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Prof, Orthopaedic Surgeon
Professor Aasis Unnanuntana is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Deputy Dean of Academic Affairs at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand. He is also an immediate past president of the Fragility Fracture Network Thailand and past Secretary General of the Asia Pacific Osteoporosis and Fragility Fracture Society. Professor Aasis has earned recognitions and numerous awards for his works and research studies in bone health and total joint replacement at both national and international levels. He is an active member in many prestigious medical societies including the Royal College of Orthopaedic Surgeons Thailand, the Thai Osteoporosis Foundation, the Thai hip and knee society and the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons. Professor Aasis also took an initiative to digitalize osteoporosis education for general public including Siriraj Osteoporosis Center on YouTube channel.
Geriatrician
Dr Ch'ng heads the geriatric services for Penang. He is the President of the Postgraduate Medical Education Society and Deputy head of CRC, Seberang Jaya Hospital; Hon. Treasurer of Penang Dementia Association; Hon. Treasurer of the Malaysian Society of Geriatric Medicine, and council member of the Fragility Fracture Network of Malaysia. He has contributed to authoring the Malaysian CPG for: osteoporosis; management of ischemic stroke; falls prevention in hospitals, and pain management in older people.
Assoc Prof, Rehabilitation Physician
Associate Professor Dr. Anwar Suhaimi received both his undergraduate and postgraduate training in Universiti Malaya (UM). He received his physiatrics training in renowned rehabilitation medicine centres in Australia and Turkey, prior to his current clinical service in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, UM. He spearheaded the establishment of the Musculoskeletal, Pain Rehabilitation services and minimally-invasive pain management in UM, as well as teaching and research in this field nationwide. In recent times, he is also involved in expanding COVID-19 rehabilitation provision and research. He is involved in the expansion of the Cardiac Rehabilitation services, research, and education locally and internationally. His area of clinical and research interest includes cardiac telerehabilitation, heart failure rehabilitation, digital health, back and neck pain, osteoarthritis, chronic pain management and rehabilitation, regenerative rehabilitation and COVID-19 long term functional recovery.
Geriatrician
Dr Tan is a Geriatrician at RIPAS Hospital, Brunei. He undertook his specialist medical training in the United Kingdom, where he completed a clinical research fellow post in Ortho-geriatrics. He has a special interest in frailty and bone health and aspires to improve fragility fracture services locally.
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr. CS Kumar is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon & Traumatologist in University Malaya Medical and Specialist Centre, Kuala Lumpur. He is also the Past Chairman of Asia Pacific Trauma Society. He is also the Past President of Fragility Fracture Network of Malaysia. Presently, he heads the Orthopaedic Trauma Unit of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur.
Professor, Geriatrician
Dr. Ding-Cheng (Derrick) Chan is the executive supervisor of the Taiwanese Osteoporosis Association (TOA) in Taipei, Taiwan. His research focuses on drug-related problems, frailty, sarcopenia, and osteoporosis.
Geriatrician
Dr Elizabeth Chong is currently practicing at Hospital Kuala Lumpur, where she serves as the Lead for Falls and Orthogeriatrics Services within the Ministry of Health. Additionally, she is a member of the steering committee for the SEA, HK, and India Bone Academy. Dr. Elizabeth Chong has contributed as a development group member for both the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Geriatric Hip Fracture and the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Osteoporosis.
Occupational Therapist
Faridah Binti Mohammed Ramli is an occupational therapist at the University Malaya Medical Centre, specializing in the treatment of hand and upper extremity injuries. She qualified as an occupational therapist from University Technology Mara in 2006. She completed a Master in Health Sciences (Occupational Therapy) in 2019. Faridah has 12 years of experience in hand and upper limb.
Assoc Prof, Orthopaedic Surgeon
Frede Frihagen is an orthopaedic trauma surgeon from Oslo, Norway. His interests include fragility fractures, interdisciplinary care, and secondary fracture prevention. He is the President of the Fragility Fracture Network.
