Dr Tan Ming Yeong International Medical University (IMU)

Dr. Tan received her Doctor of Nursing and Credentialled Diabetes Educator from Australia. She is a senior lecturer at the International Medical University (IMU), Kuala Lumpur and a diabetes nurse specialist at IMU and Oriental Melaka Straits Medical Centre. With a strong passion in diabetes education, Dr. Tan is one of the pioneer diabetes educators in the country with 36 years of experience in diabetes education. Since 1985, Dr. Tan has been a resource person, organizer and initiator in numerous diabetes and educational related activities in Malaysia which include development of diabetes education manual and forum for injection therapy guideline. Her main contribution to diabetes education in Malaysia is initiating and organizing regular national diabetes education conferences/seminars to provide continuous diabetes education for local and regional healthcare professionals with the aim to raise the standard of diabetes education in the country and globally.
Dr. Tan has published in peer reviewed journals and invited to speak at national and international conferences. In 2008, she was awarded the Excellent Nursing Award by the Malaysian Ministry of Health in recognition for her contribution in Diabetes Education in Malaysia