Sarah Wong, Chief Paediatric Physiotherapist
Sarah Wong is our Chief Paediatric Physiotherapist. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Physiotherapy with First Class Honours from University of Sydney (Australia) in 1995 and started her physiotherapy career at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Singapore. In 2001, she received advanced training in paediatric physiotherapy under a prestigious scholarship program at leading institutions in the USA. After her return from USA, Sarah established physiotherapy programs for patients after Botox intramuscular injections and Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy. Sarah has taught paediatric physiotherapy to both local and international physiotherapy students, nurtured and mentored many junior physiotherapists who have gone on to become highly successful paediatric physiotherapists themselves. Her research papers have been showcased at numerous local and international conferences. She was first author and principal investigator in a research paper that was published in peer-reviewed journal Australian Journal of Physiotherapy in 1996. In the course of her career, she has had the honour to be an invited speaker at local and international conferences and patient support groups.
– Sarah Wong, chief physical physiotherapistAs a physiotherapist, my goal is not only to help children move better but also to empower them to reach their full potential. Every child is unique, and so each treatment must be individualized, specialized and catered to their needs.
In her journey to become the paediatric physiotherapist that she is today, Sarah is greatly humbled to learn first-hand from ground-breaking physiotherapy leaders in the world such as Professor Roberta Shepherd, Professor Janet Carr, Professor Emeritus Louise Ada and Professor Emerita Suzann K Campbell. These luminaries have profoundly influenced how Sarah practises her scientific craft today.
After more than a decade of public healthcare service, Sarah left her position as Head of Physiotherapy in 2007 to start Kids Focus Physiotherapy with the mission of providing timely, high quality and evidenced-based physiotherapy intervention.
Sarah has a devoted interest in spasticity management. She is a leading authority in gait analysis, evaluation and prescription of biomechanical supports, childhood and juvenile developmental concerns and deviations, cerebral palsy spasticity and preventive physiotherapy management for children with complex neuromuscular diseases.
Outside paediatric physiotherapy, Sarah is a museophile who also enjoys the quiet pursuit of observing the wonders of nature.
Serena Kwa, Consultant Physiotherapist
Serena Kwa has been Consultant paediatric physiotherapist at Kids Focus Physiotherapy since 2009. She graduated from Curtin University (Perth, Australia) with a Bachelor’s degree in physiotherapy in 1999. Serena desired a career in paediatric physiotherapy after a very inspiring and enriching paediatric physiotherapy student placement at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital in 1998. In 2000, her goal to specialise in paediatric physiotherapy finally came true when she joined KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital. At KKH, Serena received comprehensive training in the different sub-specialties in paediatric physiotherapy. To challenge herself further, Serena took a year off in 2002 to study for a Master’s degree in physiotherapy at University of Queensland (Australia). After her return, Serena devoted herself to polishing her physiotherapy skills in different sub-specialties. She is especially drawn to looking after infants and children with repeated and prolonged hospitalisations. Eventually, she discovered her special interests in paediatric oncology physiotherapy, early intervention physiotherapy programs for at-risk infants and children and physiotherapy in infant muscular concerns such as torticollis, postural clubfeet and overlapping toes.
During her many rewarding years as a paediatric physiotherapist at KKH, Serena was piqued by her curiosity about lifespan physiotherapy in infants and young children who had undergone complex cardiac surgeries. This led to a short detour to adult cardiac rehabilitation at National Heart Centre for 18 months. Alas, Serena followed her heart back to paediatric physiotherapy.
Today, Serena is a leading paediatric physiotherapist in early intervention physiotherapy services and programs for premature and other at-risk infants (e.g. those who had complex cardiac diseases), early childhood developmental concerns such as bow legs, knock knees and flat feet and childhood cancer survivors. She has a super friendly personality and approachable demeanour and is well-loved by all the kids and families she served. Many families who have worked with her continue to request her support via tele-physiotherapy after they have relocated overseas. Others request for site visits to their homes, schools, sports teams and gyms to facilitate their children transitioning into more challenging physical environments.
When she is not eating, drinking and breathing paediatric physiotherapy, Serena can be found making snow angels in, well, the snow.
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