Dr Ken-Soon Tan MMed FRACP MRCP(UK) MA MBBChir BA(Hons). Dr Tan is Assistant Director, Renal Medicine, Metro South Hospital and Health Service – Logan Hospital, and has extensive and relevant expertise both clinically and in CKD research. Dr Tan is a Senior Lecturer at UQ, Griffith University and the RACP. He is co-investigator with CKD.QLD both as a Principal Site Investigator for the Registry Study and an AusHSI grant project in renal supportive-palliative care. Dr Tan has a history of collegiate work with the CRE team, and supports the Surveillance, Biomarker and Practice Improvement research platforms, and translation of CRE outcomes.
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Position(s)
Director of nephrology, Logan hospital
Nephrologist, Metro South & Ipswich Nephrology & Transplant service
Senior Lecturer and PhD candidate, University of Queensland
Associate Professor, Griffith University
Qualifications
FRCP, FRACP, Specialty Cert Renal (UK), Specialty Cert Acute Medicine (UK), MPH, MMed, MA, MBBChir
Professional memberships and associations
- ANZS
- Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- Royal College of Physicians (London)
Current projects/grants
CKD CREDiTS study: The CKD CVS and Renal Endpoints in patients with Diabetes ad CKD Treated in Specialist renal clinics study.
| Featured projects | Duration |
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| The NHMRC CKD Biobank |
Journal Articles
Tan, Ken-Soon, Rogers, Robyn, Shephard, Deanna, Lewis, Amanda, George, Narelle and Johnson, David W. (2024). Sterility of antibiotic-admixed peritoneal dialysis solution over time. Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, 44 (6), 434-437. doi: 10.1177/08968608231213736
Shephard, Deanna, Tan, Ken-Soon and Lewis, Amanda (2023). Considerations for selecting patient-reported outcome measures for peritoneal dialysis patients: a review of the literature. Renal Society of Australasia Journal, 19 (2), 118-122. doi: 10.33235/rsaj.19.2.118-122
Diwan, Vishal, Hoy, Wendy E., Wang, Zaimin, Zhang, Jianzhen, Cameron, Anne, Venuthurupalli, Sree K., Fassett, Robert G., Chan, Samuel, Healy, Helen G., Tan, Ken-Soon, Baer, Richard, Mallett, Andrew J., Gray, Nicholas, Mantha, Murty, Cherian, Roy, Mutatiri, Clyson, Madhan, Krishan, Kan, George, Mitchell, Geoffrey, Hossain, Shahadat, Wu, Danielle, Han, Thin, Kark, Adrian, Titus, Thomas, Ranganathan, Dwarakanatan, Bonner, Ann, Govindarajulu, Sridevi and on behalf of the NHMRC CKD.CRE and the CKD.QLD Collaborative (2023). Hospitalizations among adults with CKD in public renal specialty practices: a retrospective study from Queensland, Australia. Kidney Medicine, 5 (9) 100700, 100700. doi: 10.1016/j.xkme.2023.100700
Tan, Ken-Soon, McDonald, Stephen and Hoy, Wendy (2023). The diagnostic performance of a clinical diagnosis of diabetic kidney disease. Life, 13 (7) 1492, 1-12. doi: 10.3390/life13071492
Firman, Paul, Tan, Ken-Soon, Clavarino, Alexandra, Taing, Meng-Wong, Dixon, Sally, Singh, Helender and Whitfield, Karen (2022). The Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Pharmacist-Managed Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) Service for Vancomycin—A Pilot Study. Pharmacy, 10 (6) 173, 1-12. doi: 10.3390/pharmacy10060173
Firman, Paul, Tan, Ken-Soon, Clavarino, Alexandra, Taing, Meng-Wong and Whitfield, Karen (2022). Pharmacist-managed therapeutic drug monitoring programs within australian hospital and health services—a national survey of current practice. Pharmacy, 10 (5) 135, 1-11. doi: 10.3390/pharmacy10050135
Hoy, Wendy E., Wang, Zaimin, Zhang, Jianzhen, Diwan, Vishal, Cameron, Anne, Venuthurupalli, Sree K., Fassett, Robert G., Chan, Samuel, Healy, Helen G., Tan, Ken‐Soon, Baer, Richard, Mallett, Andrew J., Gray, Nicholas, Mantha, Murty, Cherian, Roy, Mutatiri, Clyson, Madhan, Krishan, Kan, George, Mitchell, Geoffrey, Hossain, Shahadat, Wu, Danielle, Han, Thin, Kark, Adrian, Titus, Thomas, Ranganathan, Dwarakanatan, Bonner, Ann, Govindarajulu, Sridevi and the NHMRC CKD. CRE and the CKD.QLD Collaborative. (2022). Chronic kidney disease in public renal practices in Queensland, Australia, 2011‐2018. Nephrology, 27 (12), 934-944. doi: 10.1111/nep.14111
