FRCSEd (Ortho), FHKAM (Orthopaedic Surgery), FHKCOS, MBChB (Otago)

Deputy Chief of Service, Department of Orthpaedics and Traumatology, Queen Mary Hospital

Consultant, Department of Orthpaedics and Traumatology, Queen Mary Hospital

Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, The University of Hong Kong

Division of General Orthopaedics and Oncology & Division of Rehabilitation

Dr. Margaret Fok is Consultant and Deputy Chief of Service in the Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology at Queen Mary Hospital, and an Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at The University of Hong Kong.

• MBChB, University of Otago, New Zealand (2000). After graduation, she returned to Hong Kong and began her orthopaedic career at Queen Mary Hospital.
• During training she worked with leading hand and wrist surgeons, including Professor S.P. Chow, Dr. Boris Fung and Dr. P.C. Ho, and developed focused interests in hand and wrist surgery and microsurgery.
• After completing orthopaedic specialist training she undertook further fellowships overseas to deepen expertise in hand, wrist and peripheral nerve surgery:
1. Professor Diego Fernandez, Bern, Switzerland — complex wrist problems
2. Professor Fu-Chen Wei — soft tissue coverage of the limbs
3. Professor David Chuong — nerve reconstruction for brachial plexus injuries
4. Professor Yuen-Kuen Tu — complex hand conditions and brachial plexus injuries

• Specialises in diagnosis and management of complex wrist pathologies and has served on organizing committees and faculty of many wrist arthroscopy courses including France, Spain, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong SAR and China. She is the IRCAD Asia Representative on the Academic Governance Board, IRCAD-IWS Diplomate in wrist arthroscopy, and the Course Director, Wrist course, IRCAD Taiwan IRCAD-IWC (International Wrist Centre) (since 2025)
• Expanded clinical interests to include soft-tissue injuries of the elbow, training with internationally recognized elbow specialists such as Dr. Shawn O’Driscoll (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA), Professor Roger Van Riet (Antwerp, Belgium), Professor Greg Bain (Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia) and Professor In‑Ho Jeon (Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea). She is currently the Course Director, Elbow course, IRCAD Taiwan IRCAD-IWC (since 2025)
• Leads the Musculoskeletal Infection Multidisciplinary Team in the Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, Queen Mary Hospital. The team received an Outstanding Team Award in 2025 (Hong Kong West Cluster / Queen Mary Hospital / Tsan Yuk Hospital).

• Active on the international academic stage as an invited speaker at major meetings such as International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SICOT), International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS), Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association (APOA), Asia Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (APFSSH), Asia Pacific Wrist Association (APWA) and Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand (FESSH).
• Holds leadership roles across international, regional and local orthopaedic organisations:
• • International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SICOT):
    Education Academy Chair, Executive Committee
  • International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS):
    Godmother
    Deputy Chair, Education Committee
    Member, Elbow, Wrist & Hand Committee
    Member, Programme Committee
  • American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH):
    Member, International Visiting Professor Committee
  • Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association (APOA):
    Chief National Delegate
    Immediate Past President, Hand & Upper Limb Society
  • Asia Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (APFSSH):
    Member-at-Large, Education Committee
    Chair, Diversity Committee
  • The Hong Kong Society for Surgery of the Hand (HKSSH):
    President-elect

• Author of book chapters and peer-reviewed articles on hand and wrist conditions and compressive neuropathies.
• Serves as reviewer for multiple indexed journals and is the Associate Editor for Hand and Wrist for the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American).

• Teaches undergraduate medical students at The University of Hong Kong.
• Course convenor for the IRCAD–Taiwan Elbow and Wrist Course and instructor at numerous international and regional wrist arthroscopy workshops and AO courses (France, Singapore, China, etc.).
• Established and has convened for 15 years the Anatomy and Basic Science course for the FRCSEd(Ortho)/FHKCOS exit exam—a widely attended preparatory course for fellowship candidates.

• Among the first female orthopaedic specialists in Hong Kong, Dr. Fok is committed to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in orthopaedics.
• She is the founder member and serves as an immediate Asia Pacific Representative for the International Orthopaedic Diversity Alliance (IODA). She frequently speaks on diversity and inclusion at international symposia.

• Wrist degenerative and traumatic conditions
• Wrist arthroscopy
• Hand fractures
• Microsurgery and soft-tissue reconstruction
• Elbow degenerative conditions and elbow arthroscopy
• Complex musculoskeletal infection
• Brachial plexus injury and peripheral nerve surgery
• Negative pressure therapy in hand injuries
• Rotational deformities of the fingers
• Rheumatoid hand surgery
• Hand and wrist arthroplasty
• Congenital hand anomalies
• Diversity, equity and inclusion in orthopaedics

• Endoscopic cubital tunnel release — Review of the literature
• Medium-term outcomes of all-arthroscopic triangular fibrocartilage complex foveal reconstruction using tendon graft
• Endoscopic cubital tunnel release — State of the art
• Radiological wrist anatomy in a southern Chinese population
• Patient expectations predict outcomes following distal radius fracture: a prospective cohort study using the TERTOM questionnaire
• Diversity in orthopaedics and traumatology: a global perspective
• Chronic scapholunate instability treated with temporary screw fixation
• Current management of hand enchondroma: a review
• Less invasive distal radius osteotomy for extra-articular dorsally displaced malunited fractures
• Costo-osteochondral graft for intra-articular incongruity after distal radius fractures
• Volar plate fixation of intra-articular distal radius fractures: a retrospective study
• New technologies in hand fracture management
• Ten-year results using a dynamic treatment for proximal phalangeal fractures of the hand
• Distal radioulnar joint stability in arthroscopic triangular fibrocartilage complex repair
• Autologous osteochondral graft for traumatic defects of finger joints
• The versatile reverse-flow sural artery neurocutaneous flap: case series and literature review
• Osteoporosis: public awareness, commitment and perspectives; MWM Fok, HB Leung — Unresolved lytic lesions following parathyroidectomy in a patient with chronic renal failure
• Evaluation of a Hong Kong Chinese version of a self-administered questionnaire for assessing symptom severity and function in carpal tunnel syndrome: cross-cultural adaptation and reliability