Our Doctor
Dr Tony Setiobudi
BMedSci, MBBS, MRCS, MMed (Ortho), FRCS (Ortho)
Subspecialty: Spine Surgery
Dr. Tony Setiobudi is an experienced Orthopaedic and Spine Surgeon with 20 years of medical practice, based at Mount Elizabeth Hospital (Orchard), Singapore.
He specializes in managing a variety of spine and orthopedic conditions, including back and neck pain, scoliosis, nerve compression, and spine fractures. His approach emphasizes non-operative methods such as physiotherapy and activity modifications.
Surgery is considered only when necessary, ensuring every patient receives the most appropriate and minimally invasive care.
Dr. Tony completed his specialist training with the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) and furthered his expertise through advanced spine surgery training in Australia. His practice is grounded in evidence-based care, tailored to meet the individual needs of each patient.
Education
B.Med.Sci. (Sydney)
MBBS (Flinders, Australia)
MRCS (Edinburgh)
M.Med (Orthopaedic) (NUS)
FRCS (Orthopaedic) (Edinburgh)
Experience
A/Prof Robert Labrom – scoliosis, thoracoscopic surgery, degenerative spine
- Dr Geoff Askin – scoliosis, thoracoscopic surgery
- Dr Matthew Scott-Young – anterior spine surgery, spinal disc replacement, minimally invasive spine surgery
- A/Prof Richard Williams – spine tumor, spine fractures
- Prof Ki-Tack Kim, Korea – ankylosing spondylitis, pedicle substraction osteotomy, kyphotic deformity correction
- Prof Hideki Murakami, Japan – spine tumor resection, total en-bloc spondylectomy
- Prof Rafael Gonzalez Diaz, Spain – complex cervical spine surgery, spine tumor resection, scoliosis surgery
Publications
Das De, S., Setiobudi, T., & Shen, L. (2010).
A rational approach to management of alendronate-related subtrochanteric fractures. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British Volume, 92(5), 679–686.
van Middendorp, J. J., Audigé, L., Bartels, R. H. M. A., Bolger, C., Deverall, H., Dhoke, P., Diekerhof, C. H., Govaert, G. A. M., Guimerá, V., Koller, H., Morris, S. A., Setiobudi, T., & Hosman, A. J. F. (2013).
The Subaxial Cervical Spine Injury Classification System: An external agreement validation study. The Spine Journal, 13(9), 1055–1063.
Lim, C. T., Setiobudi, T., & Das De, S. (2012).
Femoral canal obliteration secondary to prolonged alendronate use: A case report. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 20(1), 115–117.
Hee, H. T., Chuah, Y. J., Tan, B. H. M., Setiobudi, T., & Wong, H. K. (2011).
Vascularization and morphological changes of the endplate after axial compression and distraction of the intervertebral disc. Spine, 36(7), 505–511.
Kumar, N., Lam, R., Zaw, A. S., Malhotra, R., Tan, J., Tan, G., & Setiobudi, T. (2014).
Flow cytometric evaluation of the safety of intraoperative salvaged blood filtered with leucocyte depletion filter in spine tumour surgery. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 21(13), 4330–4335.
Setiobudi, T., Ng, Y. H., Lim, C. T., Liang, S., Lee, K., & Das De, S. (2011).
Clinical outcome following treatment of stable and unstable intertrochanteric fractures with dynamic hip screw. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 40(11), 482–487.
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