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Dr Tan Tian Hui Jeremy

​MBBS (UWA, Australia), FRACS (Gen Surg)

Head & Senior Consultant

Singapore General Hospital Singapore General Hospital

Specialty: General Surgery

Clinical Interests

Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal, Laparoscopic Surgery, Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Upper Gastrointestinal & Bariatric Surgery

Clinical Appointments

Academic Appointments

Faculty Member, Duke-NUS Medical School

About Doctor

​Dr Jeremy Tan is Senior Consultant and current Head of Department for Upper Gastrointestinal & Bariatric Surgery. He graduated with MBBS from University of Western Australia. Trained in General Surgery and obtained Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2007. Completed Fellowship specialist training in Upper Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgery in 2007-2008.

Clinical interests include benign and malignant conditions of the stomach, oesophagus and pancreas, as well as Bariatric Surgery.

Languages Spoken

  • English

Education and Training

  • ​Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (Spore)
  • Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons  (Gen Surg) 2007

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • ​Faculty member Duke-NUS Medical School

Publications

  1. Diagnosis and management of gastric leaks after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for morbid obesity
    Tan J, Kariyawasam S, Wijeratne T, Chandraratna HS
    Obes Surg. 2010 April; 20(4):403-9
  2. Secondary aorto-esophageal fistula managed with endoluminal stenting
    Lai A, Naunton Morgan R, Tan J
    ANZ J Surg. 2016 Jul;86(7-8):619-21