Awards & Publications
(2012 – 2024)
List of Awards
In recognition of Dr Tan’s excellence and contribution to research and teaching, these are his partial list of awards that were achieved in the many years of his service.
- Service Champion Award 2019 – National Healthcare Group
- Winner [Best Oral Presentation Award] Impact of melanocortin 4 receptor genetic variants on short term weight loss after bariatric surgery in multi-ethnic Asian adults with obesity. Presented at 5th Asian Congress of Robotic and Laparoscopic Surgery (ACRLS) in conjunction with Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of Singapore (OMSSS) 2019. Singapore 2019
- Winner [Best Poster - Gold Award] (Clinical Research) “Pre-operative clinical predictors of long-term weight outcomes following Bariatric Surgery – a 5-year longitudinal analysis of a multi-ethnic Asian Cohort” in Singapore Health & Biomedical Congress (SHBC) 2019
- Teaching Excellence Award (Postgraduates) – National Healthcare Residency Programme Office
- Winner Young IFSO Scholarship award 2018, presented at 23rd World Congress, International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO), Dubai, UAE 2018
- Winner of Best Poster Award “Single port trans-gastric resection of gastric GIST” in 2nd ASEAN Upper Gastrointestinal Surgical Conference and 6th Malaysian Upper Gastrointestinal Surgical Society (MUGIS) Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2017
- Winner of Best Video Presentation “Revision surgery for weight regain post banded vertical band gastroplasty” in Asia Pacific Metabolic and Bariatric Surgical Society Conference, Sabah, 2016
- Winner of Best Free Paper presentation “Results and long-term outcomes of resolution of NASH post bariatric surgery” in Asia Pacific Metabolic and Bariatric Surgical Society conference, Sabah 2016
- 10-year Long Service Award 2013 – Khoo Teck Puat Hospital
- Winner of Best Poster Award: Case series of minimally invasive McKeown Oesophagectomy in prone position at Minimally Invasive Surgery week, Society of Laparo-endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting and Endo Expo, Boston 2012
(2012 – 2024)
List of Publications
In recognition of Dr Tan’s excellence and contribution to research and teaching, these are his partial list of awards that were achieved in the many years of his service.
- B Pandian, MC Moh, C Tan, W Lai, SF Ang, BK Lim, CH Tan, CF Sum, T Subramaniam, A Cheng, SC Lim. Long-term observation of a man with severe obesity and undiagnosed monogenic diabetes serendipitously treated with metabolic surgery. J Investig Med. High Impact Case Rep. Jan-Dec 2020;8:2324709620974871.
- RL Gurung, M Yiamunna, A Moh, R Dorajoo, S Liu, JJ Liu, A Shabbir, J So, CH Tan, A Cheng, SC Lim. Correlation of telomere length in adipose tissues and leukocyte, and its association with post-surgical weight loss. Obesity 2020, 28(12), 2424-2430.
- MC Moh, A Cheng, CH Tan, BK Lim, BC Tan, D Ng, CF Sum, T Subramaniam, SC Lim. Metabolic Surgery Diabetes Remission (MDR) Score: a new preoperative scoring system for predicting Type 2 Diabetes remission at 1 year after metabolic surgery in the Singapore Multi-ethinic Asian Setting. Obes Surg. 2020 Sep;30(9):3387-3393.
- SC Yeo, WM Ong, A Cheng, CH Tan. Weight loss after bariatric surgery predicts an improvement in the Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) Fibrosis score. Obes Surg 2019. Apr;29(4):1295-1300.
- Mohd Noor NA, Goh SN, Tan CH. Biliary Ascariasis – an unusual case of obstructive Jaundice. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019 Jan 30. pii: S1542-3565(19)30079-5.
- Koh ZJ, Salgaonkar HP, Lee WJJ, Kim GW, Tan CH, Cheng A, Lomanto D, So JBY, Dan YY, Shabbir A. Improvement in Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease score correlates with weight loss in obese patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a two-centre study from an Asian cohort. Obes Surg Dec 2018 Mar;29(3):862-868.
- CH Tan, N Al-Kalifah, KH Ser, YC Lee, JC Chen, WJ Lee. Long term effect of bariatric surgery on resolution of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH): An external validation and application of a clinical NASH score. Surg Obes Relar Dis 2018 Oct;14(10):1600-1606.
- CH Tan, N Al-Kalifah, WJ Lee, KH Ser, YC Lee, JC Chen. HSCRP as surrogate marker in predicting long term effect of bariatric surgery on resolution of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Asian J Surg 2019 Jan;42(1):203-208.
- N Al-Khalifah, WJ Lee, CH Tan, KH Ser, JC Chen, CC Wu. 15-year experience of laparoscopic single anastamosis (mini-)gastric bypass: comparison with other bariatric procedures. Surg Endosc 2018 Jul;32(7):3024-3031.
- MW Ong, CH Tan, AKS Cheng. Prevalence and determinants of Vitamin D Deficiency among the overweight and obese Singaporeans seeking weight management including Bariatric Surgery: a relationship with bone health. Obes Surg 2018 Aug;28(8):2305-2312.
- Choo ZW, Lo ZJ, Tan CH, Punamiya S, Narayanan S. Chimney Stent-Graft Repair for Concurrent Inferior Mesenteric Artery Aneurysm and Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Case Report. Ann Vasc Surg. 2017 Nov;45:264.e1-264.e4.
- CH Tan, YS Park, DW Kim, Y Lee, SH Ahn, DJ Park, HH Kim, A Cheng. A safe and efficacious alternative to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for the treatment of morbid obesity and Type 2 Diabetes – One anastomosis / Mini gastric bypass. J Metab Bariatr Surg 2016;(5):45-52.
- Lee Y, Tan CH, Park DJ. Current Status of intracorporeal gastroduodenostomy and modified delta-shape anastomosis after distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer. J Vis Surg 2016;2: 158.
- Tan CH, Chang SY, Cheah YL. Laparoscopic removal of intrahepatic foreign body: a novel technique for management of an unusual cause of liver abscess – fish bone migration. J Laparoendosc Ady Surg Tech A. 2016(1): 47-50.
- Yeap SHA, Tan CH, Cheng AK. Failed Seldinger Technique Deployment of SEMS in stenosing mid-body stomach cancer: Overcoming the problem. Med Rep Case Stud 2016;1: 2.
- D Yeo, CH Tan, SH Tay, E Lim, A Cheng. Laparoscopic transhiatal repair of esophageal rupture in Boerhaave Syndrome is a safe and effective treatment. Case Studies in Surgery 2016;2: 2.
- Tan CH, Chow PK, Thng CH, Chung AY, Wong WK. Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma That Mimics Groove Pancreatitis: Case Report of a Diagnostic Dilemma. Dig Dis Sci 2006 Jul:51(7): 1294-6.
- Tan CH, Lim YJ, Lam KS, SCFE Screw Removal: Overcoming the difficulties and how to avoid it. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2007; 36(10); 877-8.
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