Dr. Tan Siew Kiang

Dr Tan Siew Kiang is a Ministry of Health accredited dermatologist with over a decade experience in the specialty. She practises in fields of general, aesthetic and laser dermatology, covering a wide range of skin conditions, including skin cancer screening and management, acne, eczema, psoriasis, skin infections, drug allergies, as well as aesthetic procedures and laser treatment for various benign skin conditions such as moles, dark spots and melasma.

She graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Malaya in 2006, following which she came to Singapore to pursue her medical career. After completing her basic specialist training in internal medicine, she went on to obtain subspecialty training in dermatology at the National Skin Centre, NHG. As part of her training, she worked with the leading team in photodynamic therapy, and had clinical attachment in phototherapy and photodynamic therapy at St John’s Institute of Dermatology, London, UK.

Before the private practice, she was a dermatologist at Changi General Hospital since 2014 and a clinical tutor for the National University of Singapore. Prior to joining The Dermatology Practice @ Mount Elizabeth Orchard, Dr Tan was a consultant dermatologist at Raffles Hospital from 2016 to 2024.

Skin cancer screening

Skin biopsies, excisions

Allergy tests

Lasers

Cosmetic procedures

● Tan SK, Tay YK. Localised dermatitic nodules but no itch. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2015 Feb; 44(2): 71-2.

● Toh DS, Tan LL, Aw DC, Pang SM, Lim SH, Thirumoorthy T, Lee HY, Tay YK, Tan SK, Vasudevan A, Lateef A, Chong YY, Chan YC, Loke C, Chan CL, Koay ES, Ren EC, Lee EJ, Sung C. Building Our National Drug Allergy Registry: Lessons Learnt from An Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting System. Int J Clin Pharm.2014 Oct 23.

● Tan SK, Tay YK. Verrucous cobblestone-like papules and nodules of the right lower limb. Cutis. 2014 Jul; 94(1): E7-9.

● Tan SK, Lo S, Tan WP. A case of incomplete Mohs micrographic surgery due to a squamous cell carcinoma with extensive perineural invasion. Dermatology Bulletin 2013 Sep; 24(1): 47-49.

● Tay YK, Tan SK. A study comparing the efficacy and risk of adverse events using two techniques of electrocautery for the treatment of seborrheic keratoses. Dermatol Surg 2013 May; 39(5): 741-8.

● Tan SK, Tay YK. Images in clinical medicine. Lymphangioma circumscriptum. N Engl J Med. 2012 May 3; 366 (18): 1724.

● Tay YK, Tan SK. Treatment of infantile hemangiomas with the 595-nm pulsed dye laser using different pulse widths in an Asian population. Lasers Surg Med. 2012 Feb; 44(2):93-6.

● Tan SK, Tay YK. Profile and Pattern of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis in a General Hospital in Singapore: Treatment Outcomes. Acta Derm Venereol. 2012 Jan; 92(1):62-6.

● Tan SK, Liu TT. Image in medicine. Erythematous plaques in a Filipino man. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2010 Jun: 39(6): 503-4.

● Tan SK, Liu TT. Subungual nodule of the right fourth finger. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2010 Feb; 39(2): 158.

● Tan SK, Liu TT. Cutaneous larva migrans complicated by Loffler syndrome. Arch Dermatol. 2010 Feb; 146(2): 210-2.

● Perrett CM, Tan SK, Cerio R, Goldsmith PC, McGrefor JM, Proby CM, Harwood CA. Treatment of basal cell carcinoma with topical methylaminolaevulinate photodynamic therapy in an organ-transplant recipient. Clin Exp Dermatol 2007 Nov; 32(6): 721-2.

Member of Malaysian Medical Association

Member of Dermatological Society of Singapore

Member of European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Member of American Academy of Dermatology

Member of Singapore Medical Association