certified in the use of robotics including MAKOplasty, ROSA Knee System, VELSYS, as well as computer navigation for hip and knee replacements. Dr. Kau is a proponent of joint preservation surgery. He is an advocate of partial knee replacement and is well-versed in the Oxford Partial Knee arthroplasty (PKA) system, and is an ASEAN instructor on the Oxford PKA. He uses minimally-invasive surgical techniques to help his patients recover faster and is trained in the Direct Anterior Approach to the hip which allows early recovery in his patients after total hip replacement.

Dr. Kau is the founder of OrthoKau Orthopaedic Surgery, a practice with Synergy Orthopaedic Group that is focused on hip, knee, sports, and joint replacement conditions.

His previous appointments and training are as follows:

  • Specialist Orthopaedic Surgeon, Adult Reconstruction Service, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine’s (NTU-Imperial College)
  • Ministry of Health, Human Manpower Development Program (HMDP) scholarship 2015.
  • Fellowship in Adult Reconstruction Surgery (Hip and Knee) in Southampton University Hospital, United Kingdom 2015
  • Fellow in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh. 2014
  • Orthopaedic Co-Lead for the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine’s (NTU-Imperial College)
  • Senior Lecturer with Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS)
  • Core Clinical Faculty Member with the NHG-AHPL Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program