prof. dr. tan geok chin

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   Biografi/ Biography :

  • Dr Tan Geok Chin is a Professor of Pathology, and Consultant Anatomical Pathology at Faculty of Medicine. He received his training in anatomical pathology in the National University of Malaysia and subsequently received his PhD degree at Imperial College London where he studied the characteristics of microRNA isomers in Stem Cells. His work lead to the discovery of isomiRs with functional and evolutionary importance and it was published in Nucleic Acid Research (IF:11.561). He completed the Paediatric Pathology Fellowship training in Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA. He is currently a member of the medical ethics committee in UKM and the Editor-in-Chief of the Malaysian Journal of Pathology. He has received multiple excellent service awards (2007 and 2019), including Best article award from Medical Journal of Malaysia and Best Poster Award from Royal Society, Edinburgh. He is a fellow of the Academy of Medicine Malaysia and holds a number of positions in the College of Pathologists and Malaysia Medical Council. He is a member of the credentialing committee of Anatomical Pathology, MMC. He is a member of the education committee and continuous professional development (CPD) committee of the CPath, AMM. He is the treasurer of the Chapter of Perinatal and Paediatric Pathology, CPath. He is a member of Perinatal and GUT Research Groups. His current research interest is in Paediatric and Perinatal Pathology, with a number of on-going projects, namely gene expression of hydatidiform mole, chorioamnionitis and its correlation with neonatal outcomes, and GUT microbiome of neonates.

  • illayaraja krishnan, ubashini vijakumaran, min hwei ng, jia xian law, mohd rafizul mohd yusof, thavachelvi thangarajah, geok chin tan, yin ping wong, anusha kalyanasundaram, zalina mahmood, shathiya rajamanickam, baskar subramani, yogeswaran lokanathan.  (2025).  safety evaluation and biodistribution of fetal umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells-derived small extracellular vesicles in sprague dawley rats.  - international journal of molecular sciences.  1 - 21. 

     

    haider ayad ashour alasadi, illayaraja krishnan, ixora kamisan, tan geok chin, yogeswaran lokanathan, mohd fauzi mh busra, farrah hani imran, nani harlina md latar .  (2025).  comparative study between the effectiveness of amnion-collagee (collagen-gelatin-elastin) as a biological product wound dressing and conventional dressing on the donor site of the split-thickness skin graft in animals model (rats).  - formosan journal of surgery.  108 - 114. 

     

    christopher weeraj, ahmad al-hafeez bin ahmad zaidi, ummul afila omar, muhammad aminuddin bin ashari, mohamad azim bin md idris.  (2025).  paraganglioma masquerading as angiosarcoma: diagnostic dilemma in vascular tumours .  -

     

    wei meng phang , muaatamarulain mustangin , nur maya sabrina tizen , shamsul azhar shah , yin ping wong , geok chin tan.  (2025).  expression of lrrc15 in the placenta of pregnancies complicated with preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction.  - international congress of pathology and laboratory medicine (icpalm) 2025. 

     

    fatin athirah pauzi, muaatamarulain mustangin, geok chin tan, ales ryska, jiri ceral, miroslav solar, elena aisha azizan.  (2025).  histopathological spectrum of common aldosterone-driver gene mutations in aldosterone-producing adenomas.  - frontiers in medicine.  1 - 10. 

     

    illayaraja krishnan, ubashini vijakumaran, min hwei ng, jia xian law, mohd rafizul mohd yusof, thavachelvi thangarajah, geok chin tan, yin ping wong, anusha kalyanasundaram, zalina mahmood, shathiya rajamanickam, baskar subramani, yogeswaran lokanathan.  (2025).  safety evaluation and biodistribution of fetal umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells-derived small extracellular vesicles in sprague dawley rats.  - international journal of molecular sciences.  1 - 21. 

     

    fatin athirah pauzi, muaatamarulain mustangin, geok chin tan, ales ryska, jiri ceral, miroslav solar, elena aisha azizan.  (2025).  histopathological spectrum of common aldosterone-driver gene mutations in aldosterone-producing adenomas.  - frontiers in medicine.  1 - 10. 

     

    yin ping wong, rahana abd rahman, ay eeng tan and geok chin tan.  (2025).  umbilical artery thrombosis masquerading as single umbilical artery in a stillbirth.  - diagnostics.  1 - 8. 

