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Dr Tan Yi Hern

MBBS (Singapore), MMed (int Med), MRCP (Edinburgh), MRCP (UK) (Respiratory Medicine)

Consultant

Singapore General Hospital Singapore General Hospital

Specialty: Respiratory Medicine

Clinical Interests

Intensive Care, Interstitial Lung Disease

Clinical Appointments

About

​Dr. Tan Yi Hern completed his medical education in Singapore and graduated from National University of Singapore in 2011. He completed Singhealth Respiratory Medicine Senior Residency in 2019 and Advanced Specialist Training in Intensive Care Medicine in 2020. 

Education and Training

  • 2017: MRCP Respiratory SCE
  • 2015: MMed (Int Med), MRCP (Edinburgh)
  • 2011: MBBS (Singapore)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • Physician Faculty, Singhealth Respiratory Medicine Senior Residency
  • Clinical Faculty, Duke-NUS Medical School
  • Ex-CO Member, Singapore Thoracic Society

Research Interests

Interstitial Lung Disease, Pulmonary Infections

Publications

  1. Sia C, S, M, Cheong S, H, L, Ngoh C, L, Y, Tan Y, H, Wong W, K: Critical Coronavirus Disease 2019 in a Hemodialysis Patient: A Proposed Clinical Management Strategy. Case Rep Nephrol Dial 2020;10:86-94. doi: 10.1159/000509792

  2. Kam MLW, Li HH, Tan YH, Low SY. Validation of the ILD-GAP Model and a Local Nomogram in a Singaporean Cohort. Respiration. 2019;98(5):383-390. doi:10.1159/000502985

  3. Phua CK, Chew SY, Tan YH, Tan ZY, Chotirmall SH. Clinical Heterogeneity in Bronchiectasis. Recommended Reading from the Singapore Respiratory Medicine Fellows. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019;200(4):507-509. doi:10.1164/rccm.201901-0035RR

  4. Tan YH, Ngan CC, Huang SW, Loo CM, Low SY. Specific Serum Immunoglobulin G (IgG) Levels Against Antigens Implicated in Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis in Asymptomatic Individuals. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2019;48(1):36-38.