Curriculum Vitae

ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. TAN CHENG YIN

Associate Professor
  • Department of Medicine
    Faculty of Medicine
  • drtancy
  • 0379492891

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • NEUROLOGY
    Neuromuscular Disorders; Clinical Neurophysiology

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • MMED, (Internal Medicine)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • MRCP (UK), (Internal Medicine)
    Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  • MD, (Medicine and Surgery)
    Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

MEMBERSHIPS

  • PERIPHERAL NERVE SOCIETY, MEMBER
    2024 to 2024 (International)
  • CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY AND NEUROMUSCULAR SECTION (CNNS) OF MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF NEUROSCIENCES (MSN), SECRETARY
    2021 to present (National)
  • CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY AND NEUROMUSCULAR SECTION (CNNS) OF MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF NEUROSCIENCES (MSN), TREASURER
    Since 2017 (National)
  • NATIONAL SPECIALIST REGISTER (INTERNAL MEDICINE), ACTIVE MEMBER
    Since 2013 (National)
  • NATIONAL SPECIALIST REGISTER (INTERNAL MEDICINE AND NEUROLOGY), MEMBER
    Since 2013 (National)
  • MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF NEUROSCIENCE (MSN), LIFE MEMBER
    Since 2013 (National)
  • PERIPHERAL NERVE SOCIETY, MEMBER
    2023 to 2023 (International)
  • PERIPHERAL NERVE SOCIETY, MEMBER
    2022 to 2022 (International)
  • TASK FORCE FOR PHASE 2 COVID-19 VACCINE UMMC, MEMBER
    2021 to 2021 (National)
  • PERIPHERAL NERVE SOCIETY, MEMBER
    2021 to 2021 (International)
  • PERIPHERAL NERVE SOCIETY, MEMBER
    2020 to 2020 (International)
  • PERIPHERAL NERVE SOCIETY, MEMBER
    2019 to 2019 (International)
  • PERIPHERAL NERVE SOCIETY, MEMBER
    2018 to 2018 (International)
  • PERIPHERAL NERVE SOCIETY, MEMBER
    Since 2017 (International)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Schee, Jie Ping; Tan, Joo San; Tan, Cheng Yin; Shahrizaila, Nortina; Wong, Kum Thong; Goh, Khean Jin (2024). Multiple Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency: Phenotypic and Genetic Features of a Malaysian Cohort, JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY. 20(4), 422-430. doi:10.3988/jcn.2023.0265
  2. Tan, Jie Ying; Tan, Cheng Yin; Gengadharan, Prasana Nair; Shahrizaila, Nortina; Goh, Khean Jin (2024). Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Generalized Myasthenia Gravis in Malaysia: A Single-Center Experience, JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY. 20(4), 412-421. doi:10.3988/jcn.2023.0285
  3. Tan, Jie Ying; Tan, Cheng Yin; Yahya, Mohd Azly; Shahrizaila, Nortina; Goh, Khean Jin (2024). Evaluating disease status in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies with quantitative muscle ultrasound, MUSCLE & NERVE. . doi:10.1002/mus.28081
  4. Tan, Siew Yin; Tan, Cheng Yin; Yahya, Mohd Azly; Low, Soon Chai; Shahrizaila, Nortina; Goh, Khean Jin (2024). Quantitative muscle ultrasound as a disease biomarker in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with polyneuropathy, NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES. . doi:10.1007/s10072-024-07340-y
  5. Lee, Ling Yi; Tan, Cheng Yin; Wong, Kum Thong; Goh, Khean Jin; Shahrizaila, Nortina (2023). Diagnostic yield of nerve biopsy in the evaluation of peripheral neuropathies, JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE. 107, 40-47. doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2022.11.017
  6. Tan, Cheng-Yin; Yahya, Mohd Azly; Goh, Khean-Jin; Shahrizaila, Nortina (2023). Nerve Ultrasound Score in Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, MEDICINA-LITHUANIA. 59(4). doi:10.3390/medicina59040747
