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FMHS 2013 ANNUAL REPORT
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1. MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN 3
2. FMHS ORGANISATIONAL CHART & STAFF LIST 6
3. MBBS STUDENTS (YR1- 4) 9
4. WHITE COAT CEREMONY 18
5. DEPARTMENT OF PRECLINICAL SCIENCES 19
6. DEPARTMENTS OF CLINICAL SCIENCES 22
7. DEPARTMENT OF CHINESE MEDICINE 33
8. DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOTHERAPY 40
9. DEPARTMENT OF NURSING 42
10. MBBS STUDENTS ACTIVITY 45
11. CCR & CSCR ANNUAL REPORTS 48
12. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 66
13. PUBLICATIONS 76
14. FMHS R & D PROJECTS 81
15. COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL ACTIVITY 86
16. POST GRADUATE RESEARCH 92
17. OBITUARY 97

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OUR SMILING DEAN
In 2012 when the first MBBS cohort entered the third year, we operated 5 concurrent postings so that the
number of students for each posting will remain small and students will receive close attention by their teachers.
In 2013, when these students entered the fourth year, the complexity of operation increased as there are now
many specialty postings that they have to rotate through, such as Forensic Medicine, Dermatology, Radiology,
Otolaryngology, Ophthalmology, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry, and various aspects of
Community Medicine. As not all these disciplines are available at Hospital Ampang, we have to arrange their
postings in Hospital Kuala Lumpur and Hospital Rehabilitasi Cheras. The logistic problems were immense and
often unpredictable. Thank to our resourceful and hardworking staff, we managed to get the postings organised.
Credit must also be given to our students, as many a time our undaunted would brave the erratic city centre
traffic to attend the teaching-learning activities in these locations.
These problems were also faced by students in the other three courses: Chinese Medicine, Physiotherapy and
Nursing. Transport woes reign number one in the feedbacks given by our students. We hope these could be
lessened when the three UTAR campuses in the Klang Valley come together in Sungai Long by 2015 and more
buses would then be available to ply the routes and facilitate the students to travel to the sites of teaching-
learning. Naturally, the ideal solution is to have our own teaching hospital where the teaching-learning activities
can be conducted under one roof.
The postgraduate programmes (MSc and PhD by research) are in full swing in 2013. By the end of the year, 14
students were registered, while another 16 are waiting in the pipeline as they make initial exploration under the
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guidance of their supervisors. Under FMHS, four research centres had been established: Centre for Stem Cell
Research, Centre for Cancer Research, Centre for Research in Chinese Medicine, and Centre for Research in
Non-Communicable Diseases. The last was established in 2013 in line with the thrust of research in this area
endorsed by both the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. The Centre
for Stem Cell Research brought in the largest amount of funding among all.
Among the many research projects undertaken by our staff, one group collaborating with University Malaya
Medical Centre reported the first successful production of sustainable Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell lines
(IPSC) from osteosarcoma cells, a form of bone cancer. UTAR researchers are now the first in Malaysia to
produce a sustainable IPSC line, not just from one source of steosarcoma, but from four sources of
osteosarcoma cells. It is meaningful to all of us because it is not an easy task to establish such a cell line and
only recently in December 2012, the discoverer of this technology was awarded the Nobel Prize, indicating the
immense potential of such cell lines in the practice of personalised medicine.
The staff in the FMHS are also active in community activities during their spare time. Some of these activities
were carried out with the participation of our students. It is never too early to inculcate such readiness and
desire to help, and the spirit of volunteerism among the novices. Joint professional and community activities
continued to be organised together with Hospital Sungai Long, our immediate neighbour, and also other non-
government organisations. We look forward to more collaboration for community activities in the future.
In a recent keynote address by our Direct-General of Health, Ministry of Health of Malaysia, he expressed
concerns that workers in his Ministry tend to have a silo mentality. He encourages his staff to come out of their
comfort zones and work with others within the Ministry and outside, to be as inclusive as possible. I totally
agree with him. Whether in education, research or service, we should work with others, not just within
Malaysia, but also globally. I do urge our academic staff to make the lead in research collaboration with our
counterparts in other parts of the World. Let us not be diffident about our present status being a budding
medical institution; let us be brave to build new relationships and explore new ventures!
In 2013, we lost a great teacher, Associate Professor Dr Teo Wee Sin, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon, who
came to help us to start the Clinical Phase. His contribution to the UTAR medical course will forever be fondly
remembered and deeply appreciated.
Last, but not the least, we look forward to greater achievements and innovative endeavours by all the staff in the
FMHS in the coming year!

