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🇲🇾 professor doctor tan geok chin
MBBS (India), MPath (UKM), PhD (Imperial)(UK), PedPath Fellowship (Int.Scholar,US)
President of Precision Medicine & Scientific Wellness Association (PMedS)
1st Malaysia Pharmacogenomics Summit 2024
Professor Dr. Tan Geok Chin is a distinguished Professor of Pathology and Consultant of Anatomical Pathology at the Faculty of Medicine, National University of Malaysia (UKM). His educational background includes training in anatomical pathology at UKM, a PhD from Imperial College London focusing on microRNA isomers in Stem Cells, and an MBBS from Manipal University, India. He holds a Master of Pathology (Anatomical Pathology) from UKM and completed Paediatric Pathology Fellowship training at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Currently serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the Malaysian Journal of Pathology and a member of the medical ethics committee at UKM. Professor Dr. Tan is actively involved in various committees and roles within the medical community. This includes serving as a member of the credentialing committee for Anatomical Pathology at the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) and contributing to the Education and Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Committees at the College of Pathologists (CPath), Academy of Medicine Malaysia. Additionally, he acts as the Treasurer for the Chapter of Perinatal and Paediatric Pathology within the College of Pathologists, overseeing financial matters for this specific chapter. He served as the chairman of the International Congress of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (ICPALM) 2023 Scientific Committee.
Currently serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the Malaysian Journal of Pathology and a member of the medical ethics committee at UKM. Professor Dr. Tan is actively involved in various committees and roles within the medical community. This includes serving as a member of the credentialing committee for Anatomical Pathology at the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) and contributing to the Education and Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Committees at the College of Pathologists (CPath), Academy of Medicine Malaysia. Additionally, he acts as the Treasurer for the Chapter of Perinatal and Paediatric Pathology within the College of Pathologists, overseeing financial matters for this specific chapter. He served as the chairman of the International Congress of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (ICPALM) 2023 Scientific Committee.
Professor Tan actively participates in Perinatal and Gastrointestinal (GUT) Research Groups. His current research focus lies in Paediatric and Perinatal Pathology, with ongoing projects such as gene expression of hydatidiform mole, chorioamnionitis, its correlation with neonatal outcomes, and the GUT microbiome of neonates. His exemplary service has been recognized with multiple awards (2007 and 2019), including the Best Article Award from the Medical Journal of Malaysia and the Best Poster Award from the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
- President of the Precision Medicine & Scientific Wellness Association (PMedS)
- Editor-in-Chief of the Malaysian Journal of Pathology
- Professor of Pathology, Consultant of Anatomical Pathology, National University of Malaysia
- PhD, Imperial College London, UK (Characteristics of microRNA isomers in Stem Cells)
- Paediatric Pathology Fellowship, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Member of the Medical Ethics Committee in University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
- Member of the Credentialing Committee of Anatomical Pathology, Malaysian Medical Council (MMC)
- Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Malaysia
- Member of the Education Committee & Continuous Professional Development (CPD) committee of the CPath, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia (AMM)
- Treasurer of the Chapter of Perinatal & Paediatric Pathology, CPath
- Member of Perinatal & GUT Research Groups
- Pathology, Doctor of Philosophy, Imperial College London, United Kingdom, 2013
- Bachelor of Expertise, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 2005
- Doctor in Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, 1998
- Distinguished Scholar Award (PTJ/Group) (2021)
- Best Poster Award from Royal Society, Edinburgh (2019)
- Excellent Service Awards from University Kebangsaan Malaysia (2007 & 2019)
- APC Service Award (2007)
- Best Article Award from Medical Journal of Malaysia (2007)
- Discovery of diverse function of isomiRs and their evolutionary importance, Nucleic Acid Research
- Jia Yee Tan, Hannah Xin Yi Yeoh, Wai Kit Chia, Jonathan Wei De Tan, Azimatun Noor Aizuddin, Wirda Indah Farouk, Nurwardah Alfian, Yin Ping Wong, Geok Chin Tan. (2024). Overexpression Of Connexin 40 In The Vascular Endothelial Cells Of Placenta With Acute Chorioamnionitis. – Diagnostics. 1-13.
- Yip Meng Lai, Geok Chin Tan, Shamsul Azhar Shah, Rahana Abd Rahman, Muhamad Fakhri Mohd Saleh, Suhada Mansor, Teck Yee Khong, Yin Ping Wong. (2024). Non-hypertensive Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Placental Histomorphology And Its Association With Perinatal Outcomes. – Placenta. 21-27.
- Yin Ping Wong, Geok Chin Tan, T Yee Khong. (2023). Sars-cov-2 Transplacental Transmission: A Rare Occurrence? An Overview Of The Protective Role Of The Placenta. – International Journal Of Molecular Sciences. 1-17.
