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Pathology Today 2020 – Recent Developments and Updates in Head and Neck Cancer

Our annual Pathology Today seminar was carried out virtually via Zoom webinar on 3 October 2020 in view of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Over 600 local and regional clinicians, allied health professionals, nurses, students and administrators attended the seminar on the recent developments in head and neck cancer. The speakers and topics shared and discussed at the webinar are as follows.

  • “Adventures of a head and neck pathologist – vignettes of interesting cases I have seen and things we can learn from them” by Dr Lim Kok Hing, Consultant, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore General Hospital (SGH)

  • “To see the world in a grain of sand (or a cell pellet) - Interesting head and neck FNA cases” by Dr Sangeeta Mantoo, Senior Consultant, Department of Anatomical Pathology, SGH

  • “Important advances in clinical therapy of head and neck cancers that every pathologist should know about. How these change pathology practice.” by Prof Narayanan Gopalakrishna Iyer, Head and Senior Consultant, Department of Head & Neck Surgery, National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS)


Prof Narayanan Gopalakrishna Iyer, Head and Senior Consultant, Department of Head & Neck Surgery, NCCS, delivering his virtual lecture during the webinar.

Dr Lim Kok Hing, Consultant, Department of Anatomical Pathology, SGH, delivering his virtual lecture during the webinar.
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​ ​ Group photo: (Top left) Prof Tan Puay Hoon, Chairman & Senior Consultant, Division of Pathology, SGH and Academic Chair, Pathology ACP, and Prof Tony Lim, Head & Senior Consultant, Department of Anatomical Pathology, SGH and Vice Chair (Strategic Programmes), Pathology ACP. (Middle row, left) Speakers, Dr Lim Kok Hing and Dr Sangeeta Mantoo. (Bottom left) Speaker, Prof Narayanan Gopalakrishna Iyer and Emcee, Dr Benjamin Farah, Resident, SingHealth Pathology Residency Programme.