Dr Christopher Tong attended Diocesan Boys’ School, HK and UWC Atlantic College, Wales. He subsequently read medicine at the University of Edinburgh and graduated with Honours, MBChB (Hons) in 1994. He returned to Hong Kong in 1996 and commenced orthopaedic training at the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong. After rotating through the various orthopaedic subspecialties, Dr Tong completed his orthopaedic specialist training in 2001 and became a Specialist in Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Thereafter he continued his work in sports medicine, knee and shoulder surgery at the Prince of Wales Hospital. During this time, he underwent overseas training in San Antonio (Dr Stephen Burkhart), Pittsburgh (Dr Freddie Fu / Dr Christopher Harner), and Boston (Dr JP Warner) to further his knowledge in knee and shoulder surgery. He entered private practice in 2005 and has been practising at his Bank of America Tower Clinic since 2008. Dr Tong is Honorary Clinical Associate Professor of Chinese University of Hong Kong and regularly teaches CUHK medical students in his clinic. He has a special interest in treating knee and shoulder conditions but will also treat general orthopaedic conditions such as wrist and hand fractures, ankle and foot fractures, achilles tendon tears, ankle sprains, trigger finger, ganglion and carpal tunnel syndrome.
MBChB(Edin)(Hons)
FRCSEd
FCSHK
FHKCOS
FRCSEd(Orth)
FHKAM(Orthopaedic Surgery)
Specialist in Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Dr Tong is an avid sportman and has taken part in triathlon racing since 1999, completing various local and overseas triathlon races from sprint to half ironman distances. He is also a keen road cyclist, open water swimmer and in the winter time, a passionate skier. As such, he particularly understands the needs of athletes, and their desire to return to the highest possible level of function after an injury. Dr Tong has assisted many of his patients to ‘return to play’ after their injuries. See Patient Testimonials.