Ellis, Robert J., Cameron, Anne, Gobe, Glenda C., Diwan, Vishal, Healy, Helen G., Lee, Jeremy, Tan, Ken-Soon, Venuthurupalli, Sree, Zhang, Jianzhen, Hoy, Wendy E. and the NHMRC CKD.CRE, the CKD.QLD Collaborative (2022). Kidney failure, CKD progression and mortality after nephrectomy. International Urology and Nephrology, 54 (9), 2239-2245. doi: 10.1007/s11255-022-03114-7
Chandler, Shaun, Oliver, Kimberly, Tan, Ken-Soon and Palamuthusingam, Dharmenaan (2021). Should we biopsy?. Internal Medicine Journal, 51 (8), 1359-1360. doi: 10.1111/imj.15454
Firman, Paul, Whitfield, Karen, Tan, Ken‐Soon, Clavarino, Alexandra and Hay, Karen (2021). The impact of an electronic hospital system on therapeutic drug monitoring. Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 46 (6) jcpt.13497, 1613-1621. doi: 10.1111/jcpt.13497
Owens, Evan, Tan, Ken-Soon, Ellis, Robert, Del Vecchio, Sharon, Humphries, Tyrone, Lennan, Erica, Vesey, David, Healy, Helen, Hoy, Wendy and Gobe, Glenda (2020). Development of a biomarker panel to distinguish risk of progressive chronic kidney disease. Biomedicines, 8 (12) 606, 606-16. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8120606
Vardesh, Deepak L., Frazier, Jeremy Elton and Tan, Ken-Soon (2020). A spurious decline in kidney function: A reality check. Australian Journal of General Practice, 49 (10), 681-682. doi: 10.31128/ajgp-01-20-5204
Zhang, Jianzhen, Healy, Helen G., Venuthurupalli, Sree Krishna, Tan, Ken-Soon, Wang, Zaimin, Cameron, Anne and Hoy, Wendy E. (2019). Blood pressure management in hypertensive people with non-dialysis chronic kidney disease in Queensland, Australia. BMC Nephrology, 20 (1) 348, 348. doi: 10.1186/s12882-019-1532-6
Wang, Zaimin, Zhang, Jianzhen, Chan, Samuel, Cameron, Anne, Healy, Helen G., Venuthurupalli, Sree K., Tan, Ken-Soon and Hoy, Wendy E. (2019). BMI and its association with death and the initiation of renal replacement therapy (RRT) in a cohort of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). BMC Nephrology, 20 (1) 329, 329. doi: 10.1186/s12882-019-1513-9
Zhang, Jianzhen, Healy, Helen G., Baboolal, Keshwar, Wang, Zaimin, Venuthurupalli, Sree K., Tan, Ken-Soon, Cameron, Anne, Hoy, Wendy E., CKD.QLD Collaborative, Fassett, Robert, Han, Thin, Kan, George, Titus, Thomas, Madhan, Krishan, Mantha, Murty, Banny, Chris, Govindarajulu, Sridivi, Gray, Nicholas, Rolfe, Andrea, Ranganathan, Dwarakanathan, Mutatiri, Clyson, Hossain, Shahadat, Wu, Danielle and Cherian, Roy (2019). Frequency and consequences of acute kidney injury in patients with CKD: a registry study in Queensland Australia. Kidney Medicine, 1 (4), 180-190. doi: 10.1016/j.xkme.2019.06.005
Chan, Samuel, Cameron, Anne, Wang, Zaimin, Venuthurupalli, Sree K., Tan, Ken S., Healy, Helen G. and Hoy, Wendy E. (2018). Body mass index in an Australian population with chronic kidney disease. BMC Nephrology, 19 (1) 209, 209. doi: 10.1186/s12882-018-1006-2
Roberts, Matthew A., Darssan, Darsy, Badve, Sunil V., Carroll, Robert P., Fahim, Magid A., Haluska, Brian A., Hawley, Carmel M., Isbel, Nicole M., Marshall, Mark R., Pascoe, Elaine M., Pedagogos, Eugenie, Pilmore, Helen L., Snelling, Paul, Stanton, Tony, Tan, Ken-Soon, Tonkin, Andrew M., Vergara, Liza A. and Ierino, Francesco L. (2017). Carvedilol and cardiac biomarkers in dialysis patients: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Kidney and Blood Pressure Research, 42 (6), 1033-1044. doi: 10.1159/000485589
Shen, Kunyu, Cho, Yeoungjee, Pascoe, Elaine M., Hawley, Carmel M., Oliver, Veronica, Hughes, Kathryn M., Baer, Richard, Frazier, Jeremy, Jarvis, Elizabeth, Tan, Ken-Soon, Liu, Xusheng, Gobe, Glenda and Johnson, David W. (2017). The SIESTA Trial: a randomized study investigating the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of acupressure versus sham therapy for improving sleep quality in patients with end-stage kidney disease on hemodialysis. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2017 (1) 7570352, 7570352-10. doi: 10.1155/2017/7570352
Loganathan, Aravinthan, Tan, Ken-Soon, Moore, John and Oliver, Kimberley (2016). A case of acute phosphate nephropathy. Medical Journal of Australia, 204 (5), 183-183e1. doi: 10.5694/mja15.01084