Assoc Prof, Geriatrician
Dr Hakimah Mohammad Sallehuddin is an Associate Professor and Geriatrician from University Putra Malaysia (UPM). She graduated in 2007 with Medical Bachelor and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan and later awarded a Membership of Royal Colleges of Physicians (MRCP), United Kingdom to practice as an Internal Medicine Specialist in 2014. She completed her subspecialty training in Geriatric Medicine with clinical experiences both in Malaysia and the United Kingdom in 2020. Her research interests include bone health, cognitive impairment and medical education. She has written book chapters on Basic Geriatrics and Gerontology, as well as Dementia:A Caregiver’s Guide. She is currently working on a research project on post-stroke bone health among older people. She is a committee member in the Fragility Fracture Network Malaysia and Gerontological Association Malaysia.
Geriatrician
Dr Hannah Seymour is a Consultant Geriatrician and Clinical Director for the EMR Program in WA Health. Dr Seymour has been a Consultant Geriatrician since completing her training in Western Australia in 2005. She has worked in Acute Orthogeriatrics at Fiona Stanley Hospital since 2015 where she shares the care of older people with orthopaedic surgeons. Hannah is passionate about using data to improve the care of older people with fractures across the world by working on the Steering Committee of the ANZ Hip Fracture Registry and as Past President of the Fragility Fracture Network. She has presented internationally on the care of older people with fractures. Hannah has held a number of leadership positions in Western Australia currently she is the Clinical Director of the state wide EMR Program. Most recently she was the Clinical Nominee on the Sustainable Health Review which was published in April 2019 and Medical Director at FSFHG. Hannah is striving to improve the health of West Australians by obtaining funding for an Electronic Medical Record across WA Health.
Geriatrician
Dr Lim is currently a geriatrician at Hospital Sultan Ismail Johor Bahru. He is a council member of the Fragility Fracture Network of Malaysia and is actively involved in orthogeriatric services.
Assoc Prof, Geriatrician
Assoc Prof, Orthopaedic Surgeon
Deputy Chief Physician of Orthopedics at the National Center for Orthopedics and Shanghai 6th People's Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Full faculty of ISCD for CCD since 2010. Chair of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) China Panel and President of the Chinese Fragility Fracture Alliance. Chairman of the Expert Committee on Bone Density Measurement and Osteoporosis Diagnosis in China. Specializes in trauma orthopedics. Awarded as ISCD Clinician of the Year 2020. Currently focused on research of osteoporotic fractures and standardized diagnosis and prevention of fragility fractures. Also involved in national volunteer projects since 2012 and awarded for outstanding contributions.
Assoc Prof, Orthopaedic Surgeon
Assoc Prof Dr Irewin Tabu is the current president of Fragility Fracture Network – Philippines and the Chair of FFN Regionalization Committee. He graduated from the UP college of Medicine in 2003 and seubsequently trained at the University of Philippines – Philippine General Hospital Department of Orthopaedics. Currently he is the Chief of the UP-PGH Orthopedic Trauma Division and the Head of the POA Osteoporosis and Orthogeriatric Working Group. He is also a council member of the Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis and Fragility Fracture Section, as well as the Philippine Orthopedic Trauma Society, the Philippine Hip and Knee Society and an AO Trauma Philippines Faculty
Adj Asst Prof, Orthopaedic Surgeon
As the head of orthopaedic trauma service and clinical lead of the orthogeriatric service since 2017, Dr Ivan Chua has been a passionate surgeon who has been driving and advancing orthogeriatric care and secondary fracture prevention at his hospital and beyond.
Adj Prof, Dietitian
Prof Jack Bell is an advanced Dietitian and clinical academic from Australia. Jack has spent the last 25 years demonstrating why better nutrition leads to better outcomes after fragility fracture.
Prof, Rehabilitation Physician
Prof Jae-Young Lim is a Professor of the Seoul National University College of Medicine and Chair of Dept. of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital. He is an active member of the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia and of the Asian Working Group for Cachexia, and serving as the President of Fragility Fracture Network – Korea (FFN Korea) and General Secretary-Elect of Fragility Fracture Network. His research interest is in developing integrated rehabilitation methods for fall prevention and fragility fracture care in older adults. He is Lead investigator for a series of research projects focused on rehabilitation intervention and standard management for sarcopenia and fragility fractures of older adults. He is also Editor-in-Chief at the Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research.
