Cheng Har Yip

Biography

Dr Yip is currently a consultant breast surgeon in Ramsay Sime Darby Health Care in Malaysia, and holds an appointment as Clinical Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, University Tunku Abdul Rahman,and Kuala Lumpur. She is also the lead clinician for the breast cancer research programme in the Cancer Research Malaysia, which is a charity based cancer research organization. Dr Yip retired from the University of Malaya in Sep 2012 where she was professor for 12 years, and was recently conferred Professor Emeritus by the University of Malaya. She has over180 publications in peer reviewed journalsmainly on breast cancer in the Asian setting. Dr Yip was the Chairman of the Development Committee of National Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Breast Cancer in Malaysia in 2010. She was a past-president of the Association of University Surgeons of Asia (2003-2005)and the College of Surgeons of Malaysia (2010-2013). She is currently the President of Breast Surgery International, a member organization of the International Surgical Society.Although a clinician, Dr Yip is very involved in cancer control and prevention, and was a past President of the Asia Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention. (2010- 2012)She has been appointed an expert in cancer control by the World Health Organisation and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and has been on expert panels in international organizations such as the International Cancer Control Conference, andthe Breast Health Global Initiative.She was awarded honorary fellowship from the American College of Surgeons in Oct 2013.

Research Interest

 breast cancer surgeon