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Dr Tan Yi Quan is a dual-fellowship accredited Urologist who consults and operates across all 3 major hospitals of the National University Health System (Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, National University Hospital and Alexandra Hospital). Dr Tan graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2013 as the top surgical graduate, and was awarded the First Mekie Book Prize and Distinction in Surgery. In 2015, he received his Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. In 2020, he was conferred the Master of Medicine (Surgery) from NUS. Dr Tan was selected to represent the National University Health System in MOH's Singapore Chief Residency Programme for future leaders in 2022. Dr Tan was awarded his Specialist Accreditation in Urology, and is a Fellow of both the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow and the Academy of Medicine, Singapore.

Dr Tan's subspeciality clinical and research interests are in Minimally Invasive Stone Surgery, Complex Urinary Stone Disease, Personalised Care for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), and Minimally Invasive Surgical Treatment (MIST) for BPH. Dr Tan leads the Personalised BPH MIST programme. Dr Tan has been invited as an Associate Member of the esteemed Asian Urological Society of Endoluminal Surgery and Technology. Dr Tan trained overseas as an Endourology Fellow at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University in 2024 under Professor Zeng Guohua, a world-renowned expert in kidney stone surgery. In 2025, Dr Tan was awarded the prestigious Japanese Urological Association Asian Scholarship to train at Tokai University Hospital in Tokyo, Japan under Professor Sunao Shoji.

Dr Tan is passionate about medical education. In 2024, Dr Tan was awarded the prestigious NUHS Teaching Excellence Award. He actively contributes to post-graduate Urology education through his regular involvement in various international workshops and conferences. He is a Senior Clinical Lecturer with the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS, and a Core Faculty member of the NUHS Postgraduate Year Residency Programme. As part of the Medical Education Distinction Track, he pioneered the Informed Consent Workshop for final-year medical students, and was awarded the Young Scholar Award at the Asia-Pacific Medical Education Conference.

Dr Tan strongly believes in personalising care to each patient, and has received several service awards for patient care across the 3 hospitals. In 2019, Dr Tan was awarded the Fung Clinical Fellowship by NUS for overseas outreach and humanitarian work, being part of the NUH team who shared their expertise in living-related paediatric Kidney Transplantation at the Mandalay Children's Hospital in Myanmar. Outside of Urology, Dr Tan was awarded the prestigious Sword of Honour for the 80th Medical Officer Conversion Course as the top graduate during National Service, in addition to the Best Knowledge and Top Marksman Awards. He continues to serve as an Officer in the Republic of Singapore Air Force Headquarters.