Dr Eric Cher Wei Liang

B.Eng (S'pore), MD (S'pore), MRCS (Ireland), MMed (Ortho), FRCSEd (Ortho)

Consultant

Profile

Dr Eric Cher graduated from Duke-NUS Medical School in 2014 following his undergraduate degree in Bioengineering in 2010. He was awarded the NUSS medal, a prestigious recognition given to the best graduate throughout course of study for outstanding all-rounded achievement and also the teamsmanship award for excellent team value in medicine.

He went on to further his specialist training in Orthopaedic Surgery. During his training, he won both the “SingHealth Best House Officer” and “SingHealth Outstanding Resident Award” in 2015 and 2017 respectively. He completed his residency training in 2021 and was appointed as Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2022.

In 2023, he completed his fellowship in “Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) and Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery” under the mentorship of renowned foot surgeon Dr Peter Lam in Sydney, Australia. He also had the opportunity to work alongside many other esteemed surgeons including Dr Les Grugic, Dr Andy Higgs and Dr Alice Chang. During his fellowship, he furthered his skills in minimally invasive procedures for the foot and ankle as well as arthroscopy surgeries and ankle replacements.

He was a visiting fellow at the Clinical and Research Institution for Foot and Ankle Surgery (CARIFAS), Jujo Hospital in Japan, where he advanced his skills in ankle related sports injuries under Professor Masato Takao. In addition, as a fellow with the AO Visit-the-Expert fellowship program, he had the opportunity to be trained under Dr Cristian Ortiz, an internationally renowned foot and ankle surgeon. In 2024, he was selected to represent Singapore Orthopaedic Association (SOA) for the ASEAN Orthopaedic Association (AOA) Travelling Fellowship.

Dr Eric’s subspecialty practice is in foot and ankle surgery, particularly minimally invasive and arthroscopy surgery. He strongly believes that MIS surgery can greatly benefit patients by reducing their hospital stays and downtime.

His surgical expertise includes treatment of

Forefoot deformities such as hallux valgus (bunions) and lesser toes deformities
Pes planus (flatfoot) and Pes cavus (high arch) deformities
Degenerative conditions of the foot and ankle such as ankle osteoarthritis and midfoot arthritis
Ankle sports injuries such as ligament injuries, tendon disorders and cartilage pathologies
Foot and ankle trauma

Committed to evidence-based clinical practice, Dr Eric has presented his research work at numerous international conferences, and published articles in many reputable journals. He was also regularly invited to speak at various events.

Dr Eric is passionate in helping his patients and aspires to push the frontiers of minimally invasive foot and ankle surgery.

Education

AO Trauma Visit-the-Expert Fellow (Chile)
Visiting Fellow, CARIFAS Jujo Hospital (Japan)
Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Foot and Ankle Surgery (Australia)
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh (Orthopaedic Surgery)
Master of Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery)
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (Ireland)
Doctor of Medicine (Duke-NUS, Singapore)
BEng, BioEngineering (NUS, Singapore)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Service Director, Foot and Ankle Surgery
Fellowship Director, Foot and Ankle Surgery
Clinical Assistant Professor, SingHealth Duke-NUS Musculoskeletal Sciences Academic Clinical Program (MSKSC ACP)
Clinical Senior Clinical Lecturer, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS-YLL)
Content Expert, Clinical Teacher and Clinical Practice Facilitator, Lee Kong Chiang School of Medicine (NTU-LKC)
Content Expert and Clinical Tutor, Duke-NUS Medical School

Awards

SingHealth Health Quality Service Award 2025, GOLD
SingHealth Health Quality Service Award 2024, SILVER
ESCEO-Eli Lilly 2018 scholarship award
Outstanding Singhealth Resident Award 2017
Best House Officer 2015
NUSS Medal 2014 (Best graduate throughout course of study for outstanding all-rounded achievements)
SMA-LEE Foundation Teamsmanship Award 2014 (Graduating student who demonstrates exemplary team values in medicine)
NUS Faculty of Engineering Colours Award 2009, Gold

Research Interests

Publications and Research Trials

Zachariah Gene Wing Ow, Marcus Wei Ping Tan, Dhivakaran Gengatharan, Edmund Jia Xi Zhang, Eric Wei Liang Cher, Pedro Debieux, Keng Lin Wong, “Biologic Augmented Scaffold-based cartilage repair: Addressing Complications and Enhancing Outcomes” Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma, 2025
Wong WSY, Gengatharan D, Inderjeet SR, Chong KW, Png WX, Cher EWL “Endoscopic debridement, Ostectomy, Release and Radiofrequency (DORR) – A fully endoscopic technique for treatment recalcitrant plantar fasciitis” Arthroscopy Techniques, Aug 2024
Gengatharan D, Wong WSY, Png W, Rikhraj IS, Cher EWL. Concomitant osteochondral lesion of the talus in ankle instability: Utilizing clinical presentation to guide imaging decision. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2024 Oct 31:S1067-2516(24)00278-3. doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2024.10.011. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39486788
Koh HY, Wong WSY, K Tennakoon, Wong MK, Cher EWL “Use of Tourniquet to Achieve Closed Reduction for a Distal Femoral Fracture With an Intramedullary Device” Techniques in Orthopaedics 2024
Cher EWL, Allen JC, Sim, Eileen, Abdullah Hairil, Howe TS, Koh JSB. Comparing the Combined Assessment of Risk Encountered in Surgery (CARES) score with D-CCI and ASA-PS score in predicting 2 years mortality after hip fracture surgery. Geriatr Orthop Surg Rehabil 2021
Moo IH, Carmen Kam, Cher EWL, Bryan Peh, Chung EL, David Thai CC, Lo NN, Howe TS, Koh JSB. The effect of the comorbidity burden on vitamin D levels in geriatric hip fracture. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2020) 21:524
Cher EWL, Allen JC, Moo IH, Lo EC, Peh B, Howe TS, Koh JSB. Sub-optimal serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level affects 2-year survival after hip fracture surgery. J Bone Miner Metab, 2020
Cher EWL, Allen JC, Howe TS, Koh JSB. Comorbidity as the dominant predictor of mortality after hip fracture surgeries. Osteoporosis Int 30(12): 2477–83, 2019
Cher EWL, Tay KS, Zhang K, Tan SB, Howe TS, Koh JSB. The Effect of Comorbidities and Age on Functional Outcomes After Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Octogenarian: A Matched Cohort Study. Geriatr Orthop Surg Rehabil 2018
Tay KS, Cher EWL, Zhang K, Tan SB, Howe TS, Koh JSB. Comorbidities Have a Greater Impact Than Age Alone in the Outcomes of Octogenarian Total Knee Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty 32(11): 3373–8, 2017
Cher WL, Utturkar GM, Spritzer CE, Nunley JA, DeFrate LE, Collins AT. An analysis of changes in in vivo cartilage thickness of the healthy ankle following dynamic activity. J Biomech 49(13): 3026–30, 2016.