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DR CHARLES TAN |
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Place of Practice |
SMG SURGERY CENTRE |
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Practice Address |
SMG Surgery Centre SMG Specialist Centre
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Practice Website |
www.smg.sg |
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Specialty |
Consultant General Surgeon |
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Qualifications |
MB ChB (Leicester), MRCS (Glasgow), FCRS (Edinburgh), FAMS (General Surgery) |
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About Dr Tan
Dr Charles Tan is a general surgeon with 18 years of clinical experience. His subspecialty interest is in endocrine surgery and endoscopic hernia repairs.
As Head of the Endocrine Surgery Division in National University Hospital (NUH), Dr Tan started the robotic axillary thyroid surgery programme. He currently has the most experience in thyroid surgery via the axillary in Singapore.
Apart from comprehensive treatment of thyroid cancers, other new procedures Dr Tan performs include minimally invasive parathyroid surgery under local anesthesia and keyhole adrenal surgery (trans-abdominal or retroperitoneal).
Dr Tan is currently the president of the Singapore Hernia Society. He has performed more than 1,000 cases, of which 90% of cases are performed via keyhole. He regularly conducts courses and master classes to share his expertise with fellow colleagues.
Dr Tan also has a strong passion for teaching. He has been voted the best tutor at the Department of Surgery every year and still holds a position as a visiting consultant and adjunct assistant professor at NUH. To further contribute to medical education, he has written a best seller OSCE book for students.