Curriculum Vitae

DR. WONG WEI JIN

Medical Lecturer
  • Department of Surgery
    Faculty of Medicine
  • wongweijin

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION


  • Expert Training
    National Cancer Institute
  • MSURG, (Surgery)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • MD, (Medicine and Surgery)
    Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES


  • Head of Unit
    04 Oct 2021 - 01 Sep 2026 (University Malaya)
  • Head of Unit
    01 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022 (Department)

MEMBERSHIPS


  • MALAYSIAN HERNIA SOCIETY , MEMBER
    2022 to present (National)
  • GLOBALSURG COLLABORATIVE , COLLABORATION
    Since 2020 (International)
  • SOCIETY OF ENDO-LAPAROSCOPIC SURGEONS OF MALAYSIA, ACTIVE MEMBER
    Since 2020 (National)
  • MALAYSIAN MEDICAL COUNCIL , ACTIVE MEMBER
    Since 2011 (National)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP


  • Journal reviewer award
    Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Federation , 2022 (International)
  • RR Naidu-Storz award
    SELSMA, 2022 (International)
  • Top Scorer, Clinical Examination and Viva-Voce, Conjoint Board of Surgery Exit Exam
    University Malaya, 2018 (University)

PUBLICATIONS


Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Glasbey, J. C., Omar, O., Nepogodiev, D., Minaya-Bravo, A., Bankhead-Kendall, B. K., Fiore, M., . . . Italian Soc Surg Oncology, S. (2021). Preoperative nasopharyngeal swab testing and postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing elective surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. British Journal of Surgery, 108(1), 88-96. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znaa051
  2. Wong, W. J., Mosiun, J. A., Hidayati, Z., Balkis, R., Sharif, S. Z., Lee, D., . . . Taib, N. A. (2019). Low Breast Conserving Surgery (BCS) rates in public hospitals in Malaysia: The effect of stage and ethnicity. Breast, 46, 136-143. doi:10.1016/j.breast.2019.05.016
Scopus
  1. Singhal R., Cardoso V.R., Wiggins T., Super J., Ludwig C., Gkoutos G.V., Mahawar K., Pedziwiatr M., Major P., Zarzycki P., Pantelis A., Lapatsanis D.P., Stravodimos G., Matthys C., Focquet M., Vleeschouwers W., Spaventa A.G., Zerrweck C., Vitiello A., Berardi G., Musella M., Sanchez-Meza A., Cantu F.J., Mora F., Cantu M.A., Katakwar A., Reddy D.N., Elmaleh H., Hassan M., Elghandour A., Elbanna M., Osman A., Khan A., layani L., Kiran N., Velikorechin A., Solovyeva M., Melali H., Shahabi S., Agrawal A., Shrivastava A., Sharma A., Narwaria B., Narwaria M., Raziel A., Sakran N., Susmallian S., Karagoz L., Akbaba M., Piskin S.Z., Balta A.Z., Senol Z., Manno E., Iovino M.G., Osman A., Qassem M., Arana-Garza S., Povoas H.P., Vilas-Boas M.L., Naumann D., Li A., Ammori B.J., Balamoun H., Salman M., Nasta A.M., Goel R., Sanchez-Aguilar H., Herrera M.F., Abou-mrad A., Cloix L., Mazzini G.S., Kristem L., Lazaro A., Campos J., Bernardo J., Gonzalez J., Trindade C., Viveiros O., Ribeiro R., Goitein D., Hazzan D., Segev L., Beck T., Reyes H., Monterrubio J., Garcia P., Benois M., Kassir R., Contine A., Elshafei M., Aktas S., Weiner S., Heidsieck T., Level L., Pinango S., Ortega P.M., Moncada R., Valenti V., Vlahovic I., Boras Z., Liagre A., Martini F., Juglard G., Motwani M., Saggu S.S., Momani H.A., Lopez L.A.A., Cortez M.A.C., Zavala R.A., D'Haese RN C., Kempeneers I., Himpens J., Lazzati A., Paolino L., Bathaei S., Bedirli A., Yavuz A., Buyukkasap C., Ozaydin S., Kwiatkowski A., Bartosiak K., Waledziak M., Santonicola A., Angrisani L., Iovino P., Palma R., Iossa A., Boru C.E., De Angelis F., Silecchia G., Hussain A., Balchandra S., Coltell I.B., Perez J.L., Bohra A., Awan A.K., Madhok B., Leeder P.C., Awad S., Al-Khyatt W., Shoma A., Elghadban H., Ghareeb S., Mathews B., Kurian M., Larentzakis A., Vrakopoulou G.Z., Albanopoulos K., Bozdag A., Lale A., Kirkil C., Dincer M., Bashir A., Haddad A., Hijleh L.A., Zilberstein B., de Marchi D.D., Souza W.P., Broden C.M., Gislason H., Shah K., Ambrosi A., Pavone G., Tartaglia N., Kona S.L.K., Kalyan K., Perez C.E.G., Botero M.A.F., Covic A., Timofte D., Maxim M., Faraj D., Tseng L., Liem R., Oren G., Dilektasli E., Yalcin I., AlMukhtar H., Hadad M.A., Mohan R., Arora N., Bedi D., Rives-Lange C., Chevallier J.