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Kok Meng John Chan, Dr
BACKGROUND
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon (Cardiac, Aorta & Thoracic Surgeon), CVSKL Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Resident)
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon (Cardiac, Aorta & Thoracic Surgeon), Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Visiting)
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Visiting)
President, Asian Academy of Heart Valve Disease (AAHVD)
Chair, Cardiothoracic Surgery Quadripartite Board, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Joint Specialty Fellowship Examination
Chair, Chapter of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Surgeons Academy of Medicine of Malaysia
Honorary Secretary, Malaysian Association for Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery (MATCVS)
Council Member, College of Surgeons Academy of Medicine of Malaysia
QUALIFICATIONS
BMedSci (First Class Honours), BM BS, University of Nottingham, U.K.
FRCS, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, U.K.
FRCS CTh, Royal College of Surgeons of England, U.K.
MSc (Clinical Trials), University of London, U.K.
DIC, PhD (Cardiac Surgery), Imperial College London, U.K.
FAHA, American Heart Association, U.S.A.
CERTIFICATIONS
Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) and Specialist Registration in Cardiothoracic Surgery, General Medical Council, U.K.
Intercollegiate Specialty Examination in Cardiothoracic Surgery, U.K.
National Specialist Registration (NSR) in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Malaysia.
Gazetted as Specialist in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ministry of Health, Malaysia.
Specialist Certification in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Health & Social Affairs, Monaco.
Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Level 2 Accreditation, U.K.
Full Registration, General Medical Council, U.K.
Full Registration, Malaysian Medical Council, Malaysia
PRIZES & AWARDS
Bart Prize, University of Nottingham, U.K. (1993)
Researcher Development Award, National Institute of Health Research, Department of Health, U.K. (2006)
Lansdell & Lawson Award, British Medical Association, U.K. (2007)
Hounsfield Award, Imperial College London, U.K. (2008)
Travel Award, American Heart Association, U.S.A. (2012)
Certificate of Recognition, Governor of the State of Sarawak, Malaysia (2014)
Hunterian Professor, Royal College of Surgeons of England, U.K. (2014)
OTHER INTERESTS
Cardiac, Aorta and Thoracic surgery (Heart, Aorta, Lung and Chest surgery)
Mitral valve repair and replacement surgery
Tricuspid valve repair and replacement surgery
Aortic valve surgery
Aorta surgery (Aortic Root, Ascending Aorta, Aortic Arch + Frozen Elephant Trunk, Descending Aorta)
Personalised External Aortic Root Support (PEARS) surgery
Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Ablation surgery
Left Atrial Appendage Closure
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery
Cardiac tumour surgery
Atrial Septal Defect surgery
Mediastinal Tumour and Thymus surgery
Lung Cancer and Tumour surgery
Pleural Effusion and Pneumothorax surgery
Sympathetectomy for Hyperhidrosis (Sweaty Hands / Palms) surgery
Video Assisted Thoracoscopic (VATS) surgery
SELECTED INTERNATIONAL LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS
1. KMJ Chan, SG Raja, GD Dreyfus. Tricuspid leaflet augmentation: a repair technique to address severe leaflet tethering in tricuspid regurgitation. 45th Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, San Francisco, California, USA, Jan 2009.
2. KMJ Chan, GD Dreyfus. Tricuspid regurgitation secondary to mitral valve disease: new insights. 43 Convegno Cardiologia 2009, Milan, Italy, Sept 2009.
3. KMJ Chan, JTA Gavino, GD Dreyfus. Truly stentless autologous pericardial aortic valve replacement: an alternative to standard aortic valve replacement. 90th Annual meeting of the American Association of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto, Canada, May 2010. (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE PRESENTATION)
4. KMJ Chan, GD Dreyfus. Asymptomatic mitral regurgitation: surgical advances. European Society of Cardiology Congress 2010, Stockholm, August 2010.
5. KMJ Chan, GD Dreyfus. Asymptomatic mitral regurgitation: surgical perspective. Advanced forum on mitral valve repair, Monaco, November 2010.
6. KMJ Chan. Tricuspid valve anatomy and pathophysiology. European Valve Repair Group Annual Meeting, London, United Kingdom, June 2011.
7. KMJ Chan, R Wage, K Symmonds, I Roussin, M Flather, DJ Pennell, SK Prasad, PJ Kilner, JR Pepper. Mitral valve annuloplasty in addition to coronary artery bypass grafting in moderate functional ischaemic mitral regurgitation reverses left ventricular remodeling and restores left ventricular geometry: preliminary results of the Randomized Ischaemic Mitral Evaluation (RIME) Trial. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Orlando, Florida, USA, November 2011.
8. KMJ Chan, R Wage, K Symmonds, I Roussin, M Flather, DJ Pennell, SK Prasad, PJ Kilner, JR Pepper. Mitral valve annular, leaflet and papillary muscle geometry and function in functional ischaemic mitral regurgitation: new insights from cardiovascular magnetic resonance. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Orlando, Florida, USA, November 2011.
