Education Qualifications: MBBS, FRCOG (UK), MMed (O&G), FAMS
Dr Tan Lay Kok is a Senior Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Singapore General Hospital. He graduated from the National University of Singapore and obtained his Membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1997 and the Master of Medicine in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 1998. He pursued a Fellowship in Obstetric Medicine and High Risk Pregnancy at Queen Charlotte Hospital in London from 2000 to 2001. He is the Senior Consultant for the High Risk Pregnancy Clinic, the Gestational Diabetes Joint Clinic and the Cardiac Obstetric Clinic.
Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships:
- Senior Consultant, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Singapore General Hospital
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
- Chairman, Evidence Based Medicine for SingHealth OBGYN Academic Clinical Program
- Reviewer for SMJ, Annals Acad Med Singapore, British Journal of O&G, Lancet
- Member, Specialist Training Committee (O&G)
- South East Asian representative, International Society of Obstetric Medicine
- Council Member, College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Singapore
- Vice President, Obstetrical & Gynaecological Society of Singapore
Awards:
- Recognition Award for Reviewing with Distinction (Singapore Medical Journal), 2009
- Honorable Mention for International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics Prize Paper Award 2006, for paper ”Obstetric outcomes in women with end-stage renal failure requiring renal dialysis.”
- Service with a Heart award
Leadership positions / roles in Education:
- Associate Programme Director, SingHealth OBGYN Residency Programme
- Programme Director for Postgrad Year 1, SGH
Selected Publications:
LK Tan , SK Tay. Two dosing regimens of dinoprostone for preinduction cervical priming: a clinical randomised trial. BJOG 1999 Sep;106(9):907-12
LK Tan, I Busmanis. Spontaneous uterine perforation from uterine infarction: a rare case of acute abdomen. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 2000; 40:2: 210-212
LK Tan, CT Lee, HK Tan, SA Tan. SLE in pregnancy: experience of a single perinatal centre. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2002 May;31(3):290-5.
LK Tan, M deSwiet. The Management of Postpartum Hypertension. BJOG. 2002 Jul;109(7):733-6.
LK Tan, M deSwiet. The Management of venous thromboembolism in pregnancy. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2002 May;31(3):311-9.
LK Tan, S Kumar, M Jolly, C Gleeson, NM Fisk. Test amnioinfusion to determine suitability for serial therapeutic amnioinfusion in midtrimester premature rupture of membranes. Fetal Diagn Ther 2003;18 (3): 183-9.
LK Tan. Obstetric cholestasis: current opinion and management. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2003; 32:294-8.
LK Tan, Devendra K, Tan HK, Choong L. Obstetric Outcomes in chronic renal diálisis. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2006 Jul;94(1):17-22.
Teo S, Devendra K, Tan HK, Tan LK. Massive postpartum haemorrhage after uterus-conserving surgery in placenta percreta: the danger of the partial placenta percreta. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (2008;115(6):789-92
Tan KBL, Fook-Chong SMC, Lee SL, Tan LK. Foetal peak systolic velocity in the middle cerebral artery : An Asian reference range. Singapore Med J. 2009 June; 50(6) : 584-6.