Mak Joon Wah
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Dr. Mak Joon Wah | |
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| Born | December 11, 1942 Penang, Malaysia |
| Died | January 26, 2024 (aged 81) |
| Alma mater | National University of Singapore University of Malaya |
| Occupations | Physician, Vice-President of the International Medical University |
| Known for | Global expert in filariasis and malaria |
Dr. Mak Joon Wah (11 December 1942 – 26 January 2024)[1] was a Malaysian physician. He was an expert on tropical and parasitic diseases and has published over 350 scientific papers. He is Professor of Pathology (the equivalent of a named chair in North America) and Vice-President of the International Medical University (IMU). He had been formerly been Director of the Institute for Medical Research (IMR) and has worked as a consultant to the World Health Organization. He was Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Lymphatic Filariasis. He was a Professor of Pathology at the Universiti Putra Malaysia for three years before joining IMU.[citation needed]
He was elected President of Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine in 1982 was the founding Editor of its Journal, Tropical Biomedicine, from 1985 to 1987.[citation needed]
He held an MB BS from the University of Singapore (1967), a Master of Public Health (MPH) from the University of Malaya (1976), and Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from the University of Singapore (1980). He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists in 1995.[2]
