Education Qualifications: MBChB (Honours)(Edinburgh), MRCP(UK), FAMS
Clinical Associate Prof Chin Chee Tang is a Senior Consultant with the Department of Cardiology, and the Director of Coronary Intervention Service at the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS).
His sub-specialty interest is in interventional cardiology and he performs percutaneous coronary interventions both in the elective and emergency settings. In addition, he performs catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation for the management of patients with uncontrolled high blood pressure.
Clin Assoc Prof Chin is actively involved in clinical research. In 2010, he completed his Fellowship at the Duke Clinical Research Institute, United States, with a special emphasis on clinical trials and outcomes research. He presently has a joint appointment as Clinical Associate Professor at the Duke-NUS Medical School and continues to collaborate on national, and international clinical studies and trials. He continues to publish actively in international peer-reviewed publications.
He is the Academic Vice-Chair (Faculty and Professional Development) of the SingHealth Duke-NUS Cardiovascular Sciences – Academic Clinical Programme, Chair of the Clinical Competency Committee and a Core Faculty Member of the Cardiology Senior Residency Programme.
He has been the Chief Risk Officer at NHCS since 2018.
Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships:
- Fellow of Academy of Medicine, Singapore, since 2007
- Member of Singapore Cardiac Society
- Member of British Medical Association
- Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School - to 2018
- Senior Clinical Lecturer, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Awards:
- Singapore Health Quality Service Award (SHQSA) (STAR), 2016
- RISE Awards – Outstanding Faculty Award, 2015
- SingHealth Publish! Award (Medical Research), 2015
- RISE Awards – Outstanding Faculty Award, 2014
- National Heart Centre Singapore Service Award (Silver), 2014
Selected Publications:
Combined diagnostic performance of coronary computed tomography angiography and computed tomography derived fractional flow reserve for the evaluation of myocardial ischemia: A meta-analysis. Tan XW, Zheng Q, Shi L, Gao F, Allen JC Jr, Coenen A, Baumann S, Schoepf UJ, Kassab GS, Lim ST, Wong AS, Tan JW, Yeo KK, Chin Chee Tang, Ho KW, Tan SY, Chua TS, Chan ES, Tan RS, Zhong L. Int J Cardiol. 2017 Jun 1;236:100-106.
The effect of a nurse-led telephone-based care coordination program on the follow-up and control of cardiovascular risk factors in patients with coronary artery disease. Wong Ningyan, Chua Terrance SJ, Gao Fei, Sim Sok Tiang, Matchar David, Wong Sung Lung, Yeo Khung Keong, Tan Wei Chieh, Chin Chee Tang. Int J Qual Health Care. 2016; 28 (6): 758-763.
Differential risk reclassification improvement by exercise testing and myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with suspected and known coronary artery disease. Koh Angela S; Gao Fei; Chin Chee Tang; Keng Felix Y J; Tan Ru-San; Chua Terrance S J. Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 2016; 23(3):366-378
Warfarin related nephropathy: a case report and review of the literature. Ng Chee Yong; Tan Chieh Suai; Chin Chee Tang; Lim See Lim; Zhu Ling; Woo Keng Thye; Tan Puay Hoon. BMC nephrology 2016; 17(15):N.A-N.A
Time-Varying Effects of Prasugrel Versus Clopidogrel on the Long-Term Risks of Stroke After Acute Coronary Syndromes: Results From the TRILOGY ACS Trial. Chin Chee Tang; Neely Benjamin; Magnus Ohman E; Armstrong Paul W; Corbalán Ramón; White Harvey D; Prabhakaran Dorairaj; Winters Kenneth J; Fox Keith A A; Roe Matthew T. Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation 2016; 47(4):1135-1139