Dr Grace Tan Xue Jun

Dr Grace Tan grew up in Singapore and went to medical school at the University of Pennsylvania and completed otolaryngology residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA. She further subspecialised in Complex Paediatric Otolaryngology through a fellowship at the University of Minnesota, USA. She worked as a board-certified paediatric otolaryngologist at Oregon Health & Science University, USA for 4.5 years before returning to Singapore to join the otolaryngology department at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

• Board Certification in Complex Pediatric Otolaryngology, ABOHNS, USA, 2022
• Board Certification in Otolaryngology, ABOHNS, USA, 2021
• MD, University of Pennsylvania, USA, 2014

• Consultant, Department of Otolaryngology, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, 2025 – present

• Lam D, Tan GX. Pediatric Tracheostomy. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2023.4703.
• Tan GX, Hamilton A, MacArthur CJ. A systematic review and meta-analysis: timing of elective removal of tympanostomy tubes. Laryngoscope. 2021. doi:10.1002/lary.30003.
• Tan GX, Helseth PH, Roby BR. Epiglottic mass in an infant. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021;147(7):663-664
• Tan GX, Boss EF, Rhee DS. Bronchoscopy for pediatric airway foreign Body: thirty-day adverse outcomes in the ACS NSQIP-P. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 Sep 18:194599818800470.
• Tan GX, Tunkel DE. Control of pain after tonsillectomy in children: A Review. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017;143(9):937-942.
• Schoo DP, Tan GX, Ehrenburg MR, Pross SE, Ward BK, Carey JP. Intratympanic (IT) therapies for Menière’s disease: some consensus among the confusion. Curr Otorhinolaryngol Rep. 2017;5(2):132-141.
• Tan GX, Schoo DP, Della Santina CC, et al. Automated head motion system improves reliability and lessens operator dependence for head impulse testing of vestibular reflexes. In: 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA). 2017. doi:10.1109/memea.2017.7985856.
• Ward BK, Tan GX, Roberts DC, Della Santina CC, Zee DS, Carey JP. Strong static magnetic fields elicit swimming behaviors consistent with direct vestibular stimulation in adult zebrafish. PLoS One. 2014;9(3):e92109.