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Dr Melissa Tan Wee Ping

  • Senior Consultant Dermatologist
  • MBBS(Singapore), MRCP(UK), FAMS(Dermatology)
  • Mohs, Dermatologic, Laser and Cosmetic Surgeon
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Biography

Dr Melissa Tan Wee Ping is a senior consultant dermatologist, Mohs surgeon, dermatologic and laser surgeon. She specialises in Mohs micrographic surgery, managing skin cancers, keloids and scars, providing aesthetic treatments and skin rejuvenation, and treating general skin, hair and nail diseases in adults and children.

Prior to setting up her own practice, Melissa was chief of the Dermatologic Surgery and Laser Unit, as well as the Skin Cancer Unit at National Skin Centre (NSC). She is a highly experienced Mohs surgeon and has been performing Mohs micrographic surgery since 2010. Melissa was the only full-time Mohs surgeon at NSC from 2011-2017. She developed the fledging Mohs unit into its current position as the recognised Mohs centre in Singapore and the region. In addition, Melissa is also highly skilled in dermatologic surgery and laser procedures for keloids, acne scars and other scars, birthmarks, moles, skin tumours and pigmentation.

After graduating from National University of Singapore (MBBS) in 2000, Melissa completed her dermatology training at NSC. With a passion in skin cancers, she went through an intensive dual fellowship in Mohs micrographic surgery and advanced dermatologic surgery, and cutaneous lymphoma in 2009 at the renowned Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London.

Melissa is a caring and meticulous doctor. She has received numerous accolades for excellent patient service. She is a perfectionist in patient care delivery and has been awarded the prestigious Clinical Practice Improvement Project Sustainability Award. In addition, she has a keen interest in research and had been principal investigator or co-investigator for numerous research grants. In her more than 20 years as a doctor, she has trained and mentored many trainees and dermatologists from Singapore and the region. She continues to speak at international and local conferences.

Melissa speaks English, Mandarin, Hokkien and Japanese. She is a certified TCM dietician and a proponent of active, healthy living.

