Tan Kok Yang

Biography

 A/Prof Tan specialises in colorectal cancer surgery and laparoscopic colorectal surgery with a special interest in low rectal cancers and sphincter-preserving surgery. He also performs a wide variety of basic and complex anorectal operations including exploring new methods in haemorrhoidal surgery. He is also trained to perform advanced procedures in colonoscopy. He did his fellowship at Jichi Medical School, Saitama Medical Centre of Japan under the tutelage of Prof Fumio Konishi. He strongly believes in surgical innovations and progressive research. His research work is well published in numerous international peer-reviewed journals. He is on the International Advisory Board of Digestive Endoscopy and also on the Editorial Board of World Journal of Gastroenterology and World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. He has also written a number of book chapters on colorectal surgery and published a number of editorials in international surgical journals. A/Prof Tan Kok Yang is the editor of the book "Colorectal Cancer in the Elderly" and "Transdisciplinary Perioperative Care in Colorectal Surgery" published by Springer in 2012 and 2014 respectively. He is a Member of the Surgical Residency Advisory Committee of Singapore and has also been appointed as National Examiner for General Surgery. He is serving as the President of the Society of Colorectal Surgeons of Singapore from 2015 to 2017. He also served as a Board Member of the Chapter of General Surgeons of the College of Surgeons. His other passion in the field of surgery is the improvement of outcomes in elderly patients. He is the Clinical Director of the Geriatric Surgery Programme of Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. He is actively involved in projects and clinical research on this challenging group of patients and is a member of the American Geriatrics Society and founded the Geriatric Surgery Society of Singapore in 2017.

Research Interest

  Internal Medicine