Dr. Chan Siew Luen

Dr. SL Chan is a leading Singapore Dental Surgeon specializing in Oral Maxillofacial Surgery. He graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) in 1989. He obtained his training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery under Professor H. Tideman in the University in Hong Kong, where he graduated with a Master of Dental Surgery in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Subsequently, he was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons as well a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. Dr Chan has held major leadership position in Singapore Dentistry, including being President of the Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (Singapore), Chairman of the Singapore Regional Committee of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons and President of the College of Dental Surgeons of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. Since 2006, he has been appointed as a member of the Singapore Dental Council where he chairs the Credentials Committee as well as the Aesthetic Facial Procedures Oversight Committee. Dr Chan’s practices a broad scope of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, with a special interest in reconstructive jaw surgery for dental implantology as well as corrective jaw surgery for dento-facial disharmonies. He teaches and lectures internationally and is devoted to the advancement of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. In addition to his private practice, Dr Chan teaches part time in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, National University of Singapore.

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTED OFFICES

Singapore Dental Council

• Member, Singapore Dental Council (2006-present)
• Chairman, Credentials Committee, Singapore Dental Council (2009- present)

• Member, Dental Specialist Accreditation Board, Ministry of Health (2007-present)
• Chairman, MOH-AMS Clinical Practice Guideline Workgroup on Dental Implants in Management of Edentulism (2009-present)
• Chairman, Oversight Committee for Aesthetic Facial Procedures for Dental Practitioners, Ministry of Health (2009)
• Member, Advisory Committee on Medisave-Approved Dental Procedures,Ministry of Health (2006-present)

• Examiner, Graduate Diploma in Dental Implantology, National University of Singapore (since 2008)

• President-Elect, College of Dental Surgeons, Singapore (2010-present)
• Vice-President , College of Dental Surgeons, Singapore (2009- 2010)
• Chairman, Table of Surgical Procedures Review Committee (Dentistry), Academy of Medicine, Singapore (2007-present)
• Member, Working Committee for the Accreditation of Advanced Specialist Training Centre in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Academy of Medicine, Singapore (2006)
• Chairman, Chapter of Dental Surgeons, Academy of Medicine, Singapore (2005-2007)
• Member, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Specialty Board,Academy of Medicine, Singapore (2004-2008)
• Committee Member, Chapter of Dental Surgeons, Academy of Medicine, Singapore (2004-2005)

• President, Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (Singapore) (2001-2003)
• Honorary Secretary, Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Singapore) (1997-2001)
• Exec1utive Committee Member, 2003-2004, and 2006-2007

• Chairman, Nursing and Allied Health Committee, Medical Advisory Board, Mount Elizabeth Hospital (2009-present)
• Member, Medical Advisory Board, Mount Elizabeth Hospital (2009-present)

• Chairman, Provisional Regional Committee (Singapore) (1999-2003)

• B.D.S., National University of Singapore, (1989)
• M.D.S. Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery The University of Hong Kong (1994)
• F.R.A.C.D.S. Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons (1996)
• F.A.M.S. (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery) Academy of Medicine, Singapore (2004)