Prof Tan Hak Koon

MBBS, FRCOG (UK), M Med (O&G), MRACOG (Aust), FAMS

Senior Consultant

KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Specialty/Department: Maternal Fetal Medicine, Surgery ＆ Surgical Oncology

Clinical Interest: Obstetrics ＆ Gynaecology

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Obstetrics ＆ Gynaecology.

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Clinical Appointments

Chairman Division of Obstetrics ＆ Gynaecology KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Chief, Obstetrics KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Co-Director, Antenatal Diagnostic Centre/ Antenatal Monitoring Clinic KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Senior Consultant Obstetrics ＆ Gynaecology KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Senior Consultant Obstetrics ＆ Gynaecology Singapore General Hospital
Senior Consultant Division of Surgery ＆ Surgical Oncology National Cancer Centre Singapore

Profile

Prof Tan Hak Koon is Chairman and Senior Consultant with the Division of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital.

Besides general obstetrics and gynaecology, he specialises in… View More +

Education

MBBS
FRCOG (UK)
M Med (O&G)
MRACOG (Aust)
FAMS

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Clinical Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School
Chief, Section of Fetal Maternal Section (O&G), 2003 – to-date
Member, Section of Maternal Fetal Medicine (College of O&G Singapore), 2005 to-date
Examiner, MBBS (O&G), National University of Singapore, 1999 – to-date
Clinical Associate Professor, NUS, 2006 – to-date
Examiner, Conjoined MRCOG (O&G) / M.MED Examination, 2006 – 2008
Member, Scientific Committee of the 5th Conference of the Asian-Pacific Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, 2008
Member, Organising Committee of SGH 17th ASM 2008

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Awards

Asean Scholarship (Public Service Commission), Singapore
SGH Heart of Gold Award, August 2006
SGH CEO Service Quality Award, January 2007
PS 21 Star Service Award, 2008
Asean Scholarship (Public Service Commission), Singapore

Publications

Laparoscopic treatment of ectopic pregnancy - A study of 100 cases, HK Tan, SK Tay, Annals Academy Medical Singapore, 1996 ; 25 : 665-7
Case Report - Spontaneous haemoperitoneum from a degenerated fibroid in pregnancy L Wong, HK Tan, Australian New Zealand Journal of O&G, 2000
Prevalence of gestation thyrotoxicosis in Asian women evaluated from the 8th to 14th weeks of pregnancy : Correlations with total an human chorionic Gonadotrophin, D Koh, HK Tan, Clinical Endocrinol (Oxf), 2000
Pregnancy in women with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, Devendra K, HK Tan, Annals Academy Medical Singapore, May 2002 ; 31(3) : 276-80
Pregnancy after renal transplantation : Experience in Singapore General Hospital, HK Tan, PK Tan, AS Tan, Vathsala A, SK Tay, Annals Academy Medical Singapore, May 2002 ; 31(3) : 285-9
SLE in pregnancy : Experience of a single Perinatal Centre, LK Tan, CT Lee, HK Tan, SA Tan, Annals Academy Medical Singapore, May 2002 ; 31(3) : 290-5
The course of pregnancy in Nail-patella syndrome, HL Chua, LK Tan, HK Tan, L Choon, SA Tan, Annals Academy Medical Singapore, May 2002 ; 31(3) : 349-52
Audit of `crash’ emergency caesarean sections due to cord prolapse in terms of response time and perinatal outcome, WC Tan, LK Tan, HK Tan, AS Tan, Annals Academy Medical Singapore, Sept 2002 : 32 (5) : 638-41
Outcome of pregnancy in Asian women with systemic lupus erythematosus : Experience of a single perinatal centre in Singapore, LK Tan, HK Tan, Annals Academy Medical Singapore, 2002
Gestational diabetes mellitus : A call for systematic tracing, HH Tan, SC Lim, HK Tan, Annals Academy Medical Singapore, 2002
The rising caesarean section rate – Where do we go from here?, WC Tan, Devendra K, HK Tan, SGH Proceeding 2003 ; 12 : 208-12
Spontaneous hemoperitoneum from uterine leiomyoma in pregnancy : A case report, L Wong, WC Tan, LK Tan, HK Tan, Acta Obstet et Gynecol, Dec 2005 ; 84 (12) : 1208-9
Tocolytic treatment for the management of preterm labour – A systematic review, TC Tan, LK Tan, HK Tan, Singapore Medical Journal 2006 ; 47(5) : 361-6
Obstetric outcomes in women with end-stage renal failure requiring renal dialysis, LK Tan, Devendra K, HK Tan, L Choong, Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2006 Jul ; 94(1) : 17-22
Intrapartum maternal sinus bradycardia with spontaneous resolution following delivery, Devendra K, CK Ching, LK Tan, HK Tan, SL Yu, Singapore Medical Journal 2006 ; 47 : 971-4
Lessons learnt from two women with morbidly adherent placentas and a review of literature, EWH Thia, LK Tan, Devendra K, TT Yong, HK Tan, TH Ho, Ann Acad Med Singapore 2007 Apr ; 36(4) : 298-303
Ultrasonographical features of morbidly-adherent placentas, EWH Thia, SL Lee, HK Tan, LK Tan, Singapore Medical Journal 2007 Sep ; 48(9) : 799-802, quiz 803
Uterine artery impedance of the gravid uterus : Nomograms of pulsatility and resistivity indices, SC Wong, SL Lee, LK Tan, HK Tan, Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2007 Oct ; 30(4) : 608
Massive postpartum haemorrhage after uterus-conserving surgery in placenta percreta : The danger of the partial placenta percreta, SBL Teo, Devendra K, HK Tan, LK Tan, BJOG 2008 ; 115(6) : 789-92