Dr James Tan Wen Tien
Anesthesiology)
 National Fisheries Institute
Singapore
Biography
Dr James Tan received his basic medical education in the United Kingdom at the University of Leeds and University College London, where he obtained his MBBS (London) in 1998. On returning to Singapore, he decided to train in anaesthesia obtaining his Masters of Medicine (Anesthesiology) in 2004 and his specialist accreditation in 2006. He is also a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthesia (FANZCA). His background in anaesthesia spurred his interest in pain medicine and he has been actively involved in pain medicine at both hospital and national level since 2004. He was awarded the HMDP scholarship to pursue pain medicine in Australia in 2009 and trained at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney under the mentorship of Prof Michael Cousins. His comprehensive training at the well-known pain centre included exposure to the multidisciplinary management of chronic pain conditions and in particular, the ADAPT pain management program based on cognitive-behavioural principles, as well as various advanced interventional procedures performed in the management of refractory pain.
Research Interest
Anesthesiology)
