nationality office article_title name occupation
malaysia vice-president of the international medical university mak joon wah
 mak joon wah physician
mak joon wah

mak joon wah is a malaysian phyisician .
he is an expert on tropical and parasitic diseases and has published over 350 scientific papers .
he is professor of pathology -lrb- the equivalent of a named chair in north america -rrb- and vice-president of the international medical university -lrb- imu -rrb- .
he has formerly been director of the institute for medical research and has worked as a consultant to the world health organization .
he was director of the who collaborating centre for lymphatic filariasis .
he was professor of pathology at the universiti putra malaysia for three years before joining imu .
he was elected president of malaysian society of parasitology and tropical medicine in 1982 was the founding editor of its journal , `` tropical biomedicine '' , from 1985 to 1987 .
he holds an mbbs from the university of singapore -lrb- 1967 -rrb- , a master of public health -lrb- mph -rrb- from the university of malaya -lrb- 1976 -rrb- , and doctor of medicine -lrb- md -rrb- degree from the university of singapore -lrb- 1980 -rrb- .
he became a fellow of the royal college of pathologists in 1995 .