-M., Poghosyan T., Sebbag H., Zinai L., Khaldi S., Mauchien C., Mazza D., Dinescu G., Rea B., Perez-Galaz F., Zavala L., Besa A., Curell A., Balibrea J.M., Vaz C., Galindo L., Silva N., Caballero J.L.E., Sebastian S.O., Marchesini J.C.D., da Fonseca Pereira R.A., Sobottka W.H., Fiolo F.E., Turchi M., Coelho A.C.J., Zacaron A.L., Barbosa A., Quinino R., Menaldi G., Paleari N., Martinez-Duartez P., de Esparza G.M.A.R., Esteban V.S., Torres A., Garcia-Galocha J.L., Josa M., Pacheco-Garcia J.M., Mayo-Ossorio M.A., Chowbey P., Soni V., de Vasconcelos Cunha H.A., Castilho M.V., Ferreira R.M.A., Barreiro T.A., Charalabopoulos A., Sdralis E., Davakis S., Bomans B., Dapri G., Van Belle K., Takieddine M., Vaneukem P., Karaca E.S.A., Karaca F.C., Sumer A., Peksen C., Savas O.A., Chousleb E., Elmokayed F., Fakhereldin I., Aboshanab H.M., Swelium T., Gudal A., Gamloo L., Ugale A., Ugale S., Boeker C., Reetz C., Hakami I.A., Mall J., Alexandrou A., Baili E., Bodnar Z., Maleckas A., Gudaityte R., Guldogan C.E., Gundogdu E., Ozmen M.M., Thakkar D., Dukkipati N., Shah P.S., Shah S.S., Shah S.S., Adil M.T., Jambulingam P., Mamidanna R., Whitelaw D., Adil M.T., Jain V., Veetil D.K., Wadhawan R., Torres A., Torres M., Tinoco T., Leclercq W., Romeijn M., van de Pas K., Alkhazraji A.K., Taha S.A., Ustun M., Yigit T., Inam A., Burhanulhaq M., Pazouki A., Eghbali F., Kermansaravi M., Jazi A.H.D., Mahmoudieh M., Mogharehabed N., Tsiotos G., Stamou K., Rodriguez F.J.B., Navarro M.A.R., Torres O.M., Martinez S.L., Tamez E.R.M., Cornejo G.A.M., Flores J.E.G., Mohammed D.A., Elfawal M.H., Shabbir A., Guowei K., So J.B., Kaplan E.T., Kaplan M., Kaplan T., Pham D.T., Rana G., Kappus M., Gadani R., Kahitan M., Pokharel K., Osborne A., Pournaras D., Hewes J., Napolitano E., Chiappetta S., Bottino V., Dorado E., Schoettler A., Gaertner D., Fedtke K., Aguilar-Espinosa F., Aceves-Lozano S., Balani A., Nagliati C., Pennisi D., Rizzi A., Frattini F., Foschi D., Benuzzi L., Parikh C., Shah H., Pinotti E., Montuori M., Borrelli V., Dargent J., Copaescu C.A., Hutopila I., Smeu B., Witteman B., Hazebroek E., Deden L., Heusschen L., Okkema S., Aufenacker T., den Hengst W., Vening W., van der Burgh Y., Ghazal A., Ibrahim H., Niazi M., Alkhaffaf B., Altarawni M., Cesana G.C., Anselmino M., Uccelli M., Olmi S., Stier C., Akmanlar T., Sonnenberg T., Schieferbein U., Marcolini A., Awruch D., Vicentin M., de Souza Bastos E.L., Gregorio S.A., Ahuja A., Mittal T., Bolckmans R., Wiggins T., Baratte C., Wisnewsky J.A., Genser L., Chong L., Taylor L., Ward S., Hi M.W., Heneghan H., Fearon N., Plamper A., Rheinwalt K., Heneghan H., Geoghegan J., Ng K.C., Fearon N., Kaseja K., Kotowski M., Samarkandy T.A., Leyva-Alvizo A., Corzo-Culebro L., Wang C., Yang W., Dong Z., Riera M., Jain R., Hamed H., Said M., Zarzar K., Garcia M., Turkcapar A.G., Sen O., Baldini E., Conti L., Wietzycoski C., Lopes E., Pintar T., Salobir J., Aydin C., Atici S.D., Ergin A., Ciyiltepe H., Bozkurt M.A., Kizilkaya M.C., Onalan N.B.D., Zuber M.N.B.A., Wong W.J., Garcia A., Vidal L., Beisani M., Pasquier J., Vilallonga R., Sharma S., Parmar C., Lee L., Sufi P., Sinan H., Saydam M. (2022). 30-day morbidity and mortality of sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and one anastomosis gastric bypass: a propensity score-matched analysis of the GENEVA data, International Journal of Obesity. 46(4), 750-757. doi:10.1038/s41366-021-01048-1