  7. Leonhard, Sonja E.; van der Eijk, Annemiek A.; Andersen, Henning; Antonini, Giovanni; Arends, Samuel; Attarian, Shahram; Barroso, Fabio A.; Bateman, Kathleen J.; Batstra, Manou R.; Benedetti, Luana; van den Berg, Bianca; Van den Bergh, Peter; Burmann, Jan; Busby, Mark; Casasnovas, Carlos; Cornblath, David R.; Davidson, Amy; Doets, Alex Y.; van Doorn, Pieter A.; de la Cour, Charlotte Dornonville; Feasby, Thomas E.; Fehmi, Janev; Garcia-Sobrino, Tania; Goldstein, Jonathan M.; Gorson, Kenneth C.; Granit, Volkan; Hadden, Robert D. M.; Harbo, Thomas; Hartung, Hans-Peter; Hasan, Imran; Holbech, Jakob, V; Holt, James K. L.; Jahan, Israt; Islam, Zhahirul; Karafiath, Summer; Katzberg, Hans D.; Kleyweg, Ruud P.; Kolb, Noah; Kuitwaard, Krista; Kuwahara, Motoi; Kusunoki, Susumu; Luijten, Linda W. G.; Kuwabara, Satoshi; Pan, Edward Lee; Lehmann, Helmar C.; Maas, Marijke; Martin-Aguilar, Lorena; Al Miller, James; Mohammad, Quazi Deen; Monges, Soledad; Nedkova-Hristova, Velina; Nobile-Orazio, Eduardo; Pardo, Julio; Pereon, Yann; Querol, Luis; Reisin, Ricardo; Van Rijs, Wouter; Rinaldi, Simon; Roberts, Rhys C.; Roodbol, Joyce; Shahrizaila, Nortina; Sindrup, Soren Hein; Stein, Beth; Cheng-Yin, Tan; Tankisi, Hatice; Tio-Gillen, Anne P.; Tous, Maria J. Sedano; Verboon, Christine; Vermeij, Frederique H.; Visser, Leo H.; Huizinga, Ruth; Willison, Hugh J.; Jacobs, Bart C. (2022). An International Perspective on Preceding Infections in Guillain-Barre Syndrome The IGOS-1000 Cohort, NEUROLOGY. 99(12), E1299-E1313. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000200885
  8. Tan, Cheng-Yin; Goh, Khean-Jin; Oh, Ai-Wen; Devaux, Jerome; Shahrizaila, Nortina (2022). Autoantibody profile in a Malaysian cohort of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS. 32(3), 255-262. doi:10.1016/j.nmd.2022.01.006
  9. Tan, Cheng-Yin; Shahrizaila, Nortina; Tan, Hui-Ting; Goh, Khean-Jin; Tan, Maw-Pin (2022). Cardiovascular Autonomic Assessment in Guillain-Barre Syndrome: A Longitudinal Study, NEUROLOGY INDIA. 70(5), 1856-1859. doi:10.4103/0028-3886.359191
  10. Tan, Cheng-Yin; Toh, Tsun-Haw; Toh, Yen-Fa; Wong, Kum-Thong; Shahrizaila, Nortina; Goh, Khean-Jin (2022). A temporal association between COVID-19 vaccination and immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy, MUSCLE & NERVE. 65(6), E24-E26. doi:10.1002/mus.27531
  11. Tan, Hui-Ting; Tan, Cheng-Yin; Teong, Chee-Sin; Ratnasingam, Jeyakantha; Goh, Khean-Jin (2022). Prolonged Exercise Test in Patients With History of Thyrotoxicosis, JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 39(4), 307-311. doi:10.1097/WNP.0000000000000766
ESCI
  1. Tan, Cheng -Yin; Liu, Mingsheng; Shahrizaila, Nortina (2023). Nerve ultrasound: Unravelling the different patterns of nerve enlargement in CIDP subtypes, CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY PRACTICE. 8, 226-227. doi:10.1016/j.cnp.2023.11.003
Scopus
  1. Tan, C. Y., Omaira Razali, S. N., Goh, K. J., & Shahrizaila, N. (2021). Influence of demographic factors on nerve ultrasound of healthy participants in a multiethnic asian population. Journal of Medical Ultrasound, 29(3), 181-186. doi: 10.4103/JMU.JMU_105_20
Others
  1. Soon-Chai Low, Nor Ashikin Md Sari, Cheng-Yin Tan, Azlina Ahmad-Annuar, Kum-Thong Wong, Wan-Chung Law, Rachel Siew-Hung Sim, Kon-Ping Lin, Nortina Shahrizaila, Khean-Jin Goh. Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis in Multi-Ethnic Malaysians. Neuromuscular Disorders. In press. DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2021.03.008 (Impact factor 3.115 in 2020).
  2. Tan C-Y, Razali SN, Goh K-J, Shahrizaila N. Determining the Utility of the Guillain-Barre Syndrome Classification Criteria. J Clin Neurol 2021;17:273-282.
  3. Tan CY, Ambang T, Raja J, Shahrizaila N, Sockalingam S, Suzuki S, et al. Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy in a multi-ethnic Malaysian cohort. Neurology Asia 2021;26(2):291-299.
  4. Tan CY, Razali SNO, Goh KJ, Shahrizaila N. Determining the Utility of the Guillain-Barr Syndrome Classification Criteria. J Clin Neurol. 2021 Apr;17(2):273-282. doi: 10.3988/jcn.2021.17.2.273.
  5. Tan CY, Razali SNO, Goh KJ, Shahrizaila N. Influence of Demographic Factors on Nerve Ultrasound of Healthy Participants in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Population. J Med Ultrasound 2021 (Ahead of print).
