Tan Bien Keem MBBS, FRCS (Edin), FAMS (Plast Surg)

Assoc Prof Tan BK is Head and Senior Consultant of the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, where he is also the Programme Director of the SGH Skin Bank Unit. Since January 2015, Assoc Prof Tan started serving as the Deputy Director, Cell and Tissue Transplantation in SingHealth Transplant. He is also member of the Advisory Committee on Transplantation at SGH, member of the SingHealth Duke-NUS Surgery Academic Clinical Programme and Associate Editor for the Archives of Plastic Surgery Journal.

Assoc Prof Tan BK has been involved in research, education and clinical treatment related to microsurgery for more than 10 years. He has been the Organising Chairman of the Biannual Microsurgery Course for more than 5 years and a trainer in the Basic Surgical Skills Course for close to 10 years. He was also the Organising Chairman of the Flap Course in September 2013. He is an internationally recognised speaker, clinician and researcher, and has published extensively in numerous medical journals and books.