Dr Tay Vincent Tay

BSc. (Pharm.) (Hons.), MD, MRCS, MMed (Surg), MCI, FAMS (Plastic Surgery)

Consultant

Clinical Appointments

Consultant Surgery Changi General Hospital
Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Changi General Hospital

Profile

Dr Vincent Tay is a Consultant with the Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Service in the Department of Surgery at Changi General Hospital (CGH). He graduated from the Duke-NUS Medical School and completed his specialist training in Singapore. Dr Tay became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) in 2013, attained his Master of Medicine (Surgery) in 2015, completed his fellowship at Akademikliniken (Sweden) in 2019 and was inducted into the Academy of Medicine Singapore as a Fellow in 2020.

Before medical practice, Dr Tay pursued pharmaceutical sciences on an undergraduate Defence Science & Technology Agency (DSTA) scholarship and served as a defence scientist. During his specialist training, he received the National Medical Research Council (NMRC) Clinician-Scientist New Investigator Grant Award in 2016, the National Outstanding Clinician Scientist Resident Award in 2017, as well as the Ministry of Health (MOH) Healthcare Research Scholarship and Master of Clinical Investigation (MCI) in 2019.

Dr Tay has experience in the private sector for aesthetic surgery, and completed various observer-ships in China, South Korea and Europe. He continues to pursue research in plastic surgery and provides consultancy to the biopharmaceutical industry as he believes that research and innovation drive better patient care.

Education

Overseas Clinical Fellowship in Plastic & Aesthetic Surgery (Akademikliniken), 2019
Master of Clinical Investigation (NUS), 2019
Master of Medicine (Surgery) (NUS), 2015
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh), 2013
Doctor of Medicine, Duke-NUS, 2011
Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) (Honours), NUS, 2005

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Consultant, Department of Surgery, Changi General Hospital
Honorary Secretary, Singapore Society of Cosmetic (Aesthetic) Surgeons 2024 - present
Examiner, Duke-NUS Medical School, 2020 - present
Fellow (Plastic Surgery), Academy of Medicine Singapore, 2020 - present
Clinical Instructor, Musculoskeletal Sciences ACP, SingHealth, 2020 - 2022
Clinical Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS, 2020 - 2022
Scientific Committee Co-chair, Plastic Aesthetic Surgery Meeting, 2020 - 2021
Fellow, Akademikliniken, Sweden, 2019
Committee Member, Singapore General Hospital Internal Research Funding Workgroup, 2018 – 2019
Lifetime Member, Wound Healing Society Singapore, 2016 – present

Awards

MOH Healthcare Research Scholarship, 2019
National Medical Research Council (NMRC) National Outstanding Clinician-Scientist Resident Award, 2017
Khoo Mentored Research Award, 2017
NMRC Clinician-Scientist New Investigator Grant Award, 2016
SingHealth Outstanding Resident Award, 2016
SingHealth Outstanding Resident Award, 2012
Duke-NUS China Construction Achievement Award (Best Clinical Research), 2010
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award (The Rockefeller University), 2004
Defence Science & Technology Agency Undergraduate Scholarship, 2001

Research Interests

Adipose/fat therapeutics (stromal vascular fraction, adipose-derived stem cells)
Aesthetic breast surgery
Migraine Surgery
Wound healing

Publications and Research Trials

Hong QE, Kua JEH, Tay VKS, Chan SLS, Ho CWG, Sun JM. Utilizing the subunit concept to achieve better outcomes in lower limb reconstruction: A clinical experience in an Asian population. Plastic Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2024 Apr 19; 12(4): e5752. Doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005752 eCollection 2024 Apr

Paolo Montemurro, Vincent K.S. Tay (Corresponding author). Transitioning from Conventional Textured to Nanotextured Breast Implants: Our Early Experience and Modifications for Optimal Breast Augmentation Outcomes. Aesthetic Surgery Journal. (DOI: 10.1093/asj/sjaa169).

Paolo Montemurro, Vincent K.S. Tay (Corresponding author), Per Hedén. The Evolution of Patients' and Surgeons' Perspectives Towards the Role of the Internet and Social Media in Breast Augmentation Over 5 Years. Aesthetic Surgery Journal. (DOI: 10.1093/asj/sjaa087).

Vincent K.S. Tay, Wing-Yue Chan. Bioequivalence of Adipose Derived Cells in Random Pattern Skin Flap Survival. Plastic Surgery: The Meeting 2018.

Zhuan-Li Bai, Vincent K.S. Tay, Shu-Zhong Guo, Juan Ren, Mao-Guo Shu (2018). Silibinin induced human glioblastoma cell apoptosis concomitant with autophagy through simultaneous inhibition of mTOR and YAP. Biomedical Research International. Article ID 6165192

Vincent K.S. Tay, Si-Jack Chong, Bien-Keem Tan (2015). Impact of Newly Implemented Burns Protocol on Surgically Managed Partial Thickness Burns at a Specialized Burns Center in Singapore. Annals of Plastic Surgery 76(3):276-279.

Kon-Kam Nicolas King, Vincent K.S. Tay, John C Allen Jr., and Beng-Ti Ang (2012). Prior statin use has no effect on survival after intracerebral hemorrhage: An Observational Study in a Multiethnic Asian Patient Population. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum 114:343-6.

Vincent K.S. Tay, Audrey S. Wang, Koon Yeow Leow, Michie M.K. Ong, Kim Ping Wong, and Urs A. Boelsterli (2005). Mitochondrial permeability transition as a source of superoxide anion induced by the nitroaromatic drug nimesulide in vitro. Free Radic Biol Med 39: 949-959.