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Senior Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
MBBS (Singapore) · MMed (Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore) · MRCS (Edinburgh) · FRCS (Edinburgh)
Dr Jeffrey Tan Gek Meng is a Senior Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with over 18 years of clinical experience. He practises across general orthopaedics and subspecialises in foot and ankle surgery, lower limb reconstruction, sports medicine and trauma care.
He earned his MBBS and his Master of Medicine in Orthopaedic Surgery from the National University of Singapore, became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and completed advanced subspecialty fellowship training in foot and ankle surgery at Toronto Western Hospital in Ontario, Canada.
Before entering private practice he was a Senior Consultant in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, where he led the Foot and Ankle Division and introduced advanced ankle arthroscopy and minimally invasive techniques. He chaired the hospital's Wound Committee and was central to its multidisciplinary diabetic limb salvage programme. He continues to contribute to public healthcare as a Visiting Consultant at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.
Foot and ankle is a distinct subspecialty within orthopaedics, and Dr Tan is the surgeon at this clinic who covers it. His work includes bunion correction (hallux valgus), flatfoot reconstruction, hammertoes, ankle arthritis, and complex deformity correction.
Foot pain · Ankle pain · Bunions · Posterior tibial tendon · Toe fracture · Ingrown toenail · Gout
Achilles tendonitis, severe ankle sprains, chronic ankle instability, plantar fasciitis and the lower limb tendinopathies common in runners and athletes.
Most sports injuries seen here are overuse rather than a single incident — mileage increased too quickly, a change of shoes, a new surface. The pattern usually explains the injury, which is why the history matters as much as the scan.
Achilles tendon injuries · Ankle sprain · Plantar fasciitis · Patellar tendonitis
Keyhole ankle arthroscopy for cartilage repair, impingement and ligament reconstruction — techniques Dr Tan introduced to the Foot and Ankle Division at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. Compared with open surgery they generally mean smaller incisions, less pain and a faster return to activity.
Foot and ankle is where Dr Tan subspecialises, but he practises across general orthopaedics and sees the full range of musculoskeletal problems — spine and neck, shoulder, elbow, hand and wrist, hip and knee. If you are not sure which part of the body the problem is really coming from, that is a reason to book rather than a reason not to.
Back pain · Neck pain · Slipped disc · Sciatica · Whiplash injury · Rhomboid pain
Frozen shoulder · Rotator cuff injury · Shoulder pain · Tennis elbow
Carpal tunnel syndrome · Trigger finger · Wrist pain · Hand arthritis · De Quervain's tenosynovitis · Ganglion cysts
Knee pain · Hip pain · Knee osteoarthritis · Gout
Complex lower limb fractures, osteoporotic fractures and general joint pain.
Knee fracture · Compression fracture · Toe fracture · Osteoporosis
No. You can book directly. Bring any X-ray, MRI or CT images and reports, and a referral letter if you have one.
Yes. Persistent heel pain is one of the commonest reasons to see a foot and ankle surgeon, and plantar fasciitis and Achilles problems usually respond to non-surgical treatment once the cause is established.
No. Many are managed with footwear changes, orthotics and activity modification. Surgery is considered when pain limits what you can do, or when the deformity is progressing.
Keyhole surgery on the ankle joint through small incisions using a camera, used for cartilage repair, impingement and ligament reconstruction. It generally means less pain and a faster recovery than an open procedure.
Repeated sprains on the same side often indicate chronic ankle instability, where the ligaments have not healed to their original tension. It is treatable, and worth assessing rather than working around.
No. Foot and ankle is his subspecialty, but he practises across general orthopaedics — spine and neck, shoulder and elbow, hand and wrist, hip and knee, and fractures.
English, Mandarin, Malay, Hokkien and Hainanese.
Bring your scans, and the shoes you wear most — they often explain more about a foot problem than an X-ray does.
