Shoulder Surgeon in Singapore

Singapore shoulder surgeon, Dr James Tan graduated from the NUS Faculty of Medicine and obtained Masters of Medicine (Orthopaedics). He is also a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh). He received further specialist training in the renowned Department of Sportsorthopaedics, Technical University of Munich, Germany, under the tutelage of Professor Andreas Imhoff.

With over 10 years’ experience in sports surgery and exercise medicine, Dr Tan has treated athletes from the Singapore National Teams and professional footballers from the Singapore Premier League and the Young Lions.

Dr Tan specializes in minimally invasive (key-hole) tendon and ligament repair, joint replacement and muscle-tendon transfers of the shoulder joint. A keen researcher, he has published several original research articles on the shoulder joint.

Dr Tan is the Principal Investigator of tissue engineering (bone, meniscus and tendon) projects awarded National Medical Research Council grants and collaborates with scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Technical University of Munich, A*Star, Osteopore and Trendlines Medical Singapore.

With a great passion for teaching, Dr Tan is appointed Adjunct Assistant Professor by the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine.

Dr Tan is fluent in English, Mandarin, Hokkien, Teochew, and Malay.