Resume

Dr Tan Chi Chiu has is Chairman of the Lien Centre for Social Innovation at Singapore Management University, where he was also the invited Convocation Speaker in 2012.  He is Board Member of the UBS Optimus Foundation Singapore, Tan Tock Seng Hospital Community Fund, National Healthcare Group Fund, Church Of Our Saviour, St Andrew’s Nursing Homes and World Harvest Initiative, a Christian international community development agency. He is a Fellow and member of the Senior Common Room of King Edward VII Hall, National University of Singapore. 

He retired from the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) in 2017 after 18 years as an elected member, but has been re-appointed Chairman of the SMC’s Medical Ethics Committee as a non-Council member for two further terms until 2023. He has been Chairman of the Working Committee for the Review of the SMC Ethical Code and Guidelines (2002 and 2016 editions), Chairman of the Registration Review Committee and remains Chairman of Complaints Committees. He was a member of SMC’s Credentials Committee and Supervisory Framework Review Committee. He is a member of the National Telemedicine Guidelines Review Committee. He has retired as Vice Chairman of SATA CommHealth after 8 years on the Board and he was appointed Adviser to the Board for a term. He was also previously Vice Chairman of Make A Wish Foundation Singapore and a Board Member of the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) and a member of the Board of Governors of the Anglo Chinese Schools. He was a Council Member of the National Youth Achievement Awards Council for over 20 years before retirement.

He is active in the youth development and community service scene in Singapore and has been deeply involved in many overseas humanitarian, community aid and scientific expeditions for which he has received numerous international awards. He also led disaster relief expeditions to Sri Lanka (tsunami 2005), Pakistan Kashmir (earthquake 2005), Java (earthquake 2006), Haiti (earthquake 2010), Philippines (Typhoon Haiyan 2013) and also worked with the Red Cross in Nepal (earthquake 2015). His recent community development work included a social innovation development project in east Nepal and a medical development program in East Timor.

As a regular Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) medical officer he was commander of medical missions to the Philippines earthquake in 1990 and the first Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm) in 1991, for which he received SAF, UK and Saudi Arabian military medals.

He is alumnus of Harvard Business School through the Advanced Management Program (where he was elected Class Speaker or Valedictorian) and he is a Columbia University Columbia Credentialed Professional Executive Coach (CCPEC).

Dr Tan is a Gastroenterologist at Gastroenterology & Medicine International, Gleneagles Medical Centre. His professional interests are in clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy. He is has been an elected member of the Medical Advisory Board of Gleneagles Hospital over many terms of office as well as Chairman of the Endoscopy Committee. In these capacities he has led the development of processes and procedures to ensure patient and staff safety during the COVID19 pandemic and also developed credentialing criteria for new medical procedures. He has also led discussions in the public domain on telemedicine, keeping healthcare affordable and the problems and prospects of insurance doctor panels.

He is widely published in peer reviewed medical literature as well as well featured in mainstream and published media, in topics related to medical ethics, humanitarian work and community development, board and executive development, especially in the non-profit space. He is an accomplished lecturer and speaker in these subjects.