  6. Zhong-Ming Ng, Cheng-Yin Tan, Soon-Chai Low, Nortina Shahrizaila, Khean-Jin Goh. Rigid spine syndrome in late-onset Pompe disease: A case report and review of the literature. Neurology Asia. 2021, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p413-418.
  7. Fauzi, N. A. M., Abdullah, S., Tan, A. H., Ramli, N. M., Tan, C. Y., & Lim, S. Y. (2019). Relapsing encephalopathy with dancing eyes and jerky limbs. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders.
  8. Hui-Ting Tan, Cheng-Yin Tan, Chee-Sin Teong, Jeyakantha Ratnasingam, Khean-Jin Goh. Prolonged Exercise Test in Patients with History of Thyrotoxicosis, Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology (In Press)
  9. Tan C-Y, Razali SNO, Goh K-J, Shahrizaila N. Diagnosis of Guillain-Barr syndrome and validation of the Brighton criteria in Malaysia. J Peripher Nerv Syst. 2020;1 9. https://doi.org/10.1111/jns.12398
  10. Tan, CY; Sekiguchi, Y; Goh, KJ; Kuwabara, S; Shahrizaila, N 2020. A model to predict the probability of acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY.  (Tier 2, Impact Factor = 3.675)
  11. Toh TH, Lau KF, Tay CG, Chung TY, Shahrizaila N, Tan CY. Childhood-onset demyelinating polyneuropathy: challenges in differentiating acquired from genetic disease. Neurology Asia 2020;25(4):597-602.
  12. Fauzi, N. A. M., Abdullah, S., Tan, A. H., Ramli, N. M., Tan, C. Y., & Lim, S. Y. (2019). Relapsing encephalopathy with dancing eyes and jerky limbs. Parkinsonism & related disorders.
  13. Low, SC; Tan, CY; Sari, NAM; Ahmad-Annuar, A; Wong, KT; Lin, KP; Shahrizaila, N; Tan, CT; Goh, KJ 2019. Ala97Ser mutation is common among ethnic Chinese Malaysians with transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy. AMYLOID-JOURNAL OF PROTEIN FOLDING DISORDERS.  (Tier 1, Impact Factor = 4.048)
  14. Ong TL, Goh KJ, Shahrizaila N, Wong KT, Tan CY. A Severe Form of M - protein Negative Distal Acquired Demyelinating Symmetric Neuropathy. Neurol India 2019;67:1532-5
  15. Ong, TL; Goh, KJ; Shahrizaila, N; Wong, KT; Tan, CY 2019. A Severe Form of M-protein Negative Distal Acquired Demyelinating Symmetric Neuropathy. NEUROLOGY INDIA
  16. Tan C-Y, Razali SNO, Goh K-J, Shahrizaila N. The utility of Guillain-Barr syndrome prognostic models in Malaysian patients. J Peripher Nerv Syst. 2019;1 6. https://doi.org/10.1111/jns.12320
  17. Tan C-Y, Razali SNO, Goh KJ, et al. Association of dengue infection and Guillain-Barr syndrome in Malaysia. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry Epub ahead of print. doi:10.1136/jnnp-2019-320756
  18. Tan CY, Sekiguchi Y, Goh KJ, Kuwabara S, Shahrizaila N. A model to predict the probability of acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Clin Neurophysiol. 2019;131(1):63-69.
  19. Tan, CY; Razali, SNO; Goh, KJ; Shahrizaila, N 2019. The utility of Guillain-Barre syndrome prognostic models in Malaysian patients. JOURNAL OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.  (Tier 3, Impact Factor = 2.550)
  20. Tan, CY; Shahrizaila, N; Yeoh, KY; Goh, KJ; Tan, MP 2019. Heart rate variability and baroreflex sensitivity abnormalities in Guillain-Barre syndrome: a pilot study. CLINICAL AUTONOMIC RESEARCH.  (Tier 4, Impact Factor = 1.635)
  21. Tan CY, Ahmad SB, Goh KJ, Latif LA, Shahrizaila N. Overlap of Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis/Guillain-Barr syndrome simulating brain death.Neurol India. 2018 Sep-Oct;66(5):1475-1480.
  22. Tan CY, Arumugam T, Razali SNO, Yahya MA, Goh KJ, Shahrizaila N. Nerve ultrasound can distinguish chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy from demyelinating diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy. J Clin Neurosci. 2018 Aug 23.
  23. Tan CY, Shahrizaila N, Yeoh KY, Goh KJ, Tan MP (2018). Heart rate variability and baroreflex sensitivity abnormalities in Guillain-Barr syndrome: a pilot study. Clin Auton Res. doi: 10.1007/s10286-018-0525-z
  24. Kew Y, Tan CY, Ng CJ, Thang SS, Tan LH, Khoo YK, Lim JN, Ng JH, Chan CY, Kwan MK, Goh KJ. Prevalence and associations of neuropathic pain in a cohort of multi-ethnic Asian low back pain patients. Rheumatol Int. 2017 Apr;37(4):633-639. doi: 10.1007/s00296-016-3633-x. Epub 2016 Dec 24. PubMed PMID: 28013358.
