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Dr Leong Kin SengFRCS

Heart & chest surgery · Melaka City

Dr Leong Kin Seng is a Cardiothoracic Surgeon specialising in surgical treatment of heart, lung, and chest diseases.

Heart & chest surgery · Kota Bharu

Prof. Dato' Dr. Mohamad Ziyadi Ghazali is a senior Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Cardiothoracic Surgery Specialist practicing at KPJ Perdana Specialist Hospital in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. Qualifications: M.B.B.Ch. B.A.O. (Ireland), L.R.C.P. & S.I. (Ireland), M.Med. (Surgery) (USM). Direct line: 09-745 8000.

Dr. Syed Mohd Adeeb Syed Jalaludin

33+ years of experience · Heart & chest surgery · Johor Bahru

Dr. Syed Mohd Adeeb Syed Jalaludin is a highly experienced Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon based in Johor, Malaysia, specializing in surgical treatments for conditions affecting the heart, lungs, and chest.

Prof Dato’ Seri Dr. Mohd Azhari Yakub

15+ years of experience · Heart & chest surgery · Kuala Lumpur

Prof Dato’ Seri Dr. Mohd Azhari Yakub is an expert in adult cardiac surgery, paediatric and congenital heart surgery and thoracic surgery who holds a position as a Clinical Professor of Kansai Medical University in Osaka, Japan.

Dato’ Dr. Mohd Nazeri Nordin

19+ years of experience · Heart & chest surgery · Kuala Lumpur

Dato’ Dr. Mohd Nazeri Nordin is a Senior Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at IJN who has been with IJN for the past 19 years.

Dr. Gerard Francis LopezMRCS (IRE)

Heart & chest surgery · Kuala Lumpur

Dr. Gerard Francis Lopez is a Cardiothoracic Surgeon experienced in heart, lung, and thoracic surgical procedures.

Dr. Wong Poo Sing 黄步星医生

Heart & chest surgery · Singapore

Senior cardiothoracic surgeon specializing in heart, lung, and chest wall surgery with extensive international training and academic leadership

Dr. Abu Bakar Bin Mamat

Heart & chest surgery · Perai, Penang

Dr. Abu Bakar Bin Mamat is a Visiting Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon specializing in the surgical management of conditions affecting the heart, chest, lungs, and major structures within the cardiothoracic system. His clinical scope includes the assessment and surgical treatment of cardiovascular and thoracic conditions such as coronary artery disease, heart valve disease, congenital heart conditions, aortic disease, and various thoracic and lung disorders. His areas of surgical focus include cardiac surgery, coronary artery surgery, heart valve surgery, congenital heart surgery, aortic surgery, and thoracic procedures involving the lungs and chest. With medical training followed by a Master of Surgery, he provides specialist surgical care for patients requiring evaluation and management of complex cardiothoracic conditions.

Prof Dato’ Seri Dr. Jeffrey Jeswant Dillon

28+ years of experience · Heart & chest surgery · Kuala Lumpur

Prof Dato’ Seri Dr. Jeffrey Jeswant Dillon is a Senior Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon who has been with IJN for 28 years.

Prof Dato’ Sri Dr. Alwi Mohamed Yunus

25+ years of experience · Heart & chest surgery · Kuala Lumpur

With over 25 years of experience in the Department of Cardiac Surgery at IJN, Prof.

Kofidis Theodoros

Heart & chest surgery · Singapore

(Adj) Prof Theodoros Kofidis is a cardiothoracic surgeon at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore. His clinical expertise encompasses a wide range of traditional and less invasive surgical procedures, including minimally invasive cardiac surgeries, small-incision and keyhole access procedures for bypass and heart valve surgery, as well as less invasive and hybrid heart surgery, heart failure surgery and off-pump procedures. (Adj) Prof Kofidis was formerly the head of the department of cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery, and senior consultant cardiothoracic surgeon, at the National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS). He has trained in several institutions such as the Strong Memorial Hospital, USA; Texas Heart Institute, USA; Hannover Medical School, Germany; and Stanford University Medical School, USA. He has more than 17 years of experience in Europe and Singapore as a cardiothoracic surgeon. (Adj) Prof Kofidis has established a comprehensive and advanced minimally invasive and endoscopic heart surgery programme in the region and set up an advanced haemodynamic research laboratory and cardiovascular surgical research group in Singapore. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK, an elected member of the American Association of Thoracic Surgery, and an ambassador/steering committee of the World Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery. (Adj) Prof Kofidis is the chairman of the Initiative for Research and Innovation in Surgery and has introduced numerous new technologies in his field of practice regionally. He has launched new types of less invasive surgery that include the first same-stop-hybrid bypass procedure, sutureless heart valves, automated knot-tying devices, and the first 3D-guided minimally invasive surgery. He also invented NUHCS’ own minimally invasive procedure called SIMICS (single incision minimally invasive cardiac surgery). He has made contributions to heart-related research; and his innovations, discoveries and medical patents in heart surgery have earned him many awards including the NHIC/SMART/SPRING I-2-Start Grant and the NRF/CGF grant. (Adj) Prof Kofidis was also awarded the NUS-TAP Fund for a novel, suspended retractor and endoscopic camera system for minimally invasive surgery. As an academic teacher, proctor and consultant in the field-related industry, (Adj) Prof Kofidis is often invited to train doctors and nurses in minimally invasive heart surgeries, and conduct cardiac surgical workshops around the world. He is a professor with the department of surgery at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. He also founded the Initiative to Promote Research and Innovative Technology in Surgery, which has helped more than 150 students and postgraduates kick-start their academic career in this field. He is also an editor and reviewer for various scientific bodies, and he has published in more than 150 articles in international journals including Nature, Circulation, New England Journal of Medicine, Biomaterials and the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. He has received various international awards and was an invited lecturer at the Bill Gates Research Centre, the American Medical Association, the National Institutes of Health, and Food and Drug Administration in the USA.

Sriram ShankarFRCS

Heart & chest surgery · Singapore

Dr Sriram Shankar is a cardiothoracic surgeon practising at Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore. His interests are in adult cardiothoracic surgery, adult vascular surgery, paediatric cardiothoracic surgery and paediatric vascular surgery. He trained in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Middlesex Hospital in London and subsequently worked at the Brompton Hospital in London, Harefield Hospital in Uxbridge and the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. While he runs his practices at Gleneagles and Mount Elizabeth Hospitals, Dr Shankar is also a Senior Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at National Heart Centre. Dr Shankar was the recipient of Dr Rama Rao Gold Medal Anatomy in 1978, First Prize of Honor in Microbiology in 1980 and Service Quality Bronze in 2001. Dr Shankar moved to Singapore in September 1990 but returned to England in 1995 to further specialise. During this stint, he spent a year with Dr William J Brawn FRCS and Dr B Sethia, FRCS at the Children’s Hospital in Birmingham. Dr Shankar has since helped establish the Paediatric Cardiothoracic service at the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, where he was the Head of services till March 2009. Dr Shankar has had extensive experience with Adult Cardiac Surgery, having performed over 1000 off-pump procedures for patients with Coronary Artery Disease. He is trained to undertake Valve restorative operations for both Children & Adults, with vast experience in both. He has had excellent results with patients with aortic disease, especially aneurysm surgery and surgery for acute type 1 aortic dissection. Dr Shankar has also written and published several articles.