9. KMJ Chan. Long term results of mitral valve repair. The Valve Repair Trilogy: Aortic, Mitral and Tricuspid, Monaco, March 2012.
10. KMJ Chan, GD Dreyfus. Concomitant tricuspid annuloplasty: when, how and why not? The Valve Repair Trilogy: Aortic, Mitral and Tricuspid, Monaco, March 2012.
11. KMJ Chan. Pathophysiology of functional mitral and tricuspid regurgitation. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery, Barcelona, October 2012. (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LECTURE)
12. KMJ Chan, PP Punjabi, M Flather, R Wage, K Symmonds, I Roussin, S Rahman-Hayley, DJ Pennell, PJ Kilner, GD Dreyfus, JR Pepper. Coronary artery bypass grafting with or without mitral valve annuloplasty: final results of the Randomized Ischemic Mitral Evaluation (RIME) Trial. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Los Angeles, California, USA, November 2012.
13. KMJ Chan. Pathophysiology and natural history of functional mitral regurgitation. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2014.
14. KMJ Chan. Pathophysiology and natural history functional tricuspid regurgitation. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2014.
15. KMJ Chan. Mitral valve repair for functional ischaemic MR: indications, techniques and results. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2014.
16. KMJ Chan. Indications, techniques and long term results of tricuspid valve repair for functional TR. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2014.
17. KMJ Chan. The Ischaemic Mitral Valve. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Advanced Course on Aortic and Mitral Valve Reconstructive Surgery, Windsor, UK, July 2014.
18. KMJ Chan. Mitral valve repair for ischaemic mitral regurgitation: indications, techniques and long term results. 24th Annual Congress of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia, Hanoi, Vietnam, November 2014.
19. KMJ Chan. Tricuspid valve repair for functional tricuspid regurgitation: indications, techniques and long term results. 24th Annual Congress of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia, Hanoi, Vietnam, November 2014.
20. KMJ Chan. Moderate ischaemic mitral regurgitation: CABG only or concomitant valve repair? American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Chicago, USA, November 2014. (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LECTURE)
21. KMJ Chan. Pathophysiology of functional tricuspid regurgitation. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Chicago, USA, November 2014. (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LECTURE)
22. KMJ Chan. Pathophysiology and natural history of functional mitral regurgitation. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2015.
23. KMJ Chan. Mitral valve repair in functional ischaemic mitral regurgitation: indications, techniques and long term results. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2015.
24. KMJ Chan. Mitral valve repair in dilated cardiomyopathy: how effective? European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2015.
25. KMJ Chan. Pathophysiology and natural history of functional tricuspid regurgitation. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2015.
26. KMJ Chan. Addressing severe leaflet tethering in functional tricuspid regurgitation: indications, techniques and long term results. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation Course, Windsor, UK, Feb 2015.
27. KMJ Chan. Hunterian Lecture: Pathophysiology and surgical treatment of functional ischaemic mitral regurgitation. Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Scientific Meeting, Manchester, UK, Mac 2015. (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LECTURE)
28. KMJ Chan. Functional tricuspid regurgitation: when should we intervene? Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Scientific Meeting, Manchester, UK, Mac 2015.
29. KMJ Chan. Concomitant tricuspid valve surgery: to repair or not to repair? European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Advanced Aortic and Mitral Valve Reconstruction Surgery Course, Windsor, U.K., July 2015.
30. KMJ Chan. Update on Heart Valve Disease. Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 4th Borneo Surgical Delights Meeting, Pontianak, Indonesia, October 2015.
31. KMJ Chan. Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: Revascularise only, repair or replace? American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Orlando, Florida, USA, November 2015. (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LECTURE
32. KMJ Chan. Surgery for degenerative mitral regurgitation: What is the State of the Art? 5th SingValve 2018, Singapore, 5-7 July 2018
33. KMJ Chan. Surgery for Functional mitral regurgitation: Is there a role? 5th SingValve 2018, Singapore, 5-7 July 2018
34. KMJ Chan. Surgery for Mitral Stenosis. 5th SingValve 2018, Singapore, 5-7 July 2018
35. KMJ Chan. Surgical treatment for Tricuspid Regurgitation. 5th SingValve 2018, Singapore, 5-7 July 2018
36. KMJ Chan. My indications for dealing with Tricuspid Regurgitation concomitantly and what exactly do I do? 9thMulu Rafflesia Heart Valve Symposium, Kyoto, Japan, 7-10 November 2018.
37, KMJ Chan. Status of Mitral Valve Repair in Functional Mitral Regurgitation. 9th Mulu Rafflesia Heart Valve Symposium, Kyoto, Japan, 7-10 November 2018.
