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Dr Alexander Tan Sheng Ming

MBBS, MRCS, FRCR, MMed (Diagnostic Radiology), FAMS, EBIR, EBIR-ES

Consultant

Singapore General Hospital

Specialty: Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Clinical Interest: Interventional Oncology, Musculoskeletal ＆ Pain Interventions, Head ＆ Neck Interventions

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Biliary Obstruction, Central Venous Access Device (CVAD), Dialysis Access, Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Haemoptysis, Liver Cancer, Lung Cancer, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Portal Hypertension, Pulmonary Embolism, Renal Cancer, Thyroid nodules, Thyroid Nodules, Ureteric Obstruction, Vascular Malformation, Venous Thrombosis, Visceral Arterial Disease.

Clinical Appointments

Consultant Vascular and Interventional Radiology Singapore General Hospital
Visiting Consultant Department of Radiology Sengkang General Hospital
Consultant SingHealth Duke-NUS Vascular Centre

Academic Appointments

Physician Faculty, SingHealth Diagnostic Radiology Residency Programme
Clinical Instructor, SingHealth Duke-NUS Radiological Sciences Academic Clinical Programme
Clinical Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School

Profile

Dr Alexander Tan is an Interventional Radiologist with the Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore's largest and only IASIOS accredited IR centre.

He is a graduate of the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine NUS and SingHealth Diagnostic Radiology Residency Programme.

Dr Tan completed his IR training with the European Board of Interventional Radiology in 2022 and went on to obtain the European Certification for Endovascular Specialists in 2024.

He received the Health Manpower Development Plan award in FY 2023 and trained in interventional MRI at the Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires De Strasbourg, France and Klinik und Poliklinik für Radiologie, Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat München, Germany.

Education

European Certification for Endovascular Specialists (2024)
European Board of Interventional Radiology (2022)
Master of Medicine (Diagnostic Radiology), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine NUS (2018)
Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists UK (2018)
Intercollegiate Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons UK (2014)
MBBS, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine NUS (2012)
National Junior College (2006)
Saint Joseph's Institution (2004)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Awards

Research Interests

Interventional Oncology

Publications

Fong KY, Ming Tan AS, Bin Sulaiman MS, Leong SH, Ng KW, Too CW. Phantom and Animal Study of a Robot-Assisted, CT-Guided Targeting System using Image-Only Navigation for Stereotactic Needle Insertion without Positional Sensors [published online ahead of print, 2022 Aug 12]. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2022;S1051-0443(22)01125-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.08.005
Tan, A. S. M., Sheah, K., Leong, S., & Too, C. W. The European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR) Consensus Papers on Image-Guided Interventional Procedures in the Musculoskeletal System: What are the Opportunities for Interventional Radiologists? CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology. 2022; 1–2. doi: 10.1007/s00270-022-03175-2
Tan, M. B., Tan, K. P., Beh, J. C. Y., Chan, E. Y. K., Chin, K. F. W., Chin, Z. Y., Chua, W. M., Chong, A. W.-L., Gu, G. T., Hou, W., & others. SingHealth Radiology Archives pictorial essay Part 2: gastroenterology, musculoskeletal, and obstetrics and gynaecology cases. Singapore Medical Journal. 2021; 62(1): 8. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2021008
Tan, M. B., Tan, K. P., Beh, J. C. Y., Chan, E. Y. K., Chin, K. F. W., Chin, Z. Y., Chua, W. M., Chong, A. W.-L., Gu, G. T., Hou, W., & others. SingHealth Radiology Archives pictorial essay Part 1: cardiovascular, respiratory and neurological cases. Singapore Medical Journal. 2020; 61(12): 633. doi: 10.11622/smedj.2020177
Wong, E. J. M., Too, C. W., Venkatanarasimha, N., Lee, K. A., Tan, A. S. M., Da Zhuang, K., & Leong, S. Comment on a case report of thermal injury to spinal cord, a rare complication of percutaneous microwave spine tumour ablation. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 2020; 81: 120–121. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2020.09.024
Tan, A. S. M., Chan, S. X. J. M., Sia, D. S. Y., Wong, D. E. S., Lim, W. E. H., Tan, A. G. S., & Tan, B. S. Review of junior resident plain film reporting and audit in Singapore. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2020; 12(4): 493–497. doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-19-00678.1
Tan, A. S., Chua, J. M., & Patel, A. Delayed subclavian vein stent perforation causing adjacent arterial pseudoaneurysm formation in a patient with granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Journal of Radiology Case Reports. 2020; 14(4): 8. doi: 10.3941/jrcr.v14i4.3903