Our Doctors

Dr Keng graduated from NUS in 1989 and got his fellowship in General Surgery from Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) in 1995.  His area of speciality includes laparoscopic surgery and colorectal surgery.  Dr Keng is an experienced endoscopist in both gastroscopy and colonoscopy for screening and removal of polyps.  He is currently a member of the Society of Colorectal Surgeons Singapore and American Society of Colorectal Surgeons.

I have practiced general surgery more than 15 years; this includes mainly laparoscopic surgery for gallbladders, hernia and gastro-intestinal surgery. The latter includes: surgery for diseases of the liver, colon and stomach cancer to name a few. My repertoire includes both diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy such as banding of oesophageal varices, injection of bleeding peptic ulcers and insertion of PEG (Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy) and removal of colonic polyps.

My interest in vascular surgery include: Diabetic feet, venous disorders such as varicose veins and arterial diseases of the limbs. I provide both minimally invasive methods such as angioplasty and stenting of arteries; and bypass surgery of the lower limbs is available for threatened limb loss. For the treatment of varicose veins minimally invasive treatment of varicose veins using endovenous laser is also available.

Dr Felicia Tan
Consultant Breast Surgeon,
FeM Surgery @ Alvernia

Dr Felicia Tan at FeM Surgery is a Breast Surgeon. She graduated with a Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery from the National University of Singapore. She received her post-graduate training as a general surgeon at the National Cancer Centre Singapore and Singapore General Hospital and chose to subspecialize in breast surgery. She served as an associate consultant in Kerdang Kerbau Womens' and Childrens' Hospital and as a consultant surgeon in Raffles Hospital prior to starting her own practice at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre. She is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) and received her specialist accreditation in General Surgery in Singapore.

She is also adept with the whole range of breast surgical procedures including vacuum assisted biopsies for breast lesions. She is the pioneer of the procedure radioisotope occult lesion localization (ROLL) in Singapore “ which is used for locating non-palpable breast lesions and microcalcifications for surgical excision. She continues to perform the full range of general surgical operations.

Her clinical interest lies in treatment of breast cancer and the use of various surgical techniques to achieve the best oncologic and cosmetic outcome for her patients. This includes breast conservation surgery (lumpectomy) for cancers as well as nipple- and skin-sparing mastectomies with immediate breast reconstruction.

Her current research interests lies in breast oncology, especially in understanding breast cancer in young women. Her research background is in translational medicine, utilizing molecular and genetic profiling of tumour subtypes to identify biomarkers, which will assist in diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of cancer. She received the prestigious Singapore Millennium Foundation Scholarship in 2007 to pursue her research interests.

Dr Tan Yu-Meng
Consultant Hepatobiliary and Cancer Surgeon,
FeM Surgery @ Alvernia

Dr Tan Yu-Meng at FeM Surgery is a hepatobiliary and cancer surgeon. He graduated from the Charing Cross & Westiminster Medical School (now the Imperial College of Medicine) at the University of London with First Class Honors and Distinction in his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery in 1994. He went on to train in general surgery at Singapore General Hospital under his mentor Professor Soo Khee Chee and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh in 1999.

With an interest in gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary-pancreatic (GI-HPB) surgery and the treatment of cancer, he joined the department of surgical oncology at the National Cancer Centre in 2003 as a consultant. He underwent further training in advanced HPB surgery and liver transplantation at the Liver Unit of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Subsequently he furthered his skills in living donor liver transplantation under the guidance of Professor K Tanaka in Japan.

Dr Tan was a founding member of the liver transplant team at Singapore General Hospital in 2005. He subsequently was appointed Deputy Head and Senior Consultant of the Department of Surgical Oncology at the National Cancer Centre, Singapore as well as the Surgical Director of the Liver Transplantation Programme at SGH in 2007. During this time, he led the team to perform the first successful split liver transplant at SGH and the first combined Heart- Liver Transplantation in Asia in 2009.

His surgical interest also lies in the management of peritoneal surface malignancies and he led a multidisciplinary team from NCC to Washington Cancer Institute to adopt the techniques and protocols of peritonectomy and HIPEC (Sugarbaker procedure) from Dr Paul Sugarbaker in 2009. Dr Tan continues to be one of few surgeons in Asia who perform specialized surgery for peritoneal malignancies in Asia.