Dr Tan Yan Chin

MD(UKM), MMed(NUS), MRCP(UK), FRCPath(UK)

Consultant

Specialty: Haematology

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Acute Leukaemia, Aplastic Anaemia, Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia, Essential Thrombocythemia and Myelofibrosis, Haemophilia and other bleeding disorders, Lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma, Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Myelofibrosis, Polycythemia Vera, Thalassaemia, Thrombosis (Clotting Disorders), Venous Thromboembolism.

Clinical Appointments

Consultant Haematology Service Sengkang General Hospital
Consultant Department of General Medicine Sengkang General Hospital
Consultant Haematology Singapore General Hospital
Consultant Haematology Myeloma National Cancer Centre Singapore

Profile

Dr Tan Yan Chin received her medical education at the National University of Malaysia. After her graduation from medical school, she received her junior residency training in internal medicine in Singapore. She subsequently completed her senior residency training in Haematology in 2021. She is currently providing her service in Sengkang General Hospital (SKH), Singapore General Hospital (SGH), National Cancer Center, as well as Health Sciences Authority Singapore (HSA)

Education

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Clinical instructor- Duke-NUS Medical School
Clinical tutor- Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS
Clinical instructor- Duke-NUS Medical School
Clinical tutor- Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS
Member of Blood transfusion Committee Seng Kang General Hospital (SKH)
Associate Consultant Haematology National Cancer Center Singapore
Associate Consultant Blood Service Group, Health Sciences Authority, Singapore

Awards

Singapore Health Quality Service Awards (Silver) 2022

Research Interests

Publications and Research Trials

Ong SY, de Mel S, Grigoropoulos NF, Chen Y, Tan YC, Tan MSY, et al. High-dose methotrexate is effective for prevention of isolated CNS relapse in diffuse large B cell lymphoma. Blood Cancer J [Internet]. 2021 Aug 12;11(8):143
Bryan M H Keng, Zhi Xuan Ng, Yan Chin Tan, Thuan Tong Tan, Gee Chuan Wong, Chandramouli Nagarajan. Surgical management of invasive fungal infections in adult leukemia patients: experience from a large tertiary center in Southeast-Asia. Blood Sci 2019 Aug 1;2(2):59-65. doi: 10.1097/BS9.0000000000000022.