Honorable speakers
Prof. Dr. Anthony Feinstein
Consultant Neuropsychiatrist from Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto
A distinguishable neuropsychiatrist in Sunnybrook’s Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program Hospital and a professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto. His main area of research are on Multiple Sclerosis, Conversion/Functional Neurological Disorder and mental trauma in journalists who work in conflict zones. Prof Anthony just recently rewarded by NeurologyLive® and the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) as the ‘Giants of Multiple Sclerosis’ for his impactful contribution in the neuropsychiatry aspect of Multiple Sclerosis. His documentaries won 2012 Peabody Award, shortlisted for a 2016 EPPY award and longlisted for 2012 Academy Award.
Prof. Emeritus Dato’ Dr. Raymond Azman Ali
Consultant Neurologist and Professor at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
The most respected neurologist in Malaysia with numerous achievement under his belt. Prof Raymond then further subspecialized in epileptology. He was awarded with Prof Emeritus by UKM for his exceptional achievement and contribution in the field of neurology. Among the international awards rewarded to him are ‘World’s Top 2% Scientist Award’ in 2023, 'Asian and Oceanian Outstanding Achievement Epilepsy Award (AOEA)' in 2022 and Marquis Who's Who(Internat Medicine) in 2001. He and Prof Benedict Selladurai pioneered the first epilepsy surgery programme in Malaysia in 1987. He was also the sole Asian Representative of the 1998-1999 ILAE sub-commission on neuroimaging.
Dr. Chee Kok Yoon
Consultant Neuropsychiatrist from Kuala Lumpur Hospital
Dr. Chee is currently serving as the Head of Neuropsychiatry Service Malaysia and a Consultant Neuropsychiatrist from Hospital Kuala Lumpur. Dr Chee has established and elevated the Malaysia neuropsychiatry service to the national referral level. A recipient of two Young Asian Psychiatrist Awards and three merits of service awards. Adept at research and involved actively in international collaboration on psychopharmacology and combating stigma and discrimination against mentally-ill people.
Dr. Norhashim Ahmad
Consultant Neuropsychiatrist from Sultanah Aminah Hospital
Among the earliest neuropsychiatrist in Malaysia, Dr Norhashim obtained his MD from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia in 1991. He pursued psychiatry in the same Univeristy and obtained the MMed (Psych) in 2000. He continued to excel and being trained as neuropsychiatrist in London. He is known to have tons of experience in managing neuropsychiatric cases in adult and geriatric populations.
Dr. Johari Khamis
Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist from Hospital Permai
Dr Johari is an undoubtedly experienced and respected forensic psychiatrist and simultaneously the Deputy Director (Medicine 2) of Hospital Permai. He obtained his MD (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia) in 2000 and subsequently MMed (Psych) (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia) in 2009. He further obtained Fellowship (Forensic Psychiatry) (Institute of Mental Health Singapore, Singapore) in 2017. He has vast experience in managing people with psychiatric presentation involved in crime and detecting inconsistency and manipulation among this population. He is well versed with Malaysian legal system involving the forensic psychiatric patient and thus has been appointed as the chairman of medicolegal team for Hospital Permai. His expertise has been sought after throughout the Southern region of Malaysia.
*Dr Johari is wearing traditional baju melayu with the distinguished Johor's Teluk Belanga and tall songkok
Dr. Sharon Anne Khor Keat Sim
Consultant Rehab Physician | Sultan Ismail Hospital, Johor Bahru
Dr Sharon Anne Khor graduated as a medical doctor in 2000 from University Malaya and completed Masters of Rehabilitation Medicine in 2008 at the same university. She specialises in providing spinal rehabilitation, traumatic brain injury rehabilitation, amputee rehabilitation, paediatric rehabilitation, stroke rehabilitation and oncology rehabilitation.
She was responsible for setting up the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine in Hospital Sultan Ismail Johor Bahru in 2009 and heads the department. She was appointed as the Johor State Advisor for Rehabilitation Medicine Services since 2010. She was a visiting rehabilitation medicine specialist for Hospital Sultanah Aminah from 2009 to 2019. She was a representative in the Conjoint Board for Masters of Rehabilitation Medicine University Malaya from 2015 to 2020.
