Members of StemLife’s advisory panels provide medical input, on a voluntary basis, to assist in policy making and analysis for the Company to assume our role as Malaysia’s leading-edge life science company in the stem cell industry. The members will also assist in fostering interactions among Malaysian and international scientists, offer suggestions to improve StemLife’s services and where possible, promote StemLife’s Mission and services to members of the profession.

StemLife’s International Advisory Panel
The profiles of our distinguished international advisory panel members are as follows:

StemLife’s Medical Advisory Board

Dr. Frederick L Kiechle MD, PhD
Dr. Kiechle graduated in Chemistry from the Evansville College, US in 1968 and went on to obtain his PhD in Biochemistry in Indiana University, US in 1973. He has vast experience in the medical sector, having served amongst others as the Medical Director of the Beaumont Reference Laboratory, US and Chairman of the Department of Clinical Pathology, William Beaumont Hospital, US. Dr. Kiechle is currently the Adjunct Professor of the Medical Laboratory Services Program, Oakland University and Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Wayne State University School of Medicine.

Dr. Kiechle is also a member of the American Society of Clinical Pathologist and sits on several of its committees.

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Dr. Teck Ling MD, PhD
Dr. Teck Ling has over 14 years of safety and clinical research experience in the development of healthcare products. She graduated in Chemistry from the University of Malaya in 1974 and proceeded to obtain her PhD in Pharmaceutical Chemistry in the University of California, San Francisco in 1979. There, she was awarded the University of California Regents Fellowship. Thereafter, she worked in the pharmaceutical industry investigating drug metabolism at Syntex for eight years. She then completed her Doctor of Medicine at the University of Miami in 1989 and spent four years of residency in Internal Medicine at Kaiser Permanente, Sante Clara. Sheserved as the Associate Medical Director at Alza Corporation and was appointed the Senior Director for Pharmacovigilance and Medical Information at Intermune Pharmaceuticals. She has since become an independent consultant in her own capacity.

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Prof. Seeram Ramakrishna PhD
Prof. Ramakrishna is the Dean of NUS Faculty of Engineering, one of the largest research-intensive engineering schools around the world, and serves on various regional and international alliances to promote engineering education and cooperation. He is the scientific advisor to Biomers, a start-up company that specializes in biocomposites for orthodontics, dentistry and orthopaedic areas, and also serves as an advisor to Bankinter Foundation of Innovation, Spain. Prof. Ramakrishna is a board member of Defence Science & Technology Agency (DSTA), Ministry of Defence, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore, Australian National University Engineering School and more than ten (10) research centers and institutes.

Prof. Ramakrishna serves on the editorial boards of ten (10) international journals and has published extensively across a board range of areas, including biocomposites, tissue engineering, electrospinning, nanofibers and membranes. He is a Fellow of Institution of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE), UK; Institution of Engineers Singapore (FIES); Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (FIMMM), UK; and American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (FAIMBE), US.

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Dr. Patrick Tan, MBBS
Dr. Tan graduated with a MBBS degree from the University of Singapore in 1980 and obtained his Masters of Medicine (Internal Medicine) from NUS in 1986. He has vast experience in the medical sector and held various positions with the Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore General Hospital and Toa Payoh Hospital from 1980 to 1988. He also served as Fellow to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in 1988, Special Fellow to Haematology Department, Cleveland Clinic Foundation in 1989 and Faculty Member of Transplant Immunology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in 1992.

Dr. Tan has written numerous publications in Medical journals and books in Singapore and overseas. He is a member of various medical societies, including the American Society of Haematology and Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Society. Dr. Tan has also been involved in various stem cell research programmes.

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Prof. Rajalingam Sinniah DSC, PhD (QUB) MA, MBBChBAO MD, FRCPI, FRCPA, PRCPath (Lond), FAMS
Prof. Sinniah received his medical education at the Trinity College, Dublin. After his specialist training in internal medicine, he underwent further training in pathology and obtained his doctoral qualifications in iron metabolism and liver diseases. He was awarded a DSc from Queens University, Belfast for his published works on “/diseases if the Kidney and Liver”. He then went on to join the teaching faculty of the Faculty of Medicine in Singapore where he rose to the rank of Professor.

In Singapore, Prof Sinniah was the regional adviser to the Royal College of Physicians, Ireland and National Advisor to the Royal College of Pathologist, London. Prof Sinniah is also the Founder and Past President of the Singapore Society of Pathology and Past President of the Asia Pacific Associations of Societies of Pathology. Currently, he is a Professor of Pathology at the University of Western Australia and Consultant Pathologist at the PathWest, Royal Perth Hospital, Australia.

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StemLife has recruited experienced thought leaders in the field of stem cell transplantation and cord blood preservation as our Medical Advisors. Their wide-ranging expertise and guidance has kept StemLife at the forefront of these fields. StemLife’s Medical Advisors include:

Our reservoir of knowledge.

