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Dr Benjamin Livingston Farah

​MD, PhD, FRCPath

Associate Consultant

Singapore General Hospital Singapore General Hospital

Specialty: Pathology

Clinical Interests

Anatomical Pathology, Bone & Soft Tissue Pathology, Bone & Soft Tissue Pathology, Breast Pathology, Breast Pathology, Renal Pathology

Clinical Appointments

Associate Consultant

Anatomical Pathology

About

​Histopathologist with sub-speciality interests in Renal Pathology, Breast Pathology, and Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology.

Education and Training

  • ​Doctor of Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore, 2017
  • Doctor of Philosophy, National University of Singapore, 2016
  • Bachelor of Arts, Northwestern University, 2009

Publications

Farah, B. L., Sittampalam, K. Two cases of parosteal osteosarcoma with unusual histological and molecular features. Pathology. 2021 Aug. 1; 53(5):654-8

Shi, R., Farah, B. L., Xu, C., Yeong, J. P. S., Kuick, C. H., Chang, K. T. E., Takano, A. Mass-forming immunoglobulin G4-related disease shows indolent clinical course after surgical resection, clinicopathological analysis of a series of 15 cases. Virchows Arch. 2021 Oct. 7.

Farah, B. L., Chee, Y. M. M., Ching, S. S., Tan, C. S. Primary splenic leiomyosarcoma as an exceptionally rare cause of ruptured splenomegaly – A case report and review of primary splenic sarcomas. Human Pathol. Case Rep. 2020 Nov. 1; 22:200452. 

Goh, C., Farah, B. L., Ho, W. Y., Wong, S. L., Goh, C. H. R., Chew, S. H., Nadarajah, R., Lin, Y. K., Ho, T. H. Dedifferentiated endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the uterus: A case series and review of the literature. Gynecol. Oncol. Rep. 2020 Jan 30; 32:100538. 

Farah, B. L., Yen, P. M., Koeberl, D. D. Links between autophagy and disorders of glycogen metabolism – Perspectives on pathogenesis and possible treatments. Mol. Gen. Met. 2020 January; 129(1):3-12. 

Farah, B. L., Landau, D. J., Wu, Y., Sinha, R. A., Loh, A., Bay, B., Koeberl, D. D., Yen, P. M. Renal endoplasmic reticulum stress is coupled to impaired autophagy in a mouse model of GSD Ia. Mol. Gen. Met. 2017 November; 122(3):95-98.

Farah, B. L., Sinha, R. A., Wu, Y., Singh, B. K., Lim, A., Hirayama, M., Landau, D. J., Bay, B., Koeberl, D. D., Yen, P. M. Hepatic mitochondrial dysfunction is a feature of Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia (GSDIa). Sci. Rep. 2017 March; 7.

Farah, B.L., Landau, D.J., Sinha, R. A., Brooks, E. D., Wu, Y., Fung, S. Y. S., Tanaka, T., Hirayama, M., Bay, B., Koeberl, D. D., Yen, P. M. Induction of autophagy improves hepatic lipid metabolism in glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency. J. Hepatol. 2016 February; 64 (2):370-79.

Farah, B. L., Sinha, R. A., Wu, Y., Singh, B. K., Zhou, J., Bay, B., Yen, P. M. β-adrenergic agonist and antagonist regulation of autophagy in HepG2 cells, primary mouse hepatocytes, and mouse liver. PloS One. 20 June 2014.

Farah, B. L., Madden, L., Li, S., Nance, S., Bird, A., Bursac, N., Yen, P. M., Young, S. P., Koeberl, D. D. Adjunctive β2-agonist treatment reduces glycogen independently of receptor-mediated acid α-glucosidase uptake in the limb muscles of mice with Pompe disease. FASEB J. 2014 May; 28(5):2272-80.