Peter Choong

Peter Fook Meng Choong AO is an Australian doctor and professor who specializes in orthopaedics. He is the Director of Orthopaedics at St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne[1] and the Hugh Devine Chair of Surgery at the University of Melbourne. In 2014, he became the first surgeon to perform a 3D-printed heel transplant.

Peter Choong

AO
Born
Kuala Lumpur
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
Occupations
EmployerSt Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne

Early life and education

Choong was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[2] He was a non-resident student of Trinity College from 1979 onwards while completing his undergraduate studies at the University of Melbourne, which he did in 1984, before continuing with his advanced surgical training at St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne. After earning his MD, he was appointed to orthopaedic fellowships at University Hospital in Lund, Sweden and the Mayo Clinic in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[3]

Career

Choong was named the Director of Orthopaedics at St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne in 1996. He also established the Sarcoma Service at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre at that time. Between 2005 and 2008, he served as Chief Medical Officer at St. Vincent's. In 2009, he was named the Hugh Devine Chair of Surgery at the University of Melbourne.[3] In 2013, Choong was appointed President of the Australian Orthopaedic Association.[4] Together with Gordon Wallace of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science,[5] Choong also began working with the BioPen, a handheld 3D printer used by surgeons to deliver cells and other materials to repair damaged tissue.[6] He helped develop concepts for use in clinical trials. Choong and Wallace's work with the BioPen appeared in a 2016 issue of the journal, Biofabrication.[5][7]

In October 2014, Choong performed the first 3D-printed heel transplant using a titanium heel replica.[2] As of 2018, Choong is the head of the musculoskeletal research program at St. Vincent's Hospital, the Chair of the Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcoma Service at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, and has contributed to over 360 peer-reviewed articles.[8] He is also a leader in the National Health and Medical Research Council's Centre for Research Excellence.[9]

In June 2022, Choong was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours for "distinguished service to orthopaedic medicine, to research and tertiary medical education, and to professional associations".[10]

References
  1. "A Doctor Since Childhood, Peter Choong". National Geographic. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  2. "Malaysian-born surgeon puts patient back on feet with world's first 3D-printed heel transplant". Malay Mail. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  3. "Prominent cancer surgeon takes role as new Hugh Devine Chair of Surgery". University of Melbourne. 6 October 2009. Archived from the original on 5 August 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  4. Dunlevy, Sue (21 October 2013). "Australian Orthopaedic Association research shows best artificial joints". News.com.au. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  5. "Handheld surgical 'pen' prints human stem cells". ScienceDaily. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  6. Thompson, Angela (5 December 2013). "Bio pen prototype will help surgeons rebuild bone material directly on to the body". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  7. Quick, Darren (10 December 2013). "BioPen: A handheld 3D printer for surgeons". New Atlas. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  8. "Professor Peter Choong Invited to Deliver Chancellor's Lecture at Swinburne". The University of Melbourne. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  9. O'Connell, Brigid (10 June 2017). "Knife test green light". Herald Sun.
  10. "Queen's Birthday 2022 Honours - the full list". Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment Co. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
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