Emeritus Professor Cheong Soon-Keng
Dean

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2014 FMHS Staff List
No. MEDICINE
1. Prof. Dr. Cheong Soon Keng – Emeritus Senior Prof., Dean
2. Prof. Dr. Yap Sook Fan – Deputy Dean, R&D and Post-grad.
3. Prof. Dr. Boo Nem Yun – Deputy Dean, Acad Dev & Undergrd
4. Prof. Choo Kong Bung – Professor, Chair, Stem Cell Res Ctr.
5. Prof. Yasmin Abdul Malik – Head of Pre-Clinical, Microbiology
6. Dato’ Dr. Shong Hing Kock – Head, Dept of Surgery, Ortho
7. Prof. Dato’ Dr Yip Cheng Har – Clinical Prof. Surgery
8. Prof. Dr. Goh Tai Heng – O&G
9. Prof. Dr. M. Parameshvara Deva - Psychiatry
10. Prof. Dr. Jenny P. Deva - Ophthalmology
11. Prof. Dr. Shelly Soo – Head, Dept of Medicine, Clin Prof. Med
12. Prof M.K.V. Menon – Anatomy
13. Dr. Alan Ong Han Kiat – Assoc. Prof., Deputy Dean
14. Dr. Lim Yang Mooi – Assoc, Prof., Head Res Lab, Head
Postgrad prog, Chair, Cancer Res Centre
15. Dr. Robert Chen – Assoc. Prof., Dir. Simulated Patients Prog.
16. Dr. Gan Seng Chiew – Assoc. Prof., Pre-clinical Sciences
17. Dr. Thaw Zin – Assoc. Prof. - Pharmacology & Toxicology
18. Dr. Chandrashekhar T.Sreeramareddy – A Prof., Public Health
19. Dr. Asok Kumar Ghosh – Assoc. Prof. - Physiology
20. Dr. Manjit Sidhu – Assoc. Prof. - Physiology
21. Dr. A.K.M. Moniruddin Chowdhury – Assist Prof - Internal Med.
22. Dr. Wong Swee Lan – Clinical Professor – Pop Medicine
23. Dr. Neoh Leong Kheng, Clinical Assoc. Prof. - Orthopaedics
24. Dr. Ng Swee Choon – Clinical Assoc. Prof. - Cardiology
25. Dr. Lim Yun Hsuen – Clinical Assoc. Prof. - Obstet & Gyne
26. Dr. Peh Kiam Heng – Clinical Assoc. Prof. - Surgery
27. Dr. Than Than Htwe – Clinical Assoc. Prof. - Pathology
28. Dr. Felix Yap Boon Bin – Clinical Assoc. Prof - Dermatology
29. Dr. Saw Min Oo, Assoc. Prof – Surgery
30. Dr. Yeoh Seen Heng – Assist. Prof. - Psychiatry
31. Dr. Leong Pooi Pooi – Assist. Prof. - Immunology
32. Dr. Myat Khaing - Assist. Prof - Anesthesia
33. Dr. Shwe Sin - Assist. Prof - Pathology
34. Dr. Tan Kian Lee - Clinical Assistant Professor – Gastro/Rectal
35. Dr. Kartheek R. Balapala– Assist. Prof – Physiol
36. Dr. Zay Yar Naing – Specialist III - Paediatrics
37. Dr. Nadia Mohamad Hatta – Tutor Pre-clinical
39. Dr. Mohammed Abdulrazzaq Jabbar – Lecturer – Occup Med
40. Mrs. Chew Wai Fong – Lecturer - Nutritionist
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41. Dr. Din Xin Jet - Trainee Lecturer - Radiology
42. Dr. Veronica Poulsaeman – Lecturer - Pediatrics
43. Dr. Thinn Yu Aung – Lecturer A2 – Pharmacology
44. Dr. Gary Low Kim Kuan – Lecturer A2 – Public Health
45. Dr. Ahmed Shaheed – Lecturer - Internal Medicine
46. Mr. Sura Sreenivasulu – Senior Lecturer, Anatomy
47 Dr. Kasim S Kasim, Assoc. Prof - ENT

NURSING
48. Ms. Sheela Devi a/p Sukuru - Lecturer, Head Nursing Prog.
49. Ms. Shamala a/p Baskaran – Specialist I
50. Mrs. Fong Ka Ling – Senior Lecturer
51. Mrs. Liew Siew Fun – Lecturer
52. Mrs. Woo Li Fong – Specialist I - Diabetic Nurse Educator
53. Mrs. Jagjit Kaur a/p Najar Singh – Lecturer
54. Mrs. Jayanthi a/p Marimuthu – Specialist I
55. Mr. Mohamad Ma’azee bin Abdul Rahman - Lecturer
56. Puan Norlaili binti Ahmad – Specialist I
57. Ms. Ng Siow Fam - Lecturer

