Prof Tan Hak Koon

About Doctor

Prof Tan Hak Koon is Chairman and Senior Consultant with the Division of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital.

Besides general obstetrics and gynaecology, he specialises in high-risk pregnancy as well as ultrasound scans. He is a Clinical Associate Professor for NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, as well as Clinical Professor for Duke-NUS Medical School.

Languages Spoken

• English

Education and Training

• ​MBBS
• FRCOG (UK)
• M Med (O&G)
• MRACOG (Aust)
• FAMS
  

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

• Clinical Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School
• Chief, Section of Fetal Maternal Section (O&G), 2003 – to-date
• Member, Section of Maternal Fetal Medicine (College of O&G Singapore), 2005 to-date
• Examiner, MBBS (O&G), National University of Singapore, 1999 – to-date
• Clinical Associate Professor, NUS, 2006 – to-date
• Examiner, Conjoined MRCOG (O&G) / M.MED Examination, 2006 – 2008
• Member, Scientific Committee of the 5th Conference of the Asian-Pacific Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, 2008
• Member, Organising Committee of SGH 17th ASM 2008

Awards

• ​Asean Scholarship (Public Service Commission), Singapore
• SGH Heart of Gold Award, August 2006
• SGH CEO Service Quality Award, January 2007
• PS 21 Star Service Award, 2008
• Asean Scholarship (Public Service Commission), Singapore

Publications

• Laparoscopic treatment of ectopic pregnancy - A study of 100 cases, HK Tan, SK Tay, Annals Academy Medical Singapore, 1996 ; 25 : 665-7 
  
• Case Report - Spontaneous haemoperitoneum from a degenerated fibroid in pregnancy L Wong, HK Tan, Australian New Zealand Journal of O&G, 2000
  
• Prevalence of gestation thyrotoxicosis in Asian women evaluated from the 8th to 14th weeks of pregnancy : Correlations with total an human chorionic Gonadotrophin, D Koh, HK Tan, Clinical Endocrinol (Oxf), 2000
  
• Pregnancy in women with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, Devendra K, HK Tan, Annals Academy Medical Singapore, May 2002 ; 31(3) : 276-80
  
• Pregnancy after renal transplantation : Experience in Singapore General Hospital, HK Tan, PK Tan, AS Tan, Vathsala A, SK Tay, Annals Academy Medical Singapore, May 2002 ; 31(3) : 285-9
  
• SLE in pregnancy : Experience of a single Perinatal Centre, LK Tan, CT Lee, HK Tan, SA Tan, Annals Academy Medical Singapore, May 2002 ; 31(3) : 290-5
  
• The course of pregnancy in Nail-patella syndrome, HL Chua, LK Tan, HK Tan, L Choon, SA Tan, Annals Academy Medical Singapore, May 2002 ; 31(3) : 349-52
  
• Audit of `crash’ emergency caesarean sections due to cord prolapse in terms of response time and perinatal outcome, WC Tan, LK Tan, HK Tan, AS Tan, Annals Academy Medical Singapore, Sept 2002 : 32 (5) : 638-41
  
• Outcome of pregnancy in Asian women with systemic lupus erythematosus : Experience of a single perinatal centre in Singapore, LK Tan, HK Tan, Annals Academy Medical Singapore, 2002
  
• Gestational diabetes mellitus : A call for systematic tracing, HH Tan, SC Lim, HK Tan, Annals Academy Medical Singapore, 2002
  
• The rising caesarean section rate – Where do we go from here?, WC Tan, Devendra K, HK Tan, SGH Proceeding 2003 ; 12 : 208-12
  
• Spontaneous hemoperitoneum from uterine leiomyoma in pregnancy : A case report, L Wong, WC Tan, LK Tan, HK Tan, Acta Obstet et Gynecol, Dec 2005 ; 84 (12) : 1208-9
  
• Tocolytic treatment for the management of preterm labour – A systematic review, TC Tan, LK Tan, HK Tan, Singapore Medical Journal 2006 ; 47(5) : 361-6
  
• Obstetric outcomes in women with end-stage renal failure requiring renal dialysis, LK Tan, Devendra K, HK Tan, L Choong, Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2006 Jul ; 94(1) : 17-22
  
• Intrapartum maternal sinus bradycardia with spontaneous resolution following delivery, Devendra K, CK Ching, LK Tan, HK Tan, SL Yu, Singapore Medical Journal 2006 ; 47 : 971-4
  
• Lessons learnt from two women with morbidly adherent placentas and a review of literature, EWH Thia, LK Tan, Devendra K, TT Yong, HK Tan, TH Ho, Ann Acad Med Singapore 2007 Apr ; 36(4) : 298-303
  
• Ultrasonographical features of morbidly-adherent placentas, EWH Thia, SL Lee, HK Tan, LK Tan, Singapore Medical Journal 2007 Sep ; 48(9) : 799-802, quiz 803
  
• Uterine artery impedance of the gravid uterus : Nomograms of pulsatility and resistivity indices, SC Wong, SL Lee, LK Tan, HK Tan, Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2007 Oct ; 30(4) : 608
  
• Massive postpartum haemorrhage after uterus-conserving surgery in placenta percreta : The danger of the partial placenta percreta, SBL Teo, Devendra K, HK Tan, LK Tan, BJOG 2008 ; 115(6) : 789-92