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A4D Healthcare Professional Advisory Group
Profile of Members
Amanda Epps – Diabetes Specialist Nurse, United Kingdom
Amanda Epps has been a diabetes specialist nurse at Medway NHS foundation
trust for the past 7 years, before she specialised in diabetes Amanda was a Senior
sister of an acute medical ward at the same trust. Her current role covers specialist
care of people with diabetes across primary, community and secondary
care. Amanda is a non-medical prescriber and an advanced nurse practitioner; she
is currently working towards an MSc in Diabetes at Kings College
London. Amanda is the founder of the diabetes specialist nurse forum UK, an
online support group for diabetes specialists which now has over 1700
members. The forum won the prestigious QIC healthcare professional of the year
award in 2018 and were invited to meet the prime minister at downing their work
improving diabetes car across the UK. Amanda has a personal interest in type 1
diabetes as her son was diagnosed aged 7 and recently she was also diagnosed
late in life with the condition. Amanda is really looking forward to being able to help
support the charity Action for Diabetes by providing education and peer support to
those involved in the project.
Dr Amphayvanh Manivong– Paediatrician, Laos
Amphayvanh Manivong is a senior paediatrician at Mahosot Hospital in Vientiane
Capital. Her current role covers paediatric care in the general ward of paediatric
department and specialist care for Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) at the diabetes mellitus
clinic that was established since 2016.
She has great passion in providing continuous medical education to healthcare staff.
She involves in the paediatric residency program at Mahosot Hospital, providing
education and training for physicians who are interested in paediatric care. She is
also a part time lecturer at the University of Health Sciences of Lao PDR that she
focuses teaching on paediatric care. Besides this, Dr Amphayvanh is very active in
organising T1D training workshops at provincial hospitals with the aim to increase
awareness and diagnosis of this disease in Laos.
Andrew Gerald Tan Hua Kiong – Pharmacist, Malaysia
Andrew is a Senior Clinical Pharmacist in a public hospital in Sarawak, Malaysia,
who holds a Master's Degree in Clinical Pharmacy. He is also a Diabetes
Medication Therapy Adherence Clinic (DMTAC) pharmacist who is heavily involved
in the care of patients with diabetes. He is proud to be part of a multidisciplinary
team that believes in self-empowerment of patients and is constantly striving to
enable patients to achieve a fulfilling life as a person with diabetes. In addition to
clinical duties, Andrew is also actively involved in clinical research and the training
of aspiring DMTAC pharmacists.
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Anne Marie Frohock– Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian, United Kingdom
Anne Marie Frohock BSc(Hons) PGDip RD is Lead Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian
with the Oxfordshire Children’s Diabetes team.
She has been working as a specialist diabetes dietitian since 2014 and is
passionate about empowering all children and young people living with T1D to live
life to their fullest potential. She has a special interest in sports nutrition and has
established the Oxford Specialist Diabetes Sports Clinic. Organising an annual T1D
Sports Day and (with the diabetes team in Oxford) residential activity weekends for
youngsters with T1D she sees how valuable peer support is in living with T1D.
Anne Marie has completed research and often speaks at meetings and conferences
for healthcare professionals sharing knowledge and best practice in diabetes
care. In 2019 she volunteered in Costa Rica providing education for diabetes
healthcare teams and at a residential camp for 5 to 21 year olds with diabetes.
Assoc Prof Dr Azriyanti Anuar Zaini– Paediatric Endocrinologist, Malaysia
Assoc Professor Dr Azriyanti Anuar Zaini is an Associate Professor, Consultant
Paediatrician, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist and Senior Lecturer in
Department of Paediatric, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia.
Dr Azriyanti completed her training and fellowship in paediatric endocrine (Malaysia
and Oxford) and became a full time consultant since 2015. Her passion is towards
patient care and education as well as aiming to increase awareness on paediatric
diabetes amongst health care professionals and the public in general.
Bethany Kelly – Diabetes Specialist Nurse, United Kingdom
Bethany Kelly currently works in Southampton, as a Community Diabetes Specialist
Nurse. She has been involved with diabetes care for the last 10 years of her career.
She has recently completed her MSc in Diabetes Practice with Swansea University.
