We are Zenith Anaesthesia

Zenith Anaesthesia was incorporated on 1 February 2019. Its medical director is Dr Tan Leng Zoo.

Dr Tan is an anaesthetist in private practice and a visiting consultant at the Department of Anaesthesia in Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH), where he was previously a senior consultant.

He has a special interest in airway management and completed a one-year airway fellowship in 2013 at Toronto General Hospital with Professor Richard Cooper. He was the pioneer director of the KTPH Airway Fellowship Programme, which took in its inaugural fellow in August 2015.

He is an adjunct assistant professor at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, clinical teacher and core tutor at Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and the former airway module supervisor for the National Healthcare Group residency programme.

He is the Singapore Society of Anaesthesiologists Airway Special Interest Group immediate past lead.

Our head doctor

Dr Tan is an anaesthetist in private practice and a visiting consultant at the Department of Anaesthesia in Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH), where he was previously a senior consultant.

Dr. Tan Leng Zoo

Senior Consultant Anaesthetist

Academic qualifications

2003

MBBS (Singapore)

2008

MMed (Anaesthesiology)

2013

Airway Anesthesia Fellowship

2018

FAMS (Anaesthesiology)

Professional Certification

2004

Certificate of Medical Registration (SMC)

2010

Certificate of Specialist Accreditation (MOH)

Certificate of Specialist Registration (SMC)

2018

BCLS

ACLS

ATLS

Professional memberships

2004

Certificate of Medical Registration (SMC)

2010

Certificate of Specialist Accreditation (MOH)

Certificate of Specialist Registration (SMC)

2018

BCLS

ACLS

ATLS

Academic appointments

2016

Clinical Teacher & Core Tutor, LKC Medicine

2017

Adjunct Assistant Professor, NUS

Awards

2014

10 year Long Servie Award

AH NMRC PFG 2014: Realtime video recording of tracheal intubation and storage onto OTSys

AH NMRC PFG 2014: Prospective observational study on the use of the Kingvision videolaryngoscope in nasotracheal intubation for dental surgery

AH NMRC PFG 2014: Creation of Difficult Airway Cart in MOT and DSOT for the management of difficult airway

2016

Teaching Excellence Award (Postgraduate) for Academic Year 2015/2016

AHF 2016 Top Poster Abstract Award: Prospective observational study on the use of the Kingvision videolaryngoscope in nasotracheal intubation for dental surgery

AH EG 2016: A Comparative study of the efficacy of the McGrath X-blade vs the C-Mac Videolaryngoscope in patients with simulated difficult airways

2017

AH RPG 2017 Award: LEPAK

Posters

2016

Use of the LMA Protector for Shoulder Surgeries in Beach-Chair Position: A Case Series (EAC 2016) – Use of the LMA Protector for Thyroidectomies: A Case Series (EAC 2016)

Use of the LMA Protector for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomies: A Case Series (EAC 2016)

The SMART SACK (EAC 2016)

THRIVE-ing with Optiflow during ELMS (DAS 2016)

Use of HFHNO via Optiflow in Morbidly Obese, Severe OSA Patients Post-Laparoscopic Surgery (DAS 2016)

Prospective Observational Study on the Use of the King Vision Video Laryngoscope for Nasotracheal Intubation in Patients undergoing Elective Dental Surgery (SAM 2016)

The Difficult Airway Rrescue Trolley (SAM 2016)

2018

Perilaryngeal supraglottic airway: A Safe Airway During Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy and endoscopic procedures? (DAS 2018)

Submental Endotracheal Intubation: A Useful Technique In Maxillofacial Surgery (DAS 2018)

Publications

2017

Tan LZ, Tan DJ, Seet E. Laryngeal mask airway protector: Advanced uses for laparoscopic cholecystectomies. Indian J Anaesth. 2017 Aug;61(8):673-675.

Tan LZ, Tan DJA, Seet E. Use of the Laryngeal Mask Airway Protector for shoulder surgeries in beach-chair position. J Clin Anesth. 2017 June;39:110-111.

Tan DJ, Tan LZ, Seet E. Low-skill flexible bronchoscopic intubation- Overcoming common pitfalls. J Clin Anesth. 2017 May;38:83-84.

2018

Tan LZ, An Tan DJ, Seet E. Laryngeal Mask Airway Protector for intubation and extubation. Indian J Anaesth. 2018 Jul;62(7):545-548

Lectures

2017

Sharing the Airway in Laryngeal Surgery (AMS ENT-Anaesthesia 2017)

Just in case: Awake Intubation (SSA GSM 2017)

Airway- Decision Making & Equipment (Anaesthesia resident teaching)

Airway Management (ENT department teaching)

THRIVE (Anaesthesia Department teaching)

Improving Preoxygenation: Novel Methods (Combined Anaesthetic teaching)

LMA Protector: Our Initial Experience (Anaesthesia Department teaching)

2018

Cricothyroidotomy (Anaesthesia Department teaching)

Essentials of Supraglottic Airways (SARC 2018)

Pearls & Pitfalls of Airway Management in Trauma (STACC 2018)

Difficulties in preparing the super-obese patients for surgery & how we overcome them- Anaesthesia (KTPH CPC talk)

2019

Airway Bag: Choice of video laryngoscope (Anaesthesia Department teaching)

2019 Final Mmed Exam Prep Course: Airway (Anaesthesia resident teaching)

Shared Airway: Anaesthetic Perspective (ENT resident teaching)

Workshops

2017

DAAC 2017 (Director & Faculty- supraglottic airway devices, advanced airway techniques & cricothyroidectomy stations)

2018

NAPS 2018 (Co-Director & Faculty- Videolaryngoscopy, combined techniques & Melker exchange cricothyroidectomy stations)

2019

Paediatric Airway Ventilation Workshop (Faculty- Airway Ultrasonography station)

Conferences

2015

WAMM 2015

2016

3rd European Airway Congress

2017

SSA 20th GSM

2018

SARC 2018

Euroanaesthesia 2018

STACC 2018