Professor Dr. See Mee-Hoong

Professor Dr. See Mee-Hoong is a senior lecturer at the University of Malaya and a Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon at the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC). She graduated from UPM in 2003 and obtained her Master of Surgery (General Surgery) from the University of Malaya in 2011. She completed her Breast Oncoplastic Fellowship training at Universiti Malaya and Mahidol University, Thailand (2012–2015), and is nationally registered as a Breast Oncoplastic Surgeon.

She joined the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya in 2012 as a clinical lecturer specializing in Breast Oncoplastic Surgery. She further enhanced her expertise as an honorary fellow at Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, in 2013, and completed advanced training in minimally invasive techniques and cryoablation at Kameda Medical Centre, Japan, in 2016. In 2022, she undertook robotic breast surgery training at Chang Hua Christian Medical Centre, Taiwan.

Professor Dr. See currently leads the General Surgery Division this year (2026) and the Breast and Endocrine Unit at UMMC , driving minimally invasive and robotic surgery across specialties in collaboration with the Robotic Surgery Taskforce (Prof. Ong Teng Aik). She is also the former Deputy Head of the Visibility Unit (VicFOM) and leads the taskforce for subspecialty training curriculum review.

Her research interests include Clinical Breast Surgical Oncology, Oncoplastic Surgery, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Breast Surgery, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS), Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT), and the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning in breast cancer diagnostics and treatment planning. She has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers, developed decision aids in breast reconstruction, and leads AI-driven clinical research.

She is one of the country leads for the TARGIT-B trial in Malaysia with Prof. Nur Aishah, in collaboration with Prof. Jayant Vaidya (UCL, UK), and collaborates with Kyungpook National University, South Korea (Prof. Ho Yong Park, Prof. Kim, A/P Jeeyeon Lee) on AI applications in breast cancer diagnostics. She also works with Cancer Research Malaysia on clinical trials including ARICA and familial breast cancer risk score calculation.

A strong advocate for regional collaboration, she leads the Asian Breast Surgery Forum (ABSF – an ECHO Project) with the University of New Mexico’s Project ECHO®, connecting 12 Asian countries to promote knowledge exchange and best practices. She is actively involved in the International Oncoplastic Breast Surgery (IOPBS) and International Endoscopic and Robotic Breast Surgery (IERBS) societies.

She is determined to improve clinical care, surgical outcomes, education, and research in breast and general surgery both regionally and globally.