Board of Directors

YB Datuk Seri Dr. S. Subramaniam is Malaysia’s Minister of Health. He concurrently holds the position of the Deputy President of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) and is the Member of Parliament representing Segamat since 2004. Dr. Subra, as he is known to many, is a dermatologist by training.

Y. Bhg. Datuk Dr. Chen Chaw Min is the Secretary General in the Ministry of Health, Malaysia. Prior to this, he was the Deputy Secretary General (Finance) at the Ministry of Health. He has an MBA from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign and a PhD from University Putra Malaysia.

Y. Bhg. Datuk Dr. Noor Hisham is currently the Director General of Health, Malaysia. Prior to this, he was the Deputy Director-General between 2008 and 2013. A well-trained surgeon and administrator, he was previously the Head and Senior Consultant Breast and Endocrine Surgeon at Putrajaya Hospital.

Y. Brs. Dr. Shahnaz is the Deputy Director General of Health (Research & Technical Support) in the Ministry of Health, Malaysia. She is responsible for the supervision of the 6 research institutes under the Ministry of Health. Prior to this, she was the Director of the Institute for Medical Research.

YB Senator Datuk Prof Dr. Sim Kui Hian is an internationally recognized expert in the field of cardiology. He is Visiting Senior Consultant Cardiologist and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) Heart Centre and Clinical Research Centre, SGH, respectively, since 2011.

Y. Brs. Dr. Goh Pik Pin is currently the Director of the National Clinical Research Centre, overlooking the management and operations of 31 Clinical Research Centres throughout Malaysia. An avid advocate of research, she was previously a Consultant Ophthalmologist at Selayang Hospital.