DR JOHN TAN
General & Vascular Surgeon
M.B.B.S.(Sing), M.Med.(Surg), F.R.C.S.(Ed), F.A.M.S.(Gen. Surg.)

Dr John Tan  is a Consultant Vascular Surgeon in THE VEIN CLINIC in Paragon. He received his medical degree from NUS Medical School and obtained his postgraduate degree from the Fellowship of the Royal College of Edinburg. After a satisfying carreer in General Surgery, Dr. Tan began to pursue his interest in Vein and Arterial Surgery in 1996 when he was trained under Prof Peter Bell of the Roaly Leicester Infirmary.

Dr. John Tan was the past Vice President of the Vascular Surgery Society of Singapore and the past Chief of Vascular Surgery and Director of Vascular Lab in Tan Tock Seng Hospital. He is currently a Member of the American College of Phlebology and a Visiting consultant to numerous hospitals.

Dr. Tan’s is well known in the region as an expert in the treatment of Varicose Veins. He is the first few doctors to start offering Endovenous Laser Treatment of varicose vein in the South East Asia. He has been invited to numerous International Meetings to share his exerience in treatment of varicose veins. Dr. Tan has also been actively involved in teaching and training doctors in Thailand, Malysia and Philippines in the use of Endovenous Laser procedure.

Our Clinic

Waiting Area		Fully Equipped Operating Theatre
Lobby		Ultrasound Room

Curriculum Vitae

MBBS, National University of Singapore
MMed (Surg), National University of Singapore
FRCS (Edin), University of Edinburgh
Fellow, Academy of Medicine Singapore (General Surgery)
HMDP Fellowship, Vascular Surgery, Leicester Royal Free Hospital, United Kingdom
Member, American College of Phlebology

Past and Present Appointments in Singapore

Surgeon and Founding Member, MD-Specialist Healthcare, Present
Surgeon, The Vein Clinic, Pacific Healthcare, Present
Surgeon, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Present
Surgeon, Gleneagles Hospital, Present
Surgeon Mount Alvernia Hospital, Present
Surgeon, Eastshore Hospital, Present
Surgeon, Raffles Hospital, Present
Head, Vascular Surgery Section, General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital,1998-1999
Director, Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 1998-2000
Clinical Lecturer, National University of Singapore, 1997-2000
Visiting Surgeon, National University Hospital 1997-2000
Visiting Surgeon, Singapore General Hospital, 2003
Regional Proctor, Medtronic Endovascular Stents, Present
Vice President, Vascular Surgical Society, Singapore, 2002-2004
Committee Member, Vascular Surgical Society Singapore, 2005
Member, American College of Phlebology
Member of Medical Board, Mount Alvernia Hospital, 2002-2003
Member of Therapeutic Committee, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, 2003
Member of Tissue Audit Committee, Mount Elizabeth Hospital 2005
Registrar, General Surgery Department, Tan Tock Seng Hospital 1991-1996
Fellow, Vascular Surgery, Leicester Royal Infirmary, 1996-1997
Senior Registrar, General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 1998-1999
Reviewer, Asian Cardiothoracic and Thoracic Annals, 1999-2000

Teaching / Research And Publication

Lecturer, Hot Topics in Phlebology, Langkawi :Subfascila Endoscopic Perforator Surgery (1998)
Lecturer, Symposium on Atherothrombosis, Kuching, Malaysia: Peripheral Vascular Disease (1999)
Lecturer, Venous Symposium, Yangon, Myanmar: Chronic Venous Insufficieny, Early Detection and Mx
(1999)
Lecturer, Venous Symposium, Mandalay, Myanmar: Chronic Venous Insufficiency (1999)
Lecturer, Annual General Meeting College of Surgeons Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur : Subfascial
Endoscopic Perforator Surgery (2000)
Lecturer, Annual General Meeting College of Surgeons Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur: Thoracoscopic
Sympathectomy for Hyperhidrosis (2000)
Drainage of Intraabdominal Abscesses IX Asian Pacific Congress of Gastroenterology, VI Asian
Paicific Congress of Digestive endoscopy, Bangkok, Thailand
Perforated Leiomyosarcoma of Meckel’s Diverticulum, Singapore Medical Journal
Smooth Muscle Tumours Of The Stomach, Singapore Medical Journal 
Principal Investigator - A Study of DVT Incidence in Medium High Surgical Patients in Singapore
Investigator - A Study of PVD Incidence in Stroke Patients
Rupture Aneurysms - Personal Series
Pseudoaneurysm of Carotid Artery - Case Reports and Surgical Techniques
Laproscopic Treatment of Benign Hepatic Cyst