Curriculum Vitae

DR. NG AIK HAO

Senior Lecturer
  • Department of Oncology Clinical
    Faculty of Medicine
  • ah.ng
  • 0379493010

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Ng is a senior lecturer at Clinical Oncology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya and a medical physicist at Universiti Malaya Medical Centre. He served as a radiation oncology medical physicist in the Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur and Institut Kanser Negara. He was an Assistant Director at Medical Radiation Surveillance Division, a national regulatory body in regulating radiation in medicine. He is the founder and served as the Chairman of the MOH Medical Physics Research Task Force which aimed to promote research culture and collaboration in the region since 2018. He also served as the Physics Advisory Editors for Medical Dosimetry, reviewers and member of editorial board for several local and international peer-reviewed journals. He is now serving as the Secretary-General of  Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (AFOMP) and Secretary of Malaysian Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.    

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY
    Physical Sciences, Nuclear Sciences, Nuclear And Radiation Safety ()
  • NUCLEAR AND RADIATION MEDICAL PHYSICS
    Medical And Health Sciences, Medical Sciences, Medical Physics
  • RADIATION ONCOLOGY PHYSICS
    Medical And Health Sciences, Medical Sciences, Medical Physics

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • PhD, (Philosophy)
    University of Nottingham
  • M.MP, (Medical Physics)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • BSc, (Health Physics)
    Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

  • Penyelaras bagi perjanjian MoU di antara Fakulti Perubatan Universiti Malaya (UM) dan Chang Gung Memorial Foundation, Taiwan (CGMH)
    01 Jan 2024 - 15 Apr 2029 (Dean Office, Faculty of Medicine)
  • Coordinator
    01 Nov 2024 - 31 Oct 2026 (Department)
  • Committee Members
    01 Jun 2023 - 31 Dec 2024 (Dean Office, Faculty of Medicine)
  • Task Force Leader
    15 Jun 2023 - 31 Dec 2023 (Department)
  • Coordinator
    02 Oct 2023 - 31 Dec 2023 (Dean Office, Faculty of Medicine)
  • Kursus Student Holistic Empowerment (SHE) GBM0006 - Fizik dan Radiasi dalam kehidupan
    01 Oct 2022 - 30 Sep 2023 (Dean Office, Faculty of Medicine)

MEMBERSHIPS

  • AFFILIATE MEMBER OF YOUNG SCIENTISTS NETWORK-ACADEMY OF SCIENCES MALAYSIA (YSN-ASM), MEMBER
    2024 to present (National)
  • ORDINARY MEMBER, MEMBER
    2024 to 2025 (International)
  • EDITORIAL BOARD, EDITORIAL BOARD
    2023 to 2025 (International)
  • ELECTED AS SECRETARY-GENERAL, SECRETARY
    2023 to 2025 (International)
  • EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, COMMITTEE MEMBER
    2022 to 2025 (International)
  • SECRETARY, SECRETARY
    Since 2021 (National)
  • MALAYSIAN ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL PHYSICS LIFETIME MEMBER, COMMITTEE MEMBER
    Since 2020 (National)
  • PHYSICS ADVISORY EDITOR, MEDICAL DOSIMETRY, EDITORIAL BOARD
    2019 to 2025 (International)
  • MEDICAL PHYSICS SUBGROUP, MEMBER
    Since 2018 (National)
  • ELECTED, COMMITTEE MEMBER
    Since 2022 (International)
  • EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER FOR JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY IN MEDICINE, EDITORIAL BOARD
    2024 to 2024 (National)
  • PHYSICS ADVISORY EDITORS BOARD, ADVISORY BOARD
    2019 to 2022 (International)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • Best Poster Award (Radiotherapy)
    2024, Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics,  (International)
  • Best Abstract
    2024, International Atomic Energy Agency,  (International)
  • Best of The Best Oral Presentation
    2024, International Atomic Energy Agency,  (International)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Lapchmanan, L. Mageswary; Hussin, Duratul Ain; Mahat, Naji Arafat; Ng, Aik Hao; Bani, Nurul Huda; Hisham, Salina; Teh, Wai Siew; Aziz, Mohd Azmarul; Maniam, Saravanakumar; Dollah, Pauzilah; Hasbullah, Nur Atiqah; Manimaran, Salini; Hassan, Hazirah; Zulkernain, Farina (2024). Developing criteria for a profession to be considered as profession of allied health in Malaysia: a qualitative study from the Malaysian perspective, BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 24(1). doi:10.1186/s12913-024-10569-0
  2. Yap, Lai Mun; Jamalludin, Zulaikha; Ng, Aik Hao; Ung, Ngie Min (2023). A multi-center survey on adaptive radiation therapy for head and neck cancer in Malaysia, PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES IN MEDICINE. . doi:10.1007/s13246-023-01303-x
  3. Ng, K. H., Brady, Z., Ng, A. H., Soh, H. S., Chou, Y. H., & Varma, D. (2021). The status of radiation protection in medicine in the Asia-Pacific region. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, 65(4), 464-470. doi: 10.1111/1754-9485.13165
  4. Santos, J. C., Goulart, L. F., Giansante, L., Lin, Y. H., Sirico, A. C. A., Ng, A. H., . . . Ng, K. H. (2020). Leadership and mentoring in medical physics: The experience of a medical physics international mentoring program. Physica Medica-European Journal of Medical Physics, 76, 337-344. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2020.07.023
  5. Ng, Aik Hao; Clay, David; Blackshaw, Patricia E.; Bugby, Sarah L.; Morgan, Paul S.; Lees, John E.; Perkins, Alan C. (2015). Assessment of the performance of small field of view gamma cameras for sentinel node imaging, NUCLEAR MEDICINE COMMUNICATIONS. 36(11), 1134-1142. doi:10.1097/MNM.0000000000000377
Scopus
  1. Yap L.M., Jamalludin Z., Ng A.H., Ung N.M. (2023). A multi-center survey on adaptive radiation therapy for head and neck cancer in Malaysia, Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine. . doi:10.1007/s13246-023-01303-x

