About Dr Tan Aik Hau
Specialty / Subspecialties: Respiratory Medicine
SUBSPECIALTIES: Respiratory Medicine
AFFILIATED HOSPITALS: Respiratory Medical Associates
Gender: Male
Languages: English, Hokkien, Mandarin
Fellowship and accreditation
- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, National University of Singapore
- Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine), National University of Singapore
- Member of the Royal College of Physicians, UK
- Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (Respiratory Medicine)
Education & Experience:
- At Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore, Dr Tan Aik Hau is a specialist in respiratory medicine and intensive care medicine.
- Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS), pleural disorders, extracorporeal life support (ECLS) and critical care ultrasound are his special interests.
- Dr Tan Aik Hau was a consultant in the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine at Singapore General Hospital before starting private practice.
- Dr Tan Aik Hau has a particular interest in advanced bronchoscopic procedures such as EBUS, pleural disorders, and surgical pleuroscopy in the area of respiratory medicine.
- In 2013, 2015 and 2017, he was the course director of advanced bronchoscopy courses, which attracted participants from Asia and Australasia. At the 7th Asia Pacific Congress of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology in 2017, he was also invited to speak.
- Dr Tan Aik Hau has a special interest in ECLS and critical care ultrasound in the area of intensive care medicine.
- In 2013, he was awarded a Health Manpower Growth Award at the prestigious Alfred Intensive Care Unit in Melbourne to undertake a clinical fellowship.
- He obtained accreditation from the Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine for the management of ECLS patients as well as the Clinician-Performed Ultrasound Certificate.
- From 2015 to 2018, he was the supervisor of the respiratory therapy department at the Singapore General Hospital and is keenly involved in advancing non-invasive ventilation technology.
- For Dr Tan Aik Hau, teaching has always been a passion. He has held numerous teaching-related appointments, including Singapore Health Internal Medicine Residency Associate Program Director, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Adjunct Assistant Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Clinical Senior Lecturer, and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Clinical Instructor.
- Furthermore, he gives regular lectures to advanced trainee nurses at Nanyang Polytechnic.
Dr Tan Aik Hau Appointment Process
Appointment Number (For Serial): BOOK BY Tel 67325788, Fax 67327160, Orchard +65 6250 0000, Novena +65 6898 6898 & Online Appointment here.
Chamber Name & Address: Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Respiratory Medical Associates, 3 Mount Elizabeth #15-11, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, Singapore 228510.
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