Scientist To Watch: Dr. Swee Tan

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Dr. Swee Tan is the Founder and Executive Director of the Gillies McIndoe Research Institute and a Consultant Plastic & Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgeon at the Wellington Regional Plastic, Maxillofacial & Burns Unit, Hutt Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand. He obtained an MBBS from the University of Melbourne in 1985 and an FRACS from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1992. Sparked by his interest and passion in researching the cause of, and a better way to treat strawberry birthmarks, he enrolled for a part-time PhD degree at the University of Otago and graduated in 2001.

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Research Personality: Dato’ Dr. Faraizah

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Dato’ Dr. Faraizah Bt Dato’ Abdul Karim is an internationally recognised expert in haemophilia care and has a longstanding interest in blood transfusion services. She is currently the Deputy Director and a Senior Consultant Pathologist, specialising in haematology and blood transfusion, at the National Blood Centre, Kuala Lumpur.

Dato’ Dr. Faraizah earned her medical degree from Universiti Sains Malaysia and a Diploma in Clinical Pathology from the University of London. She then went on to obtain a Master of Science in Haematology at the Imperial College School of Medicine before embarking on sub-specialty training in transfusion medicine at the North London Blood Transfusion Service and Hammersmith Hospital, London.

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