Noor Hisham Abdullah
}} | office = Director-General of Health | term_start = 1 March 2013 | term_end = 21 April 2023 | monarch = Abdul HalimMuhammad V
Abdullah
| minister = Liow Tiong Lai
Subramaniam Sathasivam
Dzulkefly Ahmad
Adham Baba
Khairy Jamaluddin
Zaliha Mustafa
| primeminister = Najib Razak
Mahathir Mohamad
Muhyiddin Yassin
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Anwar Ibrahim
| predecessor = Hasan Abdul Rahman | successor = Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan | office2 = Deputy Director-General of Health (Medical) | term_start2 = 1 February 2008 | term_end2 = 1 March 2013 | monarch2 = Mizan Zainal Abidin
Abdul Halim
| minister2 = Ong Ka Ting
Liow Tiong Lai
| primeminister2 = Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Najib Razak
| 1blankname2 = Director-General | 1namedata2 = Hasan Abdul Rahman | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | birth_name = Yew Ming Seong | birth_date = | birth_place = Sepang, Selangor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Nik Suwaida Nik Mohammad Mohyideen | children = 6 | profession = Endocrine surgeon | known_for = One of the most prominent leaders in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia | occupation = | citizenship = Malaysian | education = Methodist Boys' School
Kolej Islam Klang
Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah | alma_mater = National University of Malaysia (MD
Noor Hisham bin Abdullah (born Yew Ming Seong; 21 April 1963) was a Malaysian civil servant as well as breast and endocrine surgeon. He was the Director-General of Health and President of Malaysia Medical Council from March 2013 to his retirement in April 2023. Prior to the appointment, he served as the Deputy Director General of Health (Medical) from February 2008 to March 2013.
Noor Hisham was elected as the first chair for the World Health Organization (WHO) Standing Committee on Health Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (SCHEPPR). He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Drug for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi). For his contribution in Global Surgery Initiative, he was appointed as a member of Technical Advisory Group on Universal Health Coverage in the WHO Western Pacific Region (UHC TAG) as well as a member of transitional High-level Council for the Global Surgery Foundation.
Currently, he is the Chairman of National Heart Institute (''Institut Jantung Negara''), Chairman of UCSI Healthcare Group and Chancellor of Cyberjaya University.
Noor Hisham was a leading figure in Malaysia's response to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the key figure in the effort to eliminate Hepatitis C in Malaysia and advancing Global Surgery initiative in the WHO Western Pacific Region and beyond. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Kian Boon Law, Kalaiarasu M. Peariasamy, Balvinder Singh Gill, Sarbhan Singh, Bala Murali Sundram, Kamesh Rajendran, Sarat Chandra Dass, Yi Lin Lee, Pik Pin Goh, Hishamshah Ibrahim, Noor Hisham AbdullahGet full text
Published 2020-12-01
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