Ask a Radiation Oncologist: Dr Johann Tang from Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital Singapore

I am Dr Johann Tang, Radiation Oncologist practicing at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital Singapore and Farrer Park Hospital Singapore. Ask Me Anything! I am the Senior Consultant & Medical Director of ME Novena Specialist Group Pte Ltd at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital and Assistant Professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Singapore. I obtained my medical degree from the University of Newcastle, Australia in 1998 and completed my house officer training at the Hunter Area Health Service before returning to Singapore to complete my National Service in the Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps. Thereafter, I did my specialty training in Radiation Oncology in Singapore at the National University Hospital(NUH). After obtaining my fellowship from the Royal Australian College of Radiologist (FRANZCR) in 2007, I underwent breast brachytherapy fellowship at University of Wisconsin as well as prostate brachytherapy, skin and paediatric fellowships at Peter Maccallum Cancer Institute, Australia. I was at NUH for 18 years and have a wealth of experience in treating a wide variety of cancers such as breast cancer, gynaecological cancer such as cervical, endometrial cancers, upper gastrointestinal cancers such as oesophageal, stomach, pancreatic cancers, lower gastrointestinal cancers such as rectal and anal cancers, head and neck cancers such as nasopharyngeal, oral and larynx cancers, prostate cancer, lung cancers, brain cancer, lymphomas, sarcomas and paediatric cancers. I was radiotherapy service head for gynae-oncology, breast, paediatric oncology and brachytherapy. My subspecialty and main research interests included breast, gynaecological, brain and paediatric tumours. As the Research Director at NUH Radiation Oncology Department, my accolades include developing and championing a strong research culture, authoring numerous publications and I was a committed referee for several international journals. I have won several research prizes and was awarded multiple research grants. As a clinician committed to offering the best and latest treatment to all patients, I spearheaded and developed breast brachytherapy (Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation APBI) as well as Interstitial Imaged Guided Cervical Brachytherapy services. These were the firsts of its kind, only available at NUH Singapore then. On top of being a caring and experienced clinician, I am passionately involved in nurturing and developing the next generation of aspiring oncologists. I am the co-chair of the Euro Asia Breast Brachytherapy School, teaching faculty member of the Australian Paediatric Radiation Oncology Group and is an invited external examiner at the Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons. I formely served on national committees as the Vice President of the Chapter of Radiation Oncologist and executive member of the Academy of Medicine Singapore and Singapore Society of Oncology. I am currently Council Member of the Faculty of Radiation Oncology Council, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologist and the first Singaporean to be Associate Editor of the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology (JMIRO). Learn more about me here: https://patients.smarterhealth.sg/specialist-doctor/johann-tang/ I am excited to be here to share/discuss Cancer Care with everyone. I will be actively sharing questions. If you’ve got questions about radiation therapy for breast, gynaecological, brain and paediatric tumours, ask me anything! === Want to ask a question? Submit your question at the bottom of this page. Don’t forget to include your name and email address to get notified when the doctor answers your question.