  2. Wong W.J., Zainudin S.P., Koo Y.H., Ho K.Y., Lee Z.J., Wong K.H. (2022). Young breast cancer and the influence of ethnicity in Sandakan: A 3-year retrospective cross-sectional study, Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology. 18(5), e227-e234. doi:10.1111/ajco.13596
Others
  1. Wong, W. J., Affendi, N. A. N. M., Siow, S. L., Mahendran, H. A., Lau, P. C., Ho, S. H., & Mahadeva, S. (2023). When is POEM truly equivalent to LHM? A comparison of complication rates during the learning curve. Surgical endoscopy, 37(3), 1735 1741. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-022-09680-2
  2. Wong, W.J., Hsin, MC. & Huang, CK. Technical Challenges of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Plus Proximal Jejunal Bypass in Situs Ambiguous. OBES SURG (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-023-06530-5
  3. Singhal, R., Omar, I., Madhok, B., Rajeev, Y., Graham, Y., Tahrani, A. A., Ludwig, C., Wiggins, T., Mahawar, K., & GENEVA Collaborators (2022). Safety of Bariatric Surgery in 65-Year-Old Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Obesity surgery, 32(7), 1 13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-022-06067-z
  4. Glasbey JC, Bhangu A; COVIDSurg Collaborative. (2020). Elective Cancer Surgery in COVID-19-Free Surgical Pathways During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: An International, Multicenter, Comparative Cohort Study. J Clin Oncol, 39(1):66-78. doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.01933.
  5. Glasbey, J., et al. (2021). "Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study." The Lancet Oncology 22(11): 1507-1517.
  6. Singhal R, Ludwig C, Rudge G, Gkoutos GV, Tahrani A, Mahawar K; GENEVA Collaborators, P dziwiatr M, Major P, Zarzycki P, Pantelis A, Lapatsanis DP, Stravodimos G, Matthys C, Focquet M, Vleeschouwers W, Spaventa AG, Zerrweck C, Vitiello A, Berardi G, Musella M, Sanchez-Meza A, Cantu FJ Jr, Mora F, Cantu MA, Katakwar A, Reddy DN, Elmaleh H, Hassan M, Elghandour A, Elbanna M, Osman A, Khan A, Layani L, Kiran N, Velikorechin A, Solovyeva M, Melali H, Shahabi S, Agrawal A, Shrivastava A, Sharma A, Narwaria B, Narwaria M, Raziel A, Sakran N, Susmallian S, Karag z L, Akbaba M, Pi kin SZ, Balta AZ, Senol Z, Manno E, Iovino MG, Osman A, Qassem M, Arana-Garza S, Povoas HP, Vilas-Boas ML, Naumann D, Super J, Li A, Ammori BJ, Balamoun H, Salman M, Nasta AM, Goel R, S nchez-Aguilar H, Herrera MF, Abou-Mrad A, Cloix L, Mazzini GS, Kristem L, Lazaro A, Campos J, Bernardo J, Gonz lez J, Trindade C, Viveiros O, Ribeiro R, Goitein D, Hazzan D, Segev L, Beck T, Reyes H, Monterrubio J, Garc a P, Benois M, Kassir R, Contine A, Elshafei M, Aktas S, Weiner S, Heidsieck T, Level L, Pinango S, Ortega PM, Moncada R, Valenti V, Vlahovi I, Boras Z, Liagre A, Martini F, Juglard G, Motwani M, Saggu SS, Al Moman H, L pez LAA, Cortez MAC, Zavala RA, D'Haese C, Kempeneers I, Himpens J, Lazzati A, Paolino L, Bathaei S, Bedirli A, Yavuz A, B y kkasap , zayd n S, Kwiatkowski A, Bartosiak K, Wal dziak M, Santonicola A, Angrisani L, Iovino P, Palma R, Iossa A, Boru CE, De Angelis F, Silecchia G, Hussain A, Balchandra S, Coltell IB, P rez JL, Bohra A, Awan AK, Madhok B, Leeder PC, Awad S, Al-Khyatt W, Shoma A, Elghadban H, Ghareeb S, Mathews B, Kurian M, Larentzakis A, Vrakopoulou GZ, Albanopoulos K, Bozdag A, Lale A, Kirkil C, Dincer M, Bashir A, Haddad A, Hijleh LA, Zilberstein B, de Marchi DD, Souza WP, Brod n CM, Gislason