Dr Tan Si Ying

About

Dr Tan Si Ying is a Consultant in the Department of Breast Surgery in both Singapore General Hospital and National Cancer Centre Singapore. She graduated on the Dean’s List from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore in 2009. She became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) and registered as a specialist in General Surgery in 2018. 

She has a keen interest in bettering multidisciplinary and holistic care of Young Women with Breast Cancer, as co-lead of the SingHealth Young Women with Breast Cancer (YoWo) team. Her current research interests are in Mucinous Breast Carcinoma, Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Breast Cancer patients and Exercise and Breast Cancer.

Education and Training

• ​Final Master of Medicine (Surgery), 2017
• MRCS (Intercollegiate), 2010
• Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), 2009
• GCE A Levels, 2003
• GCE O Levels, 2001

Research Interests

• HPV in Breast Cancer and Papillary lesions
• Mucinous Carcinoma
• NCCN Distress Thermometer screening in Surgical Breast Cancer Patient
• Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Breast
• Novel Sentinel Node Stations in Early Breast
• Cancer Creating an application on smartphones for PGY1 education