  25. Tan CY, Shahrizaila N, Goh KJ. The clinical characteristics, pain and quality of life experiences of trigeminal neuralgia in multi-ethnic Asian cohort. Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache 2017
  26. Tan AH, Low SC, Tan CY, Lim KS, Tan CT, Lim SY. "Ictal Catatonia": Rare but not to be missed! Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
  27. CY Tan, G Lingam, K Rahmat, S Abdullah, AH Tan, MLS Tai, N Ramli, WK Thong, CT Tan. Primary angiitis of the Central Nervous System with Myelopathy as Initial Clinical Presentation. Primary angiitis of the central nervous system with myelopathy as initial clinical presentation. Neurology Asia 2015; 20(1):79-84.
  28. Tan CY, Yuki N, Shahrizaila N. Delayed facial palsy in Miller Fisher syndrome. J Neurol Sci. 2015 Nov 15;358(1-2):409-12.
  29. Shahrizaila N, Goh KJ, Kokubun N, Tan AH, Tan CY, Yuki N. Sensory nerves are frequently involved in the spectrum of Fisher syndrome. Muscle Nerve.2014 Apr;49(4): 558-63
Article in Proceeding
  1. Michael M, Wieske L, Allen J, Lunn M, Doppler K, Tan CY, et al. Treatment response and refractoriness in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (INCbase). J Peripher Nerv Syst 2024; 29: S108-S109.
  2. Lee LY, Tan CY, Wong KT, Goh KJ, Shahrizaila N. Diagnostic yield of nerve biopsy in the evaluation of peripheral neuropathies. J Peripher Nerv Syst 2022;27:S177.
  3. C. Tan, A. Oh, M, Yahya, K. Goh, N. Shahrizaila. (2021). Nerve Ultrasound in CIDP: Correlation with clinical features, electrophysiology and functional disability. Eur J Neurol 28 (Suppl. 1), 335-430.
  4. Fong SL, Idris MI, Hung SKY, Ng BHS, Chooi KC, Vethakkan SR, Tan CY. Acute flaccid paralysis: Guillain-Barre Syndrome mimics. Clin Neurophysiol 2021;132:e111-e112.
  5. Tan CY, Goh KJ, Yahya MA, Shahrizaila N. Nerve ultrasound in multifocal motor neuropathy: Correlation with electrophysiology and functional disability. Clin Neurophysiol 2021;132:e118.
  6. Tan CY, Razali SNO, Goh KJ, Shahrizaila N. Determining the utility of the Guillain-Barre syndrome classification criteria. J Peripher Nerv Syst 2021;26(3):310.
  7. Toh TH, Lau KF, Tay CG, Chung TY, Shahrizaila N, Tan CY. Childhood-onset demyelinating polyneuropathy: Challenges in differentiating acquired from genetic disease. Clin Neurophysiol 2021;132:e113
  8. Toh TH, Shahrizaila N, Yahya MA, Goh KJ, Tan CY. Distinguishing GBS with treatment-related fluctuations from acute-onset CIDP: A neurophysiological and ultrasonographic perspective. Clin Neurophysiol 2021;132:e69-e70
  9. Goh KJ, Ambang T, Tan CY, Raja J, Wong KT. The spectrum of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy in a multiethnic Malaysian population. BMC Rheumatology 2019, 3(Suppl 1):P109
  10. Goh KJ, Low SC, Mun KS, Tan CY, Shahrizaila N, Nishino I, Wong KT. Bcl-2-associated athanogene-3 (BAG3) myopathy in an ethnic-Indian Malaysian patient. Neuromuscular Disorders 29 (2019):S37-S208
  11. Low SC, Tan CY, Md Sari NA, Ahmad-Annuar A, Wong KT, Lin KP, Shahrizaila N, Tan CT, Goh KJ (2019) Ala97Ser mutation is common among ethnic Chinese Malaysians with transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy, Amyloid, 26:sup1, 7-8
  12. Sonja L, Amilton B, Pieter VD, Manuela A, Wildo A, Francisco DAAG, Maria B, Tan CY, et al. International Zika virus related Guillain-Barr Syndrome Outcome Study (IGOS-Zika): Update of a case-controlled study. J Peripher Nerv Syst 23:249-405 (2018)
  13. Tan CY, Tan HT, Ratnasingam RJ, Goh KJ. Prolonged exercise test in patients with history of thyrotoxicosis. J Neuromuscul Dis 5 (2018) S127
  14. Tan CY, Tan MP, Yeoh KY, Goh KJ, Shahrizaila N. Quantitative autonomic assessment in Guillain-Barr syndrome. J Peripher Nerv Syst 22: 226-414 (2017)
  15. Ambang T, Shanmugam H, Tan CY, Tan JS, Cheah TE, Sargunan S, Shahrizaila N, Wong KT, Goh KJ. Myopathy with anti-signal recognition particle (SRP) antibodies: Clinical and HLA associations in Malaysian patients. Neuromuscul Disord 25 (2015) S249-S250.
