Profile
Dr Alvin Tan is a Consultant in the Department of General Surgery, Sengkang General Hospital. He graduated from Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore and completed his general surgery training under the SingHealth General Surgery Residency Programme. After which, he continued his sub-specialty training at the Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary and Transplant Surgery at Singapore General Hospital. He subsequently received the HMDP (Health Manpower Development Plan) award and completed his sub-specialty fellowship training at Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan under the mentorship of Dr Chen Kuo-Hsin.
Dr Tan is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) and a Member of the Royal College of Physicians (UK). He currently serves as Core Faculty for the SingHealth PGY1 Residency and General Surgery Residency Programmes. His professional area of interest is in minimally invasive hepatopancreatic surgery.
Education
- MBBS (Singapore)
- MRCS (Edinburgh)
- MRCP (UK)
- MMed (Surgery)
- MMed (Internal Medicine)
- FRCS (Edinburgh)
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Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships
- Adjunct Clinician Educator, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
- Clinical Teacher, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School
- Hepatopancreatobiliary Association of Singapore HPBA(S), Member
- Hepatopancreatobiliary Association of Singapore HPBA(S), Council Member, 5th Council (2021 to 2023)
- Hepatopancreatobiliary Association of Singapore HPBA(S), Council Member, 6th Council (2023 to present)
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Awards
- Outstanding Faculty Award, Residency in SingHealth Excels (RiSE) Awards 2023
- Health Manpower Development Award 2022
- SKH, You Sparkle! Silver Award 2021
- Outstanding Faculty Award, Residency in SingHealth Excels (RiSE) Awards 2018
- Outstanding Resident Award, Residency in SingHealth Excels (RiSE) Awards 2015
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Publications
- Lin YT, Siow TF, Tan AYH, Chik I, Chen KH. Laparoscopic Parenchymal-Sparing Hepatectomy with Middle Hepatic Vein Resection and Reconstruction for Colorectal Liver Metastases: A Video Case Report. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Aug 23
- Chue KM, Kabir T, Wong WK, Kam JH, Tan JTH, Tan CC, Ong LWL, Chua H, Tan AYH, Leong FQH, Koh FHX, Foo FJ, Ngaserin S, Yeung BPM. Impact of slit compared with nonslit mesh in laparoscopic groin hernia repairs-A comprehensive propensity score analysis of a cohort of 611 hernias. Surgery. 2024 Aug 27:S0039-6060(24)00562-2.
- AWJ Wong, NHS Sim, JH Kam, R Rajarethinam, BK Tan, AYH Tan. The primary prevention of pancreatic fistula using a vascularised rectus abdominis muscle flap – A porcine model. JPRAS open, 2024
- M Yeow, KY Fong, JJ Zhao, AYH Tan, YX Koh, JH Kam, BKP Goh, TM Pawlik, T Kabir. Value of lymph node dissection in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis. HPB (Oxford) Feb 2024; 26(2): 161-170
- M Yeow, JJ Zhao, KY Fong, J Wong, YHA Tan, JH Kam, M Nikfarjam, BKP Goh, T Kabir. Radiofrequency ablation versus repeat hepatectomy for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma: A systemic review and meta-analysis. World J Surg Nov 2022; 46(11): 2778-2787
- T Kabir, NL Syn, V Shaw, YHA Tan, HW Chua, LWL Ong, FH Koh, J Ladlad, JB Barco, P Wang, Y Kui, A Blasiak, JJ Zhao, D Ho, JH Kam, S Ngaserin. Defining the optimal time to appendectomy: A step toward precision surgery. Surgery Sep 2022; 172(3): 798-806
- T Kabir, ZZ Tan, NL Syn, JD Lin, JJ Zhao, YHA Tan, JH Kam, BKP Goh. Laparoscopic versus open resection of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis: meta-analysis. Br J Surg Jan 2022; 109(1): 21-29
- T Kabir, YHA Tan, FHX Koh, MH Chew. Burnout and professional fulfilment among surgeons during the COVID-19 pandemic. Br J Surg Jan 2021; 108(1): e3-e5
- YHA Tan, S Rafi, MT Fang, S Hwang, EW Lim, J Ngu, SM Tan. Validation of the modified Ranson versus Glasgow score for pancreatitis in a Singaporean population. ANZ J Surg Sep 2017; 87(9): 700-703
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