Dr Tan is a General Surgeon, specialising in Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery.
He graduated from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2007. He completed his Surgical Residency in the National Healthcare Group (NHG), during which he obtained his Masters of Medicine (Surgery) in 2015 and received his Specialist Accreditation in 2017.
In 2019, Dr Tan was conferred the Human Manpower Development Program Award from the Ministry of Health for a fellowship in Minimally Invasive HPB Surgery and Liver Transplantation in Seoul National University Hospital, South Korea.
He is currently a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, UK; the American College of Surgeons; and the Academy of Medicine, Singapore.
Prior to his appointment at the National University Hospital, Dr Tan was Head of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, and Deputy Head of the Department of General Surgery at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. He is currently the Secretary of the Hepato-pancreato-biliary Association of Singapore.
Dr Tan is active in teaching medical students, and believes strongly in educating and teaching the next generation of doctors and surgeons. For his work and dedication, he has garnered several teaching awards, including the NHG Teaching Award for Senior Doctors, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Special Recognition Award, and the NUS Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence.
1. Hong SK, Tan MY, Worakitti L, Lee JM, Cho JH, Yi NJ, Lee KW, Suh KS. Pure Laparoscopic Versus Open Right Hepatectomy in Live Liver Donors: A Propensity Score-matched Analysis. Ann Surg. 2022 Jan 1;275(1):e206-e212
2. Han ES, Suh KS, Lee KW, Yi NJ, Hong SK, Lee JM, Hong KP, Tan MY. Advances in the surgical outcomes of 300 cases of pure laparoscopic living donor right hemihepatectomy divided into three periods of 100 cases: a single-centre case series. Ann Transl Med. 2021 Apr;9(7):553
3. Ang CH, Tan MY, Teo C, Seah DW, Chen JC, Chan MY, Tan EY. Blue dye is sufficient for sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer. Br J Surg. 2014 Mar;101(4):383-9
4. Pang NQ, Chua HW, Kim G, Tan MY, Bin Abdul-Aziz MND, Xu RW, Chen E, Teo SC, Khoo NX, Lomanto D, Tai BC, So JB, Chong CS. Structured Training for Laparoscopic Appendectomy for Residents (STAR Trial)-A Randomized Pilot Study. J Surg Res. 2021 Dec;268:363-370
5. Rovgaliyev B, Tan MY, Lee KW, Oh SC, Park MY, Seo S, Choi HS, Hong SK, Cho JH, Lee JM, Yi NJ, Suh KS. Sirolimus Attenuates Calcineurin Inhibitor-Induced Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Transplant Proc. 2022 Aug 14:S0041-1345(22)00449-3
6. Koh FH, Chew LMY, Wong N, Kow AWC, Yap D, Ng S, Ng J, Tan MY, Lee DJK, Au-Yong APS, Yan CCK, Darmawirya P, Jayachandran B, Maier A, El Yeong H, Chew STH, Foo FJ, How KY, Ng DH. Perioperative management of sarcopenia in patients undergoing major surgeries in Singapore: a modified Delphi consensus. Int J Surg. 2024 Aug 1;110(8):4552-4558
7. Lee JWK, Tan MY, Koh C, Iyer SG, Gao Y. Retained stone retrieval basket causing chronic pancreatitis: a case report. Front Surg. 2023 Aug 9;10:1235833
