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Dr Tham Yi Chuan

FRCS Ed (CTS), MRCS (Ed), MBBS

Consultant

National Heart Centre Singapore

Specialty: Cardiothoracic Surgery

Clinical Interest: Cardiac Surgery (Adult)

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD), Aneurysm, Aortic Dissection, Aortic Surgery, Aortic Valve Disease, Aortic Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Repair, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Atrial Myxoma, Cardiac Tamponade, Chest Wall Diseases, Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG), Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), Maze Surgery, Mitral Valve Disease, Mitral Valve Prolapse, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Mitral Valve Stenosis, Pectus Excavatum, Pericardial Effusion, Pericarditis, Pulmonary Embolism, Pulmonary Valve Disease, Tricuspid Valve Disease, Valve Repair / Replacement, Valvular Heart Disease.

Clinical Appointments

Associate Consultant Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery National Heart Centre Singapore

Profile

Dr Tham Yi Chuan is a Consultant from Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the National Heart Centre Singapore. His subspecialty is pediatric and adult congenital heart surgery, and adult cardiac surgery.

Education

FRCS Ed (CTS), UK, Royal College of Surgeon Edinburgh, 2021
MRCS (Ed), UK, Royal College of Surgeon Edinburgh, 2014
Degree of Medicine, Malaysia, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 2011

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Consultant, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, November 2023 - Present
Associate Consultant, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 3 January 2022 - October 2023
Clinical Instructor, Duke-NUS Medical School, 1 July 2022 - Present
Adjunct Research Fellow, Duke-NUS Medical School
Fellowship of Royal College of Surgeon (Edinburgh), FRCS Ed (CTs), 2022

Awards

Research Interests

Cardiac anatomy and embryology
Reptilian cardiovascular physiology and anatomy
Congenital heart diseases
Acquired heart diseases

Publications

Tham YC, Rosly N et al. Problem-based Learning: With or Without Facilitator. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, Vol 18, 2011, 394-399
Tham YC, Sin YK. Missed Diagnosis of Behcet Disease Causing Aortic Regurgitation. Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals 2016 Feb; 24(2): 167-8
Chua KC, Yap KH, Tham YC, Cumaraswamy S, Tan TE. HeartWare Implantation with Outflow Graft. Anastomosis to Descending Aorta via Left Thoracotomy. JSM Cardiothoracic Surgery 2017; 2(2):1009;
Tham YC, Tan ZH, Chen JH, Chia SY, Chua KC, Sin YK, Shah S. Factors Determining Fast-Track Failure Post Cardiac Surgery. Annals of Heart 2018, 3(1):55-59
Tham YC, Yap KH, Ch’ng JK. Large Thrombosed Right Coronary Artery Aneurysm Mimicking Right Atrial Mass. Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging 2019, Jan;27(1):66-67
Yap KH, Tham YC, Tay KH, Tze Tec C, Irani FG, Kian CJ, Chao VTT. Homemade Candy-Plug Technique with Cook Zenith Alpha Thoracic Stent for False Lumen Distal Occlusion in a Complicated Chronic Type B Aortic Dissection With Rapid Growth. Journal of Endovascular Therapy, 2019 Oct; 26(5):731-735