  16. MLS Tai, KAA Kadir, NS Janjua, R Kuppusamy, S Abdullah, KJ Goh, MI Zakaria, HM Nor, CY Tan, AH Tan, KA Ibrahim, GM Chong, CT Tan, KS Tan. Thrombolysis and Endovascular Therapy in a Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia. Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2013;36(Suppl 1):9.

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2017 - 2019, Bantuan Kecil Penyelidikan (BKP)
    Quantitative autonomic assessment in inflammatory neuropathies ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  2. 2024 - 2026, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE
    QUANTITATIVE MUSCLE ULTRASOUND IN IDIOPATHIC INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHIES: A LONGITUDINAL FOLLOW-UP STUDY ( Co-Researcher)
  3. 2021 - 2023, Department of Medicine, University Malaya
    Neurophysiological and neuromuscular ultrasound markers of clinical progression in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  4. 2021 - 2023, Department of Medicine, University Malaya
    Neurophysiological and neuromuscular ultrasound markers of clinical progression in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  5. 2018 - 2022, Pfizer, Inc.
    Transthyretin-Associated Amyloidosis Outcomes Survey (THAOS): A Global, Multi-Center, Longitudinal, Observational Survey of Patients With Documented Transthyretin (TTR) Mutations or Wild-Type TTR Amyloidosis ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  6. 2019 - 2021, Private Funding
    High Risk Screening for Late Onset Pompe Disease in Malaysian Patients with Limb Girdle Muscle Weakness and HyperCKemia ( Consultant)
  7. 2015 - 2019, Bantuan Kecil Penyelidikan (BKP)
    Quantitative autonomic assessment in inflammatory neuropathies ( Principal Investigator(PI))
Private
  1. 2024 - 2025, SANOFI-AVENTIS (M) SDN. BHD
    GENETIC SPECTRUM OF LIMB-GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY IN MULTIETHNIC MALAYSIANS ( Co-Researcher)
International
  1. 2022 - 2025, Academisch Medisch Centrum
    Inflammatory Neuropathy Consortium Base (INCbase): A prospective international CIDP registry ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  2. 2022 - 2025, Academisch Medisch Centrum
    Inflammatory Neuropathy Consortium Base (INCbase): A prospective international CIDP registry ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  3. 2020 - 2025, International Funding
    Inflammatory Neuropathy Consortium (INCbase): A prospective international CIDP registry ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  4. 2020 - 2025, Private Funding
    A Phase III, Multicenter, Randomized, Parallel Group, Double Blind, Double Dummy, Active ControlledStudy of Evobrutinib Compared with Teriflunomide, in Participants with Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis to EvaluateEfficacy and Safety ( Consultant)
  5. 2019 - 2024, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    HELIOS-A:A Phase 3 Global, Randomized, Open-label Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of ALN-TTRSC02 in Patients with Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis (hATTR Amyloidosis) ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  6. 2017 - 2023, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    A Multicenter, Open-Label, Extension Study to Evaluate the Long-term Safety and Efficacy of Patisiran in Patients with Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy Who Have Completed a Prior Clinical Study with Patisiran. ( Co-Researcher)
  7. 2018 - 2023, International Funding
    A prospective study to determine the association between Zika virus infections and GBS in patients from Zika endemic areas based on the protocol of the International GBS Outcome Study (IGOS) ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  8. 2015 - 2017, Private Funding
    An Asian, phase 3, multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled 14-week study of DS-5565 in patients with Post-Herpetic Neuralgia followed by a 52-week open-label extension ( Principal Investigator(PI))

PAPER PRESENTED

INVITED SPEAKER
  1. Epidemiology and treatment options of MG in Malaysia and the Unmet Needs, Myasthenia Gravis (MG) Advisory Board Meeting, AstraZeneca (National) (28 Sep 2024 - 28 Sep 2024)
  2. Recognizing CIDP variant and mimics, Malaysia CIDP Masterclass 2024, Clinical Neurophysiology and Neuromuscular Section (CNNS) of Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (MSN) (National) (09 Mar 2024 - 09 Mar 2024)
  3. Common Nerves with Special Techniques, Pre-Congress Workshop of 30th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Malaysian Society of Neurosciences, Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (MSN) (National) (30 Sep 2022 - 03 Oct 2022)
