MEDICAL EDUCATION

Dr Tan T'zu-Jen is a Consultant in the Department of General Surgery, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. He received his M.D from Indiana University and trained in the Phoenix Integrated Surgical Residency in Arizona. He received his board certification in General Surgery from the American Board of Surgery. His sub-specialty interests are in Advanced Laparoscopy, Upper Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery with a special focus on Bariatric Solutions for Weight Management.   

Testimony from Ngiam Kee Yuan, Registrar

“Dr Jen Tan is a US-trained, Board-Certified surgeon who is known to many students as a consummate teacher and model clinician. Despite being a full time attending consultant surgeon running a busy hepatobiliary service, Dr Tan will find time to arrange special tutorials and is frequently found mentoring students late into the evening. This commitment to teaching has been affirmed by his students, who nominated him to win the "Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Top Ten Teachers Award" in 2008. He is also a certified FLS (Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery) trainer and is familiar with the rigors of the American residency progamme. As a member of the NHG Residency Programme Committee, his experience will certainly prove invaluable to set the ethos for our local residency programme and shape the pedagogy for our next generation of trainees.”  

Medical Students Comments on Our Teaching Staff

M2 

• Effective intensive lessons
• Very patient! Willing to spend time and correct out mistakes and urges us along
• Experienced, great teacher, emphasizes on essential concepts
• Very approachable, knowledgeable
• Approachable, friendly, enthusiastic about teaching, very engaging, patient and willing to sacrifice time for students

M3

• Patient, teaches very meticulously, grand ward round is very good
• Very Good. His explanations always satisfy out curiosity
• Very clear and detailed
• Strict but good and clear in explanations
• Very patient and provides very good perspective on clinical life
• Teaches from basics, very good foundation builder, very dedicated
• Very patient in teaching us
• Very good. Very inspirational has his own brand of teaching that is unique and fantastic
• Very patient and willing to teach

M5

• He is very dedicated and passionate
• An inspiration
• Infinite patience and willing to teach!
• Makes surgery interesting
• excellent support
• The willingness of the surgeons to teach and use ward rounds as learning points to explain certain conditions
  
  

Dr Cheah Yee Lee is an Associate Consultant in the Department of General Surgery. She received her medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and is an Associate Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. She completed her surgical residency at the Brown University General Surgery Residency Program (Rhode Island, US) and is an American Board Certified Surgeon. She underwent specialist training in hepatobiliary and liver transplantation at the Lahey Clinic Fellowship Program (Massachusetts, US). Her clinical interests are in hepatobiliary & pancreatic surgical diseases, with particular interest in the surgical management of liver, pancreas and Klatskin tumours and end stage liver disease (cirrhosis).

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