Position/ Affiliation:
Senior consultant in the Department of Hepatology, Selayang Hospital (Malaysia).

Professional Organization (Academic Society Activities):

She is a member of the Asia Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL)-ACLF working party, the APASL-ACLF Research Consortium (AARC) and APASL. She is the Past President of the Malaysian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2017-2019 and currently a committee member of the society, member of the College of Physicians at the Academy of Medicine in Malaysia and a fellow of the Academy and a member of the Malaysian Transplant Society. She is the deputy chair and scientific co-chair (hepatology) of the Asian Pacific Digestive Week 2021.

Scientific Activity (Lecture or Editor):

She is a member of the editorial board of the journal Hepatology International. She is speaker at various national and international conferences.  She had authored more than fifty publications in peer review journals, Asia Pacific regional clinical practice guidelines, a few book chapters and a reviewer for several peer review journals.

Specialty/ Research Field:

Dr. Tan’s research interests include acute liver failure, acute-on-chronic liver failure, chronic hepatitis B and C, autoimmune liver disease, non alcoholic fatty liver disease and liver transplantation. She is the principal investigator of numerous viral hepatitis B and C and non alcoholic fatty liver disease clinical trials. She had won several grants for research and clinical trial funding.

Other Activities:
She is one of the founding members of the Hepatitis Support Group in Malaysia.