Clin Asst Prof Tay San San

About

Dr Tay is the current Head and Senior Consultant with the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine in Changi General Hospital. A graduate of the National University of Singapore, she received her training in Rehabilitation Medicine at Singapore General Hospital and her fellowship in Neurorehabilitation and Cancer Rehabilitation with Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

She joined CGH in 2009 and has interests in neurorehabilitation, spasticity management, robotics in rehabilitation, cancer rehabilitation and cancer prehabilitation.

Education and Training

• Specialist Accreditation in Rehabilitation Medicine (Singapore)
• Fellowship in Neurorehabilitation and Cancer Rehabilitation (Baylor College of Medicine, USA)
• MRCP (UK) 2003
  
• MMED Internal Medicine (Singapore) 2003
• MBBS National University of Singapore 1998

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

• Chief, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Changi General Hospital, 2017 - Present
• Senior Consultant,  Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Changi General Hospital, 2017 - Present
• Clinical Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS
  
• Faculty, SingHealth Rehabilitation Medicine Senior Residency
• Board Member, Chapter of Rehabilitation Physicians
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• Member, Residency Advisory Committee, Rehabilitation Medicine

Awards

• Singapore Health Quality Service Awards 2022 – Star
• SingHealth Duke-NUS Med ACP QI Mentor of the Year Award, 2022
• Long Service Award 2019, 20 Years Of Service, Changi General Hospital and SingHealth Awards

Research Interests

• Cancer Prehabilitation and rehabilitation
• Return-to-work after stroke rehabilitation
• The use of robotics in stroke rehabilitation
  
• The use of robotics in other conditions eg Covid-19, pulmonary rehabilitation
  
• Models of care in rehabilitation
  
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• Frailty & its interventions
  

Research Trials

• Effects of Robot-mediated Impairment-Oriented and Task-Specific Training on Upper Limb Outcomes Post Stroke (RMT-Stroke Outcomes)

Publications

• San San Tay. Perspectives on the Direction of Cancer Prehabilitation in the Pandemic and Beyond. Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation. Vol 4, Issue 4, Dec 2022,100236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arrct.2022.100236
• San San Tay, Edmund JR Neo, Mark MJ Tan, Pei Ling Tan. Post-critical care Covid-19 patient Benefits from a Robotic Patient-Guided Suspension System for Pulmonary Rehabilitation. July 2020 Annals Academy of Medicine, Singapore
• San San Tay, Christine Alejandro Visperas, Ei Mon Zaw, Mark MJ Tan, Fathiah Samsudin, Xuan Han Koh. Functional outcomes of COVID-19 patients who underwent acute inpatient rehabilitation and the exploration of the benefits of adjunct robotic therapy and the effects of frailty. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare Volume 32, January-December 2023.DOI: 10.11
• San San Tay, Christine Alejandro Visperas, Mark MJ Tan, Tricia LT Chew, Xuan Han Koh. Factors Predicting Return to Work Following Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation: A Retrospective Follow-Up Study. Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arrct.2022.10025377/20101058221150078
• Kwok Kah Meng, San San Tay. Outcomes of a Multi-modal Hospital-associated Home-based Cancer Prehabilitation Program. Ann Rehabil Med, 2023 Feb;47(1):52-67. Doi:10.5535/arm.22126
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• San San Tay, Christine Alejandro Visperas, Abbas Bin Zainul Abideen, Mark Min Jian Tan, Ei Mon Zaw, Hsuan Lai, Edmund Jin Rui Neo. Effectiveness of Adjunct Robotic Therapy with a Patient-Guided Suspension System for Stroke Rehabilitation Using a 7-days-a-week model of care: A Comparison with Conventional Rehabilitation. Arch Rehabil Res Clin Transl 2021;00:100144. DOI: 10.1016/jarrct.2021.100144
• Edmund Jin Rui Neo, Ni Thu Shan, San San Tay. Hydrodissection for carpal tunnel syndrome: A systemic review. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. July 13, 2021 Doi:10.1097/PHM.0000000000001846
• Tay San San, Kwok Kah Meng. Setting Up a Cancer Prehabilitation Framework In Singapore J Cancer Rehabil 2021; 4:1-6. DOI: 10.48252/JCR5
• Tay SS, Ng YS, Lim PAC. Functional Outcomes of Cancer Patients in an inpatient Rehabilitation Setting. Ann Acad Med Singapore 38(3):197-201, March 2009
• Chiong Y, Tay SS, Lim PA, Tan DM. The effects of toe spreader in people with overactive toe flexors post stroke: a randomized controlled pilot study. Clinical Rehabilitation Vol 27.(1), 2013
• Tay SS, R Yadav. Novel Use of Baclofen in Cancer Patients for the Treatment of Hiccups Ann Acad Med Singapore Feb 2010
• San San Tay, Christine Visperas, Ei Mon Zaw, Abbas Zainul Abideen, Imran Mohd Noor.Success Story of a case of arthrogyposis multiplex congenital with restrictive lung disease who underwent pulmonary rehabilitation using a robotic patient-guided suspension system. Jan 2020. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare
• Tay SS, Lim PAC Acquired heterotopic ossification following encephalitis and intractable seizures Ann Acad Med Singapore 37(9): 809-810, Sept 2008