SGMC - Key Persons
Dr. Tan has extensive experience in the clinical treatment of breast cancer and the use of various surgical techniques to achieve the best cosmetic outcome for her patients. Her specialties include breast conservation surgery, nipple-and-skin sparing mastectomies and breast reconstructions. Dr. Tan has worked as a medical consultant for several hospitals and received various prestigious awards for her work, including the Singapore Millennium Foundation Scholarship, the Jane Prize Award for Pediatrics and the ENT Gold Medal for Otolaryngology. She also received the Courage Award for her active involvement during the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003.
Dr. Foo graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2002 and subsequently pursued his master's degree in surgery, becoming a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2012. He has expertise in managing various colorectal conditions, with an aptitude for treating cancer and benign diseases of the colon and rectum. He excels in performing endoscopic and minimally invasive "keyhole" surgeries as well as robotic surgery, and is one of only three surgeons in Singapore who has routinely used these techniques to treat colorectal cancer. He is also an expert in advanced surgical procedures for rectum-related conditions including hemorrhoids, anal abscesses, anal fistulas, constipation and incontinence.
Job Titles:
- Certified Urologist Who Received His Specialist
- Urology Surgeon
Dr Png Keng Siang is a Board-certified urologist who received his Specialist training from Singapore. He was the first Urologist from Singapore to complete a fellowship in robotic and laparoscopic surgery in the United States at the prestigious Indiana University School of Medicine, where he worked with Past President of the Society of Urological Robotic Surgeons, Professor Chandru Sundaram. Dr Png has trained numerous urologists from Singapore, India and Nepal in minimally invasive surgery. He helped to start the robotic surgical program in Ho Chi Minh City at Binh Dan Hospital by performing the first 3 robotic urological operations in the history of Vietnam. Dr Png has special interests in treatment of prostate enlargement in men using various techniques such as Greenlight laser vaporisation, microwave thermodilatation and TURP. He is an expert in endourological treatment of kidney stones and has performed "live" surgery in Myanmar as part of Asian School of Urology educational series. Dr Png also treats all men's health issues and other urological conditions
Dr. Koh Kiok Miang has years of experience managing a wide variety of neurosurgical and spinal conditions. He specializes in noninvasive "keyhole" surgeries, and is known for performing Singapore's first minimally invasive removal of a spinal tumor. He has expertise in conducting several other forms of spinal surgery, including but not limited to discectomies, laminectomies, cervical fusion, disc replacement and corrective surgery.
Graduating from the National University of Singapore in 2000, Dr. Koh Kiok Miang pursued his master's degree in surgery and has since served as the chairman for an advanced surgery training center in Singapore.
Dr. Tan graduated from the University of London with honors before going on to become a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1999. During his surgical training he received multiple awards, including the Young Surgeons Award from the Asian Surgical Congress in 2001. Dr. Tan also served as the deputy head of a Singapore-based cancer center and worked as director of the liver transplant program at Singapore General Hospital (SGH), becoming a founding member of the liver transplant team at SGH in 2005. During this time, he also led his team to perform the first combined heart- and liver- transplant in Asia in 2009.