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dato' Dr. Lee Joon Kiong, currently serving as the Deputy Medical Director and Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon at Beacon Hospital in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, holds distinguished roles within several organizations dedicated to osteoporosis and fracture management. Notably, Dato' Dr. Lee serves as the President of the Asia Pacific Osteoporosis & Fragility Fracture Society (APOFFS), a section of the Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association (APOA), demonstrating leadership in regional orthopedic care. Additionally, Dato' Dr. Lee holds the position of President for the Fragility Fracture Network Malaysia (FFNM) and the Malaysian BONe-health Optimization Network (MyBONe), highlighting commitment to advancing bone health initiatives within the country. With a history of leadership roles, Dato' Dr. Lee has previously served as President of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD), the Osteoporosis Awareness Society of Kuala Lumpur & Selangor (OASKLS), and the Malaysian Osteoporosis Society (MOS), reflecting extensive experience in the field. Further showcasing dedication to osteoporosis advocacy, Dato' Dr. Lee chairs the Asia Pacific Regional Advisory Committee for the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and co-chairs the Asia Pacific Fragility Fracture Alliance (APFFA). Dato' Dr. Lee also contributes expertise as a board member of the Fragility Fracture Network (FFN), solidifying comprehensive involvement in promoting bone health and fracture prevention initiatives on regional and international levels.
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr. Arbatin is the Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics of Chong Hua Hospital Mandaue, Head of the Spine Section, and the Training Officer of the first Orthopedic Spine Fellowship Program in the Philippines. He is a the Scientific Committee Lead of FFN Philippines.
Assoc Prof, Rehabilitation Physician
Dr Julia Patrick Engkasan is an Associate Professor and Rehabilitation Medicine Consultant at the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Universiti Malaya. She currently heads the Medical Humanities and Ethics unit at the Faculty of Medicine where she integrates arts into medical education. As a clinician, she works mainly in spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation, where she is committed to improve the quality of life of persons with SCI. As a researcher, she has research collaborative work with different disciplines within UM, Malaysia and internationally. As an educator, she is involved in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Karen Hertz is a nurse with extensive experience in clinical practice working as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in a UK trauma unit of a large University Hospital. She has a track record of national and international networking that includes membership of various boards and committees relevant to her practice and has edited books and co-authored several book chapters related to orthogeriatric nursing.
Chief Nursing Officer
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Mr Kunalan Ganthel is currently the head of the Joint Replacement Unit (JRU) in Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He completed arthroplasty fellowship under Ministry of Health Malaysia in 2016. He also completed an upper limb arthroplasty from Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals. His practice mainly involves primary and revision joint replacement surgeries, geriatric hip fracture and periprosthetic fracture management.
Prof, Orthopaedic Surgeon
Matthew Costa PhD, FRCS, FMedSci. Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery at the University of Oxford and Honorary Consultant Trauma Surgeon at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. Matt’s research interest is in clinical and cost effectiveness of musculoskeletal trauma interventions. He is Lead Investigator for a series of randomised trials and associated studies supported by grants from the UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). His work has been cited widely and informs many guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Matt is the NIHR National Specialty Lead for Trauma and Emergency Care and an NIHR Senior Investigator. He is also Associate Editor for Trauma and Research Methods at the Bone and Joint Journal. Matt is past President of the UK Orthopaedic Trauma Society and past President of the Global Fragility Fracture Network.
Prof, Geriatrician
Dr Tan Maw Pin is a Professor of Geriatric Medicine at Universiti Malaya. She is currently the Principal Investigator of the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia Long-Term Research Grant Scheme funded project, TrAnsforming CoGnitivE Frailty into Later-lifE Self-Sufficiency (AGELESS), and is the current President of the Malaysian Society of Geriatric Medicine. Her main research interest is falls prevention, and she was a member of the core committee for the World Falls Guidelines published in October 2022 and is also among the founding protem committee of the World Falls Society formed at the recent second World Falls Conference in Perth in December 2023.
Assoc Prof, Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr Yang is a consultant orthopaedic trauma surgeon in Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, National Center of Orthopaedics in China, and general secretary of FFN-China.
