Overview
Background
Senior anatomical pathologist and cytopathologist at Pathology Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital with special interest in the fields of head and neck, oral, endocrine pathology and cytopathology. He leads head and neck and oral pathology at Metro North, based on RBWH and as member of RBWH head and neck MDT clinic since 2012. He is also a part time consultant Histopathologist at Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology Brisbane.
His line of research centres on the molecular pathology and translational diagnostics of head and neck malignancies, with a specific focus on identifying novel biomarkers for early detection, prognosis, and therapeutic stratification. Another area is focus on pathology standardization through international collaboration, notably collaborating the HNCLEAR consensus working groups to establish globally accepted criteria for key prognostic indicators like Perineural Invasion (current) and PD-L1 immunohistochemistry on head and neck Scc.
Availability
- Dr Touraj Taheri is:
- Available for supervision
Research interests
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Head and neck cancer: translational biology, early diagnosis and target therapy.
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HPV associated oropharynngeal Scc
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Liquid biopsy in head and neck mucosal Scc.
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Thyroid tumours
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Salivary gland tumours pathology
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Development of a circulating tumour cell culture model from head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Huang, Xiaomin, Zhang, Xi, Weeramange, Chameera Ekanayake, Leo, Paul, Hughes, Brett G. M., Dolcetti, Riccardo, Zeng, Bijun, Mazzieri, Roberta, Hartel, Gunter, Ladwa, Rahul, Taheri, Touraj, Breik, Omar, Kenny, Lizbeth, Vasani, Sarju and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2025). Development of a circulating tumour cell culture model from head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. View, 6 (6) 20250085, 1-13. doi: 10.1002/VIW.20250085
2025
Journal Article
Immunohistochemical expression of Ki67, CD10, BRAF, and α-SMA tumour markers in ameloblastoma and odontogenic keratocyst
Chen, Cheryl, Taheri, Touraj, Batstone, Martin and Johnson, Nigel (2025). Immunohistochemical expression of Ki67, CD10, BRAF, and α-SMA tumour markers in ameloblastoma and odontogenic keratocyst. International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 54 (11), 1023-1030. doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2025.06.012
2024
Journal Article
SMARCB1-deficient sinonasal adenocarcinoma: a rare variant of SWI/SNF-deficient malignancy often misclassified as high-grade non-intestinal-type sinonasal adenocarcinoma or myoepithelial carcinoma
Skálová, Alena, Taheri, Touraj, Bradová, Martina, Vaněček, Tomáš, Franchi, Alessandro, Slouka, David, Kostlivý, Tomáš, de Rezende, Gisele, Michálek, Jaroslav, Klubíčková, Natálie, Ptáková, Nicola, Nemcová, Antónia, Michal, Michal, Agaimy, Abbas and Leivo, Ilmo (2024). SMARCB1-deficient sinonasal adenocarcinoma: a rare variant of SWI/SNF-deficient malignancy often misclassified as high-grade non-intestinal-type sinonasal adenocarcinoma or myoepithelial carcinoma. Virchows Archiv, 485 (2), 245-256. doi: 10.1007/s00428-023-03650-2
2024
Journal Article
Surgical resection and reconstruction of ameloblastoma: a 13-year retrospective review