RESEARCH INTEREST

  • artificial intelligence in healthcare (cancer, early detection, prevention)
  • advanced radiotherapy (adaptive radiotherapy, image-guided radiotherapy, proton therapy, boron neutron capture therapy)
  • hybrid optical gamma imaging (intraoperative imaging, sentinel node localisation, bedside imaging)

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2024 - 2027, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
    Deciphering Cardiac Substructure Dosimetry Through Deep Learning To Improve Deep Inspiration Breath Hold Breast Radiotherapy ( Co-Researcher)
  2. 2022 - 2025, Others MOHE - Top 100 (IIRG)-HWB
    Wp3: Trigger Art-npc: Improving Nasopharyngeal Cancer (npc) Care Through Trigger-based Adaptive Radiotherapy ( Co-Researcher)
  3. 2023 - 2025, Bantuan Khas Penyelidikan (BKP Special)
    Novel Approach of Total Body Irradiation Using Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy ( Principal Investigator(PI))
Private
  1. 2023 - 2025, Private Funding
    Dosimetric And Treatment Plan Assessment Of Stereotactic Radiosurgery And Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy In Malaysia ( Co-Researcher)
  2. 2023 - 2025, Private Funding
    Oral Health Status, Betel Quid Chewing Habits, Food Insecurity And Their Associated Factors Among The Indigenous In Rompin, Pahang ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  3. 2024 - 2025, Private Funding
    Optimising Patient Care: Dosimetric Audit Of High-dose Rate Gynaecology Brachytheraphy In Malaysia ( Co-Researcher)
International
  1. 2023 - 2026, University College London
    ARCHERY: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING FOR CERVICAL AND HEAD AND NECK CANCER ( Co-Researcher)
  2. 2024 - 2026, International Funding
    First Use Of Seracam Hybrid Optical-gamma Camera For Intraoperative Imaging In Breast Surgery ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  3. 2023 - 2025, International Funding
    Seracam Hybrid Optical ? Gamma Imaging : A Pilot Study ( Principal Investigator(PI))

CONSULTANCY PROJECT

  • Radiation Protection and Quality Control Programme for Irradiating Apparatus, Sinaran Consultancy Sdn. Bhd., Project Leader/Lead Consultant
    30 Mar 2023 - 31 Dec 2023 (National)

