Bio
Clinical Professor Tien was trained in both Clinical and Laboratory Haematology, including Transfusion Medicine. After graduating from National University of Singapore with MBBS and Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine), he obtained Fellowship from the Royal College of Australasia in Pathology (Haematology) and Fellowship from the Academy of Medicine, Singapore in Haematology. He is a Senior Consultant in the Department of Haematology. He is currently Head of SGH Blood Bank & Cytogenetics Laboratory and Senior Advisor of Haematology Laboratory in the Department of Haematology, Division of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital. He is Chairman of SGH Blood Transfusion Committee and Director of SGH Haemophilia Centre, recognised by the World Federation of Haemophilia as an International Haemophilia Training Centre.
He has concurrent appointments with the National University of Singapore, YLL School of Medicine as a Clinical Associate Professor and Duke-NUS Medical school as a Clinical Professor and former appointment with Nanyang Technological University, School of Biological Sciences as Adjunct Associate Professor.
Besides general clinical and laboratory haematology, he has an active interest in Coagulation, esp. Bleeding Disorders, and Transfusion Medicine. His other interests include Blood / Bone marrow Morphology and Cytogenetics. He received HMDP Fellowship for training in Advanced Haematology at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia and later HMDP Fellowship for training in Cytogenetics in Mayo Clinic, USA. A/Prof Tien was the President of the 5th Congress of the Asian Pacific Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis held in Singapore in 2008. He was Chairman of Organising Committee for International Haemophilia Course, Malmo Programme held in Singapore 2013.
To-date, he has at least 220 abstracts and 80 publications in international peer-reviewed journals. He has been awarded at least 45 Research Grants. He is a reviewer of Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore Medical Journal, Thrombosis Journal, NMRC and BMRC Grants.
Education
Master of Business Administration
University of Hull, United Kingdom
Fellow Academy of Medicine of Singapore
Academy of Medicine, Singapore
Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists, Australasia
Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, Singapore
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine)
National University of Singapore, Singapore