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2024/01/25
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Dr Wang Mingchang

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Designations:

  • Consultant, Division of Sports, Shoulder & Elbow Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Hospital
  • Sports Physician, Division of Sports, Shoulder & Elbow Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Hospital

Qualifications:

MBBS (Singapore), MMed (Family Medicine), FCFP (S)

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Dr Wang Mingchang practices as a Sports and Exercise Medicine Physician at the National University Hospital Sports Centre. He specialises in the non-surgical management of sports and exercise-related injuries.

His interests include diagnostic and interventional musculoskeletal ultrasound, as well as exercise prescriptions in the management of chronic diseases. 

He teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate students at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU.

He was Chief Medical Officer for Team Singapore at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020, and one of the Team Physicians at South East Asian Games 2017 and Asian Games 2018.

Awards

  • Service Champion Award (Bronze) January to March 2023

Journals & Publications

1. “Streptococcal Pneumonia Associated Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (SP-HUS) in a 4-year-old boy - A rare but serious condition. What should primary care physicians know?” The Singapore Family Physician. July 2014
2. “The Patient-Centred Medical Home: A Narrative Review” The Singapore Family Physician. October 2014
3. Tan DW, Yap SH, Wang MC et al. Body Mass Changes Across a Variety of Running Race Distances in the Tropics. Sports Med Open. July 2016
4. TJ Yeo, M. Wang et al. Preliminary Electrocardiographic Insights from a Prospective Registry of Singapore National Athletes. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. Vol 26 issue:1_suppl, pg S1-S51
5. Krishna L, Chan CX, Lokaiah L, Chinnasamy D, Goyal S, Wang M, Singh A. Five-Strand Versus Four-Strand Hamstring Autografts in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction-A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study. Arthroscopy. 2021 Feb;37(2):579-585. doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2020.08.012. Epub 2020 August 21
6. Xu X, Chew KA, Wong ZX, Phua AKS, Chong EJY, Teo CKL, Sathe N, Chooi YC, Chia WPF, Henry CJ, Chew E, Wang M, Maier AB, Kandiah N, Chen CL. The SINgapore GERiatric Intervention Study to Reduce Cognitive Decline and Physical Frailty (SINGER): Study Design and Protocol. J Prev Alzheimers Dis. 2022
7. Yeo TJ, Wang M, Grignani R, McKinney J, Koh LP, Tan FHY, Chan GCT, Tay N, Chan SP, Lee CH, Oxborough D, Malhotra A, Sharma S, Richards AM. Electrocardiographic and Echocardiographic Insights From a Prospective Registry of Asian Elite Athletes. Front Cardiovasc Med. January 2022

Professional Memberships

  • Part-time Clinical Lecturer, Department of Family Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, July 2018 till 30th June 2022
  • Part-time Clinical Lecturer, Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, October 2018 till current
  • Teaching faculty, Alexandra Academy of Clinical and Emergency Sonography, August 2019 till current
  • Member, Advisory Committee, Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, 2020 till current
  • Member, OSCE Examination Committee, Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, 2021 till current
  • Visiting Consultant, Singapore Sports Institute, 1 August 2020 to 31 July 2023
  • Sports Medicine MCQ Workgroup for Joint Committee of Specialist Training, September 2021 to current
  • Pre-enlistment Functional Tests Expert Working Group, Singapore Armed Forces, 01 October 2021 to 31 December 2023
  • Medical Board Member, Singapore Sports Medicine Centre@Singapore Sports Institute, 1st March 2022 to current
  • Adjunct Clinician Educator, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Hospital, 1st July 2022 to 30th June 2025

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