Dr Tan Yia Swam is an accredited general surgeon with a special interest in Breast Surgery. Her experience encompasses a wide range of breast conditions such as lumps, pain, nipple discharge, cancers, management of abnormal imaging. Dr Tan firmly believes in personalized treatment recommendations that respect patients’ needs and concerns.

Prior to private practice, Dr Tan has looked after patients in Singapore General Hospital, National University Hospital and Tan Tock Seng Hospital during her training years. She developed her consultancy practice at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, in the Department of Breast Surgery. Over the years of breast specialisation, Dr Tan has developed a strong network in multidisciplinary care, with breast radiologists, breast histopathologists, medical and radiation oncologists, as well as allied health professionals, to deliver the best model of breast care for her patients.

As recognition for her patient-centric care, Dr Tan has received the KK “Service from the Heart Award” in 2016 as well as the Gold Award in “Singapore Health Quality Service” in 2018. She participates in outreach through educational talks to the public, family practitioners and medical students. Her passion and commitment to teaching has been recognized with the “Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence” from the NUS YLL School of Medicine.

Dr Tan also actively serves the medical community by sitting on the Singapore Medical Association Council since 2008, and was the First Vice-President of the SMA Council from 2017-2019. Subsequently, she was elected as the first female President of the council of the  Singapore Medical Association from 209 to present.  In her 5 year term as Chief Editor of the SMA Newsletter from 2014-2019, she had also been curating selected articles to promote continuing medical education and encouraging a friendly spirit of collegiality amongst fellow doctors. She has also published and presented research in articles and renowned journals both locally and internationally.

As part of the advocacy work for doctors and for patients, she is serving as a Nominated Member of Parliament from 2019 to 2021, and she seeks to actively contribute to national discussions on healthcare, for private insurance fairness, and in the fight against Covid.

A clinician at heart, Dr Tan Yia Swam knows how distressing a breast symptom can be, and wants to deliver prompt and accurate diagnosis, in a warm, friendly and supportive environment.