Dr. Tan Wei Chean

Resident Consultant

Specialty

Neurosurgery

Sub Specialty

Spinal Surgery
Pain Management

Languages Spoken

English, Malay, Chinese

Location

Gleneagles Hospital Kota Kinabalu

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Qualifications & Certifications

MD (Taiwan), Specialist of Neurosurgery (Taiwan), Specialist of Neurospine (Taiwan), Specialist of Pain Management (Taiwan), Specialist of Neurological Critical Care (Taiwan), Membership of CNS (USA), IFAANS (USA)

Conditions Treated

His neurosurgery services cater to the following groups of patients: - Cerebrovascular microsurgery (bypass, aneurysm, AVM surgery) l Spine Microsurgery (mini TLIF, MIDLF, OLIF) and Endoscopic Surgery (PELD, UBE) for Slipped Discs. l Spinal disc surgery (instrumentation, spinal fusion, arthroplasty). - Interventional pain management (transforaminal steroid injection, implantable pump, spinal cord stimulation implantation, Vertebroplasty). l Neuroendoscopic surgery (transphenoidal pituitary surgery, endoscopic third ventriculostomy, hemorrhagic stroke). l Neurotrauma surgery and critical care. l Skull base surgery for tumor or aneurysm. l Stereotactic Surgery and Stroke Microsurgery. - Bilateral Endoscopic Sympathectomy (Sweaty Palm, Sweaty Armpit, Sweaty Face, Facial Blushing). - Peripheral nerve surgery.

Doctor's Experience

Dr. Tan Wei Chean graduated from China Medical College, Taiwan in the year 2002 and obtained the Best Intern Award during his internship. After graduation, he completed the required training in Chung-Shan Medical University Hospital, Taiwan and was consecutively certified by the National Board (Taiwan) for Specialists of General Surgery (2006) and Neurosurgery (2008). Dr. Tan pursued further sub-specialty training and continued to qualify as specialist of Neurospine (Taiwan) in 2008, specialist of Surgical Critical Care (Taiwan) in 2010 and specialist in Pain Management (Taiwan) in 2011. After graduating, he worked as an attending physician at Chung-Shan Medical University Hospital, Taiwan until 2013. Then he joined Yumin Hospital (branch of Chang-Hwa Christian Hospital), Taiwan and was appointed as Chief of Neurosurgery Department. Dr. Tan returned to Malaysia under the REP program in 2017.

He has great interest in endoscopic spine surgery (PETD, PEID, UBE), minimal invasive spine surgery (TLIF, MIDLF, OLIF), interventional pain management and endoscopic neurosurgery. He also regularly attends conferences and training courses abroad about the newest advances in the field of vascular neurosurgery, endoscopic neurosurgery and spine surgery, intervention pain management and minimal invasive spine microsurgery.

Dr. Tan also contributes work in medical education. He was a clinical lecturer and PGY clinical teacher in Chung-Shan Medical University Hospital, Taiwan for several years. Dr. Tan has successfully developed several teaching programs for junior residents, interns, and nurse. He is registered as a Neurosurgeon with the National Specialist Register (NSR) of Malaysia. He is a Member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeon (CNS), USA and America Association of Neurological Surgery (AANS), USA. He is a current member of Taiwan Neurological Society (TNS).

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