About the Author

Dr. Edgar H. Tan finished his Bachelor of Science (major in Biology) degree in Silliman University where he graduated with honors (cum laude) in 1982. He earned his medical degree at Cebu Doctors' College of Medicine. He was a consistent honor student, received a Faculty Silver Medal Award and graduated with honors (cum laude) in 1986. He did his Post Graduate Internship at the Philippine General Hospital from 1986-1987. He passed his Philippine Medical Licensure Exam rank #15 in August of 1987. He decided to pursue further studies in the United States and did his Internal Medicine Residency Training at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in New York, a program affiliated with the New York Medical College in Westchester, New York from 1989-1992. He served as the Administrative Chief Medical Resident (ACMR) in the same program from 1992-1993 and received an award recognizing his excellent performance as ACMR by the graduating residents of that year. He subsequently pursued his Three-year Fellowship Training in Clinical and Invasive Cardiology at Metropolitan Hospital and Westchester County Medical Center Consortium, affiliated with New York Medical College Program from 1993-1996. He practiced in the State of South Carolina after his training in New York with privileges in Marlboro Park Hospital in Bennettsville SC and McLeod Regional Hospital in Florence SC from 1996-1997. He holds an active medical license in the State of Carolina since 1996 until present. He came home to start his own medical practice in Cebu in February of 1998 at Cebu Doctors' University Hospital. His US training, expertise and active medical licensure in the State of South Carolina remain handy not only to the locals but also to the American retirees knowing that the expertise of an American-trained and licensed physician is available right in the heart of Cebu City. Dr. Tan is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and American Board of Cardiovascular Disease. He is also trained and certified in the field of Nuclear Cardiology. He is Board Certified by the Philippine College of Physicians as well. As a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and American College of Cardiology, he regularly travels abroad for his continuing medical education in the field of cardiology. His practice includes General Internal Medicine, Clinical as well as Interventional Cardiology i.e. diagnostic coronary angiography, percutaneous coronary intervention (stenting/angioplasty), permanent pacemaker implantation (single chamber & dual chamber pacers) etc. etc. He is affiliated with Cebu Doctors' University Hospital /Cebu Cardiovascular Center where he was the former Section Head of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory & currently appointed as the Section Head of the Department of Cardiology. Dr. Tan received recognition and was awarded the Presidential Medal Award given at Cebu Doctors' University Hospital on Sept. 2, 2020 for his contribution using a radical approach in the treatment of a critically ill Covid-19 infected patient with the combined use of Therapeutic Plasma Exchange and Convalescent Plasma Therapy which was first in the Philippines. His office is located at Cebu Doctors' University Hospital Medical Arts Building 1, Suite 303-A, Osmeña Blvd. Cebu City Philippines. His office hours are 9am-12pm Mon-Sat. Tel: 032-511-2857 Mobile/Viber: 0918-457-4762 . Calling for an appointment is a must. Walk-ins are no longer acceptable especially with the current covid pandemic.

Email: mailto://EdgarTan62@yahoo.com/ (Primary) or mailto://EdgarTanMD@gmail.com/ (Secondary)