About
About Dr. David Bell Dr. David Bell is an orthopedic surgeon having more than 25 years of expertise. Services provided by him includes arthroscopy, cartilage repair, computer guided surgery, knee/hip replacement and trauma surgery. Dr. David Bell earned his medical fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (2001) after graduating from the National University of Singapore in 1995. The Academy of Medicine, Singapore awarded him a Master of Medicine in Orthopedics (2002). While receiving a scholarship from the Health Manpower Development Programme at Charite University (Berlin, Germany), he completed Advanced Specialist Training in Orthopaedic Surgery, earning the FRCS Ed (Orth) (2006). He also received training in the specialty areas of Adult Reconstruction (Hip and Knee Anthroplasty) and managing complex musculoskeletal trauma. Dr. Bell has interests in hip and knee issues and is a specialist in the management of severe injuries to the musculoskeletal system, deformity correction, and degenerative disorders of the hip and knee. He has received training in keyhole and minimally invasive surgery methods. Prior to entering private practise, he worked as a clinical instructor at the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Faculty of Medicine and as consultant and director of the orthopaedic trauma service at Changi General Hospital (CGH). As a recipient of the Orthopaedic Teaching Excellence Award and Chairman and instructor for various worldwide and regional instructional courses, he is also involved in medical education.. Dr. David Bell is fluent in English, and Mandarin.
List of Treatments
- Total Hip Replacement
- Acetabular Fixation
- Cemented Total Hip Replacement
- Cementless Total Hip Replacement (THR) Surgery
- Revision Hip Replacement
- Hip Replacement with Computer Navigation
- Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement
- Bilateral Hip Replacement Surgery
- Both Hip Replacement together
- Birmingham Hip Resurfacing BHR
- BHR with stem
- BMHR
- Minimally Invasive Hip Resurfacing
- Hip Resurfacing with computer navigation
- ACL Reconstruction
- Revision ACL Reconstruction Surgery
- Patello Femoral Replacement
- High Tibial Osteotomy
- Lower femoral Osteotomy
- Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Reconstruction
- Arthrodesis
- Septic Arthritis Treatment
- Lateral Retinacular Release Surgery
- Arthroscopic Menisectomy
- Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI)
- Meniscal Repair
- Osteochondral Autografting – Mosaicplasty Surgery
- Knee Replacement Surgery
- Unicondylar Knee Replacement
- High Flex Knee Replacement
- Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement Surgery
- Revision Single Knee Replacement
- Arthrotomy
- Arthroscopic surgery
- Reduction of fractures open
- Closed Reduction for Fracture
- Arthroplasty
- Carpal Tunnel Release (CTR) Open or Endoscopic
- Palmar Fasciectomy
- Tendon Repair Surgery: Flexor Extensor
- Thumb Arthroplasty
- Tendon Transfer
- Internal Fixation of Fractures
- Pollicization Surgery
- Syndactyly (Webbing) Treatment
- Repair of Digital Nerves
- Synovectomy of Hand
- Tenodesis tenolysis and tendon transfers and grafts
- Boutonniere Deformity Treatment
- Wrist Joint Replacement (Wrist Arthroplasty)
- Neurolysis Procedure
- Ganglion Cyst Excision
- Shoulder Replacement Surgery
- Open Reduction of Fracture
- Knee Arthroscopy
- Repair of Shoulder Rotator Cuff
- Acromioclavicular Joint Repair
- Repair of dislocations
- Shoulder Labral Tears Surgery
- Surgical decompression
- Extensor mechanism realignment
- Elbow Replacement Surgery
- Elbow Arthroscopy
- Lateral Epicondyle Release (Tennis Elbow)
- Fracture reduction and fixation
- Osteotomy
- Arthrolysis
- Limb Lengthening
- Sports Related Injuries
- Trigger Point Injection (TPI)
- Knee Meniscectomy
- Ankle Arthroscopy
- Shoulder Arthroscopy
- Tibial Tubercle Transfer for Patellofemoral Arthritis
- Arthroscopic Debridement of Calcium Deposits
- Leg Injury
- Paget’s Disease
- Partial Hip Replacement Surgery – Unilateral Hip Replacement
- Foot and Ankle Deformity Correction
- Arthritis
- Triple arthrodesis and internal fixation
- Corrective Osteotomy and fixation and bone graft
- Corrective osteotomy, fixation and ligament reconstruction surgery
- Knee replacement – Bilateral
- Knock knee surgery
- Single Hip Replacement
Work Experience
Consultant, Farrer Park Hospital, Singapore
Visiting Consultant, Changi General Hospital, Singapore
, Clinical Lecturer, National University of Singapore (NUS)
Special Interest
Arthroscopy
Cartilage Repair
Computer Guided Surgery
Knee / Hip Replacement
Trauma Surgery