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Dr Ho Liam Pock

Dr Ho Liam Pock

​MBBS, FRCPA

Senior Consultant

Singapore General Hospital

Specialty: Pathology

Sub-specialties: Haematopathology

Conditions Treated by this Doctor:
Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) , Aplastic Anaemia , Chronic lymphocytic leukemia , Chronic Myeloid Leukemia , Deep Vein Thrombosis , Deep Vein Thrombosis , Essential Thrombocythemia and Myelofibrosis , Haemophilia and other bleeding disorders , Multiple Myeloma , Myelodysplastic Syndrome , Myelofibrosis , Polycythemia Vera , Thalassaemia .

Clinical Appointments

  • Senior Consultant SingHealth Duke-NUS Blood Cancer Centre
  • Senior Consultant Clinical Pathology Singapore General HospitalSingapore General Hospital
  • Senior Consultant Haematology Singapore General HospitalSingapore General Hospital
  • Department of Pathology Sengkang General HospitalSengkang General Hospital
  • Senior Consultant National Cancer Centre SingaporeNational Cancer Centre Singapore

Profile

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

Education

  • ​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

Awards

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. 

Research Trials