Dr Tan Chong Hiok
Cardiologist
Specialty
Cardiology
Languages
Cantonese, English, Hokkien
Gender
Male
Insurance Panel
Prudential^, AIA, Income, Singlife, HSBC Life, Great Eastern
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Experience
Dr Tan Chong Hiok is a cardiologist at Mount Elizabeth Hospitals, Singapore.
He is experienced in performing stenting of the left main artery and chronic total occlusion. He also manages complex cases in patients who have declined or are unsuitable for bypass surgery.
Dr Tan has dual accreditation in interventional cardiology and echocardiology, and is certified to perform 2D echo, treadmill stress echo, dobutamine stress echo and trans-oesophageal echocardiography.
In 1999, after completing his cardiology training, Dr Tan went to Sydney, Australia, to hone his skills in echocardiology.
Upon returning to Singapore, he worked at Changi General Hospital, where he spearheaded the performing of interventions via the radial approach. He also took up training in interventional cardiology, and spent a year in Asan Medical Centre, South Korea, one of the world's leaders in stenting the left main artery.
Prior to setting up his private practice, Dr Tan was the director and senior consultant of the Invasive Cardiovascular Laboratory at Changi General Hospital, as well as a visiting senior consultant at the National Heart Centre and Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
Dr Tan has won multiples first prizes in international Chronic Total Occlusion conference case presentation.
He is actively involved in research and teaching, and returns to public institutions regularly to supervise, teach and perform echo and interventional cases. He is an invited faculty member for various international conferences.
Associated treatments
- Intravascular ultrasonography
- Coronary balloon angioplasty including coronary stenting
- Coronary atherectomy / rotablation
- Echocardiography
- Transoesophageal 2D echocardiography (interpretation) (TEE)
Fellowship and accreditation
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University of Leicester, UK
Member of the Royal College of Physicians, UK
Contact Our Call Centre
Clinic
Asian Heart & Vascular Centre
3 Mount Elizabeth #10-14
Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre
SG 228510
Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre
SG 228510
6911 0069
Asian Heart & Vascular Centre
38 Irrawaddy Road #08-60/61
Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre
SG 329563
Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre
SG 329563
6339 3632
Asian Heart & Vascular Centre
319 Joo Chiat Place #04-05
Parkway East Medical Centre
SG 427989
Parkway East Medical Centre
SG 427989
6344 1367
