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Dr Sathiyamoorthy Selvarajan

MBBS (India), PGDCP (India), FRCPath (UK), MCS (Singapore)

Senior Consultant

Specialty: Anatomical Pathology

Clinical Interest: Bone ＆ Soft Tissue Pathology, Head ＆ Neck Pathology

Clinical Appointments

Senior Consultant Anatomical Pathology Singapore General Hospital

Profile

Dr Sathiyamoorthy is a Senior Consultant with the Department of Pathology. His research interests are in Breast Cancer, Sarcoma and GIST.

Education

MBBS, Stanley Medical College, India (1993)
Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Pathology, Madras Medical College, India. (2000)
Masters in Clinical Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore. (2003)
FRCPath, Royal College of Pathologists, United Kingdom (2010)
FAMS, Singapore (2010)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Awards

Research Interests

Head and neck cancers
Bone and soft tissue sarcomas

Publications

Selvarajan S, Bay BH, Choo A, Chuah KL, Sivaswaren CR, Tien SL, Wong CY, Tan PH. Effect of fixation period on HER2/neu gene amplification detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization in invasive breast carcinoma.J Histochem Cytochem. 2002 Dec; 50(12):1693-6.
Duan W, Kuo IC, Selvarajan S, Chua KY, Bay BH, Wong WS. Anti-inflammatory effects of genistein, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, on a guinea pig model of asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2003 Jan 15; 167(2):185-92.
Selvarajan S, Bay BH, Mamat SB, Choo A, Chuah KL, Sivaswaren CR, Tien SL, Wong CY, Tan PH. Detection of HER2/neu gene amplification in archival paraffin-embedded breast cancer tissues by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Histochem Cell Biol. 2003 Sep; 120(3):251-5.
Selvarajan S, Bay BH, Chng MJ, Tan PH. The HercepTest and routine C-erbB2 immunohistochemistry in breast cancer: any difference? Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2004 Jul; 33(4):473-6.
Tan PH, Bay BH, Yip G, Selvarajan S, Tan P, Wu J, Lee CH, Li KB. Immunohistochemical detection of Ki67 in breast cancer correlates with transcriptional regulation of genes related to apoptosis and cell death. Mod Pathol. 2005 Mar; 18(3):374-81.
Tan PH, Jayabaskar T, Chuah KL, Lee HY, Tan Y, Hilmy M, Hung H, Selvarajan S, Bay BH. Phyllodes tumors of the breast: the role of pathologic parameters. Am J Clin Pathol. 2005 Apr; 123(4):529-40.
Tan PH, Ho BC, Selvarajan S, Yap WM, Hanby A. Pathological diagnosis of columnar cell lesions of the breast: are there issues of reproducibility? J Clin Pathol. 2005 Jul; 58(7):705-9.
Tan PH, Jayabaskar T, Yip G, Tan Y, Hilmy M, Selvarajan S, Bay BH. p53 and c-kit (CD117) protein expression as prognostic indicators in breast phyllodes tumors: a tissue micro-array study. Mod Pathol. 2005 Dec; 18(12): 1527-34.
Selvarajan S, Tan SY, Sii LH, Tan PH. c-erbB-2 (HER-2/neu) immunohistochemistry in invasive breast cancer: is there concordance between standard sections and tissue microarrays? Pathology. 2006 Aug; 38(4): 316-20.
Selvarajan S, Ka Yan Wong, Kei Siong Khoo, Boon Huat Bay and Puay Hoon Tan. Over-expression of c-erbB-2 correlates with nuclear morphometry and prognosis in breast carcinoma in Asian women. Pathology. 2006 Dec; 38(6): 528-33.
Goh BK, Chung YF, Ng DC, Selvarajan S, Soo KC. Positron emission tomography with 2-deoxy-2-[18f] fluoro-D-glucose in the detection of malignancy in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas. JOP. 2007 May 9; 8(3): 350-4.
Selvarajan S, Sii LH, Lee A, Yip G, Bay BH, Tan MH, Teh BT, Tan PH. Parafibromin expression in breast cancer: a novel marker for prognostication? J Clin Pathol. 2008 Jan; 61(1): 64-7.
Jerry Yongqiang Chen,, Kesavan s/o Sittampalam, Selvarajan Sathiyamoorthy, Mann Hong Tan. Atypical Presentation of High-grade Intramedullary Osteosarcoma with Bilateral Cervical, Supraclavicular, and Axillary Lymphadenopathy: A Case Report and Literature Review. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare. 2013; 22 (4 ): 277-283.

Presentations (Oral and Poster)

Selvarajan S, Tan PH, Bay BH. Immunohistochemical expression of c-erbB2 in invasive breast carcinoma from Singapore chinese women. 3rd ASEAN Microscopy Conference and 19th Annual Conference of EMST, CHIANG MAI, THAILAND, 2002. (Oral presentation)
Sathiyamoorthy Selvarajan, Valerie C-L Lin, Rongxian Jin, Puay-Hoon Tan, Boon-Huat Bay. Association of progesterone receptor with histologic grade in human invasive breast carcinoma. The 7th World Congress on Advances in Oncology and 5th International Symposium on Molecular Medicine, HERSONISSOS, CRETE, GREECE, 2002. (Poster presentation)
Sathiyamoorthy Selvarajan, Boon-Huat Bay, Puay-Hoon Tan. Nuclear morphometry in c-erbB2 positive invasive ductal breast carcinoma. The 7th World Congress on Advances in Oncology and 5th International Symposium on Molecular Medicine, HERSONISSOS, CRETE, GREECE, 2002. (Oral presentation)
Selvarajan S, Tan SY, Sii LH, Tan PH. CERBB2 IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY IN INVASIVE BREAST CANCER: IS THERE CONCORDANCE BETWEEN STANDARD SECTIONS AND TISSUE MICROARRAYS? Combined NUS-SGH Scientific conference, Singapore, 2004. (Poster presentation)
Selvarajan S, Tan PH, Tan MH and Teh BT. Expression of parafibromin in breast cancer: Correlation with pathologic parameters using tissue microarrays. 39th Singapore-Malaysia Congress of Medicine, Singapore, 2005. (Oral presentation)
Selvarajan S, Sii LH, Tan PH. ESTROGEN RECEPTOR NEGATIVE, PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR POSITIVE BREAST CARCINOMA: A PATHOLOGIC REVIEW. IAP, Singapore, 2007. (Poster presentation)
Invited Speaker in 1st Singapore Sarcoma Consortium Education and Research Meeting, National Cancer Centre, Singapore, March 2013
Sathiyamoorthy Selvarajan, Jacqueline Hwang. MELANOTIC ONCOCYTIC METAPLASIA OF THE NASOPHARYNX, A CLINICAL MIMICKER OF MALIGNANT MELANOMA – A CASE REPORT.SGH 20th Annual Scientific Meeting, Singapore, April 2013. (Poster presentation)
S.Z. Lim, Benita K.T. Tan, P.H. Tan, S. Selvarajan. Clinicopathologic Series of Primary Breast Sarcoma. 19th Asian Congress of Surgery & 1st SingHealth Surgical Congress, Singapore, July 2013. (Poster presentation)