Pathologist, Luma Medical CentreVisiting Consultant, Parkway Laboratories
MBBS, FRCPA, FAMS, MD, FRCPath
Prof Tan Puay Hoon is a pathologist with active interests in breast and urologic pathology, and was a Volume Editor of the 2012 (4th series) WHO Classification of Tumours of the Breast.
She is a Standing Editorial Board Member for the 5th series of the WHO Classification of Tumours, IARC, Lyon, and is also an expert member of the Breast volume in this latest series. She sits on the Editorial Boards of Modern Pathology, Breast Cancer Research, Pathology, Virchow Archives, and is Associate Editor of Histopathology.
Apart from a busy service largely focused on subspecialty surgical sign-outs, Prof Tan and her collaborators have been recipients of research grants related to translational studies of breast and prostate cancer. She is an author of more than 500 publications and participates regularly in regional and international meetings.
Prof Tan is a full-time pathologist with Luma Medical Centre C/O Singapore Breast Surgery Centre Pte Ltd. She joined Parkway Laboratories as a Visiting Consultant on 7 November 2022.