MBBCh, BAO (Ireland), FRCS (Edinburgh), AM (Malaysia)
Sub-specializes in orthopaedics of the hip and spine

Focuses on Orthopaedic trauma, joint replacement and adult degenerative spinal disorders
Dr ONG is the Consultant Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgeon at KLSMC specializing in hip and spine injuries, and has been in practice for over 20 years. He graduated from the National University of Ireland in 1985 with honours in surgery, anatomy, biochemistry, physiology and pharmacy. From 1986 to 1990, he did his internship in Hospital Kuala Lumpur and Orthopaedic & General Surgical training in University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur.
In 1990, he obtained Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh and then trained in General Orthopaedics in Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Scotland, followed by formal postgraduate Orthopaedic training in Wales and England. He then went for sub-specialized training in Adult Spinal Surgery as well as Joint Replacement Surgery at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry, England.
Dr ONG returned to Malaysia in 1994 to become Clinical Orthopaedic Specialist at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital, Klang after which he joined the private practice. His present interests are Orthopaedic trauma, joint replacement and adult degenerative spinal disorders.

MBBS (Singapore), FRCS (Edinburgh)
Sub-specializes in foot and ankle injuries
Trained in the treatment of foot and ankle deformities using surgical procedures as well as orthotics

Dr LOW is the foot and ankle specialist at KLSMC. He graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1988 with a degree in Medicine and completed Orthopaedic postings at the National University Hospital and Alexandra Hospital before returning to Malaysia in 1996. He continued with his training in Hospital Kuala Lumpur and in 1999 practiced General Orthopaedics and Traumatology at Hospital Kajang where he developed an interest in Foot and Ankle Surgery.
In 2001, Dr LOW visited the Harborview Medical Center, Seattle in the United States. He met internationally-renowned foot and ankle expert, Professor Sigvard Hansen, who introduced him to a wide variety of concepts and ideas regarding diseases of the foot and ankle. In 2004, Dr LOW obtained a Foot and Ankle Fellow post at the Wirral Foot Unit in the United Kingdom. There, he trained to perform surgical corrections of various deformities of the foot and ankle. One of the conditions he has learnt to treat is hallux valgus, commonly known as bunions, using the Scarf Osteotomy technique which has gained wide-spread popularity in many European countries. By working in the NHS, he gained substantial experience in dealing with foot and ankle problems including the use of orthotics. Dr LOW is also actively involved in the training of local postgraduate students in foot and ankle surgery.

MBBS (Malaya), FRCS (Edinburgh), FRCS (Glasgow), AM (Malaysia),
Fellowship in Hand and Microsurgery (Louisville, USA)
Sub-specializes in hand and microsurgery
Fellowship in Hand & Microsurgery from the prestigious University of Louisville and Christine M. Klienert Institute of Hand & Mircosurgery

Dr Ranjit Singh GILL is a graduate of University Malaya Medical School. Following his graduation in 1988, he underwent further surgical training both locally and abroad. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians of Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Having completed his training in orthopaedic surgery, he then pursued his sub- specialization training in Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery. This included training at Department of Hand & Microsurgery at General Hospital Kuala Lumpur, University of Louisville & Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand & Microsurgery, Louisville, Kentucky, USA and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. He received his Fellowship in Hand & Microsurgery from the University of Louisville and Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand & Microsurgery in 1996. During his training in USA he was involved in numerous research projects and scientific papers. He also authored chapters in the following books:
4th Edition of "Operative Hand Surgery" textbook
Editor- David Green
Published 1999
“ELBOW ARTHROSCOPY”
Gary Poehling, Ranjit S. Gill
"The Growing Hand: Diagnosis And Management of Disorders of the Pediatric Upper Extremity " textbook
Editor- Amit Gupta, Luis Schecker
Published 2000
“PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY AND REPAIR IN CHILDREN”
Warren Breidenbach, Ranjit S. Gill
Upon his return to Malaysia in 1996, Dr GILL was appointed Consultant Hand Surgeon at the Department of Hand & Microsurgery, General Hospital Kuala Lumpur. He is also a Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Hand Surgery at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
He started his private practice in 1998 at Pantai Medical Centre and in 2003 set up Malaysia’s first Hand Unit in the private sector. Dr. GILL is currently Clinical Director of the Hand & Microsurgery Unit at Pantai Medical Centre and Consultant Hand & Microsurgeon at the following hospitals:
-  Pantai Medical Centre, KL
-  Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre, KL
-  Subang Jaya Medical Centre, Selangor
-  Sunway Medical Centre, Selangor
-  Sentosa Medical Centre, KL

