Dr Tan Siau Woon Jacqueline

Dr Jacqueline Tan is a Hand Surgeon at Thomson Surgical Centre. She has expertise in reconstruction of brachial plexus injuries, open and endoscopic peripheral nerve surgeries and microsurgical reconstruction of upper limb. She also has special interests in hand and wrist fractures, arthritis of hand and wrist, wrist arthroscopy and ligament reconstruction for wrist instability. Dr Tan completed her hand surgical training in Singapore and was awarded the Health Manpower Development Plan scholarship by the Ministry of Health‚ÄØfor fellowship in 2010, specialising in brachial plexus surgery and advanced microsurgery.‚ÄØShe is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, UK‚ÄØand a fellow of the Academy of Medicine in hand surgery. She was the former Head of Department and Senior Consultant of Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery at Singapore General Hospital (SGH).‚ÄØShe also served as‚ÄØthe director of micro-reconstruction service and director of‚ÄØperipheral nerve and paralytic upper limb service at SGH. Dr Tan was the Deputy Vice-Chair‚ÄØfor‚ÄØthe Education in the Musculoskeletal Sciences Academic Clinical Program at‚ÄØSingHealth.‚ÄØShe was‚ÄØalso‚ÄØthe‚ÄØProgram‚ÄØDirector for the‚ÄØSingHealth‚ÄØHand Surgery Program‚ÄØand Core Faculty for the SingHealth Orthopaedic Surgery Program.‚ÄØShe is‚ÄØcurrently‚ÄØa member of the Residency Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Health, which oversees the training of hand surgery residents in Singapore. Dr Tan taught in medical schools and has held concurrent teaching appointments of Adjunct Assistant Professor with Duke-NUS Medical School and Adjunct Assistant Professor with Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. Apart from her teaching commitments, Dr Tan was also the President of the Singapore Society for Hand Surgery, Vice-chairman‚ÄØof the‚ÄØChapter of Hand Surgeons, the‚ÄØCollege of Surgeons, Singapore, and is still the Secretary‚ÄØof the‚ÄØSingapore Reconstructive Microsurgery Society.‚ÄØShe is a member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand,‚ÄØthe‚ÄØAsia Pacific Wrist Association and will be the upcoming Chairperson for the Asian Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand, 2023. Dr Tan has been publishing widely in peer-reviewed journals on hand surgery. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Singapore Health Quality Service Award, Outstanding Faculty Award & Faculty Appreciation Award for SingHealth Residency, and Orthopaedic Teaching Excellence Award.