Dr Tan Yah Yuen
General Surgeon
Specialty
General Surgery
Languages
English, Hokkien, Mandarin
Gender
Female
Insurance Panel
Prudential^, Income, AIA
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Experience
Dr Tan Yah Yuen is a breast surgeon at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore.
Her interests are in treating breast disorders including breast lumps, nipple discharge and breast cancer.
She is also experienced in minimally invasive breast surgery, including ultrasound guided vacuum-assisted needle biopsies (mammotomy), and procedures such as ultrasound-guided vacuum-assisted needle biopsy.
Dr Tan was a former senior consultant at the breast surgery department at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital. While there, she started the Sentinel Lymph Node Programme for early breast cancer using dual-radionuclide with the blue dye technique. She had previously set up the same programme at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. This procedure is now the standard of care for women with early breast cancer.
She attended a one-year fellowship programme at the University of California, San Francisco, US, where she honed her skills in breast and endocrine surgery. She has experience in lecturing in various minimally invasive breast biopsy courses in Singapore and Southeast Asia.
She was the principal investigator of a three-year trial that studied the usefulness of mammary ductoscopy in the diagnosis of abnormal nipple discharge and breast cancer.
Dr Tan is a member of the International Society of Surgery and Breast Surgery International, and has published papers in publications such as the World Journal of Surgery and the Annals of Surgical Oncology.
Associated treatments
- Mammotome procedures
- The Breast
- Oncology
Awards and honours
- 2009
Excellent Service Award – Star
KKH Service with a Heart Award - 2008
KKH Service with a Heart Award
KKH CEO Heart Award
Excellent Service Award – Gold - 2007
KKH Service with a Heart Award
Excellent Service Award – Silver - 2006
KKH Service with a Heart Award - 2005
KKH Service with a Heart Award - 2002
Long Service Award, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Fellowship and accreditation
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, National University of Singapore
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow, UK
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (General Surgery), UK
Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (General Surgery)
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Simple, Radical, Nipple Sparing? Making Sense of Mastectomy (Breast Removal) Surgery
Dr Tan Yah Yuen, general surgeon at Mount Elizabeth Hospitals, answers the questions you may have about mastectomies.
