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🇲🇾 associate professor doctor hoo fan kee
MD (Mal), MRCP (UK), MRCPS (Glasgow)

Department of Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (UPM)
Dr. Hoo Fan Kee is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). He is a Clinical Neurologist and Internal Medicine Specialist at Hospital Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah, UPM.
Dr. Hoo participates in several professional committees, including being the chairman of the Malaysia Stroke Council since 2018, a member of the Global Neuro Research Coalition, and a panelist of the Malaysia Clinical Practice Guidelines Panel for the Management of Ischemic Stroke from 2018 to 2020 and the Management of Patent Foramen Ovale-Stroke 2022.
Dr. Hoo has special interests in neurology, stroke, lifestyle diseases, and internal medicine. He was a principal investigator in clinical trials such as DRAGON, TRIDENT, and TICH-3. Dr. Hoo has been involved in over 100 publications in international journals.
- Lecturer/Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University Putra Malaysia (2013)
- Chairman of Malaysia Stroke Council (2018)
- Council Member of Asia Pacific Stroke Organisation
- Subspecialty Training in Neurology (2017)
- Medical Research Council Pension Scheme, Royal Colleges of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow (2012)
- Doctor of Medicine, Universiti Sains Malaysia (2006)
- Gazetting Internal Medicine Specialist at Hospital Tuanku Ja’afar Seremban (2012)
- Medical Officer at Hospital Kuala Lumpur (2010)
- Medical Officer at Hospital Sultanah Nora Ismail, Batu Pahat (2007)
- House Officer at Hospital Kuala Lumpur (2006)
research grants
Dr. Hoo is the Principal Investigator for six (6) grants totaling over seven hundred thousand (RM700,000) and Co-Investigator for grants totaling over one and a half-million (RM1.5 million).
Recognition and Honors
Dr. Hoo is actively involved in multiple professional committees, serving as the Chairman of the Malaysia Stroke Council since 2018, a member of the Global Neuro Research Coalition, and a panelist on the Malaysia Clinical Practice Guidelines Panel for the Management of Ischemic Stroke from 2018 to 2020, as well as for the Management of Patent Foramen Ovale-Stroke in 2022.
- Giussani, G., Westenberg, E., Garcia-Azorin, D., Bianchi, E., Yusof Khan, A. H. K., Allegri, R. F., Atalar, A. Çimen, Baykan, B., Crivelli, L., Fornari, A., Frontera, J. A., Guekht, A., Helbok, R., Hoo, F. K., Kivipelto, M., Leonardi, M., Lopez Rocha, A. S., Mangialasche, F., Marcassoli, A., … Winkler, A. S. (2024, January 25). Prevalence and trajectories of post-covid-19 neurological manifestations: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Karger Publishers. https://karger.com/ned/article/58/2/120/895963
- Hoo, F. K., Ching, S. M., Abdul Rashid, A. M., Yusof Khan, A. H. K. ., & Baharin, J. . (2024). CHATGPT IN MEDICINE: A REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS, BENEFITS, LIMITATIONS, AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS. Journal of Medical Sciences, 32(1), 1–5. Retrieved from https://jmedsci.com/index.php/Jmedsci/article/view/1898