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Credentials MBBS Singapore (1987), FRCS Edinburg (1991), FAMS (1998)
Language English, Mandarin Chinese, Bahasa Melayu, Bahasa Indonesia, Hokkien Dialect
Background

Dr Gan obtained his MBBS from National University of Singapore in 1987, Masters in Medicine (Surgery) in 1992 and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh since 1991 and a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Singapore since 1998. His main interest is in Prostate diseases including benign prostate enlargement, Prostate cancer and other genitourinary Cancers such as Bladder Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Testis Cancer as well as Kidney Stone and Men’s Health and Fertility. He was an honorary Fellow at St. Vincent’s and Western Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia where he studied the use of lasers in the treatment of prostate and urinary stones. He also completed his mini-residency in Robotic Radical Prostatectomy at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia and University of California, Irvine, USA. He was instructed on Male Fertility at the New York Hospital, USA. Upon returning to Singapore, he was with the public health service including serving in the National Kidney Transplant Program before entering private practice in 2001. Dr Gan is accredited with the Specialist Board, Ministry of Health, Singapore and the Singapore Medical Council since 1998. He is conversant in English, Chinese, Malay, Bahasa Indonesia, Hokkien.

Achievements
  • ASEAN Scholarship 1980 – 1981
  • Public Service Commission (PSC) Singapore, Local Merit Scholarship 1982 – 1987
  • Beecham Book Prize for Biochemistry, King Edward VII College of Medicine, National University Singapore 1983
  • Certificate of Commendation for Productions King Edward VII Hall, National University Singapore 1986
  • Honorary Fellowship in Urology 1997 St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia
  • Service Quality Award 1999 Service with a Heart Winner Singapore General Hospital
  • Best Free Paper Award 2000 Dato Dr Sreeneevasan Prize 10th Malaysian Urological Conference Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia December 2000
  • Best Free Paper Award 2000 34th Singapore-Malaysia Congress of Medicine Combined Hospitals Medical & Dental Scientific Meeting 5 August 2000
  • Best Poster Awards 1999 17th World Congress on Endourology Rhodes, Greece 2-5 September, 1999
  • Best Poster Award 1999 9th Malaysian Urological Conference Federation of ASEAN Urological Asociations (FAUA) 7th International Scientific Meeting 4 December, 1999
  • Best Poster Award 1996 7th Annual Scientific Meeting Singapore General Hospital 3 – 4 May 1996