Hee Hwan Tak

Biography

"Dr Hee Hwan Tak is a fellowship trained spine surgeon who specializes in degenerative, traumatic, neoplastic, and congenital disorders of the spine, as well as spinal deformities. His practice is solely dedicated to conservative as well as surgical treatment of various spinal disorders. His special areas of interests are in surgery for congenital and acquired spinal deformity, minimal access spinal surgery, spinal tumor surgery, cervical spine surgery, and artificial disc replacement (non-fusion) surgery. Dr Hee completed his medical degree at the National University of Singapore in 1990. He obtained his postgraduate degrees in surgery in Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow and Edinburgh in 1995. He underwent his training in Orthopaedic Surgery at the National University Hospital, and completed advanced surgical training in Orthopaedics in 1999. In 2000, he spent a year on a Clinical Fellowship in Spinal Surgery in the USA, training at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana and the University of Kentucky in Louisville and Lexington. He joined the National University Hospital in 2000 as an Associate Consultant, and became a Consultant in 2002. He also joined the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore as an Assistant Professor in 2002, and is Associate Professor with effect from 2008. Prior to starting his own private practice, he was senior consultant and deputy head of the University Spine Centre at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Hospital. He was also Clinical Director of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Hospital."

Research Interest

"Dr Hee’s research interests are in degenerative spinal disease, in particular the basic science of intervertebral disc degeneration and regeneration. He is also involved in the evaluation of clinical outcomes after spinal surgeries. Dr Hee is currently Medical Director and Senior Consultant, Centre for Spine and Scoliosis Surgery. He is also Adjunct Associate Professor of School of Physical and Mathematical Sceinces and School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University. He is visiting consultant to Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital and Alexandra Hospital"