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Kok Meng John Chan

Kok Meng John Chan, BMedSci, BM BS, MSc, PhD, FRCS Ed, FRCS Eng, FRCS Cardiothoracic Surgery (U.K.), FAHA (U.S.A.)

Cardiac Vascular Sentral Kuala Lumpur (CVSKL) Hospital, KL, Malaysia

Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon (Cardiac, Aorta and Thoracic Surgeon) KL
Suite 216, 2nd Floor, Jalan Stesen Sentral 5, KL Sentral,

Kuala Lumpur, 50470

Malaysia

KMJohnChan@yahoo.com

+603 2276 7092 (alternative)

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CURRENT APPOINTMENTS

Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon (Cardiac, Aorta & Thoracic Surgeon), Cardiac Vascular Sentral Kuala Lumpur (CVSKL) Hospital, Malaysia (Resident)

Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon (Cardiac, Aorta & Thoracic Surgeon), Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Visiting)

Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Visiting)

President, Asian Academy of Heart Valve Disease (AAHVD)

Chair, Cardiothoracic Surgery Quadripartite Board, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Joint Specialty Fellowship Examination

Chair, Chapter of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Surgeons Academy of Medicine of Malaysia

Honorary Secretary, Malaysian Association for Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery (MATCVS)

Council Member, College of Surgeons Academy of Medicine of Malaysia

QUALIFICATIONS

BMedSci (First Class Honours), BM BS, University of Nottingham, U.K.

FRCS, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, U.K.

FRCS CTh, Royal College of Surgeons of England, U.K.

MSc (Clinical Trials), University of London, U.K.

DIC, PhD (Cardiac Surgery), Imperial College London, U.K.

FAHA, American Heart Association, U.S.A.

CERTIFICATIONS

Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) and Specialist Registration in Cardiothoracic Surgery, General Medical Council, U.K.

Intercollegiate Specialty Examination in Cardiothoracic Surgery, U.K.

National Specialist Registration (NSR) in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Malaysia.

Gazetted as Specialist in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ministry of Health, Malaysia.

Specialist Certification in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Health & Social Affairs, Monaco.

Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Level 2 Accreditation, U.K.

Full Registration, General Medical Council, U.K.

Full Registration, Malaysian Medical Council, Malaysia

PRIZES & AWARDS

Bart Prize, University of Nottingham, U.K. (1993)

Researcher Development Award, National Institute of Health Research, Department of Health, U.K. (2006)

Lansdell & Lawson Award, British Medical Association, U.K. (2007)

Hounsfield Award, Imperial College London, U.K. (2008)

Travel Award, American Heart Association, U.S.A. (2012)

Certificate of Recognition, Governor of the State of Sarawak, Malaysia (2014)

Hunterian Professor, Royal College of Surgeons of England, U.K. (2014)

Other Interests

Cardiac, Aorta and Thoracic surgery (Heart, Aorta, Lung and Chest surgery)

Mitral valve repair and replacement surgery

Tricuspid valve repair and replacement surgery

Aortic valve surgery

Aorta surgery (Aortic Root, Ascending Aorta, Aortic Arch + Frozen Elephant Trunk, Descending Aorta)

Personalised External Aortic Root Support (PEARS) surgery

Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Ablation surgery

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery

Cardiac tumour surgery

Atrial Septal Defect surgery

Mediastinal Tumour and Thymus surgery

Lung Cancer and Tumour surgery

Pleural Effusion and Pneumothorax surgery

Sympathetectomy for Hyperhidrosis (Sweaty Hands / Palms) surgery

Video Assisted Thoracoscopic (VATS) surgery

INTERNATIONAL LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS

1. KMJ Chan, SG Raja, GD Dreyfus. Tricuspid leaflet augmentation: a repair technique to address severe leaflet tethering in tricuspid regurgitation. 45th Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, San Francisco, California, USA, Jan 2009.

2. KMJ Chan, GD Dreyfus. Tricuspid regurgitation secondary to mitral valve disease: new insights. 43 Convegno Cardiologia 2009, Milan, Italy, Sept 2009.

3. KMJ Chan, JTA Gavino, GD Dreyfus. Truly stentless autologous pericardial aortic valve replacement: an alternative to standard aortic valve replacement. 90th Annual meeting of the American Association of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto, Canada, May 2010. (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE PRESENTATION)

4. KMJ Chan, GD Dreyfus. Asymptomatic mitral regurgitation: surgical advances. European Society of Cardiology Congress 2010, Stockholm, August 2010.

5. KMJ Chan, GD Dreyfus. Asymptomatic mitral regurgitation: surgical perspective. Advanced forum on mitral valve repair, Monaco, November 2010.