H, Shah K, Ambrosi A, Pavone G, Tartaglia N, Kona SLK, Kalyan K, Perez CEG, Botero MAF, Covic A, Timofte D, Maxim M, Faraj D, Tseng L, Liem R, ren G, Dilektasli E, Yalcin I, AlMukhtar H, Al Hadad M, Mohan R, Arora N, Bedi D, Rives-Lange C, Chevallier JM, Poghosyan T, Sebbag H, Zina L, Khaldi S, Mauchien C, Mazza D, Dinescu G, Rea B, P rez-Galaz F, Zavala L, Besa A, Curell A, Balibrea JM, Vaz C, Galindo L, Silva N, Caballero JLE, Sebastian SO, Marchesini JCD, da Fonseca Pereira RA, Sobottka WH, Fiolo FE, Turchi M, Coelho ACJ, Zacaron AL, Barbosa A, Quinino R, Menaldi G, Paleari N, Martinez-Duartez P, de Aragon Ram rez de Esparza GM, Esteban VS, Torres A, Garcia-Galocha JL, Josa M, Pacheco-Garcia JM, Mayo-Ossorio MA, Chowbey P, Soni V, de Vasconcelos Cunha HA, Castilho MV, Ferreira RMA, Barreiro TA, Charalabopoulos A, Sdralis E, Davakis S, Bomans B, Dapri G, Van Belle K, Takieddine M, Vaneukem P, Karaca ESA, Karaca FC, Sumer A, Peksen C, Savas OA, Chousleb E, Elmokayed F, Fakhereldin I, Aboshanab HM, Swelium T, Gudal A, Gamloo L, Ugale A, Ugale S, Boeker C, Reetz C, Hakami IA, Mall J, Alexandrou A, Baili E, Bodnar Z, Maleckas A, Gudaityte R, Guldogan CE, Gundo
  7. Singhal R, Wiggins T, Super J, Alqahtani A, Nadler EP, Ludwig C, Tahrani A, Mahawar K; GENEVA Collaborative. 30-Day morbidity and mortality of bariatric metabolic surgery in adolescence during the COVID-19 pandemic - The GENEVA study. Pediatr Obes. 2021 Dec;16(12):e12832. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12832. Epub 2021 Jul 8. PMID: 34240553.
  8. Singhal, R., Cardoso, V.R., Wiggins, T. et al. 30-day morbidity and mortality of sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and one anastomosis gastric bypass: a propensity score-matched analysis of the GENEVA data. Int J Obes 46, 750 757 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-021-01048-1
  9. Wong, WJ, Zainudin, SP, Koo, YH, Ho, KY, Lee, ZJ, Wong, KH. Young breast cancer and the influence of ethnicity in Sandakan: A 3-year retrospective cross-sectional study. Asia-Pac J Clin Oncol. 2021; 1 8.
  10. COVIDSurg Collaborative (2020). Delaying surgery for patients with a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection. Br J Surg. 107(12), e601-e602. doi: 10.1002/bjs.12050. Epub 2020 Sep 25.
  11. Glasbey, J.C., A. Bhangu, and o.b.o.t.C. Collaborative, Elective Cancer Surgery in COVID-19 Free Surgical Pathways During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: An International, Multicenter, Comparative Cohort Study. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 0(0): p. JCO.20.01933.
  12. Wong, W.J. & Tan, S.T. & Yii, Raymond & Lau, Peng Choong. (2020). Safety and feasibility of Laparoscopic Gastrectomy in a low-incidence country. Asian Journal of Surgery. 43. 10.1016/j.asjsur.2019.11.002.
  13. Wong, W. J., Mosiun, J. A., Hidayati, Z., Balkis, R., Sharif, S. Z., Lee, D., . . . Taib, N. A. (2019). Low breast conserving surgery (BCS) rates in public hospitals in malaysia: The effect of stage and ethnicity. Breast, 46, 136-143. doi:10.1016/j.breast.2019.05.016
  14. Wong, W. J., Leong, B. D. K., & Mak, C. H. (2017). Idiopathic internal thoracic artery (ITA) pseudoaneurysm treated with endovascular embolization. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 72(2), 144-146.

ACADEMIC/PROF. SERVICES


Evaluation
  1. (2019) Non-Doctoral Factors Influencing The Surgical Choice of Chinese Patients With Breast Cancer Who Were Eligible for Breast-Conserving Surgery, International, (Reviewer)
Media appearance
  1. (2020) Breakfast @ UM, Bariatric Surgery; Where We Are and Where We Hope to Be, University, (Panelist/Moderator)

TEACHING


Master
  1. (2019) MS -
Bachelor
  1. (2019) UMMP 3.2 -