Dr Benjamin Tow

Dr Tow is a Consultant Spine Surgeon with a focus on degenerative conditions of the spine, deformity-surgery and minimally-invasive spine surgery, as well as percutaneous injections for spine conditions. In 1998, he graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and obtained his post-graduate degrees Masters of Medicine in Orthopaedics from NUS and Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) in Orthopaedics from the UK.

In 2005, he obtained US Medical Licensing and is ECFMG- certified in California. He is also registered with the General Medical Council in the UK. From 2006 – 2007, he completed his overseas fellowship at the UCLA Comprehensive Spine Centre, Los Angeles, USA, under the mentorship of Professor Jeffrey Wang and Dr Larry Khoo. In 2007, Dr Tow practised as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH), which has the highest volume of spine surgeries in Singapore. From 2009 – 2012, he was the highest-volume surgeon performing spinal surgeries at the Singapore General Hospital.

Apart from spine surgery, Dr Benjamin Tow is also a fully-qualified orthopaedic surgeon. He has extensive experience in managing general Orthopaedic conditions of the knee, hip, ankle and upper limb. While at the Singapore General Hospital, Dr Tow was also a member of the Trauma service, performing numerous surgeries for patients with traumatic fractures of the upper and lower limb. Dr Benjamin Tow is also well-versed with paediatric orthopaedic conditions. He received training at the Kandang Kerbau Women’s and Children’s Hospital, which is the largest Children’s Hospital in Singapore. He has 3 delightful boys of his own and has a cheerful disposition which endears him to youths.