MB Chb (Liverpool), MCh Orth (Liverpool), FRCS (Edinburgh)

Specializes in arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder and knee
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon to the Football Association of Malaysia and National Sports Institute

Dr Saw Khay Yong studied medicine at the Liverpool University Medical School UK, from 1979 to 1984.
Between 1990 -1994 he completed his AO (Association for the Study of Internal Fixation) basic and advanced course at Davos in Switzerland.
In 1990, Dr SAW started his research work on 'Early mobilization following operative repair of ruptured Achilles tendon' and published his results in 1993. Since then his work has been recognized in the North West region of England as a newer and better treatment and has been put into practice. In 1993, he completed his Masters in Orthopaedic Surgery (MCH Orth) at Liverpool University Medical School, England. He won the Norah Walker prize for orthopaedic radiology. His thesis was on the 'Early mobilization following operative repair of ruptured Achilles tendon'.
Upon his return to Malaysia in 1994, he became an orthopaedic lecturer at the University Hospital Kuala Lumpur. He started the Sports Clinic at University Hospital and proceeded to develop the field of arthroscopic surgery. From 1994 to 1997, he conducted many courses on trauma based on the principles of AO. From 1996 to 2000, he was in charge of AO education in Malaysia and was also an AO instructor for the advanced course in Davos, Switzerland.
In 1997 and he moved Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur. He practiced general orthopaedics with an interest in sports injury and arthroscopic surgery but now concentrates on arthroscopic surgery to the knee and shoulder. Dr Saw’s current practice is 95% arthroscopic surgery to the knee and shoulder. He handles approximately 80 to 100 cases of knee arthroscopic surgery per year, 80 to 100 Anterior Cruciate Ligament reconstruction cases, 30 to 50 shoulder cases and 10 to 20 cases of other surgeries including multi-ligament reconstruction, trauma and various osteotomies around the knee. He is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon to the Football Association of Malaysia and the National Sports Institute. His patient portfolio comprises about 5 to 10% professional athletes, the rest being recreational sportsmen.
In 1992, he completed his AO fellowship in Graz, Austria under Professor Szyszkowitz. In 1996, he visited Professor Resch in Salzburg, Austria to learn more about shoulder arthroscopy. In 1997, he furthered his knowledge in knee surgery with Dr David McGuire in Anchorage, Alaska and also Professor Freddy Fu in Pittsburgh, USA. In 2002, he spent time with renowned shoulder surgeon, Dr Joe DeBeer in Capetown, South Africa to broaden his knowledge on arthroscopic shoulder surgery.
Dr SAW continues to deliver lectures on Orthopaedic Sports Medicine in Malaysia and other countries in the region. He has also organized and conducted many arthroscopic courses, some of which included live surgery. He is regularly invited to speak at local and international events for general practitioners and post graduates.

MBBCh, BAO (Ireland), FRCR (UK), M. Med. Rad. (UKM), AM (Malaysia)

Consultant radiologist with a special interest in musculo-skeletal imaging
Trained in Dublin at the Royal College of Surgeons

After his primary education in Kota Baru, Kelantan, Dr MERICAN attended the UWCSEA in Singapore. He went on to study medicine in Dublin, Ireland and graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in 1985. He returned to Malaysia in 1986 and began training in radiology at the University Hospital Kuala Lumpur in 1989. He obtained a Masters in Medicine (Radiology) from UKM and furthered his training at Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, UK. In 1991, Dr MERICAN obtained the Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists and served as state radiologist in Brunei from 1994 to 1996.
In 1996 Dr MERICAN returned to Kuala Lumpur and worked as a Consultant Radiologist at the then fledgling Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre. Serving the many orthopaedic surgeons at Gleneagles he developed an interest in musculoskeletal radiology, a sub-speciality that has grown rapidly in the last ten years due to the maturation of MRI technology and the development of high frequency ultrasound transducers. He has attended many courses, locally and abroad to further this interest and has visited luminaries in the field such as Dr John Read in Sydney, Australia. He works closely with Dr SAW and Dr TAY in the arthroscopic correlation of radiological findings

