Dr Tan Mabel Si Hua

MBBS (Singapore), MRCP(UK)

Consultant

Profile

Dr Mabel Tan is a Consultant with the Department of Renal Medicine at Changi General Hospital (CGH). She graduated from the National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in 2014 and completed Internal Medicine training with SingHealth in 2019. In 2021, Dr Tan obtained the Outstanding Resident Award at the Residency in SingHealth Excels (RISE) Awards, and completed her Senior Residency training in Nephrology in 2022.

Dr Tan has a keen interest in medical education and quality improvement, serving as Teaching Faculty at the Nanyang Technological University Lee Kong Chian Medical School and a Clinical Instructor at the Duke-NUS Medical School. She is also actively involved in SingHealth Residency Programmes, teaching at the Internal Medicine Residency Programme and the Post-Graduate Year 1 (PGY1) Programme. Her dedication to medical education was recognised with the Outstanding Faculty Award from the Residency in Singhealth Excels (RISE) in 2024.

Dr Tan’s areas of clinical interest include peritoneal dialysis, chronic kidney disease and palliative care.

Education

MRCP(UK), 2017
MBBS, Singapore, 2014

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Member, Junior Doctor Wellbeing Committee (JDWBC), Changi General Hospital, Ministry of Health, 2022 – Present
Member, Singapore Society of Nephrology, 2020 – Present
Member, National Epidemiology, Prognostication and Health Related Impact of CKD (NEPHRIC) Consortium, 2022 – Present

Awards

Outstanding Faculty Award, Residency in SingHealth Excels (RISE), 2024
The Prodigy Award, Outstanding Educator Award, Changi General Hospital, 2023
Outstanding Resident Award, Residency in SingHealth Excels (RISE), 2021

Research Interests

Peritoneal dialysis

Publications and Research Trials

Tan MSH, Chung SJ, Ho QY, Thangaraju S, Kee TYS. A single-centre observational study comparing the impact of different cytomegalovirus prophylaxis strategies on cytomegalovirus infections in kidney transplant recipients. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare 2021;30(2):117-124
MSH Tan, JCC Choo, PH Tan, JL Kwek, CCW Lim, IYJ Mok, AJP Toh, HZ Tan: Anti-glomerular basement membrane glomerulonephritis following COVID-19 infection without clinically evident pneumonia. Int uro and nephr 4 Feb'23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-023-03490-8
H, Htay, MWY Foo, SSW Gan, M Jayaballa, EL Oei, MSH Tan, W Wang, SY Wu, and CS Tan: COVID-19 vaccination in peritoneal dialysis patients. International urology and nephrology (2022): 1-7.
GS Kew, M Tan, TW Lim: Poor adherence to anticoagulation guidelines in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation treated in a tertiary cardiology unit. Heart Asia 7(1), 18-22, 2015
MSH Tan, JTE Tay, P Teo, S Fook-Chong, CC Oh, T Balakrishnan: An overview of lower limb cellulitis in an acute medical ward, a few lessons we can learn. Acute Medicine 18 (1), 8-13, 2019

Research Trials

A Phase III, Multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of RO7434656, an antisense inhibitor of complement factor B in patients with primary IgA Nephropathy at high risk of progression, 2023 – Present