President
Dr Steven KW Chow is the founding and current President of the Addiction Medicine Association of Malaysia (AMAM). He is the immediate Past President of the Federation of Private Medical Practitioners’ Associations, Malaysia and Senior Consultant Dermatologist at the Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
Deputy President
Dato Dr Lim Boon Sho serves as the current Deputy President of the Addiction Medicine Association of Malaysia (AMAM). He is also concurrently Deputy President of the FPMPAM; the Treasurer of the Penang Medical. Dato’ Dr Lim is a Senior General Practitioner based in Nibong Tebal. Practitioners’ Society and the Chairman of Koperasi Doctors Malaysia Penang Branch.
Honorary Secretary
Associate Professor Dr. Anne Yee Hway Ann currently serves as the Honorary Secretary of the Addiction Medicine Association of Malaysia (AMAM). She is a leading Malaysian psychiatrist specializing in addiction psychiatry. She is based at Monash University Malaysia, the University of Malaya, and KPJ Puteri Hospital. She holds a PhD and Fellowship in Addiction Medicine, with over 100 publications and an H-index of 23. Dr. Yee plays key roles in AMAM, MDPR, and Care Warrior Association, and advises Bedfont® Scientific Ltd. Her work with the Ministry of Health has shaped national tobacco control policies and treatment guidelines.
Honorary Treasurer
Major (K) Dr. Jeyaratnam A/L M. Ratnavale currently serves as the Honorary Treasurer for the Addiction Medicine Association of Malaysia (AMAM). He is a General Practitioner, running a GP clinic in Kampar, Perak, and has been managing Opoid addicts since 2004. Major Dr. Jeyaratnam was the former Chairman of Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) Perak after holding the states offices as Honorary Secretary, He is also the former President of Perak Medical Practitioners Society.
Council Member
Dato’ Dr Hjh Norsiah Binti Hj Ali is an exco member of the Addiction Medicine Association of Malaysia (AMAM). She is a consultant family medicine specialist, sub specialized in Addiction Medicine. She is now the Director of Family Health Development Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia.
Council Member
Dr. Shanmuganathan TV Ganeson is an exco member of the Addiction Medicine Association of Malaysia (AMAM). He is currently the President of Federation of Private Medical Practitioners Associations, Malaysia (FPMPAM). Dr Shanmuganathan is a General Practitioner in Kuala Lumpur. He represents FPMPAM on Ministerial bodies like Malaysian Adverse Drug Reactions Advisory Committee and Medical Advertisement Board. He is a Past President of Private Medical Practitioners’ Association of Selangor and Kuala Lumpur (PMPASKL).
Council Member
Dr Pushparani Retnam is an exco member of the Addiction Medicine Association of Malaysia (AMAM). She has been actively treating opioids addict since 2003 to 2016. She was the President of Hospice Pahang since 2003 to April 2020.Currently is a volunteer palliative care doctor for Hospice Pahang, Kuantan.
Council Member
Dr Pearl Leong is an exco member of the Addiction Medicine Association of Malaysia (AMAM). She is a General Practitioner who runs her own GP Practice (Pearl’s Clinic of Care) in Sri Hartamas, KL. She was the former President of Private Medical Practitioners’ Association of Selangor and Kuala Lumpur (PMPASKL). She is currently the Honorary Secretary of the Federation of Private Medical Practitioners Association. She volunteers at Free Clinic for the Homeless and DrsforAll programme. Apart from her medical work, she also sits on the Board of Governors of the Senior Methodist Girl School. She have seen the evolvement of the general practice in the last 50 years as she is a second generation general practitioners. Apart from her medical work, she also sits on the Board of Governors of the Senior Methodist Girl School.
Council Member
Dr Sivakumar A/L Thurairajasingam, an exco member of the Addiction Medicine Association of Malaysia (AMAM). Currently he holds the position of Head of Clinical School Johor Bahru, Monash University Malaysia, an Associate Professor in Psychiatry, and a visiting Consultant Psychiatrist to Columbia Asia Hospital Nusajaya Johor. Working in the field of Addiction Medicine and Harm Reduction, he is the current President of Intan Life Zone, an NGO working in the field of HIV and Harm Reduction servicing the ‘most at risk population’, comprising of Intravenous Drug Users, Sex Workers, the Transgender (TG) and the Homosexual (MSM) population. Among some of his clinical appointments are as a Certified Trainer, Asian Centre for Certification & Education of Addiction Professionals (ACCE), Certified Trainer for the Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) for Substance Use Disorder, Colombo Plan, and a Certified National Trainer for the National Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Program for Opioid Dependence.
Honorary Auditor
Dr Balaeswaran A/L Poobalasingam currently serves as the Honorary Auditor of the Addiction Medicine Association of Malaysia (AMAM). He specializes in Addiction Medicine and has been treating drug abuse patients in Medical Assisted Therapy since 2002. He currently run his own general practice in Kuala Lumpur.
Honorary Auditor
Dr Shong Chin Min currently serves as the Honorary Auditor of the Addiction Medicine Association of Malaysia (AMAM). She was invited as one of the founder member of AMAM earlier years. She was also the past President of Private Medical Practitioners’Association of Selangor and Kuala Lumpur (PMPASKL).