Kevin Tan Eng Kiat

Biography

Dr Kevin Tan Eng Kiat is a Consultant Diabetologist and Endocrinologist at Kevin Tan's Clinic For Diabetes, Thyroid And Hormones Pte Ltd in Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre. He is also visiting consultant to the Diabetes Centre at Singapore General Hospital. He completed his MBBS in 1987 at the National University of Singapore and MRCP (Int Med) in 1992 at the Royal College of Physicians, UK. Dr Kevin Tan Eng Kiat is a multilingual and speaks several languages such as English, Mandarin, Hokkien and Bahasa Melayu. His works involves such as diabetes, thyroid problems and other endocrine/hormone issues.<br> Dr Kevin Tan helped organise and set-up the Weight Management Program at Mt Elizabeth Hospital. This program is headed by a multi-disciplinary team of doctors and adopts an individualised and multi-pronged approach in weight management, employing services of nutritionists, exercise physiotherapists and psycho-therapists. Dr Kevin Tan is currently Vice-President of the Diabetic Society of Singapore and a life-member of the Society as well as with the Endocrine and Metabolic Society of Singapore. In the Diabetic Society, he heads the Education Sub-Committee and has been at the helm of the organising committee of World Diabetes Day Singapore events for the last 6 years. He is a keen diabetes educator and active on the lecture circuit to both professional and public audiences locally and in the region, lecturing extensively on diabetes, thyroid problems and other hormone issues. His interest is in diabetes and pituitary-adrenal disorders and his research interest is in clinical trials on diabetes. 

Research Interest

- Patient Consultation - Phlebotomy Services - Outpatient Endocrine Testing - Fine Needle Thyroid Aspiration - Health Screening - Thyroid Conditions - Growth Disorder - Pituitary Problems - Adrenal Conditions - Obesity - Hypertension - Osteoporosis - Parathyroid and Calcium Metabolism