About Doctor

He graduated from the University of Malaya in 1999. After serving the Ministry of Health Malaysia as a medical officer in Cardiothoracic Surgery and Clinical Oncology. He did his postgraduate training in Clinical Oncology in St Luke’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, the National Cancer Centre in Ireland. He obtained the Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists (UK) in Clinical Oncology in 2006. He later worked as a Research Registrar under Professor John Armstrong, St. Luke’s Institute of Cancer Research, and was involved in a few EORTC and ICORG(Irish Clinical Oncology Research Group) clinical trials in prostate, lung and esophagus cancers. He continued his training and research in radiation oncology as a Clinical Research Fellow in the British Columbia, Vancouver Island Centre, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada under Professor Ivo Olivotto , Head of Radiation Oncology, BCCA(2007-2008). Here, he was involved in RTOG and NCI Canada clinical trials in partial breast radiotherapy and breast IMRT. He also received training in IMRT/IGRT especially in head and neck cancers and formal training in prostate brachytherapy with LDR iodine seeds in the BCCA Vancouver Cancer Centre, which has the largest prostate brachytherapy programme in Canada. As part of the training, he had the opportunity to attend the Seattle Prostate Institute Prostate Brachytherapy Course, Seattle, Washington. At the end of 2008, he came back to Malaysia and was appointed Consultant Clinical Oncologist in the Department of Radiotherapy & Oncology, Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL), the National Tertiary Referral Centre of Malaysia. Here, he was involved in the multidisciplinary care of cancer patients, especially in breast, colorectal, gynecological, head & neck, prostate &genitourinary cancers and CNS tumours. He was instrumental in starting the IMRT/IGRT services including organising the first National Workshop on Head & Neck IMRT/IGRT and was involved in the SRS/SRT programme for intracranial lesions in HKL. He was a member of the National Committee for Malaysian Guidelines on Radiation Protection in Permanent Prostate Brachytherapy, Ministry of Health, Malaysia. In late 2011, he was appointed an Associate Professor of Medicine (Oncology) in the Faculty of Medicine, University Technology MARA (UiTM), before joining KPJ Johor Specialist Hospital as Consultant Clinical & Radiation Oncologist in 2012. In 2017, he joined KPJ Damansara Specialist Hospital as a resident consultant. ... See More

Practices

Specialization

Radiation Oncologist

Qualifications

MBBS (Malaya) (1999) Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, FRCR (UK) (2006) Faculty of Clinical Oncology, the Royal College of Radiologists, London, UK , Fellow Radiation Oncology (Canada) (2008) The University of British Columbia, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Awards & Recognition

Member of the National Committee for Malaysian Guidelines on Radiation Protection in Permanent Prostate Brachytherapy, Ministry of Health, Malaysia. ASTRO (American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology) – International Member National Cancer Society Malaysia- Member. Academy of Medicine, College of Radiology – Member MOS (Malaysian Oncology Society) – Life Member IMAM (Islamic Medical Association Malaysia) – Life Member6)MMA (Malaysia Medical Association)- Life Member

Medical Registry

Malaysia Medical Council: 36248
National Specialist Register: 128021

Languages

English
Bahasa Malaysia

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