Dr Gan Eng Cern

Practice Location

• A Specialist Clinic For Sinus, Snoring & ENT
  Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre

Accredited Hospitals:

• Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital Singapore

Educational Qualifications

• MBBS – University of New South Wales, Australia
• M Med (Otorhinolaryngology) – National University of Singapore
• MRCS (Edin) – Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, UK
• FAMS – Academy of Medicine, Singapore

Languages

Malay, Chinese, English

Dr Gan Eng Cern is a fellowship trained Consultant Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Surgeon. He graduated from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. After completing his medical internship in Sydney, Dr Gan moved to Singapore, where he underwent and completed his surgical training in the field of Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery (ENT). He attained his ENT specialist accreditation from the Ministry of Health of Singapore and the Singapore Medical Council in 2012. He was awarded the Health Manpower Development Award (HMDP) by Ministry of Health Singapore in 2012 and underwent subspecialty training at the world renowned St Paul’s Sinus Centre at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Dr Gan practices evidence-based medicine and has widely published in peer-reviewed top ENT journals. In 2014, his work in patient positioning during sinus surgery to minimize bleeding and improve surgical safety won him the prestigious 19th Yahya Cohen Memorial Lectureship for best surgical paper in Singapore. He has received hospital grants for research and presented his work at American and European ENT Meetings. Dr Gan was also in the review committee for Eastern Health Alliance (EHA) Scientific Meeting Competition for best scientific paper in 2015 and 2016.

Dr Gan has taught medical students from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore as well as ENT Residents in Singapore. He was an examiner for the National University of Singapore Medical Student ENT exam. He has been invited speaker and surgical cadaveric dissection demonstrator at local and international ENT courses.