  • NHG Teaching Award for Senior Clinicians 2018
  • Superstar Award for Service Excellence 2018
  • Star Award for Service Excellence 2017
  • Silver Award for Service Excellence 2016
  • Gold Award for Service Excellence 2014
  • Clinical Practice Improvement Project (CPIP) Sustainability Award 2012
  • Health Manpower Development Plan Award 2009
  • Academy of Medicine (Chapter of Dermatologist) Inaugural Top Advanced Specialist Trainee Award 2009
  • National Healthcare Group (NHG) Excellence for Teaching Award 2009
  • National Skin Centre- Inaugural Ego Fellowship Award 2008
  • National University of Singapore, Dean’s list 1998, 1999
  • Tan WP, Barlow RJ, Robson A, Kurwa HA, Mckenna J, Mallipeddi R. Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: 35 patients treated with Mohs micrographic surgery using paraffin sections. Br J Dermatol 2011; 164: 363-6.
  • L Low, Tan WP. A case of chronic perianal abscess. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2013; 38(1):105-7.
  • Wang EC, Kwah YC, Tan WP, Lee JS, Tan SH. Extramammary Paget disease: Immunohistochemistry is critical to distinguish potential mimickers. Dermatol Online J. 2012 15;18(9):4.
  • Koh HY, Ng SK, Tan WP. Rosacea fulminans. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2014; 80:272-4.
  • Liang WM, Theng TS, Lim KS, Tan WP. Rapid development of squamous cell carcinoma after photodynamic therapy. Dermatol Surg 2014; 40:586-8.
  • Gan EY, Chio MT, Tan WP. A retrospective review of cutaneous metastases at the National Skin Centre Singapore. Australas J Dermatol. 2015; 56(1):1-6.
  • Cheng HM, Thng ST, Tan WP, Chuah SY.Handheld reflectance confocal microscopy: A useful tool to aid diagnosis of acral pigmented lesions. J Dermatol. 2016;43(8):980-1.
  • Tan WP, B Yeo, Chia HY, S Cheng, Heng YK, J Lee. Vitiligo and tumoral melanosis: signs of metastasis in a patient with melanoma. Clin Exp Dermatol 2016;41(8):924-926.
  • Chuah SY, Tee SI, Tan WP, Lee SS, Ng SK, Chua SH, Thng TG. Reflectance confocal microscopy is a useful non-invasive tool in the in vivo diagnosis of pigmented basal cell carcinoma in Asians. Australas J Dermatol 2017 May;58(2):130-134
  • Chuah SY, Attia AB, Long V, Ho CJ, Malempati P, Fu CY, Ford SJ, Lee JS, Tan WP, Razansky D, Olivo M, Thng S. Structural and functional 3D mapping of skin tumours with non-invasive multispectral optoacoustic tomography. Skin Res Technol. 2017;23:221-226.
  • Treatment of Facial Acne Scarring With Fractional Carbon Dioxide Laser in Asians, a Retrospective Analysis of Efficacy and Complications. Ochi H, Tan L, Tan WP, Goh CL. Dermatol Surg 2017;43(9):1137-1143.
  • Treatment of xanthelasma palpebrarum with a 1064-nm, Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. Heng JK, Chua SH, Goh CL, Cheng S, Tan V, Tan WP. J Am Acad Dermatol 2017;77(4):728-734.
  • Noninvasive real-time characterization of non-melanoma skin cancers with handheld optoacoustic probes. Attia ABE, Chuah SY, Razansky D, Ho CJH, Malempati P, Dinish US, Bi R, Fu CY, Ford SJ, Lee JS, Tan MWP, Olivo M, Thng STG. 2017;7:20-26.
  • Drug-free microneedles in the treatment of keloids: a single-blinded intraindividual controlled clinical trial. C Tan, CL Yeo, T Cao, V Tan, R Srivastava, AP Yow, WP Tan, WK Wong, C Xu, HL Tey. Br J Dermatol 2018; 179:1418-1419.
  • EBioMedicine 2019;39:44-58. Mapping of γ/δ T cells reveals Vδ2+ T cells resistance to senescence. Weili Xu, Gianni Monaco, Eleanor Huijin Wong, Wilson Lek Wen Tan, Hassen Kared, Yannick Simoni, Shu Wen Tan, Wilson Zhi Yong How, Crystal Tze Ying Tan, Bernett Teck Kwong Lee, Daniel Carbajo, Srinivasan K G, Ivy Chay Huang Low, Esther Wing Hei Mok, Shihui Foo, Josephine Lum, Hong Liang Tey, Wee Ping Tan, Michael Poidinger, Evan Newell, Tze Pin Ng, Roger Foo, Arne N Akbar, Tamas Fülöp, Anis Larbi
  • Epidemiology and prognostic factors for mycosis fungoides and Sézary syndrome in a multi-ethnic Asian cohort: a 12-year review. H L J Lim, E S T Tan, S I Tee, Z Y Ho, J J J Boey, W P Tan, M B Y Tang, L Shen, Y H Chan, S H Tan. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2019; 33:1513-1521.
  • Acitretin-altered squamous cell carcinoma: a pitfall in diagnosis. WL Koh, HH Oon, WP Tan. Dermatol Surg 2019; 45(2): 311-313.
  • Volumetric Multispectral Optoacoustic Tomography for 3-Dimensional Reconstruction of Skin Tumors: A Further Evaluation with Histopathologic Correlation.Chuah SY, Attia ABE, Ho CJH, Li X, Lee JS, Tan MWP, Yong AA, Tan AWM, Razansky D, Olivo M, Thng STG J Invest Dermatol. 2019;139:481-485
  • The quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus vaccine in recalcitrant non-genital warts: a retrospective study. LY Kuan, SH Chua, Yew YK, X Zhao, WP Tan. Ann Acad Med Singap 2020; 49: 749-55.
  • Mycosis fungoides associated with silicone injections. HM Cheng, SI Tee, WP Tan. Australas J Dermatol 2020 epub
  • Efficacy and Safety of a new cosmeceutical regimen based on the combination of snail secretion filtrate and snail egg extract to improve signs of skin aging. VZ Lim, AA Yong, WP Tan, X Zhao, M Vitale, CL Goh. J Clin Aesthet Dermatol 2020; 13: 31-36.
  • Melanoma in Singapore: A 20-year review of disease and treatment outcomes.Yeo PM, Lim ZV, Tan WDV, Zhao X, Chia HY, Tan SH, Teo MCC, Tan MWP. Ann Acad Med Singap 2021;50:456-466.