Dr Tay Jia Sheng is a general surgeon at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital and Farrer Park Hospital, Singapore. His subspecialty is in minimally invasive vascular, endovascular and endovenous surgery. He has been practising surgery for more than 20 years.

Dr Tay treats varicose veins, spider veins, venous ulcers and chronic venous insufficiency; deep vein thrombosis, May-Thurner syndrome and pelvic vein congestion syndrome; diabetic foot ulcers for diabetic limb salvage; and aortic aneurysms and Type B aortic dissections requiring Endovascular Aortic Repair or Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair. He also treats peripheral arterial disease and acute limb ischaemia requiring balloon angioplasty, advanced thrombolysis, atherectomy and/or minor amputations; dialysis access, including arteriovenous fistula/graft (AVF/AVG) and advanced laparoscopic/open peritoneal dialysis catheter insertion; excision of lumps and bumps; hernia repair; and gastroscopy and colonoscopy.

Dr Tay has mastered various endovascular aortic aneurysm repair techniques including rupture endovascular aortic aneurysm repair, endosuture aneurysm repair, and chimney and parallel graft techniques, among others. He is one of few vascular surgeons in Singapore who can perform minimally invasive saphenous vein graft harvest for arterial bypass.

He is also proficient in peripheral atherectomy and intravascular ultrasound guidance for sub-millimetre accurate balloon angioplasty. He utilises a diverse range of peripheral atherectomy devices such as orbital, rotational, laser and directional atherectomy, along with distal embolic protection devices. He is also experienced with advanced catheter thrombolysis/thrombectomy devices, including rheolytic thrombolysis/thrombectomy, rotational, mechanical and aspiration thrombectomy for arteries, veins and arteriovenous fistulae/grafts.

Dr Tay was a founding surgeon of the vascular and endovascular service at Sengkang General Hospital (SKH). He was a clinical assistant professor at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Duke-NUS Medical School. He was also a clinical teacher at Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, part of the physician faculty of SingHealth residency programmes, and clinical assistant professor at SingHealth Duke-NUS academic clinical programmes.

Qualifications

• M.B.,B.S. from National University Of Singapore, 2004
• BSc ICT from Singapore University of Social Sciences, 2012
• MRCSEd from Royal College Of Surgeons Of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2009
• MMed (Surgery) from Yong Loo Lin School Of Medicine, National University Of Singapore, Singapore, 2015
• FRCS (General Surgery) from Royal College Of Surgeons Of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2017

Awards & Honours

• Best Medical Poster Presentation, 3rd Prize, Eastern Health Alliance Scientific Meeting, Singapore, 2012
• Silver Award, Eastern Health Alliance Caring Awards, Singapore, 2014
• Best Educator Award – Medical, Young Educator Award, Eastern Health Alliance, Singapore, 2016
• Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 2020
• Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 2021
• 2021 SKH Crystal Owl Awards, Certificate of Nomination, Sengkang General Hospital
• Silver You Sparkle! Awards, Sengkang General Hospital, 2022-2023
• Special Recognition Award, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, 2022-2023
• Silver Award, Singapore Health Quality Service Awards, SingHealth, 2024