Pharmacist
Physiotherapist
Dr Mitchell Sarkies is a Senior Lecturer, Sydney Horizon Fellow, and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow who leads implementation research to enhance evidence-informed models of care for hip fracture
Assoc Prof, Orthopaedic Surgeon
Family Physician
Assoc Prof, Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr. Faissal completed his medical degree from University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom in the year 2001. Following which he completed his housemanship and worked as a senior house officer (SHO) in Wales, United Kingdom. He returned to Malaysia in 2005 as a trainee lecturer under the Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) at Selayang Campus. He joined the Masters in Orthopaedic Surgery at University of Malaya (UM) in 2006. During his training, he was appointed as the Chief Resident and completed his clinical masters successfully in the year 2010. He practised orthopaedic surgery at Selayang Hospital and UiTM Sungai Buloh Campus. He was involved in the management of general orthopaedic, advanced trauma cases, arthroplasty and arthroscopy surgery. He then joined the Orthopaedic Oncology Fellowship programme at University Malaya Medical Centre for two years (2013-2015). He passed the National Board of Orthopaedic Oncology examination under the Malaysian Ministry of Health in 2018. After completion of his fellowship, he was appointed as the Head of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine, UiTM, Sungai Buloh Campus. Dr Faissal joined the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya as a senior lecturer and consultant orthopaedic surgeon in 2015. He is currently practicing in University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) and UM Specialist Centre (UMSC). He is well experienced in general orthopaedic conditions, trauma (fractures), arthroplasty surgery and orthopaedic oncology surgery. He is active in teaching, research and has authored scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, presented free paper and posters at national and international conferences, such as Malaysian Orthopaedic Association (MOA) Annual Scientific Meeting, International Society of Limb Salvage (ISOLS) and Asia Pacific Musculoskeletal Tumour Society (APMSTS).
Assoc Prof, Anaesthetist
"Associate Professor Dr Loh Pui San is a Senior Consultant Anaesthesiologist and the Head of Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya. She specializes in the clinical field of transplant anaesthesia and perioperative medicine, in particular geriatric anaesthesia. A lecturer in University Malaya Medical Centre since 2011, she was also a Fellows in Australia and Cambridge, UK under the prestigious Commonwealth Medical Award. Dr Loh believes as the world population ages and increasingly more older individuals require surgery at the end of their lifetimes, this is a field that deserves attention with equal focus, similar to the other extreme of age in children. She hopes to build the field of geriatric anaesthesia with multidisciplinary colleagues working in both public and private institutions via her active involvement in the Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists, Fragility Fracture Network and Ministry of Health. She is part of an expert panel in the National Clinical Practice Guideline for Hip Fractures in the Elderly. Naturally, her research interest includes perioperative management of the elderly focusing on finding suitable risk assessment methods to institute early prevention and the effects of anaesthesia on neurocognitive function. By collaborating with both local and international investigators, Dr Loh hopes to increase the medical evidence in literature to provide the safest care for our older patients in the future
Geriatrician
Dr Rani Ramason is a Senior Consultant in Geriatric Medicine in Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore with an interest in Falls Prevention. She also runs the Orthogeriatric Service in TTSH, with her colleague and fellow Geriatrician Dr Chen Shuyu and works closely with Dr Ivan Chua who is the Head of Trauma in Tan Tock Seng Hospital to manage Elderly Hip and Lower Limb Fragility Fractures. She was the Co-director of MOH – HSDP funded Integrated Hip Fracture Program (2011-2016) and subsequently TTSH Co-director of MOH Hip Fracture Bundled Program (2016-2019).
Prof, Orthopaedic Surgeon
Professor Rong-Sen Yang is Professor of the Department of Orthopaedics at the National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. He is the past president of the Taiwan Maple Orthopaedics Association and past president of the Taiwanese Osteoporosis Association. He is an active council members of many national and international associations. His research interests include musculoskeletal health and diseases, osteoporosis, as well as orthopaedics oncology.
Prof, Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr. Sabarul Afian Mokhtar is the Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery (Spine) at the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). He is the founding member and the past President of the Malaysia Spine Society. He is the council member and head of Special Interest Group for Education, Malaysian Orthopaedics Association. He obtained his Medical Degree and Orthopaedic Specialty training from UKM. He continued subspecialty training in the field of Spine Surgery with Professor Shoichi Kokubun at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan and a PhD Clinical Fellow for Spine Surgery at the Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University, Sydney. He was the pioneer orthopaedic surgeon working and doing research at the Macquarie University Hospital and completed his PhD entitled “Development of a Model for Assessment and Predicting Outcome in Surgery for Degenerative Disorder of the Lumbosacral Spine” where his research and practices mainly focused on the ageing spine. He is currently the head of Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology. He has served as the Deputy Dean at Faculty of Medicine UKM, Deputy Director of UKM Medical Centre and Deputy Director, Pro Vice Chancellor of Medical and Health Campus UKM. He is actively involved in the undergraduate and postgraduate education at both national and international level by being the member of the National Orthopaedic Curriculum Committee (NOCC) and ASEAN Orthopaedic Association (AOA) Education Committee. He has established the Fracture Liaison Service in Malaysia which was awarded the Silver Award in 2019 and Gold Award in 2022 by the International Osteoporosis Federation (IOF). He has presented and authored in a significant number of scientific papers that are testimony to his clinical and research interests in spinal disorders, pain management and osteoporosis. He has been conferred with numerous awards for his services, academic and research achievement in the field.
