Dr KC Ang graduated from the University of Melbourne Medical
School in 1990. He obtained his surgical fellowship from the Royal College of
Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1995 and after completing his Advanced Orthopaedic
Training became the first of his cohort to obtain the FRCS Ed (Orth) in 2000.
He has done clinical fellowships in Knee and Sports Medicine in the UK as well
as Shoulder and Elbow surgery in Melbourne, Australia.
Dr Ang remains a Visiting Consultant to the
National University Hospital and returns to perform complex Knee, Shoulder and
Sports surgery. In addition, he is a Visiting Sports and Orthopaedic Consultant
to Alexandra Hospital and KK Women's and Children's Hospital. In this capacity, he
deals specifically with sports problems in children and adolescents as well as
women. Dr Ang also runs a Sports Medicine clinic catering to students of The National University of Singapore.
Dr Ang is actively involved with sporting
events of all types. He is the Team Physician to the Wanderers Rugby Club and
Bedok Kings Rugby Club as well as the Bucks Rugby Club. He is also actively
involved in providing medical cover to the players of the Singapore Ultimate
(Frisbee) Association.
More recently Dr Ang has also featured on
several Reality Television programs have been responsible for the medical
care of the participants in the Contender Asia Muay Thai series as well as
Season 4 of the Contender (Boxing) series by Mark Burnett Productions.
As part of his interest in Mixed Martial
Arts, he is also the official Team Physician to the Amateur Muay Thai
Association of Singapore.
Dr Ang's interests are in sports injuries, especially of the knee and shoulder.
Most of his sports work consists of
arthroscopic or “keyhole “ surgery and he has been actively involved in
training surgeons from around the region in arthroscopy of the knee and
shoulder.
He is also actively involved in the
management of osteoarthritis and joint diseases and is a strong proponent of
computer aided and minimally invasive joint replacement surgery Dr Ang is an
avid wake surfer, and manages to get out on the water at least once a week. His
current passion is snowboarding, having just taken up the sport recently.
Dr Ang’s research interests include:-
- minimally invasive surgery
- computer-assisted joint replacement surgery
- cartilage repair and regeneration
- stem-cell applications in orthopaedic surgery
- accelerated return to sports post injury
Contact us for appointments at +65 6282 2611.