Clin Asst Prof Dickson Chau Hong Him

Dr Dickson Chau is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Sengkang General Hospital. He specialises in spine surgery, with expertise in uniportal endoscopic spine surgery — a technique that minimises tissue disruption and promotes faster recovery. He also performs motion-preserving cervical disc replacement surgery, helping patients maintain natural spine movement and quality of life.

Beyond clinical practice, Dr Chau is deeply committed to mentoring and educate the PGY1 Residency Programme as Associate Program Director, and Core Faculty for the SingHealth Orthopaedic Surgery Residency. He also serves as Education Lead for Orthopaedics at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, and is Co-chair of the institution Junior Doctor Well-Being Committee.

Dr Chau is actively involved in healthcare innovation and digital transformation. He contributes to institutional and national committees on robotics credentialing, AI-enabled care, and 3D-printing applications in orthopaedics. His translational work in custom 3D-printed insoles and clinical informatics demonstrates a strong focus on improving patient outcomes and system efficiency.

He is also a frequent invited speaker at both local and international conferences, including the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Asia-Pacific Conference and SICOT Young Surgeons International Meeting, and has been invited to overseas courses as faculty to teach the technique of Uniportal Endoscopic Spine Surgery.

• Associate Program Director, SingHealth PGY1 Residency (2024–present)·       
• Core Faculty, SingHealth Orthopaedic Surgery Residency (2024–present)·       
• Clinical Physician Faculty Member (CPFM) & Committee Member, SingHealth Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Committees — Clinical Competency Committee (CCC) & Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA)
• Education Lead (Orthopaedic Surgery), Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (SKH)
• Department Lead & Coordinator, SKH Hospital Clinician (HC) Training Programme

Institutional & Committee Roles

• Co-Chair, SKH Junior Doctor Well-Being Committee
• Lead, Specialist Outpatient Clinics, SKH Clinical Informatics Hub
• Member, Robotics Credentialing Committee (Spine Subcommittee), SingHealth Duke-NUS Musculoskeletal Sciences ACP
• Member, SKH Artificial Intelligence (AI) Workgroup
• Member, Singapore Orthopaedic Association 3D-Printing Workgroup

• Gold Award, Service Quality, 2025
• Silver Award, You Sparkle! Awards, 2024
• Gold Award, Quality Improvement Project - SingHealth, 2018
• Local Medicine Scholarship - SAF/MINDEF, 2009

• Ensoscopic Spine Surgery
• Spine Biomechanics
• Spinal Pain Management

• Augmenting Endoscopic Transforaminal Spinal Decompression Surgery Using Stimulated Electromyography Neuromonitoring Dilators — Chau DHH et al. Int J Spine Surg. 2024
• A Review of Authorship Inflation and Multicenter Collaboration Trends in Orthopaedic, Medical, and Surgical Journals Over the Last 60 Years — Chau H et al. Cureus. 2024
• Managing COVID-19 in a Novel, Rapidly Deployable Community Isolation Quarantine Facility — Chia ML, Chau DH, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2021
• Similar Radiological Results with Accelerometer-Based Navigation Versus Conventional Technique in Total Knee Arthroplasty — Moo IH, Chau DHH et al. J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong). 2018
• Pathogens in Acute Foot Infections, a Present-Day Singaporean Perspective. Master’s Thesis, NUS, 2018