Dr.Dharmalingam Muthiah hails from Melaka and is a graduate from the University of Malaya. He obtained his Surgical Fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1999. Apart from being trained in General Orthopaedics, he has special advanced training in Hand and Microsurgery, Orthopaedic Trauma, Joint Replacements and Arthroscopic Surgeries of the Upper and Lower Limbs. He has AO Fellowships in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery from University of Basel; Switzerland and he was the first Malaysia fellow to do a Fellowship in Knee and Upper Limb Surgeries at the North Sydney Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Centre which is affiliated to Australian Institute of Musculo Skeletal Research. His surgical interest includes General Orthopaedics, Hand Surgery, Reconstructive Surgery, Joint Replacements, Sports Injury and Arthroscopic Surgeries of Upper and Lower Limbs.