Dr Cheow Xunqi

Dr Cheow Xunqi is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and is currently the Sports Surgery Service Lead in Sengkang General Hospital Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He graduated from the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore, with an MBBS in 2011, and was awarded the Meritorious House Officer Award in 2012 for his outstanding performance as a House Officer. 

Dr Cheow began his specialist training in Orthopaedic Surgery in 2016, and was conferred the “Outstanding Resident Award” in 2018, in recognition of his outstanding academic and clinical performance in the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Programme. He was appointed as Chief Resident in 2021, and completed the Singapore Chief Residency Programme in 2022. He completed his specialist training in Orthopaedic Surgery and attained the FRCSEd (Ortho) in 2022.

Passionate in both pre-graduate and postgraduate education, Dr Cheow currently serves as a Clinical Core Faculty Member for the SingHealth Postgraduate Year 1 Programme and as an Assistant Convenor for the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine MBBS Examinations. He also holds the role of Site Chief for the SingHealth-Duke Sports & Exercise Medicine Centre in SKH.

Dr Cheow holds subspecialty interest in the field of sports injuries, arthroscopic surgeries, and shoulder and knee conditions. He has also published research articles in various peer-reviewed journals, and has presented his work at international and local conferences. Additionally, he co-authored a book chapter on the arthroscopic repair of partial-thickness shoulder rotator cuff tendon tears.

• FRCSEd (Ortho)
• MMed (Ortho)
• MRCS (Glasgow)
• MBBS (Singapore)

• Singapore Health Quality Service Awards 2025 – Silver
• You Sparkle! Silver Award 2024
• ​Meritorious House Officer Award, 2022
• Outstanding Resident Award, SingHealth Residency Programme RISE Awards, 2018
  

• Do We Ever Need to Fix Clavicle Fracture in Adolescents? Lim KBL, Olandres RA, Cheow X, Thng M, Teo NMHZ, Pereira N, et al. Malays Orthop J. 2023;17(3):33-41
  
  
• No Difference in Outcome Between Articular-Sided and Bursal-Sided Tears: Comparative Study With Minimum 2-Year Follow-Up of Arthroscopic Repairs in 104 Patients in a Single-Surgeon Series, Xunqi Cheow, Andy Yew, Benjamin Fu Hong Ang, Denny Tjiauw Tjoen Lie, Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery, May 2021, 37(5): 1449-1454

• Arthroscopic Single Lateral Row Repair Technique for Small Rotator Cuff Tears, Xunqi Cheow, Denny Tjiauw Tjoen Lie, Arthroscopy Techniques, Feb 2021, 10(3): e775-e780

• 90o Rotation of Talus in a Closed Medial Subtalar Dislocation: A Unique Case, Xunqi Cheow, Mehta Kinjal Vidyut, Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation, Dec 2020, 27(2): 240-246 

• Midterm Functional Outcomes in Operatively Treated Adolescent Lisfranc Injuries, Xunqi Cheow, Kai Yet Lam, Journal of Paediatric Orthopaedics (B), Sep 2018, 27(5): 435-442

• Book Title: Shoulder Surgery Made Easy! The Singapore Shoulder & Elbow Society Guide to Arthroscopic and Open Shoulder Procedures, Author: Denny TT Lie, Chapter Contribution: Partial Tears: Articular Surface, Bursal Surface