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Adjunct Assistant Professor

Philip Cheong

Doctor of Clinical Physiotherapy, Curtin University, Australia
Cluster:
Health and Social Sciences
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Biography

Dr Philip Cheong is currently employed as a Senior Principal Physiotherapist (Clinical) in Singapore General Hospital (SGH). Prior to joining SGH, he worked in both public hospital and private practice settings in Perth, Western Australia. Philip believes that person-centric care is the basic tenet of providing quality health care. Meaningful inter-professional collaboration, up-to-date evidence-based practice, active involvement of the patient, valuing the patient’s input and respecting their values/choices are the keys to providing person-centric care.

Apart from being a clinician, Philip is involved in educating healthcare professionals, conducting research and is currently in a senior leadership position within SGH Department of Physiotherapy where he is Head of Outpatient Physiotherapy Services (OPS) and Chief of Outpatient Physiotherapy Clinical Services, and is responsible for a team of over 50 staff (Physiotherapists and Therapy Assistants).

Under his leadership, OPS has grown from strength to strength. In the role of Chief of Outpatient Physiotherapy Clinical Services, Philip leads and mentors the clinical service leads in improving the quality of clinical services. He has guided the setting up of new clinical registries for various conditions (e.g. knee osteoarthritis, post-operative shoulder, etc) and refining current clinical registries (e.g. post-operative spine, ACL reconstruction).

With the data gleaned from the clinical registries, Philip has worked with his team in successfully submitting manuscripts to peer-reviewed journals.

Philip holds another role as Director, Research (and a member of the Executive Committee) of the SingHealth Duke-NUS Sports and Exercise Medicine Centre.

Philip has also spearheaded the use of Robotic Process Automation in the collection of Patient Reported Outcome Measures in SingHealth, and has been involved in projects that investigate the incorporation of technology in healthcare provision.

His interests are in musculoskeletal sciences, sports physiotherapy, risk stratified care management, chronic pain management and incorporating technology into the provision of healthcare.

SIT Appointments

  • Member of Thesis Committee
    –

Education

  • Doctor of Clinical Physiotherapy
    Curtin University , Australia
  • Master of Manipulative Therapy
    Curtin University , Australia
  • Bachelor of Science (Physiotherapy)
    Curtin University , Australia
  • Diploma in Physiotherapy
    Nanyang Polytechnic , Singapore

Professional Certification

  • Registered (Full) Physiotherapist
    Allied Health Professions Council, Singapore
  • Registered Physiotherapist
    Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Physiotherapy Board of Australia)

Professional Memberships

  • Australian Physiotherapy Association
    Present
  • Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Australia
    Present

Corporate Experience

  • In-Attendance Member, SingHealth Academic Medical Centre Research Council
    Present
  • In-Attendance Member, SingHealth Research Directors' Meeting
    Present
  • Allied Health Professional Academic Medicine Lead, SingHealth Duke-NUS AMC - Academic Clinical Programme for Musculoskeletal Sciences
    Present
  • Director (Research), SingHealth Duke-NUS Sport and Exercise Medicine Centre
    Present
  • Allied Health Professionals Representative for Orthopaedics, Division of Musculoskeletal Sciences, Singapore General Hospital
    Present
  • Section Head (Musculoskeletal + LIFE), Department of Physiotherapy, Singapore General Hospital
    Present
  • Chief of Clinical Services (Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy), Department of Physiotherapy, Singapore General Hospital
    Present
  • Fellow, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medicine Education Institute
    Present
  • Senior Principal Physiotherapist, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
    Present
  • Chair, Scientific Committee, Singapore Allied Health Conference 2022
    –
  • SingHealth Representative for Physiotherapy, MOH One-Rehab Musculoskeletal Workgroup
    –
  • Lead, SingHealth Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Patient Outcomes Workgroup
    –
  • Member, SingHealth Group Allied Health Patient Outcome Workgroup
    –
  • Member, Resource Panel, SingHealth Duke-NUS Sport and Exercise Medicine Centre
    –
  • Member, Musculoskeletal Sciences Workgroup, SingHealth Elective Surgery Task Force
    –
  • Associate Faculty, Singapore Institute of Technology
    –
  • Member, Dry Needling Workgroup, Allied Health Professions Council, Singapore
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  • Clinical Educator, Master of Clinical Physiotherapy Programme, Curtin University
    –
  • Acting Allied Health Manager, Allied Health Division, Singapore General Hospital
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  • Program Director, Advanced Certificate in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Singapore General Hospital
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  • Practice Principal, Advance Physiotherapy Services, Perth, Western Australia
    –

Research Interests

  • Musculoskeletal Sciences
  • Sports Physiotherapy
  • Risk Stratified Care Management
  • Chronic and Complex Pain Management
  • Incorporating Technology into Provision of Healthcare

Journal Papers

  • A crossover study on the effect of cervical mobilization on motor function and pressure pain threshold in pain-free individuals.

    Benjamin T.C. Soon, Annina B. Schmid, Elias J. Fridriksson, Elizabeth Gresslos, Philip Cheong & Anthony Wright.

    Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. Nov/Dec 2010; 33 (9): 652-58

  • Associations of the modified STarT back tool and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) with gait speed and knee pain in knee osteoarthritis: a retrospective cohort study.

    Cheryl Lian-Li Poon, Philip Cheong, John Wei-Ming Tan, Julian Thumboo, Ee-Lin Woon, Ross Allan Clark, Gary Cheok & Yong-Hao Pua.

    Disability and Rehabilitation. Feb 2021; DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2021.1883750

  • Abnormal quantitative sensory testing is associated with persistent pain one year after TKA.

    Anthony Wright, Penny Moss, Karen Sloan, Richard J. Beaver, Jarle B. Pedersen, Gerard Vehof, Henrik Borge, Luca Maestroni & Philip Cheong

    Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research. Jan 2015; 473 (1): 246-54

  • Knee Performance and Self-efficacy Trajectory Curves after ACL Reconstruction: A Longitudinal Study.

    Yong-Hao Pua, Juanita Low, Ee-Lin Woon, Olivia Tay, Philip Cheong, Julian Thumboo, Ross Allan Clark, Paul Chang, Andrew Tan & Ho Jiaying.

    Physical Therapy in Sport, Volume 49, May 2021, Pages 157-163

  • Tui Na for Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Juan Yang, Jeffrey S. Brault, Mark A. Jensen, Alexander Do, Qingyu Ma, Xuan Zhou, Longbin Shen, Canghuan Zhao, Kwok Chee Philip Cheong, Kejie He, Yu Guo, Zhouming Chen, SHujie Tang, Yong Tang, Celia Ia Choo Tan, Jiaxu Chen & Brent A. Bauer.

    JMIR Research Protocols. Jan 2021; 10 (1): e20615