Training & Qualifications:
- MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery, First Class Honors & Distinction at the University of London) 1994
- RCSEd (Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh) 1999
- Further training in advanced HPB surgery and liver transplantation at the world renowned Liver Unit of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
- Further training in living donor liver transplantation in Japan.
Prior To Private Practice:
- Founding member of the liver transplant team at SGH in 2005
- Appointed as Deputy Head and Senior Consultant of the Department of Surgical Oncology at the National Cancer Centre in 2007
- Appointed as Surgical Director of the Liver Transplantation Programme at SGH in 2007
Awards & Achievements:
- Young Surgeons Award (Asian Surgical Congress, 2001)
- Led his team to perform the first successful split liver transplant at SGH and the first combined Heart-Liver Transplantation in Asia in 2009
Dr Tan continues to be one of few surgeons in Asia who perform specialized surgery for peritoneal malignancies in Asia.