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Dr Patrick Tan is currently the Director of the Haematopioetic Stem Cell Transplant Programme and the Haematology Service at the Mt. Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore.
Dr Tan graduated with a basic degree in Medicine at the University of Singapore in 1980. In 1985, he joined the Haematology Department at the Singapore General Hospital and became a full fledged Haematologist after 4 years of post-graduate training. In 1988-1989, he was posted as a special fellow to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Centre in Seattle, USA to do subspecialty work in Bone Marrow Transplant. He was re-invited back to the FHCRC in 1991 to further his research in the area of transplant Immunology. He returned back to Singapore in 1993 to head the Department of Haematology, SGH. He was Head of Haematology, SGH till end of April 2004.
In 1995, Dr. Patrick Tan was awarded the title of clinical Professor by the National University of Singapore in recognition of his work. Several world firsts were achieved by by Dr. Tan during during his time at SGH. These include the first successful case of unrelated blood stem cell transplant for Thalassaemia major; the first unrelated cord blood transplant for Thalassaemia major; the first non-myeloablative double cord blood transplant for acute myeloid leukemia and the first unrelated ono-myeloablative cord blood stem cell transplant for multiple myeloma.
In 2002, Dr Tan was awarded the prestigious National award, the Excellence for Singapore award for his work on the transplant for Thalassaemia and for the non-myeloabltive stem cell transplant using the umbilical cord as the source of transplant.
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