Persatuan Genetik Malaysia

Dr Thong Meow-Keong is a Professor of Paediatrics and Consultant Clinical Geneticist at the University of Malaya Medical Centre. He was a Fulbright Scholar and a board-certified clinical geneticist by the Human Genetics Society of Australasia. He established the first Genetics Clinic in 1995 and the Genetics & Metabolism Unit at the Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya. He has published nearly 70 peer-reviewed journal publications on genetic conditions and birth defects in Malaysia, authored 3 books and 10 book chapters, co-wrote 3 monographs and presented over 120 conference proceedings. He collaborated with the Ministry of Health Malaysia in developing the counselling module for thalassemia and other genetic disorders; Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF) on hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndromes and World Health Organization (WHO) on management of haemoglobinopathies and birth defects. His current research interests included birth defects and genetic disorders, genetic counselling and inborn errors of metabolism. He was the Head, Department of Paediatrics, University of Malaya from 2009-2011. He is the current President of the Asia-Pacific Society of Human Genetics, President of the College of Paediatrics, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia, Vice President of the Medical Genetics Society of Malaysia, council member of the Genetics Society of Malaysia and Chairman of the Clinical Genetics sub-speciality committee of the National Specialist Register Malaysia.

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Prof Dr Thong Meow Keong

Head, Genetics & Metabolism Unit,

Department of Paediatrics

Faculty of Medicine

University of Malaya

50603 Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia.

Tel: 603-79492065

Fax: 603-79494704

E-mail: thongmk@um.edu.my