Bethany has had multiple pieces of work about diabetes care and awareness
published. She has also been invited to speak at the Houses of Parliament about
her local work with the FreeStyle Libre.
Bethany became Co-Chair of the Diabetes Specialist Nursing Forum UK in 2018. As
part of this team, she received the “Healthcare Professional of the Year 2018
award” at the Quality in Care Diabetes Awards. The team were also nominated for
the Health Service Journal award for Diabetes Initiative of the Year in 2019.
She joined the Forum for Injection Technique (FIT) board in 2018 and the team
published the 5th Edition guidelines in 2020. Bethany has been involved in many
International and national speaking and judging events. Bethany enjoys being a
lecturer on various topics for the University of Southampton and the Solent
University on various BSc and MSc programmes.
Bethany recently founded “Team Diabetes 101” alongside Amanda Epps and
Professor Partha Kar as a response to COVID19. This was an MDT group initiative
which aimed to provide support and education to people living with diabetes during
the pandemic. Bethany’s’ passions lay in young adult and transitional care for
people living with Type 1 Diabetes. She also really enjoys pregnancy and
technology.
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Assoc Prof Dr Iv Malene– Paediatrician, Cambodia
Dr Iv Malene has been working in Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital for 26 years.
She is now a Senior Consultant Paediatrician heading up the diabetes clinic of the
paediatric department and the Vice Director of Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital in
Phnom Penh. She is also a professor of paediatrics at the University of Health and
Sciences, Phnom Penh that she often being invited to speak at national and
international congresses on Type 1 Diabetes management.
Dr Iv Malene completed her training in paediatric diabetes under a Swiss program
organised by Zurich University between 1996 – 1999. Her passion is driving high
standard patient centric care for improved outcomes and quality of life in paediatric
diabetes; as well as providing education for healthcare staff and medical students to
drive excellence in paediatric care in Cambodia.
Dr Khaysy Rassavong– Paediatrician, Laos
Dr Khaysy Rassavong is a Senior Consultant Paediatrician, heading up
the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Laos.
He completed his training and fellowship in paediatrics in 2003 at the University of
Health Sciences of Lao PDR.
He has over 30 years of experience in managing critical conditions in children and
neonates, providing medical treatment for those treated in PICU. Dr Khaysy was
instrumental in the establishment of PICU in Mahosot Hospital and the development
of policy for paediatric critical care. He was also involved in various PICU training
for doctors and nurses in other provincial hospitals, improving access to critical care
for children in Laos. Beside this, he has special interest in Type 1 Diabetes (T1D)
care that he attended training in Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand and set up the
T1D care team in Mahosot Hospital.
Lim Pei Kwee– Diabetes Specialist Nurse, Singapore
Lim Pei Kwee is a Paediatric Diabetes Nurse Educator and currently working at KK
Women’s & Children’s Hospital, Singapore. She is actively involved in diabetes
education as well as mentoring adolescents and young adults living with diabetes
through support group activities.
Prof Dr Lim Keuky – Physician, Cambodia
Professor Lim Keuky has devoted his life to the promotion of diagnosis, treatment,
and self-management for Cambodians living with diabetes. He founded the
Cambodian Diabetes Association (CDA) to achieve these ends.
He graduated from the University of Texas in 1961. From there, he went on to do
doctoral work in pharmacodynamics at the Université de Paris V Descartes. In
1979, he received his Doctorate of Endocrinology from Paris VI University.
Dr. Keuky’s extensive professional experience includes public service to Cambodia,
having spent 1966 to 1975 in such positions as Information Minister and Foreign
Affairs Minister in Cambodia. He also spent many years in Europe, working in
quality control in the pharmaceutical industry, and consulting for the World Health
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Assoc Prof May Ng – Paediatric Endocrinologist, United Kingdom
May Ng is an Honorary Associate Professor at University of Liverpool and holds a
dual accreditation specialist qualification in General Paediatrics and Paediatric
Endocrinology & Diabetes. She is based in Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust and
is the Associate Medical Director. She completed her undergraduate degree under
full scholarship in Sydney, Australia and undertook her paediatric training in
Australia and in the United Kingdom. She was the recipient of the UK Medical
Research Council Fellowship and after her MBBS (Hons) in Sydney University, she
completed further training to obtain a Masters and PhD degree in paediatric
endocrinology and diabetes in Liverpool. She has a Master of Laws degree and is
active in medicolegal work. She also has an MBA in Healthcare and Finance.
