Dr Thomas Paulraj Thamboo

Dr Thomas Thamboo is a consultant pathologist and assistant professor in the Department of Pathology, National University Health System. He graduated from the medical school at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom in 1995. He trained in histopathology at the Department of Pathology, National University of Singapore, and obtained his specialist qualifications in histopathology from both the Royal College of Pathologists (United Kingdom) and the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia in 2004. He undertook sub-specialty training in renal pathology at the department of cellular pathology at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom in 2006. He has authored or co-authored more than 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has contributed to a book chapter on the diagnosis of early gastric cancer. He is actively involved in general histopathology and cytopathology reporting, as well as the sub-specialty reading of renal biopsies. He is also the Histopathology Laboratory Director.

Education and Fellowships

MBChB(Leeds), FRCPath, FRCPA

Specialty Interests

• Renal pathology
• Urologic pathology
• Ophthalmic pathology

Professional Memberships

• Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, UK (2004 - present)
• Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (2004 - present)
• Life member of the Singapore Society of Pathology

Selected Publications

1. Thamboo TP, Soong R, Wong L-S, Ahmad B, Lim YC, Teh M. Determination of a molecular signature of acute T-cell mediated renal allograft rejection using quantitative real-time RT-PCR of 45 genes on a low density array. Pathology 2011; 43(1):72-5.
2. Thamboo TP, Nga ME, Lim D, Soong R, Salto-Tellez M. Thrombomodulin expression in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours (GISTs): A novel finding with diagnostic implications. Pathology 2009; 41(5): 488-91.
3. Ord JJ, Agrawal S, Thamboo TP, Roberts I, Campo L, Turley H, Han C, Fawcett DP, Kulkarni RP, Cranston D, Harris AL. An investigation into the prognostic significance of necrosis and hypoxia in high grade and invasive bladder cancer. Journal of Urology 2007;178(2):677-82.
4. Esuvaranathan K, Chiong E, Thamboo TP, Chan YH, Mahendran R, Teh M. Predictive value of p53 and pRb expression in superficial bladder cancer patients treated with BCG and interferon alpha. Cancer 2007;109(6):1097-105.
5. Thamboo TP, Jeffery KJM, Friend PJ, Turner GDH, Roberts ISD. Urine cytology screening for polyoma virus infection following renal transplantation: the Oxford experience. Journal of Clinical Pathology 2007; 60(8):927-30.
6. Thamboo TP, Wee A. Hep Par 1 expression in carcinoma of the cervix: Implications for diagnosis and prognosis. Journal of Clinical Pathology 2004; 57: 48-53.