APSR Short-Term Research/Training Scholarship

Post-training reports

January 2009
Dr S M Abdullah Al Mamum
Training Fellow
National University Hospital Singapore

as a Clinical Observer
at the Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine Department, National University Hospital, Singapore
under the supervision of Dr Gerald Chua and Prof. T K Lim

June 2010
Dr Mohammed Shameem
Assistant Professor,
Department of Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases,
Jawaherial Nehru Medical College,
Aligarh Muslim University,
Aligarh UP India

For training in Interventional Pulmonology
at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Sabah, Malaysia
under the supervision of Dr Jamalul Azizi Abdul Rehman, Head, Department of Respiratory Medicine

July 2011
Dr Nguyen Van Tho
Faculty of Medicine
University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam

For medical research
at the Shiga University of Medical Science (SUMS), Shiga, Japan
under the supervision of Dr Yasutaka Nakano, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, SUMS

October 2011
Dr Gang Wang
Pneumology Group
Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine
West China Hospital
Sichuan University
Chengdu
China

For medical research
at the Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Hunter Medical Research Institute, John Hunter Hospital, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
under the supervision of Dr Peter G Gibson

November 2011
Dr Diane Gray
Paediatric Pulmonologist
University of Cape Town
South Africa

For training in infant lung function (ILF) testing
at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research (TICHR), Perth, Australia
under the supervision of A/Prof Graham Hall, head of the Paediatric Respiratory Physiology

June 2013
Dr Shirley Ngai
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

For training in respiratory assessment and diagnostic tests of asthma
at the Department of Respiratory Medicine of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
under the supervision of Dr Jennifer Alison, University of Sydney

November 2013
Dr Su Siew Choo
Paediatric Institute
Hospital Kuala Lumpur

For training in paediatric respiratory medicine
at the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital and Queensland's Children Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
under the supervision of Dr Anne Chang, Dr Ian Brent Masters and Dr Alan Isles

August 2015
Nafees Ahmad Khan
Assistant Professor
Department of Pulmonary Medicine
J N Medical College AMU Aligarh
India

For training in interventional pulmonology
at the Serdang Hospital Selangor, Malaysia
under the supervision of Dr Jamalul Azizi, Director and Head of Malaysian association of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology, Serdang Hospital Selangor, Malaysia

August 2015
Trilok Chand
Consultant
Department of Respiratory, Critical care and Sleep Medicine
Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals
New Delhi
India

For training in interventional bronchoscopy and medical thoracoscopy
at the Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
under the supervision of Dr Jamsak Tscheikuna, Associate Professor, Division of Respiratory Medicine and Tuberculosis, Faculty of Medicine

August 2016
Dr Tung Thanh Truong
Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Department
Military Hospital 175
HoChiMinh city
Vietnam

For training in lung disease
at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia
under the supervision of Prof Sandra Hodge, Prof Hubertus Jesmann and Dr Hai Bac Tran

May 2017
Dr Eg Kah Peng
University of Malaya Medical Centre
Malaysia

For training in paediatric respiratory medicine
at the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital (LCCH) and Centre for Children's Health Research (CCHR), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
under the supervision of Dr Anne Chang and Dr Ian Brent Masters

June 2017
Dr Ankit Parakh
Delhi
India

For training in paediatric respiratory medicine
at the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital Brisbane (LCCH), Queensland, Australia
under the supervision of Dr Nitin Kapur

December 2017
Dr Peng Luo
Guangzhou
China

For medical research
at the Prince Charles Hospital and University of Queensland Thoracic Research Centre, Queensland, Australia
under the supervision of Dr Kwun Fong

July 2018
Dr Ralph Villalobos
Manila
Philippines

For international pulmonology and chest ultrasound fellowship
at the China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan
under the supervision of Dr Chih Yen Tu

August 2019
Dr Ho Lam Nguyen
University Medical Center (UMC) Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam

For improvement in diagnosing and treating patients with persistent cough
at the Asthma and Allergy department of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Republic of Korea
under the supervision of Dr Yoon-Seok Chang

June 2020
Dr Wicharn Boonjindasup
King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital (KCMH), Bangkok
Thailand

Paediatric Respiratory Research Fellowship
at the Centre for Children's Health Research and Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
under the supervision of Dr Anne Chang

July 2020
Dr Arvindran Alaga
Respiratory Department, Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Alor Setar, Kedah
Malaysia

Visiting and Attending Researcher on Bronchoscopy and other related areas (Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship – Adult Respiratory Medicine)
at the Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Nagoya Medical Center, Japan
under the supervision of Dr Hideo Saka MD, FCCP and Dr Masahide Oki MD, PhD, FCCP

May 2022
Dr Arjun Khanna
Faculty of Medicine
Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University,
Bangkok, Thailand

To study the charactistics, complications and management of airways and endobronchial tuberculosis (EBTB) and endobronchial stenosis
at the Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
under the supervision of Dr Jamsak Tscheikuna

April 2023
Dr Vimal Raj
Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute
Pillayarkuppam
Pondicherry
India

To train in Interventional Pulmonology and Thoracic Ultrasound
at the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan
under the supervision of Dr Chih-Yen Tu

December 2023
Dr Sze Shyang Kho
Surawak General Hospital
Malaysia

To train in advanced respiratory endoscopy
at the National Cancer Center Hospital, Japan
under the supervision of Dr Yuji Matsumoto

January 2024
Dr Muhammad Imran
Lady Reading Hospital
Pakistan

To train in interventional pulmonology and thoracic ultrasound
at the China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan
under the supervision of Dr Chih-Yen Tu