  4. Examination Lecturer, Pre-Masterclass Workshop, UM Masterclass in Medicine 2022, Department of Medicine, Universiti Malaya (University) (29 Jul 2022 - 29 Jul 2022)
  5. Common neuropathies in upper limbs: Median, radial and ulnar neuropathy, Fundamentals of nerve conduction studies, Clinical Neurophysiology Neuromuscular Section (CNNS) MSN (National) (05 Oct 2019 - 06 Oct 2019)
  6. Peripheral nerve anatomy in the lower limbs and its relevance to the CNS, Fundamentals of nerve conduction studies, Clinical Neurophysiology Neuromuscular Section (CNNS) MSN (National) (05 Oct 2019 - 06 Oct 2019)
  7. Peripheral nerve anatomy in the lower limbs and its relevance to the NCS; Common neuropathies in the lower limbs: tibial and peroneal nerves, Fundamentals of Nerve Conduction Studies, Clinical Neurophysiology and Neuromuscular section of Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (National) (04 Nov 2018 - 05 Nov 2018)
  8. Fundamentals of Nerve Conduction Studies, NCS Workshop 2018, Clinical Neurophysiology and Neuromuscular section of MSN (National) (24 Mar 2018 - 25 Mar 2018)
  9. Cranial Facial Pain Syndrome, 27th Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (MSN) Annual Scientific Meeting, Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (National) (11 Aug 2017 - 13 Aug 2017)
EVENT ORGANISER
  1. Scientific Committee Member, 7th Asian-Oceanian Congress on Clinical Neurophysiology (AOCCN), Asia-Oceania Chapter of International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology and Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (International) (30 Jan 2021 - 01 Feb 2021)
  2. Course Coordinator, HQE-CNNS NCS Workshop 2019: Fundamentals of Nerve Conduction Studies, Clinical Neurophysiology and Neuromuscular Section of Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (National) (05 Oct 2019 - 06 Oct 2019)
  3. Course Coordinator, HSB-CNNS NCS Workshop 2018: Fundamentals of Nerve Conduction Studies, Clinical Neurophysiology and Neuromuscular Section of Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (National) (04 Nov 2018 - 05 Nov 2018)
  4. Organizing Committee Member, 17th Asian and Oceanian Myology Center (AOMC) and 28th Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (MSN) Annual Scientific Meeting, Asian and Oceanian Myology Center and Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (International) (27 Jul 2018 - 29 Jul 2018)
  5. Course Coordinator, UKMMC-CNNS NCS Workshop 2018: Fundamentals of Nerve Conduction Studies, Clinical Neurophysiology and Neuromuscular Section of Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (National) (24 Mar 2018 - 25 Mar 2018)
ORAL PRESENTER
  1. The strong" bones and weak muscles: A diagnostic odyssey, 22nd Annual Meeting of Asian and Oceanian Myology Center, Asian and Oceanian Myology Center (International) (12 Sep 2024 - 15 Sep 2024)
  2. Treatment And Outcome Of Generalized Myasthenia Gravis In Malaysia: A Single-center Experience, The 15th Biennial Convention of the ASEAN Neurological Association 2023 - ASNA2023, ASEAN Neurological Association (International) (10 Aug 2023 - 13 Aug 2023)
  3. Pearls and Pitfalls of CIDP Diagnosis, 30th Annual Scientific Meeting of Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (MSN) Physical Congress 2022, Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (MSN) (National) (30 Sep 2022 - 02 Oct 2022)
  4. Nerve Ultrasound in CIDP: Correlation with Clinical Features, Electrophysiology and Functional Disability, 7th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology, European Academy of Neurology (International) (19 Jun 2021 - 22 Jun 2021)
  5. Distinguishing GBS with Treatment-related Fluctuations from Acute-onset CIDP: A Neurophysiological and Ultrasonographic Perspective, 7th Asian Oceanian Congress on Clinical Neurophysiology (7th AOCCN), Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (MSN) & Asia-Oceania Chapter of International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology (IFCN) (International) (30 Jan 2021 - 01 Feb 2021)
  6. The Association of Dengue Infection and Guillain-Barre Syndrome in Malaysia , 2019 PNS Annual Meeting, Peripheral Nerve Society (International) (22 Jun 2019 - 25 Jun 2019)
  7. Quantitative Assessment of Cardiovascular Autonomic Function in Guillain-Barr Syndrome: A Longitudinal Study, 16th Asian Oceanian Congress of Neurology, Asian and Oceanian Association of Neurology (International) (08 Nov 2018 - 11 Nov 2018)
  8. Quantitative autonomic assessment in Guillain-Barr syndrome, 2017 Peripheral Nerve Society Annual Meeting, Peripheral Nerve Society (International) (08 Jul 2017 - 12 Jul 2017)
POSTER PRESENTER
  1. Ophthalmoparesis in Miller Fisher Syndrome: Insights from Imaging and Anti-GQ1b Antibodies Correlation, 18th International Congress on Neuromuscular Diseases, World Federation of Neurology (International) (25 Oct 2024 - 29 Oct 2024)
