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Dr Voon Hian Yan
Sarawak General Hospital, Malaysia,
Malaysia

Dr Voon is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist who obtained his membership from the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists in 2014 and subsequently underwent a 3-year fellowship in the Ministry of Health Malaysia and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. He is currently a consultant Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist at one of the largest tertiary hospital in Malaysia, Sarawak General Hospital and an adjunct lecturer at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.

He has been the Chairperson of the Ultrasound Committee of the Asia & Oceania Federation of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (AOFOG) since 2022 and appointed to the Editorial Board of PREGNANCY the official journal of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM). In addition, he is currently an
elected council member of the Obstetrical & Gynaecological Society of Malaysia (OGSM), on its Scientific Committee and Editorial Board of the society’s newsletter-CONNECT. He is also the State representative of the Perinatal Society of Malaysia (PSM).

In recognition of his contributions, Dr Voon was awarded the Shan S Ratnam Young Gynaecologist Award from AOFOG in 2019 and is a recipient of the Excellent Service Award by the Ministry of Health Malaysia twice, both as a trainee and as a consultant.

He has published in multiple international peer-reviewed journals such as Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy,International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Research, Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and regularly involved in peer-review of manuscripts. Within the Ministry of Health, Dr Voon has co-authored numerous clinical practice guidelines/handbooks/protocols on labour and delivery, COVID-19, progesterone in pregnancy and maternal immunization.

Having spent a significant proportion of his career in underserved, geographically-removed populations has helped him grow both as a clinician and as an individual. He finds maximizing outcomes with limited resources both challenging and fulfilling. He sees himself as a public health obstetrician and has particular interest in the use of ultrasound, prenatal screening, diagnosis and fetal therapy.
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