She has authored 2 books ‘A Journey With Brendan’ and ‘Me and My Hormones’,
published over 150 research papers and presented at more than 100 scientific
meetings. She is Editor-in-Chief for Diabetes Care for Children and Young People
Journal, Chair of the UK Association of Children’s Diabetes Clinicians, Chair of UK
National Institute Health Research Clinical Research Network (NIHR CRN) for
Diabetes in Children and is the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Officer for Research. She is in the Diabetes UK Council for Healthcare
Professionals, Online Learning Committee for European Society of Paediatric
Endocrinology (ESPE) and E-learning Committee for International Society of
Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD).
She is a clinical lead of multiple national award winning initiatives such as winner of
the Northwest Excellence in Healthcare NHS Parliamentary Awards 2020,
University of Liverpool Alumni Award 2019, Winner of 2015 Diabetes Quality in Care
award and her research interest include Cochrane reviews, new diabetes
technologies and research that benefits improving the psychological and emotional
well-being of children and young people with diabetes.
Prof Dr Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin – Paediatric Endocrinologist, Malaysia
Professor Dr Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin is currently The Deputy Dean
(Undergraduate Studies) at the Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, after serving
as Head of the Department of Paediatrics (2016-2021). He works as a Senior
Consultant Paediatrician and Senior Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist at the
University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) and as a Professor at the Faculty of
Medicine, University Malaya. He completed his fellowship in Pediatric
Endocrinology and Diabetes at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), USA
after obtaining his MBBS and Masters in Paediatrics, both from University Malaya.
He is currently the Immediate Past President of the Asia Pacific Paediatric
Endocrine Society (APPES 2020-2022) and the Malaysian Paediatric Association
(MPA 2019-2021). He is also a member of The Endocrine Society USA,
International Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) and
Malaysian Endocrine and Metabolic Society (MEMS).
Prof Jalaludin main research interest is in growth (nutrition), obesity and type 2
diabetes mellitus, and vitamin D in children. He is one of the Principal Investigator
(Clinical) for MyBFF@school, co-PI for MyHeARTs and co-investigator in Co-PoWR
and DEWI projects. He holds many national and international research grants. He
acts as Scientific Advisor for many multicentre international researches for type 2
diabetes in children. His work has been published in various academic journals
including in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and as textbook
chapters.
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Assoc Prof Myint Nilar– Paediatrician, Myanmar
To be updated
Dr Lek Ngee– Paediatric Endocrinologist, Singapore
Dr Lek Ngee is currently a Senior Consultant Paediatrician in KK Women’s and
Children’s Hospital (KKH) in Singapore. Dr Lek strives to be a competent and
caring Paediatrician. He is a specialist doctor in Paediatric Endocrinology and
Diabetes. He is deeply committed to providing the highest quality of clinical care for
children and adolescents with diabetes mellitus and a wide range of endocrine
conditions. In addition to providing clinical care, Dr Lek conducts clinical audits and
research, and teaches Endocrine and Paediatric residents, medical students, and
allied health professionals. Dr Lek has diverse clinical and research interests,
including the pathogenesis, heterogeneity and natural history of various forms of
diabetes mellitus; childhood obesity, growth and puberty; the spectrum and range of
complexity in disorders of sex development; and the early-life programming and
developmental origins of, and sex dimorphism in, health and disease. He aims to
translate scientific advances and medical research findings into clinical practice to
improve patient care.
