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Department of Hematology & Transfusion Medicine Unit

SPEAKER

DrCarolLim

DR. CAROL LIM KAR KOONG
O&G CONSULTANT, HOSPITAL AMPANG,
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA 🇲🇾

Speaker CV

Dr. Carol is a clinician in various Ministry of Health Hospitals (all regions – Northen, Sabah, East Coast & Klang Valley) Selangor Head of O&G Service; Head, Department of O&G, Ampang Hospital, Selangor. She is also a researcher -participated in various research projects in Ministry of Health, Malaysia. NPMC Clinical Supervisor for Master of O&G (MOG) & MRCOG candidates; Examiner for Master in Medicine (O&G). Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) – Cervical Cancer 2nd Edition (development group), Diabetes in Pregnancy (review committee), Haemophilia (review committee), Thalassaemia (review committee), SLE (review committee), Iron Deficiency Anemia (development group). National Postgraduate Medical Curriculum - O&G Team. Greater Klang Valley Speial Task Force for COVID-19 – member of Clinical Care Team. Klang Valley COVID-19 Unified Central Command – O&G Service Coordinator. College of O&G, Academy of Medicine Malaysia (COGAMM) Council Member, 2022-2024.

PUBLICATION – principal author for the following:
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Labour Room Protocol - MOH/P/SAB/04.04(HB). Patient Autonomy & Discharge Communication in MOH Hospitals -MOH/S/IPSK/11.08(RR). Patient Empowerment in Malaysia: The Doctor’s Perspective-MOH/S/IPSK/12.08(RR). Handoff Communication Process in MOH Hospitals -MOH/S/IPSK/10.08(RR). Effective Ways To Improve Handoff Communication: A Systematic Review -MOH/S/IPSK/27.09(RR). Sabah Obstetrics Shared Care Guidelines (SOSCG) – 1st Edition. SOP for “Use of Uterine Tamponade Balloon Catheter in Non-Specialist Hospitals in Sabah” – 2011. Getting patient blood management Pillar 1 right in the Asia-Pacific: a call for action -doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2019037 Malaysia Ministry of Health Post-COVID-19 Management Protocol, 2021.

PRESENTATION at Congresses – selected topics included:

  1. Fluid Collections in the Fetus ,24th Asian & Oceanic Congress of O&G (AOCOG2015), Kuching, Malaysia on 5 June 2015.
  2. Speaker for XIIth Malaysian National Hematology Scientific Meeting “Addressing Hemostatic Problems in Women”, Kota Kinabalu Malaysia, 24-25 April 2015 (on VTE, PPH)
  3. Rapid iron replenishment to save women and children’s lives, 23rd Regional Congress of the Perinatal Society of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 21 April 2016
  4. Pulmonary Embolism, the silent killer of Mothers – how do we prevent this? National Heart Association Malaysia (NHAM) Annual Scientific Meeting 2017, Kuala Lumpur, 7-8 April 2017
  5. Various OGSM, Perinatal Society Malaysia congresses, Malaysia MOH teaching courses

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  1. Improving Patient Safety: Handoff Communication (Principal Investigator) – published Patient’s Unvoiced Needs (Co-investigator) – published.
  2. Predicting Preterm Labour: Evaluation Of Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein-1 As A Bedside Test (Supervisor) – principal investigator won Gold Medal for Oral Presentation at 2008 OGSM Congress.
  3. Health Outcome Research – Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Sabah (Co-investigator) – Principal Investigator won 2nd place for Oral Presentation at 2013 OGSM Congress.
  4. Bakri postpartum balloon in the management of postpartum haemorrhage in Sabah Women's and Children's Hospital (SWACH): A Sabah Experience – this was a reference for KKM National Protocol on Uterine Tamponade in Management of PPH, 2012.
  5. A Case Series of VTE in Pregnant and Postpartum Patients in Temerloh Hospital (Co-investigator) – Principal Investigator won God Medal for Oral Presentation at 2016 OGSM Congress.

AREA OF INTEREST: Community Obstetric; Health System improvement

MEDICAL OUTREACH PROGRAM & VOLUNTARY ACTIVITIES

  1. Malaysia Medical Relief Society (Mercy Malaysia) 10th Medical Mission to Afghanistan, 3-20 March 2002 Medical and Humanitarian Mission to Somalia, 28 August 2011 – 8 September 2011
  2. Volunteer with the Good Shepherd missions in Nongkhai & Phuket, Thailand (2011/2012) and Taitung, Taiwan (2014). Jejak Desa outreach program to Sabah (2014 & 2016)
    Outreach program with the Society of the Helpers of Mary, Madarihat, India (2017)
    Enabler at QFFD Humanitarian Aid Clinic, Ampang, Selangor (2020)
  3. Volunteer doctor at Klinik Amar Muhajir, Serdang, Selangor (2021)