- Beng Kwang Ng, Joo Ngor Chuah, Fook Choe Cheah, Nor Azlin Mohamed Ismail, Geok Chin Tan, Kon Ken Wong And Pei Shan Lim. (2023). Maternal And Fetal Outcomes Of Pregnant Women With Bacterial Vaginosis.. – Frontiers In Surgery. 1-8.
- Nurfatin Syazreen Mohd Rizam, Muaatamarulain Mustangin, Geok Chin Tan, Norlela Sukor, Fatin Saparuddin, Fatin Athirah Pauzi, Siti Khadijah Syed Muhammad Nazri, Azraai Bahari Nasruddin, Elena Aisha Azizan. (2023). Prevalence Of Kcnj5 Mutant Aldosterone-producing Adenomas Among Malaysian Patients With Primary Aldosteronism. – Journal Of Hypertension. e280.
- Fatin Athirah Pauzi, Elena Aisha Azizan, Muaatamarulain Mustangin, Geok Chin Tan, Norlela Sukor, Ales Ryska, Jiri Ceral, Miroslav Solar, Azraai Bahari Nasruddin. (2023). Distribution Of Cacna1d Somatic Mutations Among Cyp11b2 Immunohistochemistry-guided Samples Of Aldosterone-producing Adenoma (apa). – Journal Of Hypertension. e280-e281.
- Siti Khadijah Syed Mohammed Nazri, Rozman Zakaria, Nor Azian Abdul Murad, Rohaizak Muhammad, Geok Chin Tan, Norlela Sukor, Elena Aisha Azizan. (2023). Identification Of Aldosterone-driver Somatic Mutations In Cell-free Dna From Adrenal Vein Samples Of Primary Aldosteronism Patients. – Journal Of Hypertension. e487.
- Kha Chin Long, Norlela Sukor, Geok Chin Tan, Nor Azian Abdul Murad, Morris Jonathan Brown, Elena Aisha Azizan. (2023). Elucidating Effect Of Inhibiting Aldosterone Synthesis On Human Adrenocortical Cells. – Journal Of Hypertension. e362.
- Ming Hui Leong, Mohd Jadi Nabillah, Iqbal Hussain Rizuana, Abdullah Asma, Thean Yean Kew And Geok Chin Tan. (2023). Cat Scratch Disease – A Benign Disease With Thymic Hyperplasia Mimicking Lymphoma. – Diagnostics. 1-6.
- Xilin Wu, Elena A.b. Azizan, Emily Goodchild, Sumedha Garg, Man Hagiyama, Claudia P. Cabrera, Fabio L. Fernandes-rosa, Sheerazed Boulkroun, Jyn Ling Kuan, Zenia Tiang, Alessia David, Masanori Murakami, Charles A. Mein, Eva Wozniak, Wanfeng Zhao, Et Al.. (2023). Somatic Mutations Of Cadm1 In Aldosterone-producing Adenomas And Gap Junction-dependent Regulation Of Aldosterone Production. – Nature Genetics. 1009-1021.
- Wai Kit Chia, Pik Yuen Chia, Nor Haslinda Abdul Aziz, Salwati Shuib, Muaatamarulain Mustangin, Yoke Kqueen Cheah, Teck Yee Khong, Yin Ping Wong And Geok Chin Tan. (2023). Diagnostic Utility Of Tssc3 And Rb1 Immunohistochemistry In Hydatidiform Mole. – International Journal Of Molecular Sciences. 1-14.
- Yin Ping Wong & Geok Chin Tan. (2022). The Covid-19 Pandemic The Experiences Of Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz (hctm). – . 13.
- Hatta Sidi, Geok Chin Tan & Raja Affendi Raja Ali. (2022). The Covid-19 Pandemic The Experiences Of Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz (hctm). – . 13.
- Hatta Sidi, Geok Chin Tan & Raja Affendi Raja Ali. (2022). The Covid-19 Pandemic The Experiences Of Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz (hctm). – . 10.
- Geok Chin Tan, Teck Yee Khong. (2019). Gynecologic And Obstetric Pathology, Volume 1. – . 26.
- Jia Yee Tan, Hannah Xin Yi Yeoh, Wai Kit Chia, Jonathan Wei De Tan, Azimatun Noor Aizuddin, Wirda Indah Farouk, Nurwardah Alfian, Yin Ping Wong, Geok Chin Tan. (2024). Overexpression Of Connexin 40 In The Vascular Endothelial Cells Of Placenta With Acute Chorioamnionitis. – Diagnostics. 1-13.
- Yip Meng Lai, Geok Chin Tan, Shamsul Azhar Shah, Rahana Abd Rahman, Muhamad Fakhri Mohd Saleh, Suhada Mansor, Teck Yee Khong, Yin Ping Wong. (2024). Non-hypertensive Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Placental Histomorphology And Its Association With Perinatal Outcomes. – Placenta. 21-27.