Dr Tan is a specialist anaesthetist and pain management physician with over 35 years clinical experience. She completed her training in the UK prior to emigrating to Australia. She has spent most of her professional career working at Nepean Hospital, Sydney in both anaesthesia and pain management and was Director of the Nepean Pain Unit for 10 years. Her re-search interests focus on communication and pain. Her clinical interests include non pharmacological management of pain, hypnosis as an adjuvant therapy in pain management and improving access to care in regional communities. She regularly contributes to local and national meetings.
She is currently working as a VMO in Anaesthesia and Pain Management at South East Regional Hospital in Bega