Forum on the Use of Evidence-Based Traditional Chinese Medicine in Western Medicine Practice

Dr Bryan Tan is currently a Consultant in Orthopaedic Surgery, Woodlands Health, NHG. He has experience practicing both locally and overseas having done several fellowships internationally. He has served as the Singapore Orthopaedic Trainee Committee (SOTC) President and has represented the Singapore Orthopaedic Association (SOA) as its Junior Ambassador. He is very active in the research scene and has completed his PhD post specialist training with a focus on health service research, implementation science and health economics in the area of knee osteoarthritis. He has more than 40 publications and has presented at multiple international conference. He currently holds several grants with total quantum exceeding S$9 million. He has been recognized for his research achievements through awards such as the Singapore Young Investigator Award, Health Services Research (Gold) in 2019, INEX-OSCAR by the College of Clinician-Scientist in 2022, Public Sector Transformation Exemplary Innovator Award in 2023 and the NHG Young Achiever Award in 2024. He is currently an Assistant Professor at LKCMedicine and Deputy Director at the Rehabilitation Research Institute of Singapore (RRIS) spearheading the Musculoskeletal Pillar. g Young Scholar by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine in recognition of her excellence in clinical practice and studies of Chinese medicine.

• Symposium 3: Evidence-Based Chinese Medicine in Other Disorders