 | DR TAN YONG SENG
Senior Consultant Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon
MBBS (Singapore), FRCS (Edinburgh), FAMS (Cardiothoracic), FICS (USA), FACC (USA), Mayo Alumnus, Mayo Clinic (USA), Cleveland Alumnus, Cleveland Clinic Foundation (USA) |
| Born: | Singapore, 1959 | Education:
| | 1972 - 1975 | Catholic High School | | 1976 - 1977 | National Junior College | 1979 - 1984
| National University of Singapore (1984) M.B.B.S. with distinction in Biochemistry and Microbiology Awarded Gibbs Gold Medal for being placed first in general proficiency through out the complete course of study for the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery |
| Professional Training and Memberships:
| | 1988 | Fellow Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh | 1992
| Clinical Fellow Cardiovascular Surgery Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota, USA | 1993
| Clinical fellow Cardiovascular Surgery Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, USA | | 1995 | Fellow, Academy of Medicine, Singapore | | 2006 | Fellow International College of Surgeons (USA) , Fellow American College of Cardiology (USA) |
| Works and Appointments :
| 1995 - 1999
| Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Singapore heart Centre, Singapore General Hospital | 1999 -2006
| Senior Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, National Heart Centre | | 2001- 2006 | Director of Heart lung Transplant Programme, NHC | Jul 2006
| Private Practice, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Gleneagles Hospital |
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SPECIALTIES: Adult cardiac surgery, valvular heart diseases, coronary artery disease, arterial bypass grafting, diseases of the thoracic aorta, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, off pump coronary artery bypass surgery, mitral and aortic valve repair and replacement, surgery for thoracic aortic aneurysm, reoperations, Maze procedure for atrial fibrillation, heart transplant, ventricular assist devices, ECMO, heart failure surgery, general thoracic and vascular surgery
SPECIAL TRAINING:
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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