Chen, Cheryl, Batstone, Martin, Taheri, Touraj and Johnson, Nigel (2024). Surgical resection and reconstruction of ameloblastoma: a 13-year retrospective review. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 82 (7), 862-868. doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2024.03.030
2024
Journal Article
A novel saliva-based miRNA profile to diagnose and predict oral cancer
Balakittnen, Jaikrishna, Ekanayake Weeramange, Chameera, Wallace, Daniel F., Duijf, Pascal H. G., Cristino, Alexandre S., Hartel, Gunter, Barrero, Roberto A., Taheri, Touraj, Kenny, Liz, Vasani, Sarju, Batstone, Martin, Breik, Omar and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2024). A novel saliva-based miRNA profile to diagnose and predict oral cancer. International Journal of Oral Science, 16 (1) 14, 1-13. doi: 10.1038/s41368-023-00273-w
2024
Journal Article
Human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA methylation changes in HPV-associated head and neck cancer
Ekanayake Weeramange, Chameera, Tang, Kai Dun, Irwin, Darryl, Hartel, Gunter, Langton-Lockton, Julian, Ladwa, Rahul, Kenny, Lizbeth, Taheri, Touraj, Whitfield, Bernard, Vasani, Sarju and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2024). Human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA methylation changes in HPV-associated head and neck cancer. Carcinogenesis, 45 (3), 140-148. doi: 10.1093/carcin/bgae001
2024
Journal Article
Primary intranodal epithelioid haemangioendothelioma in the submandibular region: a case report
Shukla, Khilan, Taheri, Touraj, Baghaie, Hooman and Breik, Omar (2024). Primary intranodal epithelioid haemangioendothelioma in the submandibular region: a case report. Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, 76 (5), 3956-3961. doi: 10.1007/s12070-024-04752-2
2023
Journal Article
Branchioma: immunohistochemical and molecular genetic study of 23 cases highlighting frequent loss of retinoblastoma 1 immunoexpression
Bradová, Martina, Thompson, Lester D. R., Hyrcza, Martin, Vaněček, Tomáš, Grossman, Petr, Michal, Michael, Hájková, Veronika, Taheri, Touraj, Rupp, Niels, Suster, David, Lakhani, Sunil, Nikolov, Dimitar Hadži, Žalud, Radim, Skálová, Alena, Michal, Michal and Agaimy, Abbas (2023). Branchioma: immunohistochemical and molecular genetic study of 23 cases highlighting frequent loss of retinoblastoma 1 immunoexpression. Virchows Archiv, 484 (1), 1-15. doi: 10.1007/s00428-023-03697-1
2023
Journal Article
Still a challenging diagnosis: perineural spread of head and neck cutaneous SCC and the limitations of MRI imaging
Maher, Declan, Dunn, Daryl, Aw, Grace, Taheri, Touraj, Kenny, Lizbeth, Sommerville, Ryan and Morrison, Edwin (2023). Still a challenging diagnosis: perineural spread of head and neck cutaneous SCC and the limitations of MRI imaging. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 93 (4), 1077-1078. doi: 10.1111/ans.18110
2023
Conference Publication
Branchioma: A Series of 23 Cases Illustrating Frequent Loss of the Retinoblastoma 1 (Rb1)
Baneckova, Martina, Thompson, Lester, Hyrcza, Martin, Vanecek, Tomas, Grossmann, Petr, Michal, Michael, Hajkova, Veronika, Taheri, Touraj, Rupp, Niels, Suster, David, Lakhani, Sunil, Nikolov, Dimitar Hadzi, Skalova, Alena, Michal, Michal and Agaimy, Abbas (2023). Branchioma: A Series of 23 Cases Illustrating Frequent Loss of the Retinoblastoma 1 (Rb1). 112th Annual Meeting of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP), New Orleans, LA, United States, 11-16 March 2023. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier.
