Bio
Dr Gavin Tan is the Head and Senior Consultant in the Surgical Retinal Department of the Singapore National Eye Centre. He is also visiting Senior Consultant for the Ophthalmology service at the KK women and children’s hospital providing the paediatric retina service. In addition, he is a clinician scientist at the Singapore
Eye Research Institute (SERI) with a faculty appointment as Associate professor with the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School. Dr Gavin Tan is a trained surgical and medical vitreoretinal specialist with a clinical interest in diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, intraocular tumours, retinal detachments and
pediatric vitreoretinal diseases. He set up the first ocular plaque brachytherapy service in Singapore in conjunction with the National Cancer Centre Singapore.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Fellow, Royal Coll of Surgeons, Edinburgh
Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Master of Medicine
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
National University of Singapore, Singapore
NUS Appointment(s)
Senior Clinical Lecturer
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS,
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