Daniel Tan Yat Harn

Biography

Dr Daniel Tan is a radiation oncologist with Farrer Park Hospital and medical director of Asian American Radiation Oncology (AARO), the radiotherapy and oncology division of Asian American Medical Group. Prior to joining AARO, he was consultant radiation oncologist at the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) and clinical lecturer at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS). His clinical interest is in stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SRS/SBRT), and he specialises in the management of central nervous system, prostate and breast cancers. After completing his MBBS at the NUS in 2002, he went on to obtain the FRCR in Clinical Oncology in 2011 at the Royal College of Radiologists, U.K. He then underwent training with a focus on neurooncology at international premier centres, which included Proton Therapy at University of Pennsylvania’s Roberts Proton Therapy Center, USA, Spine Radiosurgery at Princess Margaret Hospital and Sunnybrook’s Odette Cancer Centre, Toronto, and Advanced Radiation Technologies at Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital in Japan. Together with his mentors, he was instrumental in the development of the Novalis Brain Stereotactic Radiosurgery Program at NCCS and subsequently developed the Novalis Spine Stereotactic Radiosurgery Program after his return from his HMDP (Health Manpower Development Plan Award) training. His research involves the application of SRS and SBRT in benign and malignant tumours of the brain and spine, as well as in oligometastatic and prostate cancers. His work has been presented at major international conferences, and he is frequently invited to lecture on these subjects in regional meetings. He has written and published on the subjects of neuro-oncology, SRS and SBRT.

Research Interest

Breast CancerBreast Cancer TreatmentBreast ImagingCancerChemotherapyColorectal CancerGynecology CancersHead and Neck CancersLung CancerProstate CancerRadiation TherapySkin CancerSkin Cancer Treatment