Bio
Dr. Jeffrey Tuan is Head and Senior Consultant Radiation Oncologist of the Department of Gastrointestinal Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary and Urology and Research Director in the Division of Radiation Oncology at the National Cancer Centre Singapore. His clinical interests are in managing patients with Urological and Gyne-cological cancers using advanced radiation therapy techniques such as Intensity Modulated Volumetric Arc Radiotherapy, Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) and LDR/HDR Brachytherapy. His current research interests are in intra-fractional tumor tracking, focal therapy in prostate cancer and identifying potential bi-omarkers in radiation sensitivity. He holds a concurrent appointment as a Clinical Assistant Professor within the Oncology Academic Clinical Program in Duke – National University Singapore (Duke-NUS) and Clinical Teacher of the Nanyang Technological University Lee Kong Chian (NTU LKC) School of Medicine. He spent four years training and pursuing academic research in both the United Kingdom and Italy in the fields of Clinical Oncology and Particle Beam Therapy. More recently as the Technical Lead, he is actively involved in the planning and setting up of the new Proton Beam Therapy Centre co-located at the new National Cancer Centre Singapore to be ready in 2022-3.
Education
Master of Science
University of London, United Kingdom
Fellow Academy of Medicine of Singapore
Academy of Medicine, Singapore
Fellow, Royal College of Radiologists
Royal College of Radiologists, United Kingdom
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
National University of Singapore, Singapore