MBBS (Malaya), MS Orth (UM), FRCS (Edinburgh

Sub-specializes in knee and shoulder injuries, and adult joint replacement surgery of the knee
Honorary Consultant to the Cobra Rugby team, Malaysia

Dr TAY  hails from Muar, Johor and obtained his medical degree from the University of Malaya Medical School, Kuala Lumpur in 1989. After three years as a medical officer, he went back to pursue his Masters in Orthopaedic Surgery and obtained his Fellowship from the College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCS) in 1994.
From 1997 to 2000, he worked as a lecturer and orthopaedic surgeon at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Malaya Medical Centre. He advanced his training in knee and shoulder surgery at various institutes in North America and completed a course in advanced arthroscopy at the famed Steadman and Hawkins Clinic in Vail, Colorado in August 1997. He then underwent a two-month attachment with Dr David A McGuire, a dedicated knee arthroscopist and panel expert at the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA).
In May 1998, Dr TAY served as an AO International Fellow at the Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Toronto, under the supervision of Professor Joseph Schatzker and later Dr Anthony Miniachi, a dedicated shoulder arthroscopic surgeon. In 2003, he visited Dr Joe De Boer at the Cape Shoulder Institute where he witnessed the treatment of South Africa’s national rugby players, the Springboks.
In 2000 Dr TAY left university practice and started his private practice at Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre. He specializes in various kinds of surgery for the knee and shoulder from minimal invasive surgery (arthroscopy) to more complex multiple ligament reconstructions as well as open surgery i.e. Total Knee Replacements. His current interest is in the treatment of articular injury of the knee. Dr TAY is an active member of numerous Malaysian orthopaedic and medical associations and an affiliated member of the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgery (AAOS).

Surgeon

Our foot and ankle service is run by Dr. LOW Tze Choong. We treat all foot and ankle disorders ranging from degenerative and arthritic conditions to sports injuries. Our approach is conservative – recommending surgery only after physiotherapy and other non-surgical treatments have been attempted

Treatments

Physiotherapy and rehabilitation, Forefoot, Midfoot and Hindfoot reconstruction, ankle arthroscopy and repair of ruptured ligaments, fracture management and fixation, correction of bunions and bone deformities

Disorders

Achilles tendon problems and ankle sprains

Nerve impingement problems in the foot and ankle

Fractures of the foot and ankle

Disorders and deformities of the toes including hallux valgus (bunions)

Flat foot or high arched foot

Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis

Surgeon

For humans, the lifelong apprenticeship with the hand begins at birth. We are guided by our hands, and we are indelibly shaped by the knowledge that comes to us through our use of them. The upper limb is the most frequently injured part of the body. However, very few physicians specialize in this complex area of Orthopaedics. This service is run by Dr Ranjit Singh GILL, who was a Fellow of the prestigious Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery in Louisville, USA.

Disorders

Carpal tunnel syndrome and other nerve impingements

Tendonitis of the wrist and hand

Swellings of the wrist and hand

Sprains and joint instabilities of the wrist and hand

Fractures of the wrist and fingers

Tennis and golfer’s elbow

Surgeon

Dr Edmund ONG Thiam Lock.  A healthy hip and spine are crucial for the most basic of movements. The objective is to help a patient return to normal function as quickly and safely as possible. We practice a team-based approach, where doctors, physiotherapists, anaesthetists and radiologists work together to deliver customized and effective treatment.

Common Hip Disorders

Osteoarthritis

Hip fractures

Rheumatoid arthritis

Nerve compression

Inflammation of the hip

Hip Disorder Treatments

Physiotherapy and rehabilitation, hip joint replacement, hip fusion, fracture management and fixation.

