Dr Tan Boon Hian

MD (Duke-NUS), MMed (Internal Medicine) MRCP (Edinburgh)

Associate Consultant

Clinical Appointments

Associate Consultant Geriatric Medicine Sengkang General Hospital
Associate Consultant Department of General Medicine Sengkang General Hospital

Profile

Dr Tan Boon Hian graduated from Duke-NUS in 2014 and went on to complete his Junior Residency and eventually his Geriatric Medicine subspecialty training in 2022.

Education

MD (Duke-NUS)
MMed (Internal Medicine)
MRCP (Edinburgh)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Awards

QI Project award (CGH) –Sliver (2022)
SingHealth Duke-NUS Poster Excellence Award (2022)
SingHealth Associate In Education (2021)

Research Interests

Publications and Research Trials

Tan Boon Hian, Suantio AM, Koh YH. Paroxysmal hemicrania masquerading as a stroke in an elderly gentleman: case report. BMC Geriatr. 2020 Oct 7;20(1):392. doi: 10.1186/s12877-020-01768-5. PMID: 33028219; PMCID: PMC7542950.
Tan Boon Hian, Stacey S. Case report: An atypical dengue rash involving the soles. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare. July 2020. doi:10.1177/2010105820941876
Goh SZF, Tan Boon Hian, Stacey S. Association between non-typhoidal Salmonella urinary tract infection and Klebsiella pneumoniae lung empyema. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare. October 2020. doi:10.1177/2010105820964527
Jenny G Low, Cynthia Sung, Limin Wijaya, Yuan Wei, Abhay P S Rathore, Satoru Watanabe, Tan Boon Hian, Subhash G Vasudevan et al. Efficacy and safety of celgosivir in patients with dengue fever (CELADEN): a phase 1b, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, proof-of-concept trial. Lancet Infectious Diseases 14 (8) 706-715.
Kaiwei Ho, Li Wei Ang, Tan Boon Hian, Goh Kee Tai et al. Epidemiology and control of Chikungunya fever in Singapore. J Infect, 62 (4) 263-70.
Lee-Ching Ng, Li-Kiang Tan, Cheong-Huat Tan, Sharon S Y Tan, Yee-Sin Leo, Tan Boon Hian, Seow-Poh Khoo et al. Entomological and virological investigation of Chikungunya, Singapore. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 15(8) 1243-9.
Pei Pei Chan, Hariharan Subramony, Florence Y L Lai, Wee Siong Tien, Tan Boon Hian, Ooi Peng Lim et al. Outbreak of Novel influenza A (H1N1-2009) Linked to a Dance Club. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 39 (4) 299-4.