  2. Influence of Preoperative Nerve Conduction Studies on the Outcome of Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery, 10 th EAN Congress, European Academy of Neurology (International) (29 Jun 2024 - 02 Jul 2024)
  3. Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Chronic Immune-mediated Neuropathies Treated with SubcutaneousImmunoglobulin, 10 th EAN Congress, European Academy of Neurology (International) (29 Jun 2024 - 02 Jul 2024)
  4. Ocular Myasthenia Gravis: Determining the Predictive Factors of Secondary Generalisation, 10 th EAN Congress, European Academy of Neurology (International) (29 Jun 2024 - 02 Jul 2024)
  5. Treatment response and refractoriness in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (INCbase), PNS 2024 Annual Meeting, Peripheral Nerve Society (International) (22 Jun 2024 - 25 Jun 2024)
  6. Treatment And Outcome Of Generalized Myasthenia Gravis In Malaysia: A Single-center Experience, The 15th Biennial Convention of the ASEAN Neurological Association 2023 - ASNA2023, ASEAN Neurological Association (International) (10 Aug 2023 - 13 Aug 2023)
  7. INCBase: a global CIDP registry - An update, 2023 PNS Annual Meeting, Peripheral Nerve Society (International) (17 Jun 2023 - 20 Jun 2023)
  8. Genetic modifiers in hereditary and acquired TTR amyloidosis: update on genome-wide association study, 2023 PNS Annual Meeting, Peripheral Nerve Society (International) (17 Jun 2023 - 20 Jun 2023)
  9. Nerve ultrasound score in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, 2023 PNS Annual Meeting, Peripheral Nerve Society (International) (17 Jun 2023 - 20 Jun 2023)
  10. Ocular Myasthenia Gravis: Determining the Predictive Factors of Secondary Generalization, 30th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Malaysian Society of Neurosciences, Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (MSN) (National) (01 Oct 2022 - 03 Oct 2022)
  11. Diagnostic Yield of Nerve Biopsy in the Evaluation of Peripheral Neuropathies, 2022 PNS Annual Meeting, Peripheral Nerve Society (International) (14 May 2022 - 17 May 2022)
  12. Association of immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy with COVID-19 vaccine, 14th Biennial Convention of the ASEAN Neurological Association (ASNA 2021), ASEAN Neurological Association and Neurological Society of Thailand (International) (19 Oct 2021 - 21 Oct 2021)
  13. Determining the Utility of the Guillain-Barre Syndrome Classification Criteria, 2021 PNS Annual Meeting Virtually Anywhere, Peripheral Nerve Society (International) (25 Jun 2021 - 27 Jun 2021)
  14. Rigid spine syndrome in Late-Onset Pompe Disease: a syndrome of paravertebral muscle motor unit hyperactivity, 19th Asian-Oceanian Myology Center Meeting, Asian-Oceanian Myology Center (International) (10 Jun 2021 - 11 Jun 2021)
  15. Clinico-pathological and Serological Correlations in a Cohort of Malaysian Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy Patients, 19th Asian-Oceanian Myology Center Meeting, Asian-Oceanian Myology Center (International) (10 Jun 2021 - 11 Jun 2021)
  16. Demyelinating Form of Acute Ataxic Neuropathy, 17th Asian Oceanian Congress of Neurology (AOCN 2021), Asian and Oceanian Association of Neurology Society & Taiwan Neurological Society (International) (01 Apr 2021 - 04 Apr 2021)
  17. Acute Flaccid Paralysis: Guillain-Barre Syndrome Mimics, 7th Asian Oceanian Congress on Clinical Neurophysiology (7th AOCCN), Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (MSN) & Asia-Oceania Chapter of International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology (IFCN) (International) (30 Jan 2021 - 01 Feb 2021)
  18. Childhood-onset Demyelinating Polyneuropathy: Challenges in Differentiating Acquired from Genetic Disease, 7th Asian Oceanian Congress on Clinical Neurophysiology (7th AOCCN), Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (MSN) & Asia-Oceania Chapter of International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology (IFCN) (International) (30 Jan 2021 - 01 Feb 2021)
  19. Nerve Ultrasound in Multifocal Motor Neuropathy: Correlation with Electrophysiology and Functional Disability, 7th Asian Oceanian Congress on Clinical Neurophysiology (7th AOCCN), Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (MSN) & Asia-Oceania Chapter of International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology (IFCN) (International) (30 Jan 2021 - 01 Feb 2021)
  20. Transthyretin Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy in Multi-ethnic Malaysians, 7th Asian Oceanian Congress on Clinical Neurophysiology (7th AOCCN), Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (MSN) & Asia-Oceania Chapter of International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology (IFCN) (International) (30 Jan 2021 - 01 Feb 2021)
