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Dr. Tan Chi Chiu - An Expert and a Caring Singapore Gastroenterologist
A “few good men” is a fitting description of Dr. Tan Chi Chiu. He’d been there during the Philippine 1990 earthquake and during the 1991 gulf war. In both these missions, he led the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) extending assistance. Recognizing his exemplary contributions, the SAF bestowed him the non-operational Overseas Service Medal in the Philippine Earthquake assistance and the SAF Operational Overseas service in the gulf war efforts. He was decorated the British Gulf War Medal and the Saudi Arabian King Abdul Aziz Medal for his meritorious gulf war service.
Dr. Tan Chi Chiu graduated Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Singapore in 1983. Specializing in internal medicine, he became a member of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1988. The Academy of Medicine and Gastroenterology accorded him fellowship in 1993 and a recognized gastroenterology specialist by the Singapore Ministry of Health. He achieved fellowship in the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1996 and the Royal College of Physicians in London in 1998.
Dr. Tan’s residency years were spent at the Singapore General Hospital and National University Hospital. In his quest for advanced knowledge in gastroenterology, he trained at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom as an affiliate where he became an expert in the sophisticated technique of therapeutic and laser endoscopy. He perfected his skills on Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography (ERCP) at the Endoscopy Department of the Academic Medical centre in Amsterdam.
Dr. Tan Chi Chiu had been a consultant at the Department of Gastroenterology and Medicine and General Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital in 1995. He founded the Gastroenterology Unit and was under his expertise and guidance. At present, he trains junior consultants on endoscopic procedures as a visiting consultant.
Other note worthy efforts of Dr. Tan includes his published researches on relevant articles on gastroenterology and hepatology; chairmanship of the Ethics Committee of the Singapore Medical Council; active voluntary involvement in youth development and community service; and humanitarian overseas medical endeavors.
In 1996, he received the Singapore Youth Award for Youth/ Community Service and in 1997, the Commonwealth Youth Programme Asia Award for Excellence. The “Operasi Raleigh Batam” Project, his brainchild won him the Pan-commonwealth Youth service Award in 1998.
Dr. Tan is a humanitarian, researcher, community volunteer, and an expert and a caring gastroenterologist.