     

    maria arshad, amira raudhah abdullah, fuad ismail, francesco pezzella, azyani yahaya, geok-chin tan, suet lin chia, md salzihan md salleh, noraidatulakma abdullah and ka-liong tan.  (2025).  mechanism and predictive role of nub1 protein in oestrogen receptor pathway of fec-treated breast cancer patients.  - biomedicines.  1 - 16. 

     

    badrul iskandar abdul wahab, shamsul azhar shah, roslina mohd arshad, nurwardah alfian, geok chin tan, yin ping wong.  (2025).  immunoexpressions of pd-l1 and ezh2 in endometrial carcinoma: associations with clinicopathological parameters.  - diagnostics.  1 - 12. 

     

    ns mohd rizam, m mustangin, fa pauzi, sk syed mohammed nazri, gc tan, n sukor, ab nasruddin, ea azizan.  (2025).  prevalence of kcnj5 mutations in aldosterone-producing adenomas among malaysian primary aldosteronism patients: genotype-phenotype correlation.  - malaysian journal of pathology.  63 - 76. 

     

    yin ping wong, geok chin tan, t. yee khong.  (2025).  the value of umbilical cord insertion site sampling in detecting maternal and/or fetal inflammatory response.  - apmis.  1 - 6. 

     

    geok chin tan, yin ping wong.  (2024).  chatgpt in pathology.  - malaysian journal of pathology.  231 - 232. 

     

    barizah syahirah hanim, yin ping wong, geok chin tan, nordashima abd shukor.  (2024).  icam-1 expression is upregulated in the umbilical vein endothelial cells in acute chorioamnionitis with foetal inflammatory response.  - malaysian journal of pathology.  423 - 430. 

     

    yin ping wong, geok chin tan, t yee khong.  (2024).  distribution of cord inflammation in cases with clinical suspicion of chorioamnionitis.  - malaysian journal of pathology.  41-49. 

     

    illayaraja krishnan, ubashini vijakumaran, min hwei ng, jia xian law, mohd rafizul mohd yusof, thavachelvi thangarajah, geok chin tan, yin ping wong, anusha kalyanasundaram, zalina mahmood, shathiya rajamanickam, baskar subramani, yogeswaran lokanathan.  (2025).  safety evaluation and biodistribution of fetal umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells-derived small extracellular vesicles in sprague dawley rats.  - international journal of molecular sciences.  1 - 21. 

     

    haider ayad ashour alasadi, illayaraja krishnan, ixora kamisan, tan geok chin, yogeswaran lokanathan, mohd fauzi mh busra, farrah hani imran, nani harlina md latar .  (2025).  comparative study between the effectiveness of amnion-collagee (collagen-gelatin-elastin) as a biological product wound dressing and conventional dressing on the donor site of the split-thickness skin graft in animals model (rats).  - formosan journal of surgery.  108 - 114. 

     

    fatin athirah pauzi, muaatamarulain mustangin, geok chin tan, ales ryska, jiri ceral, miroslav solar, elena aisha azizan.  (2025).  histopathological spectrum of common aldosterone-driver gene mutations in aldosterone-producing adenomas.  - frontiers in medicine.  1 - 10. 

     

    ns mohd rizam, m mustangin, fa pauzi, sk syed mohammed nazri, gc tan, n sukor, ab nasruddin, ea azizan.  (2025).  prevalence of kcnj5 mutations in aldosterone-producing adenomas among malaysian primary aldosteronism patients: genotype-phenotype correlation.  - malaysian journal of pathology.  63 - 76. 

     

    wei jie boon, geok chin tan, aneeza khairiyah wan hamizan.  (2025).  angioleiomyoma of the inferior turbinate: case report and review of the literature.  - indian journal of otolaryngology and head & neck surgery.  1603 - 1606. 

     

    nurfatin syazreen mohd rizam , fatin athirah pauzi , mun-kit choy , simon williams , amnani aminuddin , faeezah abdul latif , siti khadijah syed mohammed nazri , muaatamarulain mustangin , geok chin tan , xilin wu , elisabeth ng , kate laycock , norlela sukor , azraai bahari nasruddin , morris jonathan brown , bernard keavney, elena aisha azizan..  (2024).  notch4 and gbp7 genetic contribution to primary aldosteronism pathology.  - journal of the endocrine society.  132 - 133. 

