Dr Ho Liam Pock

MBBS, FRCPA

Senior Consultant

Singapore General Hospital

Specialty: Pathology

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About

Education and Training

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Research Interests

Publications

Conditions Treated By This Doctor

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) Aplastic Anaemia Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) Deep Vein Thrombosis Essential Thrombocythemia and Myelofibrosis Haemophilia and other bleeding disorders Multiple Myeloma Myelodysplastic Syndromes Myelofibrosis Polycythemia Vera Thalassaemia

Clinical Interests

Haematopathology

Clinical Appointments

Senior Consultant

SingHealth Duke-NUS Blood Cancer Centre

Senior Consultant

Clinical Pathology

Pathology

Senior Consultant

About

Dr Ho is a Senior Consultant with the Department of Pathology and Department of Haematology.

Education and Training

1994 National University of Singapore: Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
2001 Health Manpower Development Program (HMDP) in Hematopathology in
Sydney, Australia
2002 Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (FRCPA)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Member, Singapore Medical Association
Member, Singapore Society of Pathology
Member, Singapore Hematology Society
2nd Secretary, Singapore Society of Pathology, 2004
DRG Representative, Department of Pathology, 2004
Team Leader, Clinical Practice Improvement Project, 2004
Clinical Pathway Representative, Department of Pathology, 2004
Committee Member, Division of ACSS EBM committee, 2006-2007
Committee Member, Division of ACSS Education/Training Updates committee, 2006-2007
Clinical Coordinator, Department of Pathology, 2007
Honorary Treasurer, Organising Committee for 5th APSTH Meeting in 2008

Research Interests

Immunotherapy for breast cancer

Publications

FVIII gene delivery by muscle electroporation corrects murine hemophilia A, Journal of gene medicine 2004, Vol 7, Issue 4, page 494-505.
In vivo liver electroporation: Optimisation and demonstration of therapeutic efficacy,
Journal of Human Gene Therapy 2006, Vol 17, page 1-14.
Case Report: Induction of Immune Tolerance to Factor VIII Inhibitor during a major operation. (Ann Acad Med Singapore, 2007, 36 page 431-434)
Studies of Wilms' tumor (WT1) Gene Expression in Adult Acute Leukemias in Singapore. Biomarker Insights, 2007, 3, page 293-298.

Research Project:

Cytotoxic Potential of Autologous cytokine-induced killers cells (CIK) after priming by AML-blast-derived dendritic cells - Collaborator, DCR Research Grant 20022003
Cytotoxic Potential of Autologous cytokine-induced killers cells (CIK) after priming by AML-blast-derived dendritic cells - Collaborator, Singhealth Research Grant 2003.
Feasibility study of large scale expansion of cytokine induced killer (CIK) cells Collaborator, DCR Grant 2003.
Expansion of tolerogenic thymic dendritic cells -Collaborator, DCR Grant 20042005.
Non-myeloablative allogenic stem cell transplantation and targeted cellular therapy for leukemias and other cancers - Collaborator, Cancer Syndicate Infrastructure Initiative 2003-2006.
Bone Marrow Transplant Consortium - Collaborator, Singapore Cancer Syndicate Grant 2006-7.
Memory T cell- A Short Rest before the Long Journey. Pending Singhealth grant application 2008.
Memory T cell - A Short Rest before the Long Journey. Pending DCR grant application 2008.
A study into the impact of immunosuppressive cells on the outcome of patients with hematological and solid organ cancers undergoing chemotherapy. Pending Singhealth grant application 2008.