Serene Tan Leong Hwee
Serene Tan, Advanced Practice Nurse with Rehabilitation Medicine at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, brings over 20 years of neuroscience nursing experience. She holds a Diploma in Nursing, an Advanced Diploma in Neuroscience, a Bachelor in Health Science (Nursing), and a Master of Nursing. She is a certified National Collaborative Prescriber since 2021. Before joining Rehabilitation Medicine, she served in roles including Clinical Nurse Educator and Neurosurgical APN at the National Neuroscience Institute.
Serene is passionate about stroke rehabilitation and caregiver support. Her research on continuity of stroke care was published in Qualitative Health Research, and her recent work on advance care planning appeared in Singapore BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. An advocate for education, she mentors nurses and students, and co-developed neuroscience training programmes. She develops patient education materials and supports clinical education. Her appointments include Clinical Practice Facilitator with Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and Associate Faculty with Singapore Institute of Technology for Master In Rehabilitaion Nursing. She was APN Lead (2014–2021) and received the NHG Nursing Preceptor Award in 2017.