Roles
Professor of Clinical Orthopaedics
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Biography
Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dr. Heng obtained her medical degree from the University of Toronto. She completed her Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at the University of Toronto in 2012 and is board-certified in Orthopaedic Surgery by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. She received subspecialty training in Orthopaedic Trauma from the Harvard Combined Trauma Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women's Hospital. She has also completed a second subspecialty fellowship in Orthopaedic Oncology from Mt. Sinai Hospital at the University of Toronto, Canada. -
Education & Training
Education
Post Graduate Training
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Teaching Interests
Dr. Heng enjoys active involvement in the teaching and training of medical students, residents, and fellows in Orthopaedic Surgery. She has a particular focus in promoting and providing more meaningful feedback to surgical trainees using principles of Deliberate Practice and theories of Anders Ericsson. She has won several teaching awards including the D.R. Wilson Award for Teaching from the University of Toronto Department of Surgery as the surgical resident rated by undergraduate medical students as an outstanding teacher, the Golden Apple Award for Orthopaedic Teacher of the Year by the Class of 2018 Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program, and the Howard Rosen Award for outstanding table instructor during the AO Basic Principles of Operative Fracture Management course. -
Research Interests
In addition to providing clinical care and teaching, Dr. Heng conducts clinical research focused on patient-reported outcomes research in orthopaedics. She holds a Masters of Public Health degree from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health with a graduate certificate in Quality, Patient Safety and Outcomes Research. She routinely supervises orthopaedic PhD candidates from Utrecht University in the Netherlands since September 2016. Currently, she is principal investigator leading an international, multi-institution clinical priority program investigating outcomes of fracture treatment granted by the AO Trauma Research Commission. -
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