Dr. Kevin Tan is an endocrinologist in private practice for over 20 years. He now runs his own practice at Farrer Park and Mt Alvernia Medical Centres and a Diabetes in Pregnancy clinic at Thomson Medical Centre.
Dr. Tan graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1987 and is a fellow with both the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh and the Academy of Medicine in Singapore. He was trained locally at Singapore General, Alexandra and Tan Tock Seng Hospitals; as well as overseas at the Royal Victoria Infirmary and Freeman Hospital in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, under world renowned diabetes expert Professor George Alberti as well as thyroidologist, Pat-Kendall Taylor.
Dr. Kevin Tan was Past-President of Diabetes Singapore and has held key office positions on the management committee of Diabetes Singapore for over 15 years. He had been organising chair for World Diabetes Day Singapore events from 1998 to 2019 and was also co-chairman of the organising committee for the 10th International Diabetes Federation-Western Pacific Region and 6th Asian Association for the Study of Diabetes Conference held in Singapore in November 2014.
Dr. Tan is also a member of the Endocrine and Metabolic Society of Singapore and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. He was a member of the National Diabetes Strategy Advisory Committee and the Diabetes Prevention and Care Taskforce and sits on Advisory Boards to various pharmaceutical companies.
Dr. Tan was also an active Rotarian holding club office bearer positions from 2001 till 2006.
Dr. Kevin Tan is a keen diabetes educator and active on the lecture circuit to both professional and public audiences locally and in the region, lecturing extensively on diabetes, thyroid problems and other endocrine/hormone issues. He has given over 350 lectures over the years. His interest is in diabetes and pituitary-adrenal disorders and his research interest in clinical trials on diabetes.
Dr. Tan's specialty interests are diabetes, thyroid, pituitary, adrenal and calcium disorders, obesity, hypertension and dyslipidemia.
