Dr Melvin Tay is currently a Senior Consultant at the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Singapore General Hospital (SGH). He also serves as Director of Interventional Pulmonology, which has a long and illustrious tradition at SGH.

Dr Tay received his medical degree from National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2006, and won the Book Prize in Dermatology. He obtained his Masters of Medicine in Internal Medicine (MMed) from NUS, and Membership to the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP), London in 2010. He completed his advanced specialist training in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine at National University Hospital, Singapore. Dr Tay obtained his specialist accreditations in Respiratory Medicine, followed by Intensive Care Medicine in 2013 and 2015 respectively. He joined Singapore General Hospital in April 2014.

After receiving the Health Manpower Development Program Award, Dr Tay underwent dual subspecialty training from 2015 to 2016 as an international fellow at Samsung Medical Center (SMC) - widely regarded as the leading hospital in Korea. At SMC, he trained in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) under Professor Cho Yang Hyun and Professor Suh Gee Young, and interventional pulmonology under Professor Kim Hojoong.

Dr Tay's biggest passion is in education. He is very active in both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. His clinical research interests are in general critical care medicine, ECMO and interventional pulmonology.