About Dr. Lee Moon Keen
July 22, 2010 85 Comments
MBBS (Malaya), Dip Clinical Neurology (London), FRCP (Edinburgh), Fellow, Academy of Medicine, Malaysia
Consultant Neurologist and Movement Disorders Specialist
Dr Lee Moon Keen is a Consultant Neurologist who was trained at the University of Malaya and later at the Institute of Neurology, University of London, through the Chevening Scholarship of the British High Commission. She lectured at the University of Malaya until 1994, after which she commenced private practice.
Dr Lee’s main interest is in Movement Disorders, including Parkinson’s disease. She is Director of the Sunmed Functional Surgery Team which performed the first Parkinson’s Surgery for Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in Malaysia in February 2003 at Sunway Medical Centre. The team continues to publish in this subspecialty area and is looking into future directions such as stem cell research. She is currently serving as Review Editor for the journal Frontiers in Neurorestoratology.
Dr Lee is a Founder Member of the Malaysian Society of Neurosciences and has served as Vice-President.
As a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia, Dr Lee is a member of the Neurology Credentialling Committee for the National Specialist Register. She has served on the Subcommittee for Strategic Planning as well as various expert committees for drafting Clinical Practice Guidelines on Parkinson’s Disease, Stroke and Brain Death Certification. For the Malaysian Medical Council, she worked with the committee which drafted the Council’s guide on Good Medical Practice.
