Doctor’s Profile

Dr. Chan Xin Hui Diana

MBBS (Singapore), MMed (Anaes), FAMS (Anaes), MCI
Specialist, Pain Management & Anaesthesiology

A chronic shoulder injury since her university days led Dr Diana Chan to pursue pain management subspecialisation after obtaining her specialist accreditation in Anaesthesiology, allowing her to empathise more with her patients. She is well known in the pain medicine field for her strong clinical and pain interventional skills, pain research and education, and entered private practice to provide more dedicated care to her patients.

“ The best satisfaction is when a patient previously in pain comes into your consult room smiling and tells you they feel so much better. ”

Expert in

Pain Management

Anaesthesia

Professional Highlights

Professional Highlights

Professional Highlights

Professional Experience

Professional Experience

Professional Experience

News and Media

News and Media

News and Media

Publications

Publications

Publications

Expert in

Pain Management

Anaesthesia

Professional Highlights

  • Past Head of Department of Pain Medicine

  • Singapore General Hospital (2020-2024)

  • Founder and Past Head

  • SingHealth Duke-NUS Pain Centre (2024)

  • Past Director of Pain Services

  • Sengkang General Hospital

  • Honorary Secretary

  • Chapter of Pain Medicine Physicians, Academy of Medicine, Singapore

  • Past Treasurer

  • Pain Association of Singapore

  • Fellow

  • Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP), World Institute of Pain (WIP)

  • Academy of Medicine, Singapore (FAMS)

  • Past Pain Director

  • SingHealth Duke-NUS Spine Centre

  • Council member

  • College of Anaesthesiologists, Academy of Medicine, Singapore

  • Received SingHealth Awards

  • Service with a Heart

Professional Experience

Pain Management Specialist

Specialising in Minimally Invasive Interventional Pain Management

  • Extensive experience in minimally invasive pain procedures

  • Over 10 years of practicing pain medicine
  • Performed over 500 basic and advanced pain procedures using both ultrasound and fluoroscopy
  • Epidural steroid injections
  • Radiofrequency ablations of joints/ nerves/ spine
  • Disc ablation procedures
  • Regenerative procedures (Platelet rich plasma injections and prolotherapy)
  • Procedures treating neuropathic pain e.g. trigeminal neuralgia, postherpetic neuralgia, complex regional pain syndrome, persistent post spinal surgical pain, chronic pelvic pain.
  • Botox injections for migraines, pyriformis syndrome and other indicated conditions
  • Cancer pain interventions e.g. intrathecal catheters, sympathetic blocks/ neurolysis

  • Establishment of multidisciplinary and community pain outreach services in SingHealth (COMPASS)

  • Management of wide variety of adult male and female and paediatric pain syndromes

Fellowship & Certifications

  • European Diploma of Regional Anaesthesia (EDRA)

  • European Society of Regional Anaesthesia & Pain Therapy

  • Fellow in Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP)

  • World Institute of Pain

  • Fellowship in Pain Medicine and Regional Anaesthesia (2016-2017)

  • Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Western Australia with attachment to King Edward Hospital for Women and Perth Children’s Hospital

  • EFIC Certificate in Pain Medicine Knowledge

  • Graduate Diploma of Acupuncture (GDA)

Qualifications

  • Master of Medicine (Anaesthesiology)

  • National University of Singapore

  • MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery)

  • National University of Singapore

  • Masters of Clinical Investigation (MCI)

  • Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

  • Graduate Diploma of Acupuncture

News And Media

Dr Diana Chan has been interviewed on a variety of chronic pain topics on numerous media including Frontline Channel 8, Capital FM95.8, MoneyFM radio network, Straits Times, Lianhe Wanbao, Lianhe Zaobao, TodayOnline.

She also volunteers as a role model for the Women in Science network in their Inspiring Girls programme to several schools, advising on their career choices.

She was also recently featured on the Prestige Magazine as one of the Women of Power advocating for pain medicine.

Dr Chan has authored more than 30 peer-reviewed research articles on topics related to pain management and anaesthesia. She has been an invited speaker for both pain and anaesthesia topics at both local and regional medical conferences and training workshops.

  1. Interview with Frontline Channel 8 on Pain and TCM in 2017
  2. Interview with Todayonline Newspaper on Exercise and Pain – Tackling chronic pain through exercise is what the doctor ordered 2018
  3. Interview with Singapore Chinese Newspaper Lian He Wan Bao on Pain : SGH doctor on the management of chronic pain – 2018
  4. Interview with FM 95.8 Singapore Radio on Pain in the Elderly - 2018
  5. Straits times Article DocTalk on Facial pain – 2018
  6. SGH doctor on managing chronic pain to age well – Straits Times 9 Oct 2018
  7. Newspaper publication in Straits Times and Lian He Zaobao on Trigeminal neuralgia on 18 Feb 2019 and March 2019
  8. MoneyFM radio interview – Chronic low back pain and COVID-19
  9. MoneyFM 89.3 radio interview – 22 Feb 2021 Health Suites, Acupuncture for Pain Management
  10. Chronic pain isn't something you have to endure; consult a doctor when it impacts your daily activities, mood, or overall quality of life.
  11. Women in Science network: Inspiring Girls as a role model 3 Nov 2023 (CHIJ), 4 Nov 2024(RGS)
  12. Explore comprehensive pain management techniques and understand when it's crucial to get medical attention.
  13. Straits Times: SumikoAt60 Angry? Anxious? You’ll feel pain more intensely than if you are calm.

Publications

The Pain Clinic