Profile
Dr Tan Choon Chieh finished his general surgical training in 2010 and went on to complete a fellowship in Head and Neck Surgery at National Cancer Centre Singapore. This was followed by a HMDP fellowship at Seoul National University Hospital where he obtained further training in endoscopic and robotic thyroidectomy.
Besides managing common general surgical conditions and gastrointestinal endoscopy, Dr Tan has a special interest in thyroid, parathyroid and salivary gland surgery. He is also active in medical education and is one of the curriculum planners for the General Surgery Department's training program for junior doctors.
Education
- MBBS (Australia)
- FRCS (Edin)
- M Med (Surg)
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Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
- Clinical Teacher, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University
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Publications
- Re: Gallbladder Cancer: the role of laparoscopy and radical resection; Ann Surg. 2008 Sep;248(3):494-5. Chang S, Chieh TC.
- Intramuscular injection of parathyroid autografts is a viable option after total parathyroidectomy; World J Surg. 2010 Jun;34(6): 1332-6. Tan CC, Cheah WK, Tan CT, Rauff A.
- A Case Report of An Anterior Tibial Artery Pseudo-Aneurysm Open Surgical Management: A Rare Complication Post Total Knee Arthroplasty. D Aw, Tan CC, Chng JK, Chng SP. International Journal of Surgery Case Reports. 2017;37: 196-199.
- Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma Of The Neck - A Case Report. Jane Peiwen Lim, Jack Kian Chng, Choon Chieh Tan. International Journal of Surgery Case Reports.
- Pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma with nodal melanosis: A rare cause of cystic cervical lymphadenopathy. Tan HJ1, Lee LAL2, Paulus F2, Tan CC3. Head Neck. 2018 Jan 2. doi: 10.1002/hed.25052. [Epub ahead of print].
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