Page 10 - 7th POMR CONFERENCE MELAKA 2022

SPEAKERS

DR. MOHAMMED AZMAN BIN MOHAMMAD RAFFIQ
Dr. Mohammed Azman received his MBBS from the International Islamic
University Malaysia and went on to do his Master of Surgery in Neurosurgery
from University Sains Malaysia. Dr. Azman did his Clinical Fellowship in Spine
Surgery AO/KOSC. He is also a Coordinator in the Masters of Neurosurgery
Academic Training & Examination Committee as well as Neurosurgery Masters Training &
Board Examination Committee. He is also an Associate Member Medical Specialty Cover for
Neurosurgery in the Federation of International Motorcycles (FIM) Motorsport, Malaysia.
Currently, Dr Azman is the Head of Department & Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Penang
General Hospital with a special interest in Vascular and Skull Base Neurosurgery as well as
Spine Surgery.
DR. AZMI BIN ALIAS
Dr. Azmi did his MBBS at University Malaya in the year 1989 and proceeded with
Master of Surgery in 1997 from University Kebangsaan Malaysia. Dr. Azmi also
has a Fellowship in Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland in 2003 and did his
subspecialty training in Neurosurgery in 2005. Apart from that, Dr. Azmi also has training in
Minimally Invasive Surgery from the University of Mainz, Germany in 2005 as well as training
in Paediatric Neurosurgery & Craniofacial Surgery from Women & Children Hospital, Adelaide,
South Australia in 2007. Dr. Azmi is a committee member in Safe Surgery Save Life (SSSL 2.0),
Ministry of Health, Malaysia. He is also an honorary lecturer and examiner for multiple
trainings in the field of Neurosurgery. Dr. Azmi is also actively involved internationally with the
World Federation of Neurosurgery as well as World Academy of Neurosurgery, to name a few.
Currently, Dr Azmi is the Head & Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon in Hospital Kuala Lumpur
and Head & Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Hospital Tunku Azizah, (Women and
Children Hospital Kuala Lumpur).
DATO’ SERI DR. MOHAMED YUSOF BIN ABDUL WAHAB
Dato 'Seri Dr. Hj. Mohamed Yusof pursued his medical degree at Universiti Sains
Malaysia and graduated in 1987. He obtained his postgraduate degree (F.R.C.S.)
in April 1995 at The Royal College Of Surgeons Of Edinburgh. He was appointed
as the Head of the Surgery Department at Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital (HTAR), Klang in
2002 until 2017. He was also the Head of the Selangor General Surgery Service from 2002 to
2017. He was the Head of the Malaysian General Surgery Service since 7 December 2016 until
just recently. He received the Mahkota Darjah Kebesaran Dato ’Paduka Mahkota Selangor
(D.P.M.S) award in December 2010 and the Darjah Gemilang Pangkuan Negeri (D.G.P.N.)
award on 14 July 2018.

DATUK DR. SOON RUEY
Datuk Dr. Soon Ruey graduated from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 1987. He
started his training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Hospital Kuala Lumpur in 1989
and passed his membership in 1994. In 1999, he was awarded a fellowship post in
Minimally Invasive Surgery at the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Singapore. He
subsequently returned to develop Minimally Invasive Surgery in Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Hospital
University Kebangsaan Malaysia as well as for the Ministry of Health in Malaysia. Datuk Dr. Soon
Ruey has been actively involved in in many committees in the development of the O&G training in
Malaysia. He is also the first Malaysian to receive the Young Gynaecologist Award from the Asian
Federation if O&G in 2002. In 2002, he started work as Head of Department and Senior Consultant
in Hospital Queen Elizabeth in Sabah. The Department of O&G subsequently moved its current
premises at Hospital Likas, Sabah’s Women and Children’s Hospital in 2004. Datuk Dr. Soon Ruey is
also active in extracurricular activities. In 2013, together with a team of Divers, they created a
Guinness World record for the longest continuous Underwater Clean Up. In 2016, he received a
Federal award “Panglima Jasa Negara” which carries the title “Datuk”.