She has published research abstracts at International and National Conferences since 2008 and received Third Prize for Best Oral Presentation for her clinical research on “Meeting The Rehabilitation Needs of Patients With Diabetic Amputations” at Diabetes Asia 2012 Conference. She was an invited Speaker for lectures in various National and State levels conferences. She received Excellent Service Award in 2010 and 2018 from Johor State Health Department. She is actively involved with educational and community activities for people with disabilities since 2004. She is a member of Academy of Medicine Malaysia, International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, World Federation of Neuro Rehabilitation, Malaysian Association of Rehabilitation Physicians and Malaysian Association for the Study of Pain.
Dr. Hamdi Najman Achok
Consultant Sleep Neurologist from Sultanah Aminah Hospital
He obtained his MBChB degree from the University of Otago in New Zealand in 2000, and later earned his MMed from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in Malaysia in 2011. In 2017, he completed fellowship in Neurology from MOH, Malaysia. He is a World Sleep Society Board-certified physician in sleep medicine since 2019 and had underwent training at the Excellence Center for Sleep Disorders at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand in 2018
Dr. Kamalia Kamarulzaman
Consultant Nuclear Medicine Physician | Kuala Lumpur Hospital
Dr Kamalia Binti Kamarulzaman is the first nuclear neurologist in Malaysia. Currently, she is also a committee member of Malaysian Society of Neurocognitive Clinical and Behavioural Imaging Initiative (NeuroCoB society). Dr Kamalia completed her medical degree at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2004 and later procured her Master degree in Nuclear Medicine from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2014. In 2016, she obtained Fellowship of Asian Nuclear Medicine Board (FANMB) in Shenyang, China. She then pursued 1-year fellowship training in Nuclear Neurology in 2020 at Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea. Her fellowship focussed on advance hybrid SPECT/CT, FDG-PET, FDOPA-PET, FPCIT-PET, amyloid imaging, new tau imaging and many other neuroimaging. Her clinical interest focuses on the utilizing of advance hybrid imaging in various neurodegenerative conditions including movement disorder and dementia, epilepsy, tumour and encephalitis. She has several publications, lectures and scientific presentations in various conferences and has been a reviewer for several oncology and imaging journals.
Dr. Siti Salwa Mohamad Zaini
Consultant Neuroradiologist from Hospital Sungai Buloh and Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Dr Siti Salwa is a Neuroradiologist and currently working at Hospital Sungai Buloh and Hospital Kuala Lumpur. She completed her Neuroradiology Subspecialty Training in early 2023 under Ministry of Health Malaysia and had training at National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN) London, United Kingdom and Ankara, Turkey. Her special interest in Neuroradiology includes CNS tumor, neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular disease. She actively participates in various scientific presentations related to Neurology and involves in the training program for the Neuroradiology Fellowship.
Dr. Kenny Ong Kheng Yee
Consultant Neuropsychiatrist from Kuala Lumpur Hospital
He graduated from International Medical University (IMU), Seremban in 2002. Melbourne. Subsequently, he attained his Master of Medicine (Psychiatry) from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian in 2012, and Fellowship in Neuropsychiatry from Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia in 2016. His special interests include young onset dementia, neuromodulation therapies and administrative psychiatry.
Dr. Mohammad Nabhan Khalil bin Azizan
Neuropsychiatrist from Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital
A highly qualified neuropsychiatrist based in the East Coast of Malaysia. He received his MD degree from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2005 and later completed his MMed (Psych) at Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2015. In addition, he completed his neuropsychiatry subspecialty training at HKL and the Royal
Melbourne Hospital and returned to Malaysia in 2022.