Prof. Elizabeth George MBBS (Malaya), DCP, FRCPA, FRCPE, MD
Prof. George is currently a Professor of Haematology at the Universiti Putra Malaysia and a visiting consultant at the Institute of Medical Research and Assunta Hospital. She was previously Professor in Pathology at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. She obtained her medical degree at the Universiti Malaya and subsequent specialist training at the University of London. She has specialist qualification in haematology from the Royal College of Pathologists (Australasia). Her specialisation in the field of thalassaemia has made her widely published author. She was instrumental in setting up the haematological services at the Department of Pathology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 1977 and has expertise in the clinical management of patients with thalassaemia and haemoglobinopathies. She has conducted extensive research studies to characterise thalassaemia in Malaysia and completed a doctoral dissertation on thalassaemia at the National University of Singapore. Prof. George’s current projects include the development and assessment of thalassaemia screening protocols and the screening of thalassaemia in umbilical cord blood samples in Malaysia. She is also the invited Scientific Collaborator to the Thalassemia International Federation (TIF).

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Dr. Raja Abdul Malek Bin Raja Jallaludin MBBS (Universiti Malaya)
Dr. Raja Malek graduated from the Universiti Malaya and is a senior partner in one of the longest established group practices overseeing local and expatriate health in Malaysia, Drs. Caterall, Khoo, Raja Malek & Partners. He has been a clinical tutor at the Department of Anatomy in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He held a part-time appointment as the Director of Medical Affairs at Parke-Davis/Warner-Lambert for Singapore-Malaysia Company for sixteen years. With an active interest in corporate executive health and sports medicine, he took on active roles such as Vice-President of the Malaysian Association of Sports Medicine, Chairman o the Medical Committee of the Asian Hockey Federation in Karachi, Pakistan and a member of the Medical Commission of the International Hockey Federation of Brussels, Belgium. He has acted as the

FIH Medical Officer at the 12th Asian Games in Hiroshima, Japan and the 16th KL Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur for Dope Control and Chairman of the Steering Committee for the formation of the Sports Sciences and Masters Programme in Sports Medicine and rehabilitation in his alma mater. Dr. Raja Malek’s driving interest in local healthcare and its ethical issues have led to his positions as the Chairman of the Council at the Academy of Physicians, Malaysia and the members of the National Health Plan Committee, National Committee on Managed Care (ethical), Malaysian Medical Council and the Ethical Committee of the Malaysian Medical Association, Malaysia. His is presently also a member of the Ethical Committee of the Malaysian Medical Council in the Ministry of Health, Malaysia. He is presently the Director of Medical & Scientific Affairs for HOE Pharmaceutical Sdn Bhd.

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Dr. Selvaratnam A/L Govindaraju MBBS (UM), MRCP (UK), DMRT (UK), FFRRCS (Ire), FRCP (Edn), AM (Mal)
Dr. Selva trained at Universiti Malaya and continued his specialist training in the United Kingdom. He is a specialist oncologist with more than ten years of experience in radiation therapy, brachytherapy and medical oncology. As Scientific Research Director of the Nilai Cancer Institute, Dr. Selva has been the catalyst for the extensive private cancer research program supported by several major multinational pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Selva is also the Social Services Director of the National Cancer Society of Malaysia.

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Dato' Dr. Harnam Singh A/L Mantha Singh
Dato' Dr. Harnam graduated with MBBS degree from the University of Singapore and went on to do his post-graduate in the United Kingdom at Warwick Hospital and the Royal National Ear, Nose and Throat/Head and Neck Hospital., Gary Inn Road, London. He worked as Consultant Otalaryngologist until 1969 and in 1970, set up his own Ear, Norse and Throat Centre in Kuala Lumpur.

Dato' Dr. Harnam is a member of various medical bodies, including Founder Member of the Malaysian Society of Otorhinolaryngology and World Society of Otolaryngic Allergy. He has also written numerous articles for Anti-Aging Medical Therapeutics and other publications.

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Prof. Chan Lee Lee MBBS (Mal), DCH (London), MRCP (UK), FRCP (Edin)
Prof. Dr. Chan is a senior paediatric consultant in the Department of Paediatrics, University of Malaya. She is a practicing paediatric hematologist/oncologist with specialized training in the field of paediatric stem cell transplantation. She performed the first cord blood and peripheral blood stem cell transplantations in Malaysia and has initiated the unrelated cord blood transplantation programme for paediatric patients. Prof. Chan is also president of Thalassaemia Society of University Hospital (THASUH) and past president of Malaysian Society of Paediatric Oncology (MASPO).

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Prof. Maude Phipps, PhD
Professor Maude Elvira Phipps graduated with a B.Sc. Honours in Genetics from University of Malaya. She obtained the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholarship award to pursue doctoral studies at the University of Cambridge UK in 1990 where she researched molecular genetics of Von Hippel Lindau disease & Chromosome 3p- syndrome.

In 1994, she joined and contributed to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya through development of biomedical sciences, specialist training and research into molecular genetics of autoimmune diseases and transplantation mechanisms, in collaboration with the Oxford Transplant Centre and University of Western Australia, supported by CICHE and UNESCO Human Genome Fellowship awards. This resulted in a new service for molecular immunogenetics and transplantation matching at University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC).

Her current research focuses on human genomics and she is a keen advocate of bioethics education and research. She has published extensively in international journals and been an invited speaker at numerous international meetings, and supervised many graduate students over the years. Prof. Maude is currently Associate Professor at School of Medicine and Heath Sciences, Monash University and consultant specialist UMMC. She is an active member of the Human Genome Organization (HUGO), Australian South East Asian Tissue Typing Association (ASEATTA) and the UNESCO Bioethics programme. She is co-chair of the Policy Review Board of the Pan-Asia SNP Initiative and is Vice President of the Genetics Society of Malaysia.

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