Zachary Tan

Zachary Tan

New York, New York, United States
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About

Physician, scientist, and entrepreneur, building at Optain

Experience

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    Optain

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    Brisbane, Australia

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    Sydney, Australia

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    Brisbane, Australia

Education

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    Schwarzman Scholars

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    Schwarzman Scholars is a graduate program characterised as the Rhodes Scholarship of Asia, designed to prepare scholars to understand China's changing relationship with the world. Focus within finance, economics, and healthcare.

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    Thesis: 'Telemedicine and Artificial Intelligence in Retinopathy of Prematurity'. Developed 'ROP.AI', one of the world’s first AI algorithms for ROP, a leading cause of childhood blindness. Thesis accepted without emendation, publication awarded RANZCO John Parr Trophy for Best Ophthalmology Paper 2019. Algorithm subsequently funded for multicentre clinical trial, led by the Queensland Children's Hospital, ranked 9th globally.

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    Accelerated 6-year combined undergraduate & MD program. President, University of Queensland Medical Society. Director, Ashintosh Foundation. Surgeon-General Australia John White Medal for Services to Health. UQ MD Graduation Speaker, Hippocratic Oath. Top 3 RANZCO Gerard Crock Prize for Best Australasian Ophthalmology Paper 2014. UQ Emmanuel College Scholarship for Academic Excellence.

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    Medical Leadership Program, supported by UQ Faculty of Medicine scholarship. Healthcare-focused MBA courses in leadership, strategy, and innovation management.

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    Cambridge International Examination A-Levels, equivalent ATAR 99.80

Volunteer Experience

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    Mentor

    Cicada Innovations

    - Present 6 years

    Cicada MedLab is a mentor-driven accelerator for early-stage medtech companies, recognised previously as Global Incubator of the Year (InBIA)

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    City Chapter Board

    UQ Queensland Brain Institute

    - Present 8 years 9 months

    UQ alumni leaders to assist the institute’s strategic development and funding

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    President

    University of Queensland Medical Society

    - 1 year

    Public representative for Australia’s largest medical school, representing over 2000 physician-in-training peers

Publications

Honors & Awards

  • Forbes 30 Under 30

    Forbes

    Asia 2022, Healthcare & Science

  • 40 Under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australians

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    Asian-Australian Leadership Summit, a joint initiative of the University of Melbourne, PwC, Australian National University and Johnson Partners

  • John Parr Trophy for Best Paper

    The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists

    ROP.AI: Deep Learning Algorithm for the Automated Diagnosis of Retinopathy of Prematurity Plus Disease. RANZCO Annual Scientific Congress, held in 2019 with AAPOS and APSPOS

  • Don Walker Best Industry Innovation Award

    Health Informatics Society of Australia

    CancerAid ClinicianLink, integration of smartphone-based patient-reported outcomes and wearable activity data into the Epic EHR

  • Queensland Junior Doctor of the Year (Top 3 Finalist)

    Queensland Prevocational Medical Accreditation

  • Surgeon General (Australia) John White Medal for Services to Health

    Emeritus Professor John Pearn AO

    Awarded for contributions to medical community

  • John Parr Trophy for Best Paper (Top 3 Finalist)

    The Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists

    Visual impairment due to retinopathy of prematurity in New Zealand over 22 years

Languages

  • English

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  • Mandarin Chinese

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