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Fakulti Perubatan, Universiti Malaya. Beliau dilatih Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya. She
dalam bidang endokrinologi oleh Dr Arlene Ngan, received training in endocrinology under the
Profesor Dato’ Dr Anuar Zaini Md Zain dan Profesor guidance and mentorship of Dr Arlene Ngan,
Desmond Johnston di Jabatan Endokrinologi, St Professor Dato’ Dr Anuar Zaini Md Zain as well
Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College London, United as Professor Desmond Johnston at Department
Kingdom. Beliau turut menerima anugerah of Endocrinology, St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial
Fellowship of the Royal College of Physician (FRCP) College London, United Kingdom. She further
[Edinburgh] pada tahun 1995.
enhanced her qualifications by obtaining her
Profesor Chan dilantik sebagai Profesor Madya Fellowship of the Royal College of Physician
pada tahun 1992 dan kemudian sebagai Profesor (FRCP) [Edinburgh] in 1995.
pada tahun 2001. Beliau mengetuai Bahagian Professor Chan was appointed as Associate
Endokrinologi dari tahun 1992 sehigga persaraan Professor in 1992 and in 2001, she was promoted
beliau pada tahun 2010. Beliau merupakan salah to Professor. She was the Head of the Division
seorang pelopor program latihan dan peperiksaan of Endocrinology from 1992 until her retirement
Sarjana Perubatan Dalaman untuk Kementerian in 2010. She was one of the pioneers in the
Kesihatan dan juga penyelaras program yang Department of Medicine in establishing the
mewakili Universiti Malaya dari tahun 1992 hingga Masters of Internal Medicine training programme
2005 bagi mengurangkan beban kekurangan and its examinations for the Ministry of Health
peluang latihan pascasiswazah di Malaysia. to fill the gap in postgraduate training in
Beliau juga memainkan peranan penting dalam Malaysia; representing Universiti Malaya, she
menubuhkan program latihan subkepakaran was also the programme coordinator from 1992
endokrin untuk Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia. until 2005. She was instrumental in initiating
Selain itu, beliau menubuhkan perkhidmatan and establishing the endocrine subspeciality
rawatan pelbagai disiplin diabetes di kalangan training programme for the Ministry of Health.
ibu-ibu mengandung di Unit Obstetrik dan Additionally, she helped to establish the
perkhidmatan rawatan khas osteoporosis di PPUM. multidisciplinary gestational diabetes clinic
Bidang penyelidikan Profesor Chan ialah service at the Obstetrics Unit as well as a
diabetes dan penyakit-penyakit endokrin, dedicated osteoporosis service at UMMC.
terutamanya rawatan diabetes di Malaysia, Professor Chan’s research interests are in
epidemiologi diabetes dan penyakit tidak diabetes and endocrine disorders, specifically
berjangkit di kalangan penduduk pedalaman, kadar diabetes management in our local Malaysian
kelaziman penyakit diabetes semasa mengandung, healthcare system, epidemiology of diabetes and
diabetes dyslipidemia, kesan-kesan pemakanan non-communicable disease in rural populations,
dan pengambilan kalsium terhadap kesihatan prevalence of gestational diabetes, diabetes
tulang di kalangan wanita pasca-menopaus dyslipidaemia, influence of nutrition and dietary
dan kadar kelaziman kekurangan vitamin D di calcium on bone health in postmenopausal
kalangan pesakit osteoporosis pasca-menopaus. women, as well as prevalence of vitamin D
Pencapaian paling utama Profesor Chan adalah deficiency in postmenopausal osteoporosis. Of
apabila kajian DiabCare Malaysia (audit pengurusan note and great pride, the DiabCare Malaysia
diabetes) dari tahun 1979 ke tahun 2013 yang study (audit of diabetes management) from
dijalankan oleh beliau, Profesor Dato’ Paduka Dr 1997 to 2013 conducted by Professor Chan
Mafauzy Mohamed dan pakar-pakar endokrin lain together with Professor Dato’ Paduka Dr Mafauzy
dapat mengenalpasti isu-isu berkaitan dengan Mohamed and other key endocrinologists, helped
penjagaan diabetes di Malaysia. Kajian ini telah to identify issues regarding diabetes care in
menjadi pencetus kepada penubuhan perawatan Malaysia. This study became the stimulus that
diabetes yang lebih sistematik dan penubuhan led to the development of systematic diabetes
pusat-pusat rawatan diabetes di hospital-hospital management and establishments of diabetes
Kementerian Kesihatan. Beliau juga menerajui treatment centres in hospitals under the Ministry
program pendidikan pengurusan klinik diabetes
of Health. She spearheaded the diabetes clinic

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