Huang Yilun

​MBBS (S'pore), MRCS (Glas), MMED (Ortho), FRCSEd (Ortho)

Campus Site Chief

SingHealth Duke-NUS Spine Centre SingHealth Duke-NUS Spine Centre

Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery

Clinical Appointments

About

  • Clinical Asst. Prof Huang Yilun is an orthopaedic specialist at Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore.
  • Dr Huang’s practice is mainly in the subspeciality of Spine Surgery, focusing on various kind of spinal disorders. He also manages Orthopaedic trauma and arthroplasty cases
  • His interests include minimally invasive spinal surgery which includes endoscopic spinal surgery.
  • He has underwent rigorous SingHealth Orthopaedic residency training for 6 years before becoming an accredited orthopaedic specialist In Changi General Hospital in 2018.
  • He became a consultant in Orthopaedic Spinal Surgery in SKH in 2019.
  • He has underwent a fellowship in Himnaera Hospital in Busan, Korea, mainly sub-specialising in endoscopic spinal surgery.
  • He became a teaching faculty of NUS YLLSOM as well as NTU LKCSOM in 2019. He is also the LKCSOM  teaching lead for orthopaedics in SKH 
  • He is a member of the teaching faculty of the AO trauma Singapore and the Singapore Spinal Society.

Education and Training

  • MBBS (S’pore)
  • MRCS (Glas)
  • MMed (Ortho Surg)
  • FRCSEd (Ortho)
  • Fellowship in Endoscopic Spinal Surgery ( HIMNAERA HOSPITAL, KOREA)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • Site Chief @ SKH, SingHealth Duke Spine Centre
  • Clinical Expert and Lecturer  - NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine / Singapore
  • Clinical Expert and Lecturer, Academic Lead - NTU Lee Kong Chian School of medicine
  • Singapore Spinal Society 
  • AO trauma Singapore 

Awards

  • ​Best tutor award NUS Medical Society 2016
  • SingHealth Long Service Award 2018

Publications

  • ​Lee M, Huang Y, Chong HC, Ning Y, Lo NN, Yeo SJ. Predicting Satisfaction for Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Patients in an Asian Population. J Arthroplasty. 2016 Aug;31(8):1706-10. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2016.02.005. Epub 2016 Feb 8.
  • Huang Y, Lee M, Chong HC, Ning Y, Lo NN, Yeo SJ. Reasons and Factors Behind Post-Total Knee Arthroplasty Dissatisfaction in an Asian Population. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2017 Aug;46(8):303-309
  • Huang Y, Loh B, Hwee LK, Kevin K, Singh IR. Review of Surgical Outcomes between Plate and Screw Fixations in Lapidus Procedure for Asians' with Hallux Valgus. The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery (Asia Pacific), July-December 2018;5(2):64-67
  • Tan PCM, Huang YL, Yeo KSA, Chua TCD, Woo CY. The ball-less technique: A novel technique for the removal of a broken proximal femoral nail anti-rotation. A technical note. Injury, accepted March 2020; awaiting print