Dr Teresa Tan is a
Consultant in Paediatrics and Palliative Care at the Khoo Teck Puat - National
University Children’s Medical Institute, National University Hospital.
She achieved First Class
Honours for her intercalated BSc degree in Immunology in 2006, followed by MBBS
in 2008, from Imperial College, London. She obtained her Masters of Medicine
(Paediatric Medicine) from NUS, and Membership of the Royal College of
Paediatrics and Child Health in 2013. She completed Specialist Accreditation
for Paediatric Medicine in 2017, and Adult Palliative Medicine in 2020.
Dr Tan is deeply passionate
about the holistic and patient-centred philosophy of care for children with
life-limiting illnesses, and their families. She is the first paediatrician in
Singapore to be dually accredited in Palliative Medicine; and is now setting
up a Paediatric Palliative Care Service at NUH. She collaborates closely with
the multi-disciplinary team within KTP-NUCMI (NUH), and also across healthcare
systems including Star PALS (HCA Hospice Care), ensuring a smooth transition of
care for the patients and families.
Dr Tan is a member of the
KTP-NUCMI Paediatrics Ethics and Advocacy Centre (PEACe), an operational unit
that meets on a regular basis to discuss ethical issues concerning children.
She is also a clinical
tutor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, and is actively involved in the
medical education of undergraduates, postgraduate paediatric doctors and
nursing colleagues. She also contributes towards the Graduate Diploma in Palliative
Medicine programme.