A/Prof Luke Tan Kim Siang
Consultant ENT Surgeon

MBBS (S'pore), M Med (Sci), FRCS (England), FAMS (ORL)

A/Prof Luke Tan is a pleasant and effable doctor who enjoys his practice in the Specialty of Ear Nose Throat – Head and Neck Cancer Surgery, and has a particular passion for Thyroid Surgery.  A/Prof Tan attained his medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine at the National University of Singapore in 1988. After completing his basic surgery training in Singapore at the Singapore General Hospital & National University Hospital, he took unpaid leave and went overseas for training. 

A/Prof Tan went to the UK in 1994-1996, where he completed his ENT Specialist residency in Otolaryngology in the United Kingdom and attained entry into the prestigious Fellowship of  Royal College of Surgeons of ENGLAND (FRCS(England)),  which is only possible for overseas doctors who have worked in the UK. During this same period, he spent his evenings and weekends on cancer research (P53 and angiogenesis in Laryngeal Cancer), for which he was awarded the Master of Medical Science at the University of Dundee.

Upon completion of his ENT specialty training in UK, he was awarded a Fellowship in Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery in Galveston, Texas. This was a 2-year intensive training program that was accreditated by the American Joint Council of Head and Neck Surgeons. During these years, A/Prof undertook sub-specialty training that included cancer surgery (over 150 cases) of the mouth, tongue, throat, voice box, neck, salivary gland and thyroid gland. He was also trained in reconstructive surgery of the head and neck which allowed him not only to remove cancers but also to functionally and aesthetically replace cancer defects of the head and neck.

In 1998, A/Prof Tan returned to Singapore in 1998 as Consultant in Otolaryngology at NUH and Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore. In 2001, he was promoted to Associate Professorship and Senior Consultant. In 2002, A/Prof Tan was  appointed as Chief of the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery and Head of the Department of Otolaryngology at the National University of Singapore. During his tenure, he was responsible for adding Head & Neck Surgery to the department of Otolaryngology. A/Prof Tan was also the past President of the Singapore Otorhinolaryngology Society, for which he initiate the landmark formation of the Singapore Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.