Faculty Staff

Tan Soo Yong

MBBS, DipRCPath, FRCPath, DMJ (Path), DPhil (Oxon)
Associate Professor
Senior Consultant
National University Hospital

Head and Chief
Department of Pathology
National University of Singapore / National University Hospital
Tel: +65 6772 4300
Email: pattsy@nus.edu.sg


Joint appointments
Senior Principal Investigator, Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology (IMCB), A*STAR
Head, Advanced Molecular Pathology Laboratory, IMCB
Visiting Professor, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
Visiting Professor, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences and Guangdong Hospital, China
Senior Consultant, Regulatory Policy and Licensing Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore
Senior Consultant, Manpower Development and Professional Standards Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore


Professional appointments
International Advisor (West Pacific), the Royal College of Pathologists
Member, International Lymphoma Study Group (ILSG)
Visiting Consultant, Division of Medical Sciences, National Cancer Centre, Singapore
Visiting Consultant, National Skin Centre, Singapore
Chairman, Biobanking Subcommittee, Asian Network of Research Resource Centres


Industrial appointments
Member, Diagnostic Hotspot Advisory Panel, Exploit Technologies, A*STAR
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, MiRXES and Invitrocue
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Invitrocue
Member, Hub Evaluation Panel, Diagnostic Hub, ETPL

Clinical Interest / Subspecialty

Clinical Interest
- Diagnostic haematopathology
- Immunodiagnostics and molecular pathology
- Biobanking and medico-legal aspects of pathology

Subspecialty: Haematopathology

Education

1989 MBBS, National University of Singapore, Singapore

1999 DipRCPath, Royal College of Pathologists, UK

1999 MRCPath, Royal College of Pathologists, UK

2007 FRCPath, Royal College of Pathologists, UK

1999 DMJ (Path), Society of Apothecaries of London, UK

2007 D.Phil (Oxon), Oxford University, UK

Professional / Clinical experience

Senior Consultant, Department of Pathology, National University Hospital Mar 2016 – present

Senior Consultant, Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital 2006- Mar 2016

Consultant, Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital July 2004-2006

Consultant, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital Singapore 2002-2004

Associate Consultant, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital Singapore 2001-2002

Associate Consultant, Department of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Science and Forensic Medicine Apr 1999-2001

Medical Officer  Department of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Science and Forensic Medicine Apr 1996-1999