6. KMJ Chan. Tricuspid valve anatomy and pathophysiology. European Valve Repair Group Annual Meeting, London, United Kingdom, June 2011.

7. KMJ Chan, R Wage, K Symmonds, I Roussin, M Flather, DJ Pennell, SK Prasad, PJ Kilner, JR Pepper. Mitral valve annuloplasty in addition to coronary artery bypass grafting in moderate functional ischaemic mitral regurgitation reverses left ventricular remodeling and restores left ventricular geometry: preliminary results of the Randomized Ischaemic Mitral Evaluation (RIME) Trial. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Orlando, Florida, USA, November 2011.

8. KMJ Chan, R Wage, K Symmonds, I Roussin, M Flather, DJ Pennell, SK Prasad, PJ Kilner, JR Pepper. Mitral valve annular, leaflet and papillary muscle geometry and function in functional ischaemic mitral regurgitation: new insights from cardiovascular magnetic resonance. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Orlando, Florida, USA, November 2011.

9. KMJ Chan. Long term results of mitral valve repair. The Valve Repair Trilogy: Aortic, Mitral and Tricuspid, Monaco, March 2012.

10. KMJ Chan, GD Dreyfus. Concomitant tricuspid annuloplasty: when, how and why not? The Valve Repair Trilogy: Aortic, Mitral and Tricuspid, Monaco, March 2012.

11. KMJ Chan. Pathophysiology of functional mitral and tricuspid regurgitation. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery, Barcelona, October 2012. (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LECTURE)

12. KMJ Chan, PP Punjabi, M Flather, R Wage, K Symmonds, I Roussin, S Rahman-Hayley, DJ Pennell, PJ Kilner, GD Dreyfus, JR Pepper. Coronary artery bypass grafting with or without mitral valve annuloplasty: final results of the Randomized Ischemic Mitral Evaluation (RIME) Trial. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Los Angeles, California, USA, November 2012.

13. KMJ Chan. Pathophysiology and natural history of functional mitral regurgitation. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2014.

14. KMJ Chan. Pathophysiology and natural history functional tricuspid regurgitation. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2014.

15. KMJ Chan. Mitral valve repair for functional ischaemic MR: indications, techniques and results. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2014.

16. KMJ Chan. Indications, techniques and long term results of tricuspid valve repair for functional TR. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2014.

17. KMJ Chan. The Ischaemic Mitral Valve. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Advanced Course on Aortic and Mitral Valve Reconstructive Surgery, Windsor, UK, July 2014.

18. KMJ Chan. Mitral valve repair for ischaemic mitral regurgitation: indications, techniques and long term results. 24th Annual Congress of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia, Hanoi, Vietnam, November 2014.

19. KMJ Chan. Tricuspid valve repair for functional tricuspid regurgitation: indications, techniques and long term results. 24th Annual Congress of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia, Hanoi, Vietnam, November 2014.

20. KMJ Chan. Moderate ischaemic mitral regurgitation: CABG only or concomitant valve repair? American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Chicago, USA, November 2014. (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LECTURE)

21. KMJ Chan. Pathophysiology of functional tricuspid regurgitation. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Chicago, USA, November 2014. (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LECTURE)

22. KMJ Chan. Pathophysiology and natural history of functional mitral regurgitation. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2015.

23. KMJ Chan. Mitral valve repair in functional ischaemic mitral regurgitation: indications, techniques and long term results. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2015.

24. KMJ Chan. Mitral valve repair in dilated cardiomyopathy: how effective? European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2015.

25. KMJ Chan. Pathophysiology and natural history of functional tricuspid regurgitation. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2015.

26. KMJ Chan. Addressing severe leaflet tethering in functional tricuspid regurgitation: indications, techniques and long term results. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2015.

27. KMJ Chan. Hunterian Lecture: Pathophysiology and surgical treatment of functional ischaemic mitral regurgitation. Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Scientific Meeting, Manchester, UK, Mac 2015. (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LECTURE)

28. KMJ Chan. Functional tricuspid regurgitation: when should we intervene? Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Scientific Meeting, Manchester, UK, Mac 2015.

29. KMJ Chan. Concomitant tricuspid valve surgery: to repair or not to repair? European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Advanced Aortic and Mitral Valve Reconstruction Surgery Course, Windsor, U.K., July 2015.

30. KMJ Chan. Update on Heart Valve Disease. Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 4th Borneo Surgical Delights Meeting, Pontianak, Indonesia, October 2015.

31. KMJ Chan. Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: Revascularise only, repair or replace? American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Orlando, Florida, USA, November 2015. (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LECTURE)