Dr Swee Tan (Neurologist)
- Name
- Dr Swee Teng Tan
- Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery University of Melbourne Australia 1997
- FRACP Australia 2004
- Occupation
- Neurologist
- Gender
- Male
- Languages Spoken
- Cantonese
- Malay
- Mandarin
Dr Tan specialises in treating; headaches and migraine, stroke, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, tremor and movement disorders, cognitive impairment and dementia, multiple sclerosis, and spinal cord, nerve and muscle disorders.
He prides himself on his meticulous, detailed and logical approach to clinical assessment of patients. He does not stint on time with patients but strives to untangle complex symptoms in order to formulate the right diagnoses and treatment plan. His aim is to treat every single patient with respect and compassion, and to ensure thorough communication with patients and doctors.
Dr Tan graduated in medicine at The University of Melbourne with Honours in 1997. He obtained his Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in Neurology in 2004. He is a Member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists (ANZAN) and the Australian and New Zealand Headache Society. He was selected for an ANZAN Overseas Fellowship at the Royal Free Hospital, London, which he completed in 2004. He has also worked in hospitals in Singapore and Malaysia.
Dr Tan is able to speak fluent Mandarin, Cantonese and Malay and is comfortable consulting in these languages. He currently consults from Camberwell and Frankston.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Peninsula Private Hospital Victoria
- Affiliated Clinics
- Prime Neurology
- Affiliated Organisations
- The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)
- Medical Conditions
- Stroke
- Epilepsy
- Dementia
- Headache and facial pain
- Migraine
- Neck and back pain/injury
- Nerve and muscle conditions
- Gait and balance disorders
- Multiple sclerosis
- Neurophysiology
- Parkinson's disease
- Movement disorder
- Occipital neuralgia
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Transient ischemic attack
- Tension headache
- Cluster headache
- Medical Interventions
- Botulinum toxin treatment for migraine, dystonia, and other neurological conditions
- Electromyography
- Topics
- Headache disorders
- Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders
- Cognitive Neurology
Practice Locations
Melbourne
- Prime Neurology
- Weekday: -
- Address
- Suite 2 990 Toorak Road
Camberwell VIC 3124
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9889 9225
- Fax
- 03 9889 9223
