
Cher Heng Tan/ Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine/ Singapore
Dr Tan Cher Heng obtained his medical degree from the National University of Singapore in 2001 and completed his training in Diagnostic Radiology in 2009. He is presently a Consultant with the Department of Diagnostic Radiology at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH). His subspecialty interests are in oncologic imaging and abdominal MRI, for which he completed a clinical fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA in 2009. Cher Heng is currently involved in a number of funded research projects with various Nanyang Technological University, Singapore scientists, primarily related to MRI. He was a Chair of the Diagnostic Imaging Track at the Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress in 2010 and 2012 as well as Co-chair of the Scientific Committee at Radiology Asia 2015. He currently serves as a reviewer for European Radiology, European Journal of Radiology and Abdominal Imaging. Cher Heng has published more than 40 articles in international peer reviewed journals and 3 book chapters. He has been invited to a number of international conferences to lecture, including at the 2014 Congress of IHPBA in South Korea.
Current positions:
- Chairman, Abdominal Radiology Subsection of the Singapore Radiological Society (SRS)
- Honorary General Secretary, SRS
- Council Member in the College of Radiologists, Singapore
- Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine as Lead for Anatomy and Radiology
- Clinical core faculty member of the NHG-AHPL Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program
- Senior clinical tutor for medical students with Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS)
- Specialty Editor, Singapore Medical Journal
- Member, Clinical Board, TTSH
- Deputy Director, Clinical Innovation and Research Office, TTSH
- Chairman, Clinical Research Committee, TTSH
Awards
- Young Doctor’s Award finalist 2005 (Combined Scientific Meeting, Singapore)
- Young Radiologist Award 2007 (Annual Scientific Meeting, Singapore Radiological Society)
- Human Manpower Development Plan Award 2008 (Ministry of Health, Singapore)
- Certificate of Merit and Excellence in Design awards (Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Nov 2009)
- 2009/2010 SMJ Reviewer Recognition Award
- Introduction to Research for International Young Academics, RSNA 2010
- Top Ten Best Teacher Awards, 2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2012/2013, Division of Surgery, TTSH
- Best Teacher Award 2011/2012, Division of Surgery, TTSH
- Poster, Certificate of Merit, ECR 2013
- Poster, Certificate of Merit, ESGAR 2013
- Young Investigator Award (3rd prize), SHBC, 2014