Dr. Chhoa Keng Hong
Neuropsychiatrist from Sarawak General Hospital
He obtained his basic medical degree from UNIMAS in 2008 and subsequently graduated with DrPsych from UKM in 2017. He was assigned as the pioneer psychiatrist to set up the service in the northern division of Sarawak since then. With his interest in neuroscience, he pursued and progressed further in his career with training at HKL and Royal Melbourne Hospital and completed his Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychiatry in 2022
Dr. Siti Nor Fadhlina Misron
Neuropsychiatrist from Permai Hospital and
Adjunct lecturer of Monash University Malaysia
In 2016, she completed her MMed (Psych) at Universiti Sains Malaysia. She completed her subspecialty training under Ministry of Health Malaysia and received fellowship in neuropsychiatry from Royal Melbourne Hospital in 2023. She has several publications that revolve around neuropsychiatry and active as reviewer for peer review journal. In 2023, she contributes to the current EEG electrodes placement technique in Royal Melbourne Hospital. Currently she is in the midst of writing a book about EEG interpretation for ECT practice.
Dr. Chin Han Lim
Consultant Neuropsychiatrist from Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital, Ipoh
He obtained his Medical Degree (MD) from USM and Masters of Psychological Medicine (MPM) from UM in 2010 and 2018 respectively. After 2.5 years of serving in Borneo Island, he has decided to pursue his interest in Neuropsychiatry in 2021 and completed his Neuropsychiatry Subspecialty training in 2024.
Dr. Mohamad Iqbal Mohaini
Senior Clinical Fellow in Neuropsychiatry | Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne
He obtained his Medical Degree (MBBS) from UM and Masters of Medicine (Psychiatry) (MMed-Psychiatry) from UiTM in 2010 and 2018 respectively. After 2.5 years of serving in Sabah, he has decided to pursue his interest in Neuropsychiatry in 2021 and completed his Neuropsychiatry Subspecialty training in 2024.
btained his Medical Degree (MBBS) from UM and Masters of Medicine (Psychiatry) (MMed-Psychiatry) from UiTM in 2010 and 2018 respectively. After 2.5 years of serving in Sabah, he has decided to pursue his interest in Neuropsychiatry in 2021 and completed his Neuropsychiatry Subspecialty training in 2024. tained his Medical Degree (MBBS) from UM and Masters of Medicine (Psychiatry) (MMed-Psychiatry) from UiTM in 2010 and 2018 respectively. After 2.5 years of serving in Sabah, he has decided to pursue his interest in Neuropsychiatry in 2021 and completed his Neuropsychiatry Subspecialty training in 2024.
He obtained his Medical Degree (MBBS) from UM and Masters of Medicine (Psychiatry) (MMed-Psychiatry) from UiTM in 2010 and 2018 respectively. After 2.5 years of serving in Sabah, he has decided to pursue his interest in Neuropsychiatry in 2021 and completed his Neuropsychiatry Subspecialty training in 2024. e obtained his Medical Degree (MBBS) from UM and Masters of Medicine (Psychiatry) (MMed-Psychiatry) from UiTM in 2010 and 2018 respectively. After 2.5 years of serving in Sabah, he has decided to pursue his interest in Neuropsychiatry in 2021 and completed his Neuropsychiatry Subspecialty training in 2024.
Dr. Ng Kian Boon
Clinical Fellow in Neuropsychiatry | Kuala Lumpur General Hospital
He graduated with an MBBS from International Medical University (IMU) Malaysia in 2010, before earning his Parallel Pathway Ministry of Health Specialist qualification of MRCPsych from the Royal College of Psychiatrists UK in 2021. He pioneered the setup of psychiatric services in Hospital Seberang Jaya before embarking on the journey to pursue in Neuropsychiatry Fellowship in Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
Dr. Chong Siew Koon
Clinical Fellow in Neuropsychiatry | Kuala Lumpur General Hospital
A clinical fellow in neuropsychiatry. He obtained his Master's in Psychiatry from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2020, subsequently undertaking a fellowship in neuropsychiatry at Hospital Kuala Lumpur. He exhibits a profound interest in the realms of research and development, with a focus on the digitalization of mental health and the advancement of brain-computer interfaces. Dr. Chong has engaged in collaborative efforts with various entities sharing similar objectives. Among his noteworthy projects are the utilization of Virtual Reality for anxiety treatment, a collaboration with the National Institute of Health. His most recent undertaking involves studying EEG delta wave changes in mindfulness, aromatherapy, and psychospiritual practices, in collaboration with NIOSH and Unisza