Assoc Prof Dr Prapai Dejkhamron – Paediatric Endocrinologist, Thailand
Dr Prapai Dejkhamron is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Division of
Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine,
Chiang Mai University, Thailand. She completed my Endocrinology fellowship
training programs from Chiang Mai University and University of Michigan. She is
one of the principal investigators for the Thai Type 1 Diabetes and Diabetes
Diagnosed Before Age 30 Years Registry, Care, and Network (T1DDAR CN) which
is the collaborations among the Thai Society for Pediatric Endocrinology, the
Endocrine Society of Thailand, the Diabetes Association of Thailand, Siriraj
Diabetes Center (SiDM), Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, the
Northern Diabetes Center, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University; and, the
National Health Security Office (NHSO) of Thailand. TIDDAR CN has been
established with the objectives to (1) strengthen the clinical knowledge of medical
professionals; (2) develop a referral system and network for DSMES program; (3) to
create DSME teaching modules and education materials and, (4) initiate a cohort
data of T1D patients of all ages, and of patients who were diagnosed with diabetes
before 30 years of age.
Dr. Prapai has also been appointed as a sub-board member of department of
Pediatrics, Chiang Mai University Hospital and actively involved in raising fund to
provide support for underprivileged patients with hormonal abnormalities and
diabetes.
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Dr Rashdan Zaki – Paediatric Endocrinologist, Malaysia
Dr Rashdan Zaki was born in Batu Pahat, Johor. He completed his secondary
education in Sekolah Menenggah Sains Johor, Kluang and proceeded to complete
his MBBS in University of Malaya. Thereafter, he completed his Masters in
Paediatrics. Dr Rashdan begun his Clinical Fellowship Paediatric Endocrinology at
University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) in 2015 and thereafter in National
University Hospital Singapore (NUHS) in 2019. Dr Rashdan has published
numerous research papers particularly in the area of diagnosis of Growth Hormone
deficiency in childhood as well as child obesity. Dr Rashdan plays an active role in
social media platform as well, advocating and promoting child health and safety
especially in the field of paediatric endocrinology. He’s currently an author of
www.doktorbudak.com, an online avenue for parents to get information about child
healthcare. Dr Rashdan’s articles have been featured in national dailies such as
Harian Metro and he also has appeared as panel in various talk shows such as
“Obesity di kalangan Kanak-Kanak” and “Disorder of sexual development” in Astro
Awani. Dr Rashdan’s area of interest includes Metabolic Syndrome in Obese
Children and Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD).
Dr Rose Stewart– Consultant Clinical Psychologist, United Kingdom
Dr Rose Stewart is a multi-award winning Consultant Clinical Psychologist working
in North Wales. She is the acting Diabetes Psychology lead for Wales and the chair
of the UK Diabetes Psychology Network. She also writes guided self-help books for
people living with diabetes (the Talking Type 1 range), is a Diabetes UK Clinical
Champion and member of the Council of Healthcare Professionals, and lectures
and Swansea and Bangor universities. Dr Stewart uses a range of third-wave
therapeutic approaches to work with high-risk client groups, and has particular
interests in prevention of eating disorders, the roles of shame, compassion and
empowerment for people with long-term conditions, and creating psychologically
informed care systems.
Soe Nyi Nyi – Nutritionist, Myanmar
Soe Nyi Nyi is a committed nutritionist with more than thirteen years of experience
in the area of public health nutrition and food security with International Non-
Government Organizations and UN agencies in Myanmar. He is currently working
with UN World Food Programme as a REACH National Facilitator coordinating the
UN Nutrition network in Myanmar. He has been volunteering with A4D since 2017.
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Prof Dr Supawadee Likitmaskul – Paediatric Endocrinologist, Thailand
Clinical Professor Supawadee Likitmaskul, currently works as a consultant in
pediatric endocrinologist Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj
Hospital, Mahidol University and also serves as a director of Siriraj Diabetes Center,
Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok Thailand. After finished fellowship training from The Ray
William Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children’s Hospital, Sydney in
1994, she became interested in growth disorders and diabetes in the young.
After 1998, Professor Likitmaskul attended The First Asia-Pacific Diabetes
Epidemiology training Course supported by WHO, US-NIH, JDF and KDA. She has
developed an academic career in diabetes research that focuses on diabetes
education, camp and epidemiology of diabetes in Type 1 Diabetes and Diabetes in
youth. She also has served as a committee in Thai Society for Pediatric
Endocrinology and The Diabetes Association of Thailand. Since 2016 , as a
Chairman of Siriraj Diabetes Center, she and team have designed a new Siriraj
Diabetes Center for patients & families education service, research and health
professional education which officially opened in November 2018. She is now
actively involved as a secretariat in a study of Thai-Type 1 Diabetes and Diabetes
diagnosed Age before 30 years Registry, Care and Network (T1DDAR-CN) and
diabetes self management program network system (DSMP NS) for Type1 Diabetes
which started in 2011 and has fully established in 2014.
