Dr Derek Park

Visiting Consultant
Senior Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon (Foot & Ankle)

MBChB, MRCS (Eng), FRCS Tr & Orth (Eng)

Dr Derek Park is a Senior Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Visiting Consultant at Orthopaedic & Hand Surgery Partners. He delivers precise, patient-centred orthopaedic care grounded in evidence-based practice and collaborative rehabilitation.

With over 20 years of clinical experience, Dr Park manages a broad spectrum of orthopaedic conditions. His subspecialty focus is in foot and ankle surgery, including complex reconstruction, minimally invasive procedures, trauma management, and diabetic limb preservation.

Dr Park graduated from the University of Auckland and completed his orthopaedic training in the United Kingdom. He subsequently undertook advanced fellowship training in Orthopaedic Trauma and Foot & Ankle Surgery at recognised centres including the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore. In 2010, he was awarded the Intercollegiate Fellowship in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery (FRCS Tr & Orth) by the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Prior to relocating to Singapore, Dr Park served as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. In Singapore, he was formerly Senior Consultant at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, where he served as Clinical Lead of the Multi-Disciplinary Diabetic Foot Service and contributed to the NHG Clinical Workgroup on Diabetic Foot Care. He remains a Visiting Consultant at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.

Dr Park has published peer-reviewed scientific papers and contributed textbook chapters in foot and ankle surgery. He is involved in postgraduate education and clinical teaching, and received both the Service Champion Award and Best Postgraduate Teacher Award during his public service tenure.

Dr Park also serves as Co-Medical Director of the Singapore Rugby Union, overseeing medical standards and injury management across community and domestic rugby. Outside of clinical practice, he remains actively involved in youth coaching and community mentorship.

In the course of his work, many of his patients benefitted from his personal touch. He felt honoured when he was invited to pen the foreword in a book entitled ‘Embrace’ – written by his patient - Liz who underwent scoliosis surgery. The book details her scoliosis journey and aims to encourage other patients in a similar predicament.

Dr Lau serves as an Assistant Professor at NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and is actively involved in teaching and examining duties at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. In the area of academic work, he has published more than 20 papers and 9 book chapters. His main interest is in spinal deformity management, particularly Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. After securing a grant of more than SGD 2 million， he was appointed as the Project Director to optimise the National Scoliosis Screening Programme. One of his proudest achievements is the decade-long multi-pronged effort that has resulted in a reduction of surgical eligibility rates significantly whilst maintaining a favourable cost-benefit ratio. Recognising his effort, he was invited to share the findings internationally.

Apart from the academic work, he is active in various professional organisations such as the Singapore Orthopaedic Association, Asia Pacific Spine Society and North America Spine Society. He served previously as the Treasurer and the exco member of the Singapore Spine Society. As a country delegate and national faculty of the AO Spine, he chaired and lectured in several well-structured courses to train budding and early-career spine surgeons from the region.

Dr Lau manages all aspects of the spinal pathologies. He is versatile in various surgical techniques in the management of adult spinal conditions including minimal invasive surgery (MIS), robotic-guided and motion preservation techniques. In the field of paediatric spine, he is an expert in various growth-sparing techniques such as vertebral body tethering (VBT), endoscopic deformity correction, and large deformity correction techniques. He utilises the latest technology such as 3D printing and smart braces to help his patients.

He treats a myriad of adult and paediatric spinal conditions including back pain, prolapsed intervertebral disc, spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis, degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, myelopathy, spinal tumours, inflammatory and traumatic spinal conditions, scoliosis, kyphosis, spinal disorders associated with skeletal dysplasia, neuromuscular conditions, growth and endocrine disorders, genetic and syndromic pathologies.

Driven by compassion, decades of experience in orthopaedic care, and modern technology, we strive to provide patient-centric care by alleviating pain, restoring mobility, and improving the quality of life for all our patients. At Orthopaedic and Hand Surgery Partners, where compassion meets experience, you can trust in us.