Adj Asst Prof Vijayan Appasamy

Program Director, TTSH

A/Prof Vijayan Appasamy is a Senior Consultant Trauma Surgeon. Despite running a full clinical workload, Mr Vijayan is also heavily involved in improving the work processes and patient safety measures in the Division of Surgery. He also takes a keen interest in educating the next generation of doctors and surgeons. Aptly, Mr Vijayan is the Program Director for the TTSH Residency Program.

Mr Vijayan takes a refreshing approach to teaching. Instead of demanding the right answers, he encourages his students to ask the right questions. In place of didactic lectures, he brings the lessons into the wards and operating theatres, creating every opportunity for his residents and students to be intellectually stimulated. Instead of using “spoon feeding” pedagogies, Mr Vijayan uses daily patient care issues to help doctors embark on self-motivated journeys of discovery.

In the same way that he does not accept status quo, Mr Vijayan also demands his residents to challenge his management decisions, asking if there are better ways to treat the patients. In this way, the learning environment is made stimulating and fulfilling for the residents and students.

An astute surgeon, a dedicated teacher and a Man of Letters, Mr Vijayan is poised to take the TTSH Residency Program to greater heights.

Dr Alfred Kow

Associate Program Director, TTSH

Dr Alfred Kow is currently working as an Associate Consultant in the Department of Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital. He graduated from NUS School of Medicine in 2002 and started his basic training in 2003. After completing his MRCS examination and achieved Masters of Surgery in 2005, he started his advanced training in TTSH Department of Surgery. He completed his exit examination in Hong Kong in March 2009 and was awarded the qualification of FRCSEd (Gen Surgery) that year.

Adj. Asst Prof Tan Jye Yng Jane

Core Faculty Member, TTSH

Adjunct Assistant Professor Jane Tan graduated from the National University of Singapore, and completed her postgradruate training in Singapore and in Australia. Her area of speciality is in Colorectal, General and Laparoscopic Surgery. She is currently a Consultant in the Department of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

Prof Kenneth Mak

Core Faculty Member, AH-KTPH

Prof Kenneth Mak is Head and Consultant, Department of General Surgery, Alexandra Hospital. A/Prof Mak is a fellow of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons in Edinburgh and Glasgow. His subspecialty interests include hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, surgical critical care and trauma. A/Prof Mak is a Deputy Chairman of the Medical Board at Alexandra Hospital and concurrently Medical Director for Jurong Medical Centre.

Dr Tan Tzu-Jen

Core Faculty Member, AH-KTPH

Dr Tan Tzu-Jen is a Consultant in the Department of General Surgery, Alexandra Hospital. He received his M.D from Indiana University and trained in the Phoenix Integrated Surgical Residency in Arizona. He received his board certification in General Surgery from the American Board of Surgery. His sub-specialty interests are in advanced laparoscopy, upper gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary pancreatic surgery with a special focus on bariatric solutions for weight management.

Dr Cheng Shin Chuen

Core Faculty Member, TTSH

Dr Cheng Shin Chuen read Medicine in the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia and graduated in 1998. He completed his basic and advance specialty training in General Surgery in Singapore through attachments to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, National University Hospital, Singapore General Hospital and Kendang Kerbau Women’s and Children’s hospital. He was awarded his specialty (General Surgery) Fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, in 2006. Subsequently, from the period of April 2007 to April 2008 he was a senior clinical fellow in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery in Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney. He is currently a consultant Surgeon in the department of Surgery, Alexandra Hospital with a subspecialty interest in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Vascular Imaging. He also holds the concurrent clinical appointments of Visiting Surgeon to Department of Interventional Radiology, Visiting Consultant to Department of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital and Assistant Renal Transplant Surgeon, Department of Urology, National University Hospital.

Dr Chan Chung Yip

Core Faculty Member, AH-KTPH

Adj. Asst Prof Chan Mun Yew Patrick

Core Faculty Member, TTSH

Dr Patrick Chan graduated from National University of Singapore in 1989 and completed his training in General Surgery in 1996. In 1997, he was a fellow with the Edinburgh Breast Unit in Scotland. After his return from fellowship, he went on to develop in his subspeciality of breast and endocrine surgery. He is currently the Chief of the Breast Service in the Department of Surgery at Tan Tock Seng Hospital and serves as the lead surgeon in his hospital’s breast screening programme. He is also interested in clinical research and has co-authored over a dozen papers in peer-review journals. He is keen in medical education and has been appointed adjunct Assistant Professor in the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine since 2008.

Dr.Jaideepraj Rao

Core Faculty Member, TTSH

Dr.Jaideepraj Rao is a Consultant in the Upper Gastrointestinal &Minimal Access Surgery unit in the Department of General Surgery in Tan Tock Seng Hospital and clinical Teacher in the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Dr.Rao completed his basic and advanced surgical training in Singapore and did his fellowship in advanced laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery in Korea. He is a member of the Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia and an international honorary member of the Korean Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery society. Dr.Rao is also actively involved in clinical research and has several publications in peer-reviewed journals. He is also actively involved in teaching under-graduate and post-graduate students of medicine and surgery.