     

    hatta sidi, geok chin tan & raja affendi raja ali.  (2022).  chapter 32 the covid-19 pandemic through the eyes of the faculty of medicine: what have we learned?.  - 409-418. 

     

    yin ping wong & geok chin tan.  (2022).  chapter 8: anatomic pathology practice during the covid-19 pandemic: the impact and challenges.  - 107-119. 

     

    hatta sidi, geok chin tan & raja affendi raja ali.  (2022).  chapter 1: the covid-19 pandemic and movement control order (mco): an overview.  - 23-35. 

     

    geok chin tan, teck yee khong.  (2019).  cyclic endometrium and exogenous hormone effect.  - 1-557. 

     

    tan geok c., nurazilah m. s., siti noorain h., mohamad khaidir h., nur fatin hazwani d., mohd hairul faizal a., mohd firdaus m., azlan m. h., wan nur 'afifah w. y., razif adli r. nurul asyiqin m.n..  (2022).  buletin resmi vol 4 (1).  - buletin resmi.  1-8. 

     

    tan geok c., nurazilah m. s., siti noorain h., mohamad khaidir h., nur fatin hazwani d., mohd hairul faizal a., mohd firdaus m., azlan m. h., wan nur 'afifah w. y., razif adli r. nurul asyiqin m.n..  (2022).  buletin resmi.  - buletin resmi.  1-8. 

     

    wong yin ping;cheah fook choe;clarence ko ching huat;wong kon ken;lim pei shan;tan geok chin;nor haslinda binti abd aziz;muhamad fakhri bin mohd saleh;chia wai kit.  (2022).  evaluation of the molecular mechanisms of cytokine and growth factor signaling in human placental trophoblast cell lines when co-infected with gardnerella vaginalis.  -

     

    tan geok c., nurazilah m. s., siti noorain h., mohamad khaidir h., nur fatin hazwani d., mohd hairul faizal a., mohd firdaus m., azlan m. h., wan nur 'afifah w. y., razif adli r. nurul asyiqin m.n..  (2021).  buletin resmi vol 3 (1).  - buletin resmi.  1-12. 

     

    tan geok c., nurazilah m. s., siti noorain h., mohamad khaidir h., nur fatin hazwani d., mohd hairul faizal a., mohd firdaus m., azlan m. h., wan nur 'afifah w. y., razif adli r. nurul asyiqin m.n..  (2021).  buletin resmi vol 3 (2).  - buletin resmi.  1-8. 

     

    wei meng phang , muaatamarulain mustangin , nur maya sabrina tizen , shamsul azhar shah , yin ping wong , geok chin tan.  (2025).  expression of lrrc15 in the placenta of pregnancies complicated with preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction.  - international congress of pathology and laboratory medicine (icpalm) 2025. 

     

    fang chyi fong,, yin ping wong, geok chin tan, doris sie chong lau, betty lee sue ho, aisyah muhammad rivai, ming ping ang, ay jiuan teng, norsarwany mohamad, ahmad zafrullah afham ahmad fikri, jen chun foo, rasheila ganapathi, che hadibiah che mohd razali, nazzlin dizana din, soon keng cheong, kok hoi teh, c-khai loh.  (2025).  characteristics and survival outcomes of paediatric neuroblastic tumours in malaysia: preliminary data from the neuroblastoma malaysia (nbmy-1) study.  - 29th annual scientific meeting maspho. 

     

    christopher weeraj, ahmad al-hafeez bin ahmad zaidi, ummul afila omar, muhammad aminuddin bin ashari, mohamad azim bin md idris.  (2025).  paraganglioma masquerading as angiosarcoma: diagnostic dilemma in vascular tumours .  -

     

    nurwahyuna binti rosli;tan geok chin;wong yin ping;nordashima binti abd shukor;wan syahira ellani bt wan ahmad kammal.  (2024).  pattern of pd-l1 and hhla2 expression in renal cell carcinoma.  -

     

    zaizuhana shahrim, suzana makpol, geok chin tan, zafarizal aldrin azizul hasan.  (2024).  topical palm trf promotes skin wound healing in type 2 diabetic mice.  - international meeting 48th annual conference of the malaysian society for biochemistry and molecular biology.