Dr Tan Hwee Leong

Dr Tan Hwee Leong is a Consultant at the Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Surgery, Singapore General Hospital.

Dr Tan graduated with MBBS(Honours) from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore as the valedictorian of the medical class of 2014. He then completed residency training in SingHealth General Surgery Residency Programme, where he obtained his Master of Medicine (Surgery) and Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh). He subsequently graduated as the valedictorian of SingHealth Residency’s 7th Graduating Cohort in 2021.

Dr Tan was awarded the National Medical Research Council Research Training Fellowship (NMRC RTF) in 2022 to pursue a Master of Clinical Investigation at the National University of Singapore. He maintains an active interest in clinical research in HPB surgery and has authored or co-authored multiple publications in various peer-reviewed journals.

Dr Tan’s clinical interests include minimally-invasive (laparoscopic and robotic) surgery for both benign and malignant HPB conditions. He received the International Observership to Korea (IOTK) Award in 2023 to undergo training in HPB surgery at Asan Medical Centre in Seoul, South Korea. He subsequently obtained the SingHealth/MOH Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) Fellowship Award in 2024 to further his training in minimally-invasive HPB surgery at the People’s Liberation Army General Hospital in Beijing, China.

• Master in Clinical Investigation (National University of Singapore), 2024
• Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh), 2021
• Master in Medicine (Surgery) (National University of Singapore), 2019
• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery with Honours (Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore), 2014

• Physician Faculty, SingHealth General Surgery Residency Programme
• Physician Faculty, SingHealth Post-Graduate Year 1 (PGY1) Programme
• Member, SingHealth Robotic Surgery Committee
• Board Member (Co-opt), Robotic Surgery Society of Singapore
• Member, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (Singapore)
• Member, Asian-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
• Member, International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association

• Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) Fellowship Award, SingHealth/Ministry of Health, 2024
• Special Recognition Award, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 2024
• Education Award (Highest Compliments), SGH/NCCS Division of Surgery & Surgical Oncology, 2023
• International Observership to Korea (IOTK) Award, 2023
• National Medical Research Council Research Training Fellowship (NMRC RTF), 2022
• Valedictorian, SingHealth Residency Graduating Cohort of 2021
• Top 5 Chief Residents, SingHealth Residency, 2019
• Junior Doctor Teaching Award, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 2019
• Outstanding Faculty Award, SingHealth Residency, 2019
• Outstanding Resident Award, SingHealth Residency, 2018
• Full-Time National Serviceman (NSF) of the Year Award, Singapore Armed Forces, 2018
• Sword of Merit, Medical Officer Cadet Course (MOCC), Singapore Armed Forces, 2016
• Junior Doctor Teaching Award, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 2015
• Best House Officer Award, SingHealth, 2015
• All-Round Excellence Award, NUS Medical Society, 2014
• Valedictorian, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Class of 2014
• Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medal (best graduate throughout the course of study), NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 2014
• Singapore Medical Association Silver Medal (1st in the Final Professional MBBS Examination), NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 2014
• Lim Boon Keng Medal (best student in Medicine in the Final Professional MBBS Examination), NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 2014
• Wong Poi Kwong Medal (best student in Clinical Medicine in the Final Professional MBBS Examination), NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 2014
• 1st Mekie Book Prize (best student in Surgery who has passed the Final Professional MBBS Examination), NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 2014
• Nestle Nutrition Institute Medal (best student in Paediatrics in the Final Professional MBBS Examination), NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 2014
• Ivan Polunin Medal (best student in Community, Occupational and Family Medicine), NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 2014
• Medical Alumni Association Silver Medal (2nd in the Third Professional MBBS Examination), NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 2012
• Medical Class of 1975 Medal (1st in the Second Professional MBBS Examination), NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 2011
• Tan Choon Kim Gold Medal (1st in the First Professional MBBS Examination), NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 2010

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