Tan Soo Yong
Pathology
National University Cancer Institute
Singapore
Biography
A/Prof Tan Soo Yong obtained his medical qualifications from the National University of Singapore and thereafter underwent postgraduate training in Forensic Pathology and Histopathology in Singapore and in the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. Qualifying in both forensic and histopathology, he is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (UK) and a Diplomate of the Society of Apothecaries of London. A/Prof Tan obtained his PhD fromOxfordUniversity, working in the field of haematopathology. A/Prof Tan sits on the Editorial Board of two pathology journals (Journal of Clinical Pathology, Biobanking and Biopreservation). He is currently Associate Professor in the National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, a Senior Consultant and Clinician Investigator in the Department of Pathology, National University Hospital.
Research Interest
His current research interest is in the pathology of NK/T cell lymphoma and Type II Enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma (Type II EATL). For his work on the pathology of Type II EATL, he was elected a member of the International Lymphoma Study Group (ILSG) and a member of the team responsible for updating the WHO Classification of haematolymphoid neoplasms.
