Staff Profiles
Professor Cheng Tan
Associate Prof (Clinical) & Intensivist
Associate Professor (Clinical) & Intensivist, NUMed Malaysia
MBBS University Malaya (UM) 1982
Master of Anaesthesiology (UM) 1991
Post master subspecialty training in intensive care at Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham, UK 1996-1997
Fellow of the College of Anaesthesiologists, Academy of Medicine (FAMM)
Chairperson, Intensive Care Speciality Subcommittee, National Specialist Register 2008 till present
President, Malaysian Society of Intensive Care, 2009 till present
Board of Directors, Asian Ventilation Forum, 2010 till present
Previous positions:
Head, Intensive Care Unit, Sultanah Aminah Hospital, Johor Bahru, 1997- 2017
Examiner for the Exit Exam for Intensive Care Subspecialty Fellowship Programme, Ministry of
Health, 2014 - 2016
Member of the Committee of Malaysian Registry of Intensive Care ( previously known as National
Audit on Adult Intensive Care), Ministry of Health Malaysia, 2001 – 2016
Chairperson of the Committee on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for state of Johor, 1991 - 2016
Coordinator of Post-basic Intensive Care Nursing Course, Sultanah Aminah Hospital, 2002 - 2016
Member of the National Committee on Resuscitation Training and Chairperson of the Advanced
Life Support Subcommittee, 2009 – 2012
College of Anaesthesiologists, Academy of Medicine, Deputy President, 2010 – 2013
College of Anaesthesiologists, Academy of Medicine, Council member, 2015 – 2016
College of Anaesthesiologists, Academy of Medicine, Treasurer, 2016 - 2017
Asia Pacific Association of Critical Care Medicine, Council Member, 2008 – present
Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists,Board of Directors for Scientific and Trust Fund, 2010 –
2012
Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists, Intensive Care Section, Chairperson, 2008 – 2009
Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists, Intensive Care Section, Committee member, 2004 -2007
Instructor cum organiser for Intensive Care Nephrology Course, 2012 – present
Instructor cum organiser for Advanced Life Support, 2001- present
Facilitator cum lecturer for Evidence Based Practice Course, 2007 -present
Instructor cum organiser for Basic Life Support, 1991- 2011
Instructor for Paediatric Advanced Life Support, 1998 - 2008
Instructor for Basic Assessment and Support in Intensive Care Course, 2005 - 2011
Facilitator for Basic Biostatistics & SPSS Workshop, 2009 - 2011
Facilitator for Asia Pacific Evidence Based Medicine Workshop cum Conference, 2009 – 2013
Publication in Journals
1. JW Freeman, AK Katsilerou, CC Tan, A Karnik and J Balchin. Translaryngeal tracheortomy (TLT): UK clinical experience. Published abstract in Crit Care Med 1997, 1 (Supp 1): S44
2. C C Tan, H S Lee, S Balan. Percutaneous dilational tracheostomy – a 3 year experience in a general hospital in Malaysia. Med J Malaysia Vol 59 No 5 December 2004
3. C C Tan, Y Zanariah, K I Lim, S Balan. Central Venous Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infections: Incidence and an Analysis of Risk Factors. Med J Malaysia Vol 62 No 5 December 2007
4. J Phua, Y Koh, B Du, YQ Tang, JV Divatia, CC Tan, CD Gomersall, MO Faruq, BR Shrestha, NG Binh, YM Arabi, N Salahuddin, B Wahyuprajitno, ML Tu, AYHA Wahab, AA Hameed, M Nishimura, M Procyshyn, YH Chan, for the MOSAICS Study Group. Management of severe sepsis in patients admitted to Asian intensive care units: prospective cohort study. Published online BMJ 25 March 2011
5. Y Shehabi, L Chan, S Kadiman, A Alias, WN Ismail, ITMA Tan, TM Khoo, S Ali, MA Saman, A Shaltut, CC Tan, CY Yong, M Bailey for the Sedation Practice in Intensive Care Evaluation (SPICE) Study Group investigators.Sedation depth and long-term mortality in mechanically ventilated critically ill adults: a prospective longitudinal multicentre cohort Study. Published online Intensive Care Medicine 24 January 2013
6. J Phua, GM Joynt, M Nishimura, Y Deng, SN Myatra, YH Chan, NG Binh, CC Tan, MO Faruq, YM Arabi, B Wahjuprojitno, SF Liu, SMR Hashemian, W Kashif, D Staworn, JL Palo, Y Koh for the ACME Study Investigators and the Asian Critical Care Clinical Trials Group. Withholding and Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatments in Intensive Care Units in Asia. Published online JAMA Intern Med. Jan 12, 2015.
7. A Rhodes, G Phillips, R Beale, M Cecconi, JD Chiche, DD Backer, J Divatia, B Du, L Evans, R Ferrer, M Girardis, D Koulenti, F Machado, SQ Simpson, CC Tan, X Wittebole, M Levy. The Surviving Sepsis Campaign bundles and outcome: results from the International Multicentre Prevalence Study on Sepsis (the IMPreSS study). Intensive Care Med (2015) 41:1620–1628
Publication of Reports
1. The National Audit on Adult Intensive Care Units, Ministry of Health Malaysia ---------- Preliminary report of 1st January 2002 to 30th June 2002 published in November 2002
2. The National Audit on Adult Intensive Care Units, Ministry of Health Malaysia ----------Report of a 12-month audit from 1st July 2002 to 30th June 2003 published in November 2003
3. The National Audit on Adult Intensive Care Units, Ministry of Health Malaysia --------- Report of a 12-month audit from 1st July 2003 to 30th June 2004 published in November 2004
4. The National Audit on Adult Intensive Care Units, Ministry of Health Malaysia ---------- Report of a 12-month audit from 1st July 2004 to 30th June 2005 published in November 2005
5. Health Technology Assessment Report on “CT scan for head injury with GCS less than 5” ---------- published in July 2006
6. The National Audit on Adult Intensive Care Units, Ministry of Health Malaysia ---------- Report of a 12-month audit from 1st July 2005 to 30th June 2006 published in November 2006
7. The National Audit on Adult Intensive Care Units, Ministry of Health Malaysia ---------- Report of a 12-month audit from 1st January to 31st December 2007 published in April 2008
8. 6th Report of Malaysian Registry of Intensive Care 2008
9. 7th Report of Malaysian Registry of Intensive Care 2009
10. 8th Report of Malaysian Registry of Intensive Care 2010
11. 9th Report of Malaysian Registry of Intensive Care 2011
12. 10th Report of Malaysian Registry of Intensive Care 2012
13. 11th Report of Malaysian Registry of Intensive Care 2013
14. 12th Report of Malaysian Registry of Intensive Care 2014
15. 13th Report of Malaysian Registry of Intensive Care 2015
Publication of Protocols and Manual
1. Basic Life Support Training Manual ------- published as a booklet in June 2005
2. ICU Management Protocols 1-10 ----- published under the Ministry of Health in August 2006
3. Ventilator Care Bundle Manual ----- published under Ministry of Health in November 2006
4. Basic Life Support Training Manual – 2nd Edition ------- published as a booklet in March 2007
5. Central Venous Catheter Care Bundle Manual ----- published under Ministry of Health in July 2008
6. Basic Life Support Training Manual – 3rd Edition ----- published as a booklet in May 2011
7. Advanced Life Support Training Manual ----- published as a booklet under Ministry of Health in April 2012
8. Management Protocols in ICU 1-13 ----- published under Malaysian Society of Intensive Care in collaboration
with Ministry of Health in August 2012