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Dr Tan York Kiat

Dr Tan York Kiat

​MBBS (Singapore), MMed (Int Med), FRCP (UK)

Senior Consultant

Singapore General Hospital

Specialty/Department: Rheumatology & Immunology

Clinical Interest: Musculoskeletal Ultrasound, Rheumatoid Arthritis

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
General Rheumatology, Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Clinical Appointments

  • Senior Consultant Rheumatology & Immunology Singapore General HospitalSingapore General Hospital

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore

Profile

Dr Tan York Kiat is a Senior Consultant in the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital (SGH). He graduated from National University of Singapore, went on to pursueView More +

Education

  • Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom 2006 
  • Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine), National University of Singapore 2006 
  • B of Med, B of Surg, National University of Singapore 2003

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • Senior Consultant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital (SGH) 
  • Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore 
  • Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore 
  • SingHealth Centralised Institutional Review Board (CIRB) - Member 
  • Rheumatology Senior Residency Program – Clinical Physician Faculty Member 
  • SingHealth Internal Medicine Residency Program - Clinical Physician Faculty Member 
  • Singapore Society of Rheumatology - Member 
  • Singapore Medical Association - Member 
  • Targeted Ultrasoud Initiative (TUI), Singapore – Member

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Awards

  • ​Singapore Health Quality Service Award, Silver Award (2014), Gold Award (2011, 2016) 
  • NMRC Transitional Award 2015 
  • Singapore General Hospital, Academic Clinical Medicine, Nurturing Clinician Scientist Program 2014 
  • Singapore General Hospital Public Healthcare Clinician Special Recognition Award 2013 
  • Singapore General Hospital, Service Quality Award, Service with a Heart Award 2012 
  • SingHealth Publish! Award (Medical Research) 2011 
  • Singhealth Health Manpower Development Program Award 2010 
  • Singapore General Hospital, Service Quality Award 2009 
  • Excellent Service Award (EXSA), Silver Award (2009)

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Research Interests

  • ​Musculoskeletal imaging in inflammatory arthritis (including rheumatoid arthritis)

Publications

  • Tan York Kiat; Allen John C; Lye Weng Kit; Conaghan Philip G; Chew Li-Ching; Thumboo Julian. Dichotomous versus semi-quantitative scoring of ultrasound joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis using novel individualized joint selection methods. .Clin Rheumatol. 2017 May;36(5):1137-1141 
  • Tan York Kiat; Allen John C; Lye Weng Kit; Conaghan Philip G; D'Agostino Maria Antonietta; Chew Li-Ching; Thumboo Julian. Novel Ultrasound Joint Selection Methods Using a Reduced Joint Number Demonstrate Inflammatory Improvement when Compared to Existing Methods and Disease Activity Score at 28 Joints. The Journal of rheumatology 2016; 43(1):34-37 
  • Tan York Kiat; Chew Li-Ching; Allen John C; Lye Weng Kit; Htay Lei Lei; Hassan Ali; Conaghan Philip G; Thumboo Julian. Utility of ultrasonography in guiding modification of disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs and steroid therapy for inflammatory arthritis in routine clinical practice. International journal of rheumatic diseases 2016; Aug 19 [E-Published Ahead of Print] 
  • Baker JF, Tan YK, Conaghan. Monitoring in established RA: Role of imaging and soluble biomarkers. PG. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2015 Aug-Dec; 29(4-5):566-79 
  • Rossetti Maura; Spreafico Roberto; Saidin Suzan; Chua Camillus; Moshref Maryam; Leong Jing Yao; Tan York Kiat; Thumboo Julian; van Loosdregt Jorg; Albani Salvatore. Ex vivo-expanded but not in vitro-induced human regulatory T cells are candidates for cell therapy in autoimmune diseases thanks to stable demethylation of the FOXP3 regulatory T cell-specific demethylated region. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2015; 194(1):113-124 
  • Chew LC, Maceda-Galang LM, Tan YK, Chakraborty B, Thumboo J. Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in Patients With Autoimmune Disease on High-Dose Glucocorticoid. J Clin Rheumatol. 2015 Mar;21(2):72-5 
  • Tong L, Thumboo J, Tan YK, Wong TY, Albani S. The eye: a window of opportunity in rheumatoid arthritis? Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2014 Sep;10(9):552-60. 
  • Cheung Peter P; Kong Kok Ooi; Chew Li-Ching; Chia Faith L; Law Weng Giap; Lian Tsui Yee; Tan York Kiat; Cheng Yew Kuang. Achieving consensus in ultrasonography synovitis scoring in rheumatoid arthritis. International journal of rheumatic diseases 2014; 17(7):776-781 
  • Tan YK, Østergaard M, Bird P, Conaghan PG. Ultrasound versus high field MRI in rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2014 Jan-Feb; 32(1 Suppl 80): S99-105. 
  • Tan YK, Østergaard M, Conaghan PG. Imaging tools in rheumatoid arthritis: Ultrasound versus Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2012; 51 Suppl 7:vii36-vii42. 

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Research Trials