Fahim, Magid A., Hayen, Andrew D., Horvath, Andrea R., Dimeski, Goce, Coburn, Amanda, Tan, Ken-Soon, Johnson, David W., Craig, Jonathan C., Campbell, Scott B. and Hawley, Carmel M. (2015). Biological variation of high sensitivity cardiac troponin-T in stable dialysis patients: Implications for clinical practice. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 54 (5), e149-e150. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2015-0998
Krishnasamy, Rathika, Hawley, Carmel M., Stanton, Tony, Pascoe, Elaine M., Campbell, Katrina L., Rossi, Megan, Petchey, William, Tan, Ken-Soon, Beetham, Kassia S., Coombes, Jeff S., Leano, Rodel, Haluska, Brian A. and Isbel, Nicole M. (2015). Left ventricular global longitudinal strain is associated with cardiovascular risk factors and arterial stiffness in chronic kidney disease. BMC Nephrology, 16 (106) 106, 1-9. doi: 10.1186/s12882-015-0098-1
Fahim, Magid A., Hayen, Andrew D., Horvath, Andrea R., Dimeski, Goce, Coburn, Amanda, Tan, Ken-Soon, Johnson, David W., Craig, Jonathan C., Campbell, Scott B. and Hawley, Carmel M. (2015). Biological variation of high sensitivity cardiac troponin-T in stable dialysis patients: implications for clinical practice. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 53 (5), 715-722. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2014-0838
Palamuthusingam, Dharmenaan and Tan, Ken-Soon (2014). The first case of paracoccus yeeii species infection in Australia causing peritonitis in an APD patient. Nephrology, 19 (2), 116-116. doi: 10.1111/nep.12167
Mudge, David W., Tan, Ken-Soon, Miles, Rhianna, Johnson, David W., Badve, Sunil V., Campbell, Scott B., Isbel, Nicole M., van Eps, Carolyn L. and Hawley, Carmel M. (2012). A randomized controlled trial of intravenous or oral iron for posttransplant anemia in kidney transplantation. Transplantation, 93 (8), 822-826. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318248375a
Mudge, David, Tan, Ken-Soon, Miles, Rhianna, Johnson, David W., Campbell, Scott, Hawley, Carmel M., Isbel, Nicole M., Van Eps, Carolyn and Nicol, David L. (2009). Intravenous versus oral iron supplementation for correction of post-transplant anaemia in renal transplant patients. BMC Nephrology, 10 (1) 14, 14.1-14.3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-10-14
Tan, Ken-Soon and Johnson, David W. (2008). Managing the cardiovascular complications of chronic kidney disease. Australian Prescriber, 31 (6), 154-158. doi: 10.18773/austprescr.2008.087
Peddicord, Douglas, Stonier, Peter, Wells, Frank, Di Giovanna, I., Thomas, Paul S., Tan, Ken-Soon, Yates, Deborah H. and Kalman, Chris (2002). Sponsorship, authorship, and accountability [1] (multiple letters). Lancet, 359 (9303), 350-352. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)07503-7
Thomas, Paul S, Tan, Ken-Soon and Yates, Deborah H (2002). Sponsorship, authorship, and accountability. Lancet, 359 (9303) doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)07506-2
Tan, K., Bruce, C., Birkhead, A. and Thomas, P. S. (2001). Nasal and exhaled nitric oxide in response to occupational latex exposure. Allergy, 56 (7), 627-32. doi: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2001.00975.x
Conference Papers
Tan, K.-S., Mcdonald, S. and Hoy, W. E. (2018). Characteristics, mortality and renal outcomes of Pacific Island & Maori patients with diabetes and CKD who receive specialist nephrology care. 54th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), Sydney, Australia, 8-12 September 2018. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia.
Tan, K.-S., Mcdonald, S. and Hoy, W. E. (2018). Characteristics, mortality and renal outcomes of ATSI patients with diabetes and CKD who receive specialist nephrology care. 54th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), Sydney, Australia, 8-12 September 2018. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia.
Moore, J., Baer, R., Jeremy, F., Elizabeth, J. and Tan, K. (2016). Crescentic monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance or pauci-immune vasculitis: a diagnostic dilemma. Asian Pacific Congress of Nephrology (APCN) and 52nd ANZSN ASM, Perth, WA, Australia, 17–21 September 2016. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell.
Thesis
Tan, Ken-Soon (2023). The CKD.QLD-Cardiovascular and Renal Endpoints in Diabetic patients with kidney disease Treated in kidney Specialist care (CKD-CREDiTS) study. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/263419a