Dr Michael Soon is a practicing orthopaedic consultant at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Novena and Parkway East Hospital. He graduated from the National University of Singapore School of Medicine in 1997 and completed his orthopaedic training in Singapore.
He was subsequently awarded a Ministry of Health scholarship to further his surgical skills in 2006. His clinical fellowship was at Mutualidad de Futbolista, Barcelona, Spain, where he did his subspeciality training. He was involved in the clinical and surgical care of soccer players. Of note, these included the top soccer players of FC Barcelona and Europe. Apart from being involved in surgeries, Dr Soon was also trained in the use of PRGF (platelet-rich in growth factors), which was pioneered in Spain and used for the treatment of sports injuries. Further to his fellowship, Dr Soon was also attached to Rush University Medical Centre, Chicago, Illinois where he was trained in cartilage preservation and restoration, and shoulder surgery.
Upon his return to Alexandra Hospital, Dr Soon was both the Deputy Director of the Sports Medicine Centre as well as the Deputy Head, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He set up the day surgery centre for orthopaedic sports surgery and also set up a service for growth factor injections for sports injury - the first of its kind in a restructured hospital. He was also awarded a NMRC Enabling Grant to conduct studies on this treatment.
Apart from clinical work, Dr Soon was also heavily involved in teaching and training of doctors and nurses. He was awarded the Orthopaedic Teaching Excellence Award from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in 2006/7 and 2007/8. He was also the Best Teacher (Alexandra Hospital) in 2007/8. He was the Lecturer for Alice Lee Centre of Nurses for the Master of Nursing Critical Care. He is also an instructor for the ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support). He is an instructor at ISAKOS arthroscopic courses and is a Faculty Instructor for the Arthrocare knee and shoulder courses since 2007. He has conducted Live Surgery Workshops in Alexandra Hospital as well as Cadaveric Workshops in Changi Hospital.
Dr Soon is keen on research and was awarded the Young Orthopaedic Investigator of the Year in 2004 for his work on allograft and stem cells. This work, together with his other research work in sports surgery, was published and presented both locally and overseas. Dr Soon is currently a co-investigator of a NMRC grant for the treatment of osteoarthritis with mesenchymal stem cells.
Dr Soon performs mainly arthroscopic reconstructions of the knee, shoulder, ankle and hip. His special interest is joint preservation, which includes cartilage restoration/transplantation, meniscal transplantation as well as use of biologics like stem cells and growth factors. He is also interested in the management of patella mal-alignment and dislocations.
Aug 2009
Published in Annals Acad of Medicine Singapore
Plasma rich in growth factors to treat Adductor Longus tear
Ann Acad Med Singapore 2009 Aug;38(8):733-734
Loo WL, Lee DYH, Michael Soon YH
May 2008
Published in Journal of Orthopaedics
A Comparison Of Accuracy Between Clinical History,
Physical Examination And Magnetic Resonance Imaging
And Arthroscopy In The Diagnosis Of Meniscal And
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears
J Orthopaedics 2008;5(3)e8
Loo WL, Liu YB, Lee DYH, Michael Soon YH
Mar 2007
Published in American Journal of Sports Medicine
An analysis of soft tissue allograft anterior cruciate
ligament reconstruction in a rabbit model - a short-term
study of the use of mesenchymal stem cells to enhance
tendon osteointegration
Jan 2006 Symposium
Presented in International Cartilage Research Society
San Diego
Enhancement of Tendon Allograft Osteointegration using
Mesenchymal Stem Cells in a Rabbit Model of Anterior
Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Oct 2004
Presented in Singapore Orthopaedic Association ASM
Award
Best Paper/Young Investigator Award
Enhancement of Tendon Allograft Osteointegration using
Mesenchymal Stem Cells in a Rabbit Model of Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Reconstruction
Oct 2004
Presented in Singapore Orthopaedic Association ASM
Results of Open Bankart Procedure in Recurrent
Dislocation of the Shoulder - a retrospective study
Mar 2004
Published in the Annals of Academy of Medicine Singapore
Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2004 Mar;33(2):214-9
Morbidity following anterior cruciate ligament
reconstruction using hamstring autograft
Jan 2004
Published in the Singapore Medical Journal
Singapore Med J. 2004 Jan;45(1):9-13
Monkey bars are for monkeys: a study on playground
equipment related extremity fractures in Singapore
Nov 1999
Published in the Annals of Academy of Medicine Singapore
Ann Acad Med Singapore. 1999 Nov;28(6):877-8
Osteoid osteoma after a stress fracture of the tibia - a case
report