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Adjunct Associate Professor Chan Mun Yew, Patrick

Designation

Senior Consultant

Credentials

MBBS (NUS, Singapore) 1987. FRCSEd (Gen Surg) (RCS, Edinburgh, United Kingdom) 1992, FAMS (Gen Surg) (Academy of Medicine, Singapore) 1997

Clinical Interests

Breast surgery

Languages Spoken

English, Mandarin, Malay, Hokkien, Cantonese

Biodata

Prof Patrick Chan graduated from National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery in 1987. With a strong interest in surgery, he obtained his post-graduate diploma FRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh in 1992. Prof Chan also obtained FAMS from the Academy of Medicine, Singapore in 1996.

His interest in breast cancer surgery started soon after he started his post fellowship training. He worked in Edinburgh Breast Unit in Edinburgh, Scotland as a specialist fellow in 1997. The EBU is a busy breast unit which treats over 500 new breast cancer cases every year. Prof Chan became a Consultant breast surgeon soon after returning from that unit.

Presently, Prof Chan is a Senior Consultant in the Department of Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital. nd had been the Director of The Breast Clinic from 2015 till 2019. He joined Tan Tock Seng Hospital in 2001 with the intention to concentrate on the treatment of breast cancers. He is instrumental in the concept and setup of the one-stop breast unit and was the Director of the Breast Clinic from 2015 till 2019. The breast unit presently sees and treats over 300 new cases of breast cancer every year.

He specializes in diagnosis and treatment of all types of breast conditions utilizing the latest techniques in breast biopsy, cancer surgery and reconstructive modalities. These include minimally invasive surgery, sentinel lymph node biopsy and oncoplastic techniques. He believes in the holistic care of breast cancer patients with involvement of medical and radiation oncologists, breast care nurses as well as volunteers who are breast cancer survivors.

Prof Chan is also active in breast cancer research and had presented in both local and international breast cancer conferences as well as multiple publications in international journals. He is the holder of several research grants for his research studies. He has special interest in research ethics and is currently chair of Domain D of National Healthcare Group Domain specific review board (DSRB).