3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.
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Prostate cancer may be the third most common cancer among men in Singapore but the disease is still rarely discussed and we want to change that!
On Nov 20, we will be hosting a small session together with prostate cancer survivors from the Walnut Warriors Support Group and our doctors, Dr. Chong Kian Tai and Dr. Andrew Tan.
Dr. Chong Kian Tai
Urologist
Dr. Chong Kian Tai (张建泰医生) is a certified Urologist who manages both General Urology and complex Urologic Cancers. He is a Specialist Urology Surgeon who is skilled in working with different treatment choices for optimal outcome. Treatments he is proficient in include traditional open surgery, advanced keyhole laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery, as well as the modern da Vinci Robotic Surgical Systems.
Dr. Chong completed his full-time advanced Clinical Urologic-Oncology Fellowship at the prestigious Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, U.S. in 2009. His key professional expertise includes the diagnosis, treatment and management of prostate, kidney, bladder, testis and penile cancers.
For Urologic Cancers, Dr. Chong focuses on the following:
For General Urology, Dr. Chong focuses on the following:
1. Enlarged prostate, also known as BPH (benign prostate hyperplasia)
– New procedures that are less invasive than traditional resection surgery. Examples include the UroLift, Rezum and Prolieve procedures.
2. Retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS)
– Uses flexible ureteroscope to treat small kidney stones by laser stone surgery. There is no cutting and no surgical scars on the skin.
Prior to private practice, Dr. Chong was the Consultant, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Co-Director of Urologic Oncology and Director of Research in the Department of Urology at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH). He also managed the Urology Cancer clinical databases and tissue repository. In the Singapore Cancer Society, he was an Advisory Panel member to improve prostate cancer awareness and survivorship.
Dr. Chong is a dynamic healthcare innovator, researcher and educator. He started molecular research in Urologic-Oncology on prostate cancer immunology at Seattle, Washington, U.S., which was funded by Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) and Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). While in Singapore, he was a founding member of the Singapore Urological Cancer Consortium and had been in-charge of several teams in prostate, kidney, bladder and testis cancer research. These projects included precision medicine, biomolecular, nanoparticle, bioimaging and novel biomedical device studies.
To improve holistic care for urological cancer patients in TTSH, Dr. Chong was Chairman for the Urology Cancer Multidisciplinary Tumour Board, Chairman for Urology Cancer Support Programme, Chairman for Advanced Care Planning Team and Chairman for TTSH Prostate Cancer Support Group involving cancer patients and their family.
Dr. Andrew Tan
Nuclear Medicine Consultant
Dr. Tan received his MBBS from the National University of Singapore School of Medicine in 2001. He was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists in the United Kingdom in 2008 and the Academy of Medicine of Singapore in 2009, and was awarded a Diplomate in Nuclear Cardiology from the Certification Council in Nuclear Cardiology in the United States in 2011.Dr. Andrew Tan Eik Hock is currently the Nuclear Medicine consultant at Farrer Park Hospital (Singapore).
His main clinical interests are in theranostics and neurodegenerative disorders, and he has been on training attachments to Zentralklinic Bad Berka in Germany, European Institute of Oncololgy in Italy and Austin Health in Melbourne Australia. He currently serves at the president of the Singapore Radiological Society, and is a member of the World Association of Radiopharmaceutical and Molecular Therapy.
