Dr. Yue Wai Mun

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About Dr. Yue Wai Mun Dr. Yue Wai Mun is an orthopedic surgeon having more than 28 years of expertise. Services provided by him includes complex spinal problems of the cervical and lumbar spine, computer navigated spine surgery, and minimally invasive spine surgery. Dr. Yue earned his degree from the National University of Singapore in 1992, and in 1998, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh accepted him as a fellow member. His orthopaedic surgery residency was done in Singapore, where he also won the N Balachandran Memorial Award for Outstanding Orthopaedic Trainee in 2001. He finished his clinical Spine Fellowship with the University of Missouri-Columbia/ Columbia Orthopaedic Group in 2003 after receiving the Health Manpower Development Plan award from the Ministry of Health, Singapore. In 2004, he was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine (Orthopedic Surgery). ​ After that, the Ministry of Health in Singapore granted Dr. Yue the Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) Grant so that he may do his clinical spine fellowship with the University of Missouri-Columbia and Columbia Orthopaedic Group in 2003. In 2004, he was named a Fellow of the Singapore Academy of Medicine (Orthopedic Surgery). Previously, Dr. Yue worked as a senior consultant in the Singapore General Hospital’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery’s spine service (SGH). Among his various positions at SGH, he also served as the director of the spine fellowship programme, the director of quality assurance, and the director of clinical governance. He continues to serve as SGH’s guest consultant. In addition, Dr. Yue reviews articles for a number of prestigious scientific journals, including Spine, the premier journal for the investigation and treatment of spine problems. He has written numerous articles on spinal deformities, cervical spine surgery, cervical disc replacement surgery, and minimally invasive spine surgery. Additionally, he has delivered numerous talks at national and international scientific conferences, and in 2010, the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery convention in the United States honoured him for his best work. Dr. Yue Wai Mun is fluent in English, and Mandarin.