ONCOCARE CANCER CENTRE @ GLENEAGLES
Clinic Address: 6 Napier Road Gleneagles Medical Centre #02-17 to 19 Singapore 258499Clinic Number: 6733 7890
Operating Hours: Mon to Fri: 8.30am - 5.30pm, Sat: 8.30am - 12.30pm
Dr Tan Yew Seng is the Senior Consultant Palliative Medicine Physician at OncoCare Cancer Centre. Prior to this, Dr Tan was working as Medical Director of Assisi Hospice from 2006 and subsequently as Senior Consultant at Bright Vision Hospital from 2014. He is accredited in Palliative Medicine and Family Medicine subspecialties.
Dr Tan is actively involved in teaching Family Medicine, Palliative Medicine, hospice and end-of-life care to doctors, medical students, nurses, physical therapists, art therapists, social workers, counsellors and volunteers. He had also been an examiner for the Graduate Diploma in Palliative Medicine and Family Medicine, Master of Medicine in Family Medicine, and the Palliative Medicine Advance Specialty Training Exit Examinations.
Dr Tan has a special interest in supporting patients, families and care staff who are experiencing the challenges of life-threatening diseases and the end of life. For his work with these patients, families and caregivers, he was awarded the Healthcare Humanity Award in 2010. He is also an alumnus of the Metta Institute End-of-Life Care Practitioner Program in San Francisco, which trains professionals in the care of the dying.
In terms of other contributions, Dr Tan has served in various national workgroups and committees on opiate dependence and abuse, mental health and dementia; on clinical practice guidelines for epilepsy, dementia, and benzodiazepines; as well as in health feedback and health policy study workgroups.
MBBS (Singapore) – MMed (Singapore) – FCFP (Singapore) – FAMS (Palliative Medicine)