38. KMJ Chan. Coronary artery disease and Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: should the mitral valve be corrected? 9thMulu Rafflesia Heart Valve Symposium, Kyoto, Japan, 7-10 November 2018.
39. KMJ Chan. Timing of surgery for rheumatic mitral valve disease. Tongariro 2019 – New Zealand Annual Cardiac Surgery meeting, Napier, New Zealand, 22-24 March 2019.
40. KMJ Chan. The mitral valve and HOCM. Tongariro 2019 – New Zealand Annual Cardiac Surgery meeting, Napier, New Zealand, 22-24 March 2019.
41. KMJ Chan. Ischemic mitral regurgitation: how best to manage. Annual Congress of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia (ATCSA) 2019, Taipei, Taiwan, 1-3 November 2019.
42. KMJ Chan. Surgery for Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: an update. Annual Conference of the British Heart Valve Society, London, U.K., 8 November 2019.
43. KMJ Chan. Management of Infective Endocarditis. International Congress on Infectious Diseases 2022, Kuala Lumpur, 17-20 November 2022.
44. KMJ Chan. Principles of Mitral Valve Surgery. London Core Review Course, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 19-20 Feb 2024.
45. KMJ Chan. Ischemic Mitral Disease. London Core Review Course, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 19-20 Feb 2024.
46. KMJ Chan. Principles of Tricuspid Valve Surgery. London Core Review Course, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 19-20 Feb 2024.
47. KMJ Chan. Surgery for Tricuspid Regurgitation. Singapore Valve 2024, Singapore, 15-17 March 2024.
48. KMJ Chan. Surgical approach to Mitral Valve in Percutaneous era. Planetary Health Academia Global Summit 2024, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 24-25 Feb 2024.
49. KMJ Chan. Surgery for MR – What every trainee should know and do well. 7th Singapore Valve 2024, Singapore, 15-17 March 2024.
50. KMJ Chan. Rheumatic Mitral Valve Repair. London Core Review Course, London, U.K., 10-12 April 2024.
51. KMJ Chan. Tips and Tricks of Mitral Valve Repair. Dhaka Meet 2024: Annual Conference of the Cardiac Surgeons Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 27-29 June 2024.
53. KMJ Chan. Care of Type A Aortic Dissection in Malaysia. Aortic Dissection Awareness UK 2024, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, Sept 2024.
54. KMJ Chan. How to manage Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation. 32nd Association for Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia (ATCSA) Annual Scientific Congress and 24th Malaysian Association for Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeons (MATCVS) Annual Scientific Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, 22-24 November 2024.
55. KMJ Chan. Ischemic mitral disease. London Core Review, London, U.K., 14-16 May 2025.
56. KMJ Chan. Achieving long term durability in Mitral Valve surgery. ASEAN Federation of Cardiology Congress (AFCC) 2025, Penang, Malaysia, 17-20 July 2025.
57. KMJ Chan. Mitral Valve Prosthesis. Asian Heart Valve China Forum, Wuhan, China, 21-23 Nov 2025.
RESEARCH
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MITRAL VALVE REPAIR SURGERY
Functional Mitral & Tricuspid Regurgitation
Randomised Ischaemic Mitral Evaluation (RIME) Trial
Ischaemic mitral regurgitation surgical treatment
Treatment of moderate functional ischemic mitral regurgitation: CABG only or mitral valve repair in addition?
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance assessment of mitral regurgitation
Mitral valve repair using artificial neochordae
Mitral valve endocarditis surgery
Rheumatic mitral valve disease surgery
Degenerative mitral valve disease surgery
TRICUSPID VALVE REPAIR SURGERY
Functional Mitral & Tricuspid Regurgitation
Tricuspid valve repair for tricuspid annular dilatation
Tricuspid valve repair by leaflet augmentation using autologous pericardium for leaflet tethering
Stages of functional tricuspid regurgitation
Tricuspid valve disease
Tricuspid valve surgery
Functional tricuspid regurgitation assessment and treatment
Pathophysiology of Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation
AORTIC VALVE SURGERY
Stentless autologous pericardial aortic valve replacement
Choice of prosthesis in aortic valve replacement
AORTIC SURGERY
Manufacturing an external aortic root support for the dilated ascending aorta
Early results of external aortic root support for the dilated ascending aorta
Ascending aortic aneurysm surgery
CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY
Technique to avoid tension in the left internal mammary artery to LAD anastomosis
Technique to correct size mismatch in coronary anastomosis
Review of Coronary Artery Disease in Malaysia
CARDIAC TUMOUR SURGERY
Surgical resection of left atrial paraganglioma
CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS
Biocompatible oxygenators in cardiopulmonary bypass
REOPERATIONS
Technique for redo sternotomy
THORACIC SURGERY
Intrathoracic staging of non small cell lung cancer
Review of Lung Cancer research in Malaysia
OTHERS
Assessment of platelet function
Evaluation of recently introduced technology
Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
