Clin Assoc Prof Winson Tan Jianhong

Dr Winson Tan graduated with MBBS(Hons), as the valedictorian of his cohort, from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore in 2009. He subsequently entered the SingHealth General Surgery Residency Programme and eventually graduated in 2015 as the valedictorian. He obtained his Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) in 2015 and was awarded the College of Surgeon, Singapore, Gold Medal for being the top candidate in the Surgical Exit Examination. 

In 2018, he went to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney and completed a Fellowship in Colorectal and Advanced Gastrointestinal Oncological Surgery. He furthered his training in colorectal cancer care by completing the Advanced Colorectal Surgical Oncology fellowship in the world-renowned Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York, USA) from 2018-2019.  

He specialises in all aspects colorectal cancer treatment including the option of non-operative management in selected patients. He also specialises in the use of minimally invasive surgical techniques, such as laser, in the treatment of benign proctology conditions like anal fistulas, hemorrhoids and pilonidal sinus. 

• MBBS (Hons)(S’pore)
• MRCS (Edin)
• M Med (Surg)
• FRCS (Edin)
  
  

• Committee Member, Singapore Society of Colorectal Surgeons

2024

• YouSparkle Award 2024- Super Star Award
• SingHealth Residency (Rise Award) – Outstanding Faculty Award 

2022

• SingHealth Residency – Outstanding Faculty Award
• NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine - Special Recognition Award (SRA)
• You Sparkle! Award – Gold Award for Service Excellence 

2020

• NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine - Special Recognition Award (SRA)
• You Sparkle! Award – Silver Award for Service Excellence 

2019

• 24th Yahya Cohen Memorial Lectureship – Awarded for academic excellence for the best scientific paper published over a 24 month period. 

2017

• Dean’s Appreciation for Clinical Teachers - Special Recognition Award (SRA)
• SingHealth Residency – Outstanding Faculty Award
• SingHealth Excellence Award 2017 – Distinguished Young Researcher Award 

2016

• College of Surgeons, Singapore Gold Medal Award – Awarded to the top candidate in the Surgical Exit Examination
• SingHealth Publish! Award 2016 (Awarded to researchers who published quality articles in internationally acclaimed scientific journals)
• Special Recognition Award from Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine – Inspirational Tutor Award 

2015

• SingHealth Outstanding Resident Award 2015
• Valedictorian of SingHealth Residency Programme
• Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence 2015
• Junior Doctor Teaching Award 2015 

Dr Winson Tan has published more than 20 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is also the recipient of a National Medical Research Council research grant studying the efficacy and cost effectiveness of a proposed algorithm for management of suspected appendicitis. His research achievements culminated in him being awarded the Singhealth Excellence - Distinguished Young Researcher Award in 2017. He remains actively involved in clinical, educational and translational research projects.

• ​2015 - Randomised Control Trial Comparing Proposed Algorithm and Current Best Practice in the Evaluation of Suspected Appendicitis, Singapore
  
• 2017 - Clinician Scientist Support Programme of above study, Singapore
  

2025   

• Winson Jianhong Tan, Min Hoe Chew, Angela Renayanti Dharmawan, Manraj Singh, Sanchalika Acharyya, Carol Tien Tau Loi, Choong Leong Tang. Critical appraisal of laparoscopic vs open rectal cancer surgery.
  World J Gastrointest Surg. 2016 Jun 27;8(6):452 -460.doi10.4240/wjgs.v8.i6.452 pubmed id: 27358678

2024

• Wu J, Chi H, Kok S, Chua JMW, Huang XX, Zhang S, Mah S, Foo LX, Peh HY, Lee HB, Tay P, Tong C, Ladlad J, Tan CHM, Khoo N, Aw D, Chong CXZ, Ho LML, Sivarajah SS, Ng J, Tan WJH, Foo FJ, Teh BT, Koh FH.
  Multimodal prerehabilitation for elderly patients with sarcopenia in colorectal surgery.
  Ann Coloproctol. 2024 Feb;40(1):3-12. Epub 2023 Mar 31.
• Chan C, Tan YC, Lim EW, Teo JY, Lin J, Tan WJ, Tay GCA, Tan EK, Seow-En I.
  Evaluating the surgical trainee ergonomic experience during minimally invasive abdominal surgery (ESTEEMA study). Sci Rep. 2024 May 31;14(1):12502.
• Zhao Y, Tan WJ. Idiopathic colonic and small bowel varices: a rare endoscopic finding. ANZ J Surg. 2024 Nov;94(11):2077-2078. Epub 2024 Sep 4.
• Khoo MSQ, Koh FH, Sivarajah SS, Ho LM, Aw DK, Chong CX, Foo FJ, Tan WJ. Colonic stenting: is the bridge to surgery worth its cost? A cost-effectiveness analysis at a single Asian institution. Ann Coloproctol. 2024 Dec;40(6):555-563. Epub 2024 Aug 5. PMCID: PMC11701448
• Koh FH, Yik V, Chin SE, Kok SS, Lee HB, Tong C, Tay P, Chean E, Lam YE, Mah SM, Foo LX, Yan CC, Chua WT, Jamil HB, G K, Ong LW, Tan AY, Chue KM, Ho LM, Chong CX, Ladlad J, Tan CH, Khoo NAX, Ng JL, Tan WJ, Foo FJ. Evaluating the Impact of Multimodal Prehabilitation with High Protein Oral Nutritional Supplementation (HP ONS) with Beta-Hydroxy Beta-Methylbutyrate (HMB) on Sarcopenic Surgical Patients-Interim Analysis of the HEROS Study. Nutrients. 2024 Dec 17;16(24):4351. PMCID: PMC11677323.

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