PAPER PRESENTED

INVITED SPEAKER
  1. Patient Specific Quality Assurance, National Training Course on Stereotactic radiation: Brain & Spine, Hospital Kuala Lumpur (National) (12 Jul 2024 - 13 Jul 2024)
  2. TBI-VMAT Experience in University of Malaya Medical Centre, IAEA RAS 6096 monthly medical physics education meeting, International Atomic Energy Agency (International) (19 Jun 2024 - 19 Jun 2024)
  3. The Roles of Medical Physicist in Radiation Oncology: Treatment Planning and Dosimetry, Medical Physics Seminar & International Day of Medical Physics (IDMP) 2023, Medical Physics Department, UMMC (National) (07 Nov 2023 - 07 Nov 2023)
  4. Rationale of Adaptive Radiotherapy (ART), 34th Annual Scientific Congress of Malaysian Oncological Society (ASCOMOS 2023), Malaysian Oncological Society (National) (06 Oct 2023 - 08 Oct 2023)
  5. PET/CT in Cancer Management, International Lecture Series on Biophysics: Medical Physics, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines (International) (08 Sep 2023 - 08 Sep 2023)
  6. Open AI-Let's ChatGPT: Nurturing Future Medical Physicists, IDMP-IOMP;s 60th Anniversary Webinar Series, Global Medical Physics Leadership and Mentoring Group (International) (24 Aug 2023 - 24 Aug 2023)
  7. PET/CT in Cancer Management, 21st South-East Asia Congress of Medical Physicists and 6th Annual Scientific Meeting of Medical Physics and Biophysics 2023, South East Asian Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (SEAFOMP) (International) (10 Aug 2023 - 13 Aug 2023)
  8. Hybrid Imaging Advancing Medical Diagnosis, UMMC Radiation Protection Talk, Medical Physics Department, UMMC (University) (04 Jul 2023 - 04 Jul 2023)
  9. PET/CT for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning, AFOMP Monthly Webinar, Asia Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (International) (02 Mar 2023 - 02 Mar 2023)
ORAL PRESENTER
  1. Timing or Criteria to Trigger Adaptive Radiotherapy (ART) for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC): A Systematic Review, 24th Asia-Oceania Congress of Medical Physics (AOCMP), Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (International) (10 Oct 2024 - 13 Oct 2024)
  2. National Survey of Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) and Stereotactic Radiotherapy (SRT) Practices in Malaysian Radiotherapy Centres: A Medical Physics Perspective, 24th Asia-Oceania Congress of Medical Physics (AOCMP), Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (International) (10 Oct 2024 - 13 Oct 2024)
  3. First use of SeracamTM hybrid optical-gamma camera for sentinel lymph node imaging in breast cancer management, International Conference on Hybrid Imaging (IPET2024), International Atomic Energy Agency (International) (07 Oct 2024 - 11 Oct 2024)
  4. A home-grown clinical oncology training program to address the shortage of oncologists in Malaysia, ESTRO meets Asia, European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) (International) (23 Aug 2024 - 25 Aug 2024)
POSTER PRESENTER
  1. SFoV Imaging Using a Hybrid Optical-Gamma Camera (HGC): Specifications and First Clinical Result, EANM'24 Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, European Association of Nuclear Medicine (International) (19 Oct 2024 - 23 Oct 2024)
  2. Comparison of Diode Detector and Gafchromic Film for In-Vivo Dosimetry Measurement During Total Body Irradiation (TBI), 24th Asia-Oceania Congress of Medical Physics (AOCMP), Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (International) (10 Oct 2024 - 13 Oct 2024)
  3. Development of a User-Friendly Incident Learning System in Radiation Oncology, 24th Asia-Oceania Congress of Medical Physics (AOCMP), Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (International) (10 Oct 2024 - 13 Oct 2024)
  4. A Novel Computer-Aided Diagnosis for Classification of Thyroid Nodules: A Pilot Study, 24th Asia-Oceania Congress of Medical Physics (AOCMP), Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (International) (10 Oct 2024 - 13 Oct 2024)
  5. Evaluation of the RayDose 2Dmap Detector Array for Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Verification, 24th Asia-Oceania Congress of Medical Physics (AOCMP), Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (International) (10 Oct 2024 - 13 Oct 2024)
  6. Adoption of Cloud-Based Treatment Planning System for Contouring Education at Universiti Malaya, ESTRO meets Asia 2024, European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) (International) (23 Aug 2024 - 25 Aug 2024)
  7. University Malaya Medical Centre experience using VMAT for Total Body Irradiation, ESTRO meets Asia 2024, European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) (International) (23 Aug 2024 - 25 Aug 2024)
  8. Paediatric Total Body Irradiation using VMAT in an Upper-Middle Income Asian Country, ESTRO 2024, European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) (International) (03 May 2024 - 07 May 2024)

ACADEMIC/ PROF. SERVICES

Evaluation
  1. (2025) Panel of Assessors for Continuous Education Accreditation Board of The International Organization for Medical Physics, International, (External Assessor)
  2. (2024) Panel Penilai Seminar Proposal Defences Master of Clinical Oncology Candidate: Teoh Seh Kee, University, (Internal Assessor)
Contribution to event
  1. (2024) International Advisory Committee, International, (Event Organiser)
  2. (2024) Co-Chair Publicity Committee, International, (Event Organiser)
  3. (2023) Faculty, International, (Panelist/Moderator)
  4. (2023) Scientific Committee Member and Faculty, International, (Panelist/Moderator)
  5. (2023) Chair of Sponsorship Committee, National, (Event Organiser)

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student
PhD/ Doctoral
  1. (2019) Ge-doped optical fibres for electron beams dosimetry, Zabariah binti Zakaria (Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM))
Master
  1. (2022) Total Body Irradiation with Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy: A Phantom Study, SAKUNTALA JAGABATTUNI
  2. (2022) Quality Improvement and Incident Learning Systems in Radiation Oncology, AHMAD FARIS SYAHMI BIN AHMAD SAIFUNAZIF
  3. (2022) Characterisation of a hybrid optical gamma camera for clinical application, NADIA BINTI MOHD SHAHROM

TEACHING

Bachelor
  1. (2023) GBM0006 - Physics and Radiation in Life
  2. (2023) MIA 2001 - Universiti Malaya Medical Programme (Ummp)

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACTIVITIES

  • Project Lead &Quot;UM-Ummc-Ppb Group Community Services&Quot; At Kampung Satak, Raub, Pahang, (26 Jul 2024 - 28 Jul 2024) (National)
  • Project Lead &Quot;Empowering Indigenous Community Project-Healthcare&Rdquo; Di Rompin Anjuran Fakulti Perubatan, Universiti Malaya, (05 Jan 2024 - 07 Jan 2024) (National)