Adj Asst Prof Ronald Tan Ming Ren

Upon completing Paediatric Medicine training in Singapore, Dr Ronald Tan was awarded an RCPCH Fellowship for further training in paediatric haematology/oncology at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, UK.

Dr Tan joined the KKH Emergency Medicine Department in 2017. In addition to clinical, research and teaching duties at KKH, he is an examiner for Duke-NUS, NUS and LKC Medical Schools, as well as course instructor for the EAMC (Emergency Airway Management Course), HazMat (Hazardous Materials), DMRC (Disaster Medical Responder’s Course) and ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support) courses at the SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute of Medical Simulation.

Dr Tan has interests in paediatric mass casualty incident planning and child injury prevention. He concurrently represents KKH as Assistant Commander, MOH Disaster Site Medical Command (DSMC).

• FRCPCH (UK) 2020
• Global Clinical Scholars Research Training Program (Harvard Medical School, USA) 2016-2017
• FAMS (Paediatric Medicine) Singapore 2015
• MRCPCH (UK) 2011
• USMLE Step 2 CS / ECFMG Certification (USA) 2008
• MBBS National University of Singapore 2005

• Senior Consultant, Department of Emergency Medicine, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) 2019 - Present
• Officer-in-charge, Children’s Emergency Disease Outbreak Incident Key-Area, KKH 2019 - Present
• Member, Child Safety and Injury Prevention Working Group, KKH 2019 - Present
• Member, Sepsis Care Workgroup, Emergency Medicine Academic Clinical Program (EM ACP), Clinical Services Directorate, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, 2018 - Present
• Assistant Commander, DSMC (Disaster Site Medical Command), Ministry of Health (MOH) 2018 - Present
• Deputy Project Head, Paediatric sub-committee, DSMC Development Committee, MOH 2018 - Present
• Member, Appointment Panel for Education Leads, Great Ormond Street Hospital, UK (GOSH) 2016
• Examiner, MRCPCH Clinical Mock Exam, GOSH 2016
• Member, Safe Handover Processes Project Group, Hospital Out-Of-Hours Programme, GOSH 2015-2016
• Member, Postgraduate Training Committee, GOSH 2015-2016
• Mess President, Doctors’ Representative Committee, GOSH 2015-2016
• Member, Stakeholder Panel for the Director of Medical Education, GOSH 2015
• Lead Representative, Doctors’ Representative Committee, GOSH 2015
• Clinical Fellow, Haematology/Oncology, GOSH 2014-2017

• SingHealth Duke-NUS Emergency Medicine ACP Excellence in Teaching Award (AY2018/2019), 2020
• Programme Excellence Award for Emergency Airway Management Course (Team Award) (SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medicine Education Institute), 2019
• National Service (NS) Excellence Award (Singapore Armed Forces), 2018
• Top 10 with Distinction for Capstone Project, Global Clinical Scholars Research Training Program Class of 2016-2017 (Harvard Medical School, USA), 2017
• Junior Doctor of the Year for the Divisions of Infection, Cancer and Immunity / International and Private Patients (Great Ormond Street Hospital, UK), 2016
• Medical Training Initiative in Paediatrics Fellowship (Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, UK), 2014-2016
• Pitch for Funds Research Grant Award (NUHS Leadership in Academic Medicine [NLAM] Program, Clinician Scientist Unit), 2013
• Department of Paediatrics Research Grant (National University Hospital, Singapore), 2012
• Postgraduate Training Scholarship (Ministry of Health, Singapore), 2009
• Jane Prize in Paediatrics (National University of Singapore), 2005
• Best Oral Presentation (Medicine/Paediatrics Clinical Category), NHG Annual Scientific Congress, 2004
• Medical Undergraduate Research Award (Merit), 6^th NUS-NUH Annual Scientific Meeting, 2002
• Dean’s Prize for Best Oral Presentation, NUS Faculty of Medicine Special Studies Module (SSM) Symposium, 2001

• Dynamic adaptation to COVID-19 in a Singapore paediatric emergency department. Tan RM, Ong GYK, Chong SL, Ganapathy S, Tyebally A, Lee KP. Emerg Med J. 2020;37(5):252-254.
• Assessment of the understanding of concussion and care protocols amongst student athletes and coaches: a qualitative study. Subramaniam A, Tan RM, Chan D, Ng ZM, Dong CY, Feng JX, Chong SL. Front Pediatr. 2020;8:526986. doi: 10.3389/fped.2020.526986
• Parental knowledge and beliefs on the use of child car restraints in Singapore: a qualitative study. Tan RM, Dong C, Shen GQ, Feng JXY, Piragasam R, Tyebally A, Chong SL. Singapore Med J. 2020;61(2):102-107.
• Use of minimal residual disease assessment to redefine induction failure in paediatric acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. J Clin Oncol. O’Connor D, Moorman AV, Wade R, Hancock J, Tan RM, Bartram J, Moppett J, Schwab C, Patrick K, Harrison C, Hough R, Goulden N, Vora A, Samarasinghe S. 2017;35:660-667.
• CNS aspergillosis resembling haemorrhagic brain infarct in a paediatric leukaemia patient. Tan RM, Ganau M, Jeelani NU, Tahir Z, Mankad K, Kachramanoglou C, Prabhakar P, Goulden N, Samarasinghe S. Br J Haematol. 2017;178(4):642-645.
• Initial response with paradoxical deterioration following Bevacizumab for cerebral radiation necrosis. Tan RM, Michalski A, Saran F, Mankad K, Slater O. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2017 May;64(5). doi: 10.1002/pbc.26313
• Ascites, anemia and (intestinal) atresia. Tan RM, Lee J, Biswas A, Amutha C. J Perinatol. 2014;34(1):78-80.
• Pulmonary protothecosis in a pediatric liver transplant patient. Tan RM, Aw MM, Quak SH, Chan SM. J Ped Infect Dis Soc. 2014,3(3):e31-34.
• “Moya” than meets the eye: neurofibromatosis type 1 associated with Moyamoya syndrome. Tan RM, Chng SM, Seow WT, Wong J, Lim CCT. Singapore Med J. 2008;49(4):e107-109.
• Improved outcome in childhood acute myeloid leukemia in Singapore with the MRC AML 10 protocol. Tan RM, Quah TC, Aung L, Liang S, Kirk RC, Yeoh AE. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2007;48(3):262-267.