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.