Prof, Internal Medicine Specialist
Chair Professor in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Galle, Sri Lanka. Has special interest in research and clinical applications related to osteoporosis, sarcopenia and frailty. He has supported the development of intervention thresholds in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines
Endocrinologist
Dr Foo is the Head of Endocrine Unit at Selayang Hospital and visiting Consultant Endocrinologist at Subang Jaya Medical Centre. She also serves as the Honorary Treasurer of the Malaysian Endocrine & Metabolic Society.
Geriatrician
Health Psychologist
Stefano Eleuteri is a Health Psychologist, Psychoterapist, Phd in Social and Developmental Psychology. He is the Chair of the Education Committee of the Fragility Fracture Network and of the FFN Italy.
Prof, Orthopaedic Surgeon
Prof. Takeshi Sawaguchi is a professor of the Department of Traumatology, Fukushima Medical University. He is the president of FFN Japan and the chairman of the AO Trauma Asia Pacific. He, together with FFN Japan and other academic societies have succeded to change the policy of geriatric hip fracture and secondary fracture prevention in Japan.
Pol Col Dr, Chief of Osteoporosis and Geriatric Excellence Center
Tanawat Amphansap is the chief of osteoporosis and geriatric excellence center, orthopedic department at Police General Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. He is also the founder and leader of the Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) at Police General Hospital and the president of Fragility Fracture Network (FFN) in Thailand. Dr. Tanawat is a steering committee of numerous societies, including the FFN (AP) Regionalisation, the South East Asia Bone Academy (SEA-BA), the Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO), the Thailand Osteoporosis Foundation (TOPF), the Metabolic Bone and Orthogeriatric (MBOG) Section of the Royal College of Orthopedic Surgeons of Thailand (RCOST), and the FLS committee of Public Health in Thailand.
Asst Prof, Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr. Tashfeen Ahmad is an Orthopaedic Surgeon at Aga Khan University, Karachi, current President of Fragility Fracture Network, Pakistan. He is actively engaged in promoting fracture liaison services in the country.
Assoc Prof, Geriatrician
Dr Terence Ong is currently an associate professor and consultant geriatrician at Universiti Malaya. He completed his medical degree from the University of Aberdeen, UK, and subsequently pursued his specialist clinical training in geriatric medicine at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. Alongside his clinical work, he completed his Masters by Research and PhD from the University of Nottingham. His interests are in musculoskeletal health, fragility fractures and liaison services involving older people. He sits on the committee of the Fragility Fracture Network Malaysia, Malaysian Society of Geriatric Medicine and Malaysian Osteoporosis Society. Dr Ong also serves on the editorial board of Age and Ageing and BMC Geriatrics.
Prof, Physician
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Phd Candidate, Institute for Musculoskeletal Health
Ms Venisa Kwok is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, The University of Sydney. Venisa’s research focuses on improving function and preventing falls and fall-related injuries in older people. She has been working as a physiotherapist with older people in the community and residential aged care.
Rehabilitation Physician
Dr Wan Najwa is a senior lecturer and consultant rehabilitation medicine physician currently serving with Faculty of Medicine UiTM and Hospital Al-Sultan Abdullah UiTM. She did her clinical fellowship in spinal cord injury rehabilitation under University of Toronto that gave her in depth experience in bone health management for people with neurological impairment.
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr Woo Yew Lok is an Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon from Singapore General Hospital. He specialises in Geriatric Fractures and have special interests in new innovations in the field of Orthopaedics.
Prof, Orthopaedic Surgeon
• Past President of Indonesian Orthopaedic Association & Asean Orthopaedic Association • Head of Research Center for Bone Health, Osteoporosis, and Fragility Fracture of Lambung Mangkurat University • Council member of Asia Pacific Osteoporosis & Fragility Fracture Society