2021
Journal Article
Highly multiplexed digital spatial profiling of the tumor microenvironment of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Taheri, Touraj, O'Byrne, Ken, Hughes, Brett G. M., Kenny, Liz and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2021). Highly multiplexed digital spatial profiling of the tumor microenvironment of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients. Frontiers in Oncology, 10 607349, 607349. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2020.607349
2021
Conference Publication
TS01.06 High-Plex Digital Spatial Profiling of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Kulasinghe, A., Monkman, J., Taheri, T., Warkiani, M., O’leary, C., Ladwa, R., Richard, D. and O'Byrne, K. (2021). TS01.06 High-Plex Digital Spatial Profiling of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC). 2020 North America Conference on Lung Cancer, Virtual, 16-17 October 2020. New York, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2020.10.098
2020
Journal Article
High-plex and high-throughput digital spatial profiling of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Monkman, James, Taheri, Touraj, Warkiani, Majid Ebrahimi, O’Leary, Connor, Ladwa, Rahul, Richard, Derek, O’ Byrne, Ken and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2020). High-plex and high-throughput digital spatial profiling of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Cancers, 12 (12) 3551, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/cancers12123551
2020
Journal Article
CD155 on tumor cells drives resistance to immunotherapy by inducing the degradation of the activating receptor CD226 in CD8+ T cells
Braun, Matthias, Aguilera, Amelia Roman, Sundarrajan, Ashmitha, Corvino, Dillon, Stannard, Kimberley, Krumeich, Sophie, Das, Indrajit, Lima, Luize G., Meza Guzman, Lizeth G., Li, Kunlun, Li, Rui, Salim, Nazhifah, Jorge, Maria Villancanas, Ham, Sunyoung, Kelly, Gabrielle, Vari, Frank, Lepletier, Ailin, Raghavendra, Ashwini, Pearson, Sally, Madore, Jason, Jacquelin, Sebastien, Effern, Maike, Quine, Brodie, Koufariotis, Lambros T., Casey, Mika, Nakamura, Kyohei, Seo, Eun Y., Hölzel, Michael, Geyer, Matthias ... Bald, Tobias (2020). CD155 on tumor cells drives resistance to immunotherapy by inducing the degradation of the activating receptor CD226 in CD8+ T cells. Immunity, 53 (4), 805-823.e15. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2020.09.010
2020
Conference Publication
Erdheim-Chester Disease: A Rare Cause of Bilateral Renal Artery Stenosis and AKI
Ng, Monica S., Mon, Saw Yu, O’Rourke, Rachael, Mott, Nigel, Taheri, Touraj, Morris, Kirk and Gois, Pedro H. (2020). Erdheim-Chester Disease: A Rare Cause of Bilateral Renal Artery Stenosis and AKI. Kidney Week, Online, 19-25 October 2020. Washington, DC United States: American Society of Nephrology. doi: 10.1681/asn.20203110s1675b
2020
Journal Article
Oral HPV16 DNA as a screening tool to detect early oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma
Tang, Kai D., Vasani, Sarju, Menezes, Lilian, Taheri, Touraj, Walsh, Laurence J., Hughes, Brett G.M., Frazer, Ian H., Kenny, Liz, Scheper, Gert C. and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2020). Oral HPV16 DNA as a screening tool to detect early oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer Science, 111 (10) cas.14585, 3854-3861. doi: 10.1111/cas.14585
2020
Journal Article
An occult HPV-driven oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma discovered through a saliva test
Tang, Kai Dun, Vasani, Sarju, Taheri, Touraj, Walsh, Laurence J., Hughes, Brett G. M., Kenny, Lizbeth and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2020). An occult HPV-driven oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma discovered through a saliva test. Frontiers in Oncology, 10 408, 408. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2020.00408
2018
Journal Article
CXCR4 and PD-1 expression in head and neck cancer with perineural spread
Barnett, Catherine M., Sommerville, Ryan S., Lin, Charles, Ratnayake, Gishan, Hughes, Brett and Taheri, Touraj (2018). CXCR4 and PD-1 expression in head and neck cancer with perineural spread. Journal of Neurological Surgery, Part B: Skull Base, 80 (01), 018-022. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1660846
2017
Journal Article
Oral mucocoeles in chronic graft-versus-host-disease: report of a case following lung transplantation
Sahebian, Azadeh, Sinnya, Sudipta, Taheri, Touraj and Muir, James B. (2017). Oral mucocoeles in chronic graft-versus-host-disease: report of a case following lung transplantation. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 58 (2), 151-152. doi: 10.1111/ajd.12518
2014
Journal Article
Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour - A rare cause of a popliteal fossa mass: A case report and review of the literature
Davis, Colin M., Choong, Andrew M. T. L., Sharp, David, Taheri, Touraj, Senewiratne, Shireen and Hinckley, Vedella (2014). Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour - A rare cause of a popliteal fossa mass: A case report and review of the literature. Plastic Surgery, 22 (3), 207-210. doi: 10.1177/229255031402200309
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
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- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2025
Master Philosophy
Epidemiology, Surgical Management and Prognostic Indicators of Benign Intraosseous Jaw Pathology
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Nigel Johnson
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