Education

Graduate Qualification

•	1984 – MBBS; National University of Singapore

Graduate/Postgraduate Distinctions and Awards

•	1980 – Beecham Book Prize for Anatomy
•	1983 – Overseas exchange scholarship to the Royal Free Hospital & School of Medicine, London
•	1990 – Best Overall Candidate, Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists Membership Examination
•	1991 – Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Raffles, Scholarship UK
•	1992 – Overseas Graduate Scholarship, National University of Singapore

Post Graduate Degrees/Professional Qualifications
Year Degree Institution

•	1988 – Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine) National University of Singapore
•	1988 – Member of the Royal College of Physicians Royal College of Physicians (UK)
•	MRCP (UK)
•	1990 Member of the Australasian Association of Australian Association of Clinical
•	Clinical Biochemists (MAACB) Biochemists
•	1994 Member of the Royal College of Pathologists Royal College of Pathologists (UK) MRCPath in Chemical Pathology
•	1995 PhD in Clinical Biochemistry University of Surrey, UK
•	2003 Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists Royal College of Pathologists (UK)
•	FRCPath in Chemical Pathology
•	2004 Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Academy of Medicine, Singapore
•	Chapter of pathologists, FAMS

Professional / Clinical experience

Service to Organisations
International

•	National Representative to the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry (IFCC) (1998-2O12).
•	Executive Board Member (VP) of the Asian and Pacific Federation of Clinical Biochemistry (APFCB) (2007-2O12).
•	Member of Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Global Scientific Advisory Board (2007-2011).
•	Task Force Member of the International Association of Pediatric Laboratory Medicine (IAPLM) (2007-2012).
•	International Advisory Panel of the Cherry Blossom Laboratory Automation Conference (2008-2012).
•	Clinical Laboratory Inspector for the College of American Pathologists (CAP)
•	The American Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI). Member of Subcommittee on Accuracy in Patient ID (2007-2011).

National

•	President of the Singapore Association of Clinical Biochemists (SACB) (2000-2012).
•	Chairman, Panel of Advisors, Chemical Metrology Laboratory, External Quality Assessment Programme, Spring, Singapore (2011-2012).
•	NUS Representative in the Technical Committee for Proficiency Testing at the Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC-SINGLAS) (2008-2012).
•	Chair, Chemical Pathology Division, of the Medical Testing Technical Committee of the Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC) Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (1999-2012).
•	Member of Biotechnology Advisory Panel of the Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore (2003-2012).
•	Member MOH, Singapore Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee on Health Screening (2009-2011).
•	Co-Chair National Electronic Health Record (EHR), Diagnostics Taskforce (2008-2011).
•	National Anti-Doping Disciplinary Committee Member (2010-2012).
•	Member of the Pathology Specialist Training Committee (STC), Academy of Medicine, Singapore (2007-2012).

NUHS & NHG

•	Administrative Chief, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital (2002-2012).
•	Divisional Head, Clinical Chemistry, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital (2002-2012).
•	General Manager of the National University Hospital Referral Laboratories (2002-2012).
•	On-site Laboratory License Holder for NHG Polyclinics at Clementi, Yishun, Woodlands, Hougang (2002- 2012), and the Jurong Medical Centre (2006-2012).
•	National Healthcare Group (NHG), Singapore, Chairman of the Laboratory Utilization Committee. (2007-2012).

Principal Investigator

Are patients with chronic kidney disease more likely to have eye disease? Medical Faculty Research Committee (MFRC) Tier 1 Funding 2012. Grant quantum $178,376.92.

DNA Aptamer Diagnostics for Cancer and Disease. Grant awarded by A*STAR Exploit Technologies (ETPL) 2010. Grant quantum $998,000.

Co-investigator

Multiple-biomarker approach to glomerular filtration rate determination in healthy and chronic kidney disease patients. NUS Academic Research Fund. $128,000

1.	Loh TP, Ang YH, Neo SF, Yin C, Wong MS, Leong SM, Saw S, Sethi SK. Multiple immunoglobulin-associated creatine kinase masquerading as type 2 macro-creatine kinase. Intern Med. 2012
2.	Loh TP, Saw S, Sethi SK. The clinical value of add-on testing in clinical chemistry in a large teaching hospital setting. LabMedicine. 2012
3.	Loh TP, Saw S, Sethi SK. Bedside monitoring of blood ketone for management of diabetic ketoacidosis: proceed with care. Diabet Med. 2012
4.	Lee CK, Lee HK, Loh TP, Sethi SK, Koay ESC, Tang JW. An in-house HIV genotyping assay for the detection of drug resistance mutations in Southeast Asian patients infected with HIV-1. J Med Virol. 2012 Mar;84(3):394-401
5.	Teo BW, Xu H, Wang D, Li J, Sinha AK, Shuter B, Sethi S, Lee EJ. Estimating glomerular filtration rates by use of both cystatin C and standardized serum creatinine avoids ethnicity coefficients in Asian patients with chronic kidney disease. Clin Chem. 2012 Feb;58(2):450-7
6.	Saw S, Loh TP, Sethi SK. Meeting regulatory requirements by the use of cell phone text message notification with auto-escalation and loop closure for reporting of critical laboratory results. Am J Clin Pathol. 2011 Jul;136(1):30-4
7.	Teo BW, Xu H, Wang D, Li J, Sinha AK, Shuter B, Sethi S, Lee EJ. GFR estimating equations in a multiethnic Asian population. Am J Kidney Dis. 2011 Jul:58(1):56-63
8.	Tze Ping Loh, Karen Mei Ling Tan, Sharon Saw, Sunil Kumar Sethi. Glycated haemoglobin: What is the diagnostic yield at shortened testing intervals? Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2011 Nov;94(2) e40-42.
9.	Loh TP, Saw S, Chai V, Sethi SK. More innovation, and evidence of their usefulness are needed in pre-analytical area. Clin Chim Acta. 2011 Feb 20;412(5-6):485.
10.	Loh TP, Saw S, Chai V, Sethi SK. Impact of phlebotomy decision support application on sample collection errors and laboratory efficiency. Clin Chim Acta. 2011 Jan 30;412(3-4):393-5.
11.	Goh LG, Chua T, Kang V, Kwong KH, Lim WY, Low LP, Pereira J, Ramani NV, Sethi SK, Sum CF, Tan CL, Tan HK, Tan SM, Wong TK. Ministry of Health Clinical Practice Guidelines: screening of cardiovascular disease and risk factors. Singapore Med J. 2011 Mar;52(3):220-7.
12.	Liu B, Zhang J, Tan PY, Hsu D, Blom AM, Leong B, Sethi S, Ho B, Ding JL, Thiagarajan PS. A computational and experimental study of the regulatory mechanisms of the complement system. PLoS Comput Biol. 2011 Jan 20;7(1):e1001059.