Dr Tan Yung Khan - Urology

Dr Tan Yung Khan

Urologist

Medical Reviewer

Specialty

Urology

Languages

English, Mandarin

Gender

Male

Insurance Panel

AIA, Singlife, HSBC Life, Income, Prudential^, Great Eastern

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Key achievements

  • Performed the earliest GreenLight vaporisation of the prostate with the XPS 180-W system in Singapore
  • Performed the earliest UroNav fusion biopsy of the prostate in Southeast Asia
  • Performed the earliest Rezum treatment of the prostate in Southeast Asia
  • Introduced endoscopic combined intrarenal surgery for the removal of complex kidney stones using minimally invasive surgery at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) in 2016
  • Introduced supine percutaneous nephrolithotomy for the removal of large kidney stones using minimally invasive surgery at TTSH in 2016
  • Director of endourology and minimally invasive surgery at TTSH from 2014 – 2017

Experience

Associated treatments

  • Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL)
  • Radical nephrectomy
  • Laser prostatectomy
  • Prostatectomy
  • Ureteroscopy & lithotripsy

Awards and honours

  • 2007
    Minister of Health Award

  • 2006
    Healthcare for Humanity Award

  • 2003
    Courage Award

Fellowship and accreditation

  • Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Australia

  • Master of Medicine (Surgery), National University of Singapore

  • Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK

  • Fellow of the Academy of Medicine of Singapore

  • Member of the Endourology Society

  • Endourology Fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center

Contact Our Call Centre

Parkway Support Centre

Clinic

Urohealth Medical Clinic

38 Irrawaddy Road #05-26
Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre
SG 329563
6873 3800
6873 3100

Urohealth Medical Clinic

3 Mount Elizabeth #06-02
Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre
SG 228510
6462 2400
6469 6300