  21. Cephalic Tetanus: A Fatal but Treatable Disease, Faculty of Medicine Research Carnival (FRC), Faculty of Medicine (University) (25 Nov 2019 - 29 Nov 2019)
  22. Bcl-2-associated athanogene-3 (BAG3) myopathy in an ethnic-Indian Malaysian patient, 24th International Annual Congress of the World Muscle Society (WMS), World Muscle Society (International) (01 Oct 2019 - 05 Oct 2019)
  23. The utility of Guillain-Barre syndrome prognostic models in Malaysian patients , 2019 PNS Annual Meeting, Peripheral Nerve Society (International) (22 Jun 2019 - 25 Jun 2019)
  24. Neurophysiological and imaging features can differentiate between GBS with treatment-related fluctuations and acute-onset CIDP , 2019 PNS Annual Meeting, Peripheral Nerve Society (International) (22 Jun 2019 - 25 Jun 2019)
  25. A Model to Predict the Probability of Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy , 2019 PNS Annual Meeting, Peripheral Nerve Society (International) (22 Jun 2019 - 25 Jun 2019)
  26. The Association of Dengue Infection and Guillain-Barre Syndrome in Malaysia , 2019 PNS Annual Meeting, Peripheral Nerve Society (International) (22 Jun 2019 - 25 Jun 2019)
  27. Spectrum of Inflammatory Myopathies in a Multi-ethnic Cohort of Malaysian patients , 3rd Global Conference on Myositis, GCOM (International) (27 Mar 2019 - 30 Mar 2019)
  28. The spectrum of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy in a multiethnic Malaysian population, 3rd Global Conference on Myositis, Global Conference on Myositis (International) (27 Mar 2019 - 30 Mar 2019)
  29. Prolonged Exercise Test in Patients with History of Thyrotoxicosis, 17th Asian and Oceanian Myology Centre (AOMC) Annual Scientific Meeting , Asian and Oceanian Myology Centre  (International) (27 Jul 2018 - 29 Jul 2018)
  30. International Zika virus related Guillain-Barr Syndrome Outcome Study (IGOSZika): Update of a case-controlled study, Peripheral Nerve Society Annual Meeting, Peripheral Nerve Society (International) (21 Jul 2018 - 25 Jul 2018)
  31. Prolonged Exercise Test in Patients with History of Thyrotoxicosis, 15th International Congress on Neuromuscular Diseases, World Federation of Neurology (International) (06 Jul 2018 - 10 Jul 2018)
  32. Ala97Ser mutation is common among ethnic Chinese Malaysians with Transthyretin Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy, The XVI th International Symposium on Amyloidosis, International Society of Amyloidosis (International) (26 Mar 2018 - 29 Mar 2018)
  33. Transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy in Malaysians, 16th Asian and Oceanian Myology Center Annual Scientific Meeting, Asian Oceania Myology Center (International) (06 Aug 2017 - 08 Aug 2017)
  34. Serological and HLA profile of anti-HMGCR necrotising myopathy in multi-ethnic Malaysians, 16th Asian and Oceanian Myology Center Annual Scientific Meeting, Asian Oceania Myology Center (International) (06 Aug 2017 - 08 Aug 2017)
  35. Clinical features of anti-SRP and anti-HMGCR necrotizing myopathy in Malaysians, 16th Asian and Oceanian Myology Center Annual Scientific Meeting, Asian Oceania Myology Center (International) (06 Aug 2017 - 08 Aug 2017)
  36. Delayed facial palsy in Miller Fisher syndrome, Inflammatory Neuropathy Consortium (INC) of the Peripheral Nerve Society Meeting, Peripheral Nerve Society (International) (21 Jun 2016 - 24 Jun 2016)
  37. Functional status in patients with stroke thrombolysis in a tertiary hospital in Malaysia, Asia Pacific Stroke Conference (APSC), Asia Pacific Stroke Organisation (International) (02 Oct 2015 - 05 Oct 2015)
  38. The prevalence of neuropathic pain in chronic low back pain patients attending a tertiary spine clinic, 11th biennial convention of the ASEAN neurological association (ASNA), ASEAN Neurological Association (International) (30 Jul 2015 - 02 Aug 2015)
  39. Association of anti-SRP positive necrotizing myopathy with systemic lupus erythematosus, 14th AOMC Annual Scientific Meeting, Asian Oceania Myology Center (International) (01 Mar 2015 - 03 Mar 2015)
  40. A cross sectional study of trigeminal neuralgia patients seen at University Malaya Medical Centre, Asian and Oceanian Congress of Neurology, Asian Oceanian Association of Neurology (International) (04 Jun 2012 - 08 Jun 2012)
PRESENTER
  1. Bcl-2-associated athanogene-3 (BAG3) myopathy in an ethnic-Indian Malaysian patient, 24th International Annual Congress of the World Muscle Society (WMS) (01 Oct 2019)
  2. Fever and Myalgia After an Island Holiday, 17th Asian and Oceanian Myology Centre Annual Scientific Meeting, Asian and Oceanian Myology Centre (International) (27 Jul 2018 - 29 Jul 2018)
  3. Myopathy with anti-signal recognition particle (SRP) antibodies: Clinical and HLA associations in Malaysian patients., 20th International Congress of the World Muscle Society 2015 (30 Sep 2015)