Dr Kelvin Lor is an accredited Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon. He is Deputy Head of the Khoo Teck Puat Hospital's (KTPH) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, as well as a founding Executive Committee Member of the NHG Spine Centre encompassing Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital and Woodlands Health. He was awarded the MOH Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) Fellowship in Complex Spinal Surgery in Sydney, Australia in 2021, as well as the Asia Pacific Spine Society-Medtronic Fellowship in Adult Spinal Deformity and Endoscopic Spine Surgery in Busan, South Korea in 2022.

His clinical interests are in minimally invasive surgical techniques including endoscopic spine surgery, and he also has special interests in the management of frail elderly patients who suffer osteoporotic spinal fractures and traumatic spinal cord injuries.

Dr Lor is actively involved in medical education and is Teaching Lead for the NUS Medicine Undergraduate Programme in Orthopaedic Surgery, as well as a Core Clinical Faculty Member of the NHG Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Programme.​