Dr Tham Yi Chuan
FRCS Ed (CTS), MRCS (Ed), MBBS
Associate Consultant
National Heart Centre Singapore
Specialty: Cardiothoracic Surgery
Conditions Treated By This Doctor
Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD)
Aneurysm
Aortic Dissection
Aortic Surgery
Aortic Valve Disease
Aortic Valve Regurgitation
Aortic Valve Repair
Aortic Valve Stenosis
Atrial Myxoma
Cardiac Tamponade
Chest Wall Diseases
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)
Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenator (ECMO)
Maze Surgery
Mitral Valve Disease
Mitral Valve Prolapse
Mitral Valve Regurgitation
Mitral Valve Stenosis
Pectus Excavatum
Pericardial Effusion
Pericarditis
Pulmonary Embolism
Pulmonary Valve Disease
Tricuspid Valve Disease
Valve Repair Replacement
Valvular Heart Disease
About
Dr Tham Yi Chuan is a Consultant from Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the National Heart Centre Singapore. His subspecialty is pediatric and adult congenital heart surgery, and adult cardiac surgery.
Education and Training
- FRCS Ed (CTS), UK, Royal College of Surgeon Edinburgh, 2021
- MRCS (Ed), UK, Royal College of Surgeon Edinburgh, 2014
- Degree of Medicine, Malaysia, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 2011
Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships
- Consultant, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, November 2023 - Present
- Associate Consultant, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 3 January 2022 - October 2023
- Clinical Instructor, Duke-NUS Medical School, 1 July 2022 - Present
- Adjunct Research Fellow, Duke-NUS Medical School
- Fellowship of Royal College of Surgeon (Edinburgh), FRCS Ed (CTs), 2022
Research Interests
- Cardiac anatomy and embryology
- Reptilian cardiovascular physiology and anatomy
- Congenital heart diseases
- Acquired heart diseases
Publications
- Tham YC, Rosly N et al. Problem-based Learning: With or Without Facilitator. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, Vol 18, 2011, 394-399
- Tham YC, Sin YK. Missed Diagnosis of Behcet Disease Causing Aortic Regurgitation. Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals 2016 Feb; 24(2): 167-8
- Chua KC, Yap KH, Tham YC, Cumaraswamy S, Tan TE. HeartWare Implantation with Outflow Graft. Anastomosis to Descending Aorta via Left Thoracotomy. JSM Cardiothoracic Surgery 2017; 2(2):1009;
- Tham YC, Tan ZH, Chen JH, Chia SY, Chua KC, Sin YK, Shah S. Factors Determining Fast-Track Failure Post Cardiac Surgery. Annals of Heart 2018, 3(1):55-59
- Tham YC, Yap KH, Ch’ng JK. Large Thrombosed Right Coronary Artery Aneurysm Mimicking Right Atrial Mass. Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging 2019, Jan;27(1):66-67
- Yap KH, Tham YC, Tay KH, Tze Tec C, Irani FG, Kian CJ, Chao VTT. Homemade Candy-Plug Technique with Cook Zenith Alpha Thoracic Stent for False Lumen Distal Occlusion in a Complicated Chronic Type B Aortic Dissection With Rapid Growth. Journal of Endovascular Therapy, 2019 Oct; 26(5):731-735
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