PHYSIOTHERAPY
58. Mr. Pramod D. Shenoy – Lecturer, Head of Physiotherapy
59. Mrs. Manisha Parai - Lecturer
60. Mr. Lim Shih Liang - Lecturer
61. Mr. Nizar Abdul Majeed Kutty - Lecturer
62. Mr. Muhammad Fahad Siddique – Lecturer
63. Mr. Smithesh Odathil Kooven - Lecturer
64. Mr. Imtiyaz Ali Mir - Lecturer
65. Mr. Deiveindran Kalirathinam - Lecturer
66. Mr. Manojabraham Manoharlal - Lecturer
67. Puan Che Mah binti Ahmad – Physiotherapist IV
68. Ms. Gan Pein Pein - Physiotherapist IV
No. TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE (TCM)
69. Prof. Zai Yachun, TCM
70. Dr. Te Kian Keong – Assistant Prof. Head of Dept of Ch Med,
Chair, TCM Res Centre
71. Prof. Dr. Si Xiaochen – Head of Clinical TCM Programme
72. Dr. Yang Zao – Assoc. Prof.
73. Dr. Wu Nanmin – Assoc. Prof.
74. Ms. Ooi Ciat Hui - Lecturer
75. Dr. Chong Wan Kuan - Lecturer
76. Ms. Ng Foong Leng - Specialist 1
77. Mr. Wang Chaozheng – Specialist 1
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78. Mr. Teh Weng Yao – Lecturer
79. Ms Elly Lan Yen Min – Lecturer
80. Ms. Lim Chih Boon – Tutor
81. Ms. Chin Mei Yue - Lecturer
82. Mr. Yap Yau Pin - Lecturer
83. Ms.Chong Kuen-Yen - Lecturer
85. Ms Ling Ying Sia - Lecturer

ADMINISTRATION
86. Ms. Lim Ping – Manager
87. Puan Wan Zulawati bt Wan Hassan – Administrative Assist II
88. Ms. Chang Teng Ting – Senior Assistant Manager
89. Puan Siti Nurbahjan binti Ibrahim – Assist. Mngr, Soft. Dev.
90. Ms. Tan Wear Sim, Ice – Senior Assistant Manager
91. Ms. Kalvinashini a/p Saseedran - Medical Lab Technologist II
92. Ms Goh Siew Yoke, Phoebe – Senior Assistant Manager
93. Ms. Saaratha a/p Nadarajan - Medical Lab Technologist II
94. Mr. Tony Chong Kong Wah – Lab technician
95. Mr. Lee Meng Lay – Lab technician
96. Ms Wong Lee Sia @ Leesia Wong – Nurse III
97. Mr Chew Huat Soon – Assistant Lab Manager
98. Ms Wong Poh Geok – Nurse II
99. Puan Azwaniza binti Jamaluddin – Clerk / Typist
100 Ms. Angela Lee Yock Yan @ Lee Chin Imm – Nurse II

RESEARCH LABORATORY
101 Ms. Teh Hui Xin - Science Officer I
102 Cik. Nurul Amira binti Buslima – Science Officer I
103 Ms. Grace Jong Hui Lan – Science Officer 1

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014 : MBBS YEAR 1

Lee Yong Hong, Lim Kai Eng, Chan Farn Xuan, Ng Bin Hong, Khoo Ji Sheng, Rajwinder Singh A/L Mahinder
Singh, Chew Yi
Zhung Janice The Yin, Nga Rou Yi, Wong Yee Lian, Mika Jenni Tobuse, Tee Ying-Yi

Shanmathe A/P Sivachandran, Leong Jia Choon, Vignesharan A/L Ganesh,Michael Joshua Dev, Chen Tong
Lin (Alex), Chia Lian Ching (Nicole) Grace Chua Shyn Yi, Beatrice Chia Shi Yun, Chan Zhixin, Tee Sze Yuen,
Ong Wan Jun, Chieng Lie Keat

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Siew Mun Kein (Mathew),Tow Khang Nian,Shervind A/L Jothi, Rishvinder Singh A/L Jagjit Singh,Chew Shu
Yui,
Lidiapriya A/P Subramaniam Too Zhan Hong (Terrence), Chan Huay Yee,Hor Wan Xin,Lee Yu Ying, Yong Jia
En Amelia,Jane Wong Zan Mei

Kho Jia Lek, Thong Ching Fung, Chong Jing En, Lim Xin Yin, Elton Liew Wei Keng, Woon Tse King
Ng Chiew Min, Lim Jing Wen, Chong Mei Ping, Ong Li Yin, Jemima Wei Ning, Denessha A/P
Mokhanachandran

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