Assoc Prof Emeritus Nguyen Thy Khue– Endocrinologist, Vietnam
Professor Khue is head of the Endocrinology Division and an associate Professor
Emeritus at the Department of Endocrinology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy
of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She is the Chair of the HCMC Diabetes and
Endocrinology Association and Vice President of HCMC Medical Association; she is
also the former President of The Vietnam Association of Diabetes and
Endocrinology (VADE). Professor Khue focused her studies mainly on the
epidemiology study of diabetes in South Vietnam, diabetic nephropathy, lipid
disorders in diabetes, hypoglycaemia in diabetes mellitus, diabetic keto-acidosis
and thyroid disorders in pregnancy.
Dr Touch Khun – Consultant Physician, Cambodia
To be updated
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Dr Vu Chi Dung – Paediatric Endocrinologist, Vietnam
Dr Vu Chi Dung is the Head of Department of Medical Genetics, Metabolism and
Endocrinology and Director of Center for Rare Disease and Newborn Screening,
Vietnam National Children’s Hospital which is one of the best pediatric hospitals in
Vietnam. He has extensive clinical experience in pediatric endocrinology, medical
genetics and inherited metabolic disease. He trained at the Hospital Pediatrics of St.
Antony, Catholic University of Lille, France and worked as research fellow at the
Department of Pediatrics, Saint Louis University, USA and as a fellow at Royal
children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. He has received several awards including
the Pfizer Overseas Fellowship, Asian Investigator Award in Japan, ICIEM award in
USA and Award for Excellent Study in Korea.
Prof Dr Wannee Nitiyanant – Endocrinologist, Thailand
Professor Wannee Nitiyanat is a Consultant Adult Endocrinologist with over 50
years of experience in clinical, research and academics related to diabetes
care. She graduated from Mahidol University, Bangkok and had her post-graduate
training in the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta and Presbyterian University
Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the USA. She has great passion for research
in diabetes mellitus, lipid disorders and obesity.
She is the co-founder of Siriraj Diabetes Camp for Type 1 Diabetes, established
since 1990. Over the years, Siriraj Diabetes Camp has evolved as “Integrated 3 in 1
Siriraj Diabetes School Camp" promoting diabetes education and self-management
for healthcare professionals and people living with diabetes.
She won won numerous awards including the Best Research Award of Faculty of
Medicine, Siriraj Hospital (1994) and Lifetime Achievement Award from the
International Diabetes Federation (2017).
Currently she is appointed as Senior Consultant for Siriraj Diabetes Center and the
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University.
She plays fundamental role in the development of T1DDAR CN and serves as a
president of T1DDAR CNC (Thai-type 1 Diabetes and Diabetes Aged before 30
years Registry Care and Network Committee).
Dr Yeow Toh Peng– Endocrinologist, Malaysia
Dr Yeow is a consultant endocrinologist in Loh Guan Lye Specialist Centre, Penang.
She has been treating diabetes and other disorders of the endocrine system for over
20 years.
She graduated from Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. She joined a summer camp for
children with diabetes as a junior trainee and witnessed the challenge of living with
diabetes and the effect of positive empowerment. Her passion for diabetes care
grew from there. She completed her specialist training in Diabetes & Endocrinology
in the UK and was a consultant endocrinologist in Dublin before returning to
Malaysia in 2008. She was involved in international postgraduate diabetes
education with the educational department of Steno Diabetes Centre Denmark from
2013-2015. She was an Associate Professor with RCSI & UCD Malaysian Campus
(RUMC) from 2012 – 2020 and is currently in full-time clinical practice.
Having worked in different countries with different resources and culture, she is
deeply aware of the challenges of diabetes management in other settings. She
firmly believes in empowering patients, family and health care providers through
effective education.
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