Our People

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

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

COMMITTEE AND APPOINTMENTS

  1. Member of NUSMed Faculty Academic Advisory Committee
  2. Member of CenMED Medical Education Round Subcommittee
  3. Past Member of Department Evaluation Committees for 6 colleagues, 2014-2018.
  4. Council Member of Singapore Div. of International Academy of Pathology
  5. Preclinical Lead of NUSMed System Based Workgroups (Blood and Cancer)
  6. Chair of Department Education Group
  7. Member of Department Management Committee
  8. 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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