Bradford A. Tan, MD – Chief of Staff, Medical Director of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the Stem Cell Laboratory
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In 2008, Dr. Bradford Tan was deemed as one of Chicago’s best doctors by Castle Connolly (Top Doctors: Chicago Metro Area). He has also been listed in the Guide to America’s Top Pathologists.
As the Medical Director of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) at Midwestern Regional Medical Center, Dr. Tan ensures that tests performed in the hospital’s laboratory are accurately run, and that the results are provided to our physicians and patients in the shortest amount of time possible.
Dr. Tan and other members of the surgical pathology staff, lend their clinical expertise to many CTCA patients’ care teams. Their input is critical to helping CTCA oncologists determine recommendations for the most appropriate and beneficial treatments for each patient.
In addition, Dr. Tan oversees the implementation of cutting-edge tests that help our oncologists to provide the most targeted medical treatments to each patient. One of the latest tools Dr. Tan and his team are using is the CellSearch™ test for circulating tumor cells (CTC) for metastatic breast, colon and prostate cancers. This new test captures, identifies and counts the number of circulating tumor cells in the patient’s blood.
He explains, “By using the CellSearch™ CTC test before a treatment is started, after the first cycle of treatment, and at each step of the way, our oncologists can monitor and determine the patient's prognosis at any point during the course of treatment.”
Dr. Tan says CellSearch™ is just one of example of how CTCA continues to bring breakthroughs in diagnostic testing to patients as soon as they are available.
Dr. Tan has a number of years of experience in the field of pathology. He earned a medical degree from the Cebu Institute of Medicine in the Philippines. Thereafter, he completed an anatomic and clinical pathology residency at the University of Illinois Metropolitan Group Hospitals.