Yew-oo Tan

Background

Tan, Yew-oo was born on June 4, 1945 in Penang, Malaysia. Son of Lip-Sun and Quee-Cheng Tan.

Education

M.B.B.S., U. Singapore, 1971; AM, Academy Medicine, Singapore, 1979.

Career

Clinical fellow, McMaster U., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1977-1978; lecturer, U. Singapore, 1978-1980; senior lecturer, U. Singapore, 1980-1983; associate professor medicine, National U. Singapore, 1983-1989; professor of medicine, U. Singapore, 1990-1993; head and chief department medicine, National U. Singapore, 1988-1993; Chairman of Commission of internal medicine, School Postgraduate Medical Studies, National U. Singapore, since 1988.

Achievements

• Yew-oo Tan has been listed as a noteworthy Internist, oncologist, hematologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College of Physicians, Royal College Physicians in Canada, Edinburgh and Glasgow, Academy Medicine in Singapore. Member American Society Clinical Oncology, Singapore Society Oncology (president 1988-1989, vice president since 1991), Asian Oceanian Clinical Oncology Association (president 1987-1991, vice president since 1991).

Connections

Married Yeng Keng Yong, May 21, 1975;children: Bruce Tan Kuang Huay, Jing Fei Tan.

Father:

Lip-Sun Tan

Mother:

Quee-Cheng Tan

Spouse:

Yeng Keng Yong

child:

Bruce Tan Kuang Huay Tan

child:

Jing Fei Tan