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Dr Tay Ze Yun

Senior Consultant

Ear, Nose & Throat

In-Person

English, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hainanese

HMI Medical Centre (Farrer Park)

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HMI Medical Centre (Farrer Park)

Introduction

Dr Tay graduated from the National University of Singapore and received his medical degree from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in 2008. He subsequently joined the Singhealth Otolaryngology Residency Programme as part of the inaugural batch of residents and completed his specialist training in 2016. In pursue of his sub-speciality interest in Head and Neck Surgery, he completed the two-year Singhealth Duke- NUS Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Fellowship program (2016 – 2018). This fellowship was concurrent to his role as Associate Consultant in the ENT department during that two years, for which he was performing general ENT practice.

He was subsequently awarded the MOH Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) award in 2018 to pursue a surgical fellowship in advanced head and neck surgical oncology at the world-renown Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, one of the largest healthcare institution in Taiwan and which manages one of the highest numbers of oral cavity cancer patients worldwide.

Following his overseas training, Dr Tay also completed the International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies (IFHNOS) fellowship and graduated with Honors in 2020. Prior to private practice, he served as Consultant ENT Head and Neck surgeon with the Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at both Sengkang General Hospital and Singapore General Hospital. He was also concurrently the service chief of Singhealth Duke-NUS Head & Neck Centre for SKH, leading a multidisciplinary team for the provision and development of the sub-specialty services at the site. He was visiting Consultant to the National Cancer Centre Singapore and KK Women & Children Hospital as well.

Apart from his clinical duties, he was actively involved in medical education, serving as Undergraduate Education Director for the department and being appointed as assistant professor to both NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Duke-NUS. Of note, under his stewardship, the department was awarded the prestigious NUS Clinical Training Excellence Award on consecutive years from 2019 to 2023.

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Qualifications

  • MBBS
  • MRCS(Glasg)
  • MMed (ORL)