MAJLIS HOSPIS MALAYSIA
(Malaysian Hospice Council)
c/o Hospice Klang, 82, Jalan Sri Sarawak 4, Taman Sri Andalas, 41200 Klang
Tel: (03) 33244740 Fax: (03) 33243125 Email: mhccongress2016@gmail.com
Dr Cynthia Goh, is one of the pioneers of Palliative Care in Singapore, starting as a volunteer in 1986. She helped build several palliative care services in the community, and in 1999, she started the Department of Palliative Medicine at the National Cancer Centre Singapore, which she headed till 2011. Dr Goh is very active in regional and international networking and teaching of palliative care. Since 1996, she has nurtured the development of the Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network (APHN) to help promote hospice care in the this region. She is the current chair of the APHN
Dr Rosalie Shaw, the former Executive Director of APHN, is one of the most influential women in the field of palliative care in Asia Pacific region. In 1981, she set up one of the first palliative care units in Australia at Hollywood Hospital in Perth in 1981. In 1992 Dr Shaw was invited to come to Singapore to further the professional development of the Hospice Care Association and from that time was involved in the development of palliative care in Singapore. In 2011, Dr Shaw was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for her contribution to medicine
Dr Richard Lim Boon Leong is the National Advisor on Palliative Medicine for the Ministry of Health Malaysia, Chairman of Malaysia Hospice Council, Head of Palliative Care Unit in Selayang Hospital and Institute Kanser Negara Malaysia. He is also the Council Member of Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network (APHN). Dr Richard Lim is also a Speciality Subcommittee member (Internal Medicine) of National Specialist Register of Malaysia as well as the Council Member of Malaysia Academy of Medicine College of Physicians.
Dr Ghauri Aggarwal is the Head of the Palliative Care Department at Concord Hospital in Sydney. Her interests include interface between oncology and palliative medicine, undergraduate and postgraduate education in palliative care, communication skills and ethics and end of life decision making. She has co-authored many publications on hospital based palliative medicine, pain management. Currently she is involved in teaching and development of Palliative Care in the Asia-Pacific region.
Dr Suresh Kumar is the director of the Institute of Palliative Medicine in Kerala, India, Dr. Kumar sees the need for healthcare to go beyond standard institutions and medical facilities. He realized that any comprehensive palliative care initiative had to be community-driven. He has designed a volunteer-led care system that provides an alternative to the rigid and ineffective medical institutions. His approach moves services from institutions and hospitals to neighbourhoods and homes
Dr. Ednin Hamzah, Chief Executive Officer and Medical Director of Hospis Malaysia.. He graduated in Medicine from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom in 1986. He was trained in General Medicine and General Practice and worked as a General Practitioner in Newcastle Upon Tyne until 1997, when he joined Hospis Malaysia. He is currently also on the Board of International Association of Hospice and Palliative Care, the Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Association, the Malaysian Oncological Society and the Malaysian Society for the Study of Pain.
