Dr Tan Hiang Khoon

Biography

Dr Tan Hiang Khoon is a senior consultant at the National Cancer Centre Singapore, a Chairman, Division of Surgery at Singapore General Hospital and also Senior Consultant, SingHealth Duke-NUS Head & Neck Centre. Dr Tan received his medical degree from the National University Singapore School of Medicine in 1991. He received his specialist training in the Department of General Surgery at the Singapore General Hospital. He joined the Head and Neck Service at National Cancer Center Singapore in 2005 and subsequently underwent his Advanced Training in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology in Institute Gustave Roussy, Paris. He is one of the pioneers in the development of endoscopic and robotic Head and Neck surgery in Singapore. His research interests are in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and the use of cancer biomarkers in clinical algorithms. His work in methylation profiling of resection margins was awarded the Best Early Detection Paper in the 7th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer. Dr Tan was also awarded the Singapore National Youth Award for his role as the founding chairman of Children’s Cancer Foundation (Singapore). He is currently the Academic Vice Chair (Research) for ACP Surgery and Director of Community Outreach and Philanthropy in National Cancer Center Singapore.

Research Interest

Surgical Oncology.