Prof Andrew Tan Hwee Chye

In addition to receiving extensive training in shoulder, knee, sports, and arthroscopic surgery at the University of Washington in the United States, Professor Andrew Tan earned his orthopaedic surgery training in Singapore. He was one of the first few medical professionals in Singapore to receive the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh's Fellowship in Orthopaedics in 2002, certifying him as an orthopaedic specialist at that time. Since his return from the United States in 2003, he has been working as an orthopaedic surgeon at the Singapore General Hospital. He is currently the department's head and senior consultant, as well as an adjunct professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine of the National University of Singapore and clinical professor at the Duke-NUS Medical School. He is actively engaged in clinical research in orthopaedics. He has published extensively in major international and regional orthopaedic publications about his surgical methods and results since he strongly thinks that clinical studies are essential to provide patients with the best care possible. He has also given lectures on his work all around the world and reviews manuscripts for many scholarly journals. As Department Head of SGH Orthopaedics, Academic Vice-Chair, Faculty Affairs and Academic Development of SingHealth-DukeNUS Musculoskeletal Sciences Academic Clinical Program, and Chair of the SingHealth Procedural Safety Workgroup, Prof. Tan is also actively involved in administrative and academic leadership at SingHealth/Duke-NUS.

Qualification

• MBBS
• FRCS(Glasgow)
• FRCS Ed(Orth)