Dr. Lim Kheng Seang

Biography

Professor Dr. Lim Kheng Seang, a University of Malaya (Malaysia) graduate, is a Professor in Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya and Consultant Neurologist specialized in epilepsy in University of Malaya Medical Centre, Malaysia. He has been trained in the University of Malaya for his neurology subspecialty training, followed by fellowship training in Melbourne for epilepsy. He is currently the member of Malaysian Epilepsy Council and the president of the Malaysian Epilepsy Society, and a member of Commission of Asian and Oceanian Affairs, International League Against Epilepsy. He has published numerous original papers in epilepsy, especially on the psychosocial aspects of epilepsy, pharmacogenomics, and pharmacokinetics of antiepileptic drugs, and currently involved in various research in neurology and epilepsy. He has involved in many trials of newer treatment (e.g., newer drugs and transcranial magnetic stimulation) in epilepsy. He is also specialized in noninvasive and invasive epilepsy surgery assessment, including long-term video-EEG monitoring, intracranial monitoring with subdural and depth electrodes, electrocorticography and cortical stimulation. Other areas of expertise included vagal nerve stimulation and callosotomy evaluation and monitoring.

Research Interest

Neurology (Epilepsy Surgery), Central Nervous System (Psychosocial research in Epilepsy), Heredity (Genetics in Familial Epilepsy), Population Genetics (Pharmacogenomics), Molecular Pharmacology (Pharmacogenomics) Central Nervous System (Electroencephalography, EEG), Central Nervous System (EPILEPSY)