Common Spine Disorders

Cervical spine disorders

Degenerative disc disease

Herniated and slipped discs

Trauma to the bone, tissue or nerve

Muscle strain

Osteoporosis

Spine Disorder Treatments

Disc and spinal decompression, dynamic stabilization, spinal fusion, lumbar epidural injection, disc replacement, facet blocks and physiotherapy.

 

Surgeons

Dr SAW Khay Yong
Dr TAY Yong Guan

Evaluation

Shoulder and knee treatments start with a comprehensive evaluation of your injury. Your doctor will examine the injured area, determine your medical history and take an X-ray and/or MRI scan. Remedial care usually begins with non-surgical procedures such as anti-inflammatory medication, hot and cold compresses and ultrasound. If surgery is required, you will be advised.

Arthroscopic surgery

Arthroscopic surgery or ‘key hole surgery’ is one of the latest forms of surgery, which involves making a tiny incision into the joint. The incision is smaller than a buttonhole and enables the surgeon to perform the necessary procedure via an arthroscope (a small viewing instrument) connected to a TV monitor. The procedure takes a mere 1 to 2 hours and the tiny incision means pain is kept to a minimum and patients can recover more quickly.

Open surgery

If there are complexities or major tears in the joint, open surgery may be required. Recovery and rehabilitation in this case will take longer. However, in either situation, patients may be discharged within 1 to 2 days.

Common Shoulder Problems

• Frozen shoulder;
• Impingement syndrome
• Rotator cuff tear
• Calcified tendonitis
• Recurrent dislocation
• SLAP lesion
• Osteoarthritis

Arthroscopic procedures to the shoulder Arthroscopic sub-acromial decompression

• Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair
• Bankart repair for recurrent dislocation of the shoulder
• SLAP repair

Patella-femoral Joint

• Lateral patella maltracking
•  Osteoarthritis
• Osteoarthritis
• Recurrent dislocation of the patella
• Plica syndrome

Knee Joint

• Meniscus tear
• Ligament sprain
• Torn ligament e.g. Anterior Cruciate Ligament / Posterior Cruciate Ligament / Medial Collateral Ligament or multi-ligament
• Osteochondral fractures
• Osteoarthritis

Arthroscopic procedures to the knee

• Arthroscopic lateral release
• Arthroscopic meniscus repair/ menisectomy
• Arthroscopy and ligament reconstruction – Anterior Cruciate Ligament/
  Posterior Cruciate Ligament or multi-ligament
• Chondroplasty/ Multiple drillings
• Removal of loose bodies 

Total knee replacement surgery (TKR)

is an excellent remedy for patients suffering from advanced osteoarthritis of the knee. The surgery has been shown to significantly improve joint mobility and daily function. Patients will enjoy permanent relief from pain, enabling them to stop relying on the long-term use of pain killers.

A well-performed knee replacement surgery can last for 15 to 20 years

Newly designed high flexion knee implants offer post-operative range of movement of at least 135 degrees (more in most cases)

In some cases, squatting is even possible

Equipment

Electrotherapy: Ultrasound, Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) and Continuous Passive Motion (CPM)

Advanced gym with treadmills, rowing machines, traction devices and steppers

Equipment is hooked up to a computer to enable effective monitoring of results

Rehabilitation

Whether you undergo surgical or non-surgical treatment, physiotherapy is an essential part of the rehabilitation process. Our orthopaedic partners offer a state-of-the-art gym and exercise programmes uniquely tailored for each patient.

 

Open MRI

The centre offers the latest Open MRI from Siemens – the Siemens Magnetom C! This state-of-the-art system features an ‘open’ concept so MRI patients no longer need to go through an enclosed and often claustrophobic ‘scanning tunnel’.

Safe and painless way for doctors to ‘see’ inside your body

Highly detailed images for more accurate analysis

Excellent imaging of soft tissue like muscle, nerve, discs and ligaments

Comfor, new ‘open’ concept puts patients at ease, especially children and the elderly

Digital Radiography and Ultrasound Full length weight bearing X-Rays of the lower limbs and spin

The ultrasound enables high-resolution, real time scanning of tendons, ligaments, nerves and soft tissue swellings