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2024/01/25
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Dr Tiffany Seah

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Designations:

  • Associate Consultant, Division of Paediatric Supportive and Palliative Care, Department of Paediatrics, Khoo Teck Puat - National University Children's Medical Institute, National University Hospital
  • Associate Consultant, Department of Paediatrics, Alexandra Hospital

Qualifications:

BA (Hons) (Cantab), MB BChir (Cantab), MMed (Paediatric Medicine) (Singapore), MRCPCH (UK)

Specialties/Sub-specialties:

Paediatric Medicine

Clinical Disciplines/Programmes:

Paediatric Supportive and Palliative Care, Paediatrics, Paediatrics – Children’s Emergency

Special Interests:

Paediatric Palliative Care, Traditional Chinese Medicine in Paediatrics, General Paediatrics

Locations:

Alexandra Hospital

Biosketch

Dr Tiffany Seah is an Associate Consultant in the Department of Paediatrics at Alexandra Hospital. Dr Seah began her medical training at the University of Cambridge, where she graduated with Bachelor of Arts in Medical Sciences (First Class Honours) in 2015 and subsequently Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (with Distinction) in 2018. During this time, she received several academic prizes, including the Adrian Prize, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Medical Student Prize, William Harvey Studentship for Clinical Medicine and the George Peter Baker Prize.

Dr Seah subsequently underwent further post-graduate training in Paediatrics at KTP-NUCMI, National University Hospital from 2020 to 2026 and received the Master of Medicine (Paediatric Medicine) and Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in 2022, before qualifying as a Paediatrician in 2026. During this time, Dr Seah also served as Chief Resident in Education (2024-2025), where she received several awards for teaching excellence. She is also currently a Clinical Lecturer at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore since 2026. 

Her interests are in general paediatrics, paediatric palliative care and integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Paediatrics.

Awards

  • 2025- NUHS Young Clinician Mentor Award
  • 2024- Best registrar teacher award
  • 2022- Wong Hock Boon Gold Medal for excellence in Master of Medicine (Paediatric) Exam
  • 2022- NUHS Inter-Professional Teaching Award

Journals & Publications

1. Seah T, Zhang C, Halbert J, Prabha S, Gupta S. The magnitude and predictors of therapy abandonment in pediatric central nervous system tumors in low- and middle-income countries: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019 Jun;66(6):e27692. doi: 10.1002/pbc.27692. Epub 2019 Mar 5. PMID: 30835958.

2. Upadhyaya SA, Robinson GW, Onar-Thomas A, Orr BA, Billups CA, Bowers DC, Bendel AE, Hassall T, Crawford JR, Partap S, Fisher PG, Tatevossian RG, Seah T, Qaddoumi IA, Vinitsky A, Armstrong GT, Sabin ND, Tinkle CL, Klimo P, Indelicato DJ, Boop FA, Merchant TE, Ellison DW, Gajjar A. Molecular grouping and outcomes of young children with newly diagnosed ependymoma treated on the multi-institutional SJYC07 trial. Neuro Oncol. 2019 Oct 9;21(10):1319-1330. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noz069. PMID: 30976811; PMCID: PMC6784269.

Professional Memberships

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

2026/08/21
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