5 Best Sports Doctors in Singapore (2026)

Specialist Orthopaedic Centre runs two clinics, at Mount Elizabeth Novena and Park Way East, built around Dr Kannan Kaliyaperumal's focus on foot and ankle disorders. The team treats knee, ankle and foot conditions across all ages, from sports injuries and trauma to arthritis and general musculoskeletal complaints. Reviewers describe ankle ligament reconstructions, tendon tears and post-fall injuries handled from first consult through surgery and rehab. It tops this list on both rating and volume, a perfect 5.0 across 722 reviews.

Singapore Sports and Orthopaedic Clinic (SSOC) is the biggest team on this page, spanning orthopaedic surgery, sports medicine, hand surgery and physiotherapy under one roof at Gleneagles Medical Centre. Reviewers mention Dr Arul most often for tendon and ligament repairs, and Dr Kelvin Tan for knee replacements and meniscus surgery. It carries the highest review volume of any practice here, 863 in total, at a 4.8 average.

Singapore Sports & Orthopaedic Services covers consultation, surgery and rehab under one practice, with Dr Kelvin Tan handling joint surgery and physiotherapist Rekha leading recovery work. Patients describe multi-stage journeys here, from meniscus repair to months of hands-on physio for chronic nerve pain, coordinated by the same clinical team. At 4.9 across 599 reviews, it holds one of the strongest ratings on this page.

OrthoCare, led by Dr Ananda Vella at Mount Elizabeth Novena, treats hip, knee, spine, shoulder and ankle conditions, per the clinic's own site. Reviewers most often describe ankle ligament reconstructions, ACL and MCL tears, and a lisfranc fracture repair after an earlier operation elsewhere hadn't fully healed. The practice's site lists Dr Vella as Swiss and Singapore trained and MOH-accredited. It sits at a perfect 5.0 across 320 reviews.

OrthofootMD is Dr Gowreeson Thevendran's Mount Elizabeth Novena practice, focused on foot and ankle surgery with a growing interest in sports recovery. The clinic's own site describes him as UK and Canada trained and MOH accredited, with more than 15 years in the field. Reviewers most often mention ankle ligament tears, complex fractures and bunion surgery, with several noting he identified an injury by touch before imaging confirmed it. It matches the top score here at 5.0 across 271 reviews.