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A/Prof Tan Kong Bing

Contact Information

Email
pattankb@nus.edu.sg

Telephone
+65 6772 2057

Collaborative Opportunities

  • SKIN AND MUSCLE PATHOLOGY
  • MEDICAL EDUCATION

Tan Kong Bing

MBBS, FRCPath, FRCPA, Dip Dermatopathology (ICDP-UEMS)
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, YONG LOO LIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, NUS
SENIOR CONSULTANT, NUH

BIOGRAPHY

A/Prof Tan Kong Bing is a Histopathologist with subspecialty interest in Dermatopathology and Muscle Pathology. He is co-author of the chapters on Verruca in the WHO Classification of Tumours – editions on Skin Tumours and Eye Tumours. He is active in the teaching of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy students, and participates in the training of Pathology Residents as a Clinical Faculty. He is the department’s Education Director.

HONOURS AND AWARDS

    • Courage Medal (SARS crisis), 2003
    • NUSMed Teaching Excellence Award, 2009-2010
    • Regional Congress of Dermatology, 2nd runner-up Poster Award, 2010.
    • NUH Postgraduate Teaching Excellence Award 2011.
    • SAF - 2CSH Commander’s Coin, 2012 and 2013
    • SMJ Reviewer Recognition Awards, 2013 and 2014
    • National Service Medal 2014
    • NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award 2013/2014
    • NUS Medical Society Outstanding Tutor Award 2015/2016
    • NUSMed Special Recognition Awards 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
    • NUHS COVID-19 Dormitory Operations Coin, 2021
    • National Day Awards - Long Service Medal (25 years), 2022
    • NHG Outstanding Education Partners Award 2022
    • NUSMed Teaching Excellence Award 2023
    • NUHS Teaching Excellence Award 2023
    • NUSMed Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence, 2022/2023

COMMITTEE AND APPOINTMENTS

    • Member of NUSMed Faculty Academic Advisory Committee
    • Member of CenMED Medical Education Round Subcommittee
    • Past Member of Department Evaluation Committees for 6 colleagues, 2014-2018.
    • Council Member of Singapore Div. of International Academy of Pathology
    • Preclinical Lead of NUSMed System Based Workgroups (Blood and Cancer)
    • Chair of Department Education Group
    • Member of Department Management Committee
    • Editorial Board Member, Pathology (Journal of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia)

Recent Publications

  • Histoplasmosis presenting with Sweet's syndrome. Yan G, et al. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2020 Jun;26(6):795-PMID: 32035234.
  • Ibrutinib-associated T-cell pseudolymphoma. Ho AKH, et al. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2019 Oct;44(7):828-830. PMID: 30623454.
  • Disseminated Volvariella volvacea infections in patients with haematological malignancies: a case series. Chew KL, et al. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2019 Jan;25(1):117-119. PMID: 30099134.
  • Cutaneous Emboli of Invasive Basidiomycosis in a Child With Aplastic Anemia. Lim DS, et al. Am J Dermatopathol. 2017 Mar;39(3):204-207. PMID: 28221210.
  • Phymatous rosacea presenting with leonine facies and clinical response to isotretinoin. Wee JS, Tan KB. Australas J Dermatol. 2017 Feb;58(1):72-73. PMID: 28195321.
  • Idiopathic aquagenic pruritus: pathogenesis and effective treatment with atenolol. Cao T, et al. Dermatol Ther. 2015 May-Jun;28(3):118-21. Epub 2015 Jan 30. PMID: 25640024.
  • Simulators of squamous cell carcinoma of the skin: diagnostic challenges on small biopsies and clinicopathological correlation. Tan KB, et al. J Skin Cancer. 2013;2013:752864. PMID: 23878739.
  • Immunoexpression of Bcl-x in squamous cell carcinoma and keratoacanthoma: differences in pattern and correlation with pathobiology. Tan KB, Lee YS. Histopathology. 2009 Sep;55(3):338-45. PMID: 19723149.
  • Keratoacanthoma and infundibulocystic squamous cell carcinoma. Kossard S, et al. Am J Dermatopathol. 2008 Apr;30(2):127-
    34. PMID: 18360115.
  • Subungual melanoma: a study of 124 cases highlighting features of early lesions, potential pitfalls in diagnosis, and guidelines for histologic reporting. Tan KB, et al. Am J Surg Pathol. 2007 Dec;31(12):1902-
    12. PMID: 18043047.
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