Dr Leon Foo
Island Orthopaedics (Mount Elizabeth Hospital)
3 Mount Elizabeth #05-08 Mount Elizabeth Orchard Medical Centre Singapore 228510
Monday to Friday: 9.00 am – 5.00 pm
Saturday: 9.00 am – 1.00 pm
Sunday or Public Holidays: Closed
Island Orthopaedics (Mount Alvernia Hospital)
820 Thomson Road #01-01/02 Mount Alvernia Medical Centre A Singapore 574623
Monday to Friday: 9.00am – 5.00pm
Saturday: 9.00 am – 1.00 pm
Sunday or Public Holidays: Closed
Designation
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Qualifications
MBBS (Singapore), MRCS (Edinburgh), MMed (Ortho) (Singapore), FRCS (Ortho) (Edinburgh)
Conditions Treated
- Cartilage resurfacing and regeneration
- Joint reconstruction and replacement, including minimally invasive, key-hole/arthroscopic, computer navigation, customised/patient-specific instrumentation and robotic surgery
- Limb preserving surgery for bone and soft tissue tumours and reconstruction using autografts, allografts and/or mega-prosthesis implants
- Orthopaedic oncology, including bone and soft tissue tumours
- Treatment of hip, knee and shoulder problems arising from degenerative (age-related), inflammatory, trauma or sports-related injuries
Insurtance Plans Accepted
- Adept
- Alliance
- iXchange
- MHC
- AIA
- Singlife Aviva (MHC)
- AXA
- GE Life
- Prudential
Achievements
- Three-time recipient of the “Service with a Heart Award”, Singapore General Hospital
- Singapore Ministry of Health Training Scholarship on Orthopaedic Oncology & Revision Arthroplasty at Muenster University Hospital, Germany, 2008
Medical Philosophy
“Compassionate and holistic patient-centric care remains the most important tenet of my clinical practice.”
Education
- National University of Singapore, 1999
- Master of Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2004
- Member, The Royal College of Surgeons Of Edinburgh, UK, 2004
- Fellow, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2008
- Fellowship trained at University Hospital Muenster, Germany
- Clinical attachment at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
Background
- Former Consultant, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, 2010
Academic & Research Contributions
- Well-respected teacher, mentor and examiner at local and international courses and conferences
- Former Adjunct Assistant Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
- Former Clinical Tutor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
- Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor and Physician Faculty for Orthopaedic Surgery and Family Medicine Residency Programmes, respectively
- Expert Reviewer for the Journal of Arthroplasty, Singapore Medical Journal, and Annals of the Academy of Medicine of Singapore