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Dr Paul Tan Hon Sen is a Consultant at the Department of Women’s Anaesthesia, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH), and Clinical Assistant Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School. He specialises in providing pain relief for labour and surgery, as well as anaesthesia for caesarean delivery and gynaecological surgeries.
After receiving his medical degree from Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, he completed his specialist training in SingHealth Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Sciences, followed by a fellowship at Duke University Medical Center, USA.
He has a keen interest in postoperative pain research and medical device innovation, and has been awarded several clinical research grants, including the Nurturing Clinical Researcher Scheme (SingHealth, Singapore), Philanthropy grant (SingHealth, Singapore), Joint Medtech Grant (SingHealth & National Health Innovation Centre, Singapore), Clinician Scientist Seed Grant (MOH, Singapore), and DREAM Innovation Grant (Duke University, USA).
Dr Paul Tan was awarded the coveted National Outstanding Clinician Scientist Resident Award (MOH, Singapore), and the Khoo Scholars Program (Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore) for his research contributions. He has also authored over 40 research publications in international peer-reviewed journals.