Prof. Dr. Kwan Hoong Ng

Prof. Dr. Ng is a Professor at the Department of Biomedical Imaging, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He received his M.Sc. (Medical Physics) from the University of Aberdeen and Ph.D. (Medical Physics) from the University of Malaya. He is certified by the American Board of Medical Physics.  He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP), and the Academy of Sciences Malaysia.  His main research contributions are in breast imaging, radiation dosimetry, computer applications in medicine, and risk communication. He is actively collaborating with international research groups on breast density,  image processing, radiation dosimetry, and radiogenomics. 

Prof. Ng has authored/ co-authored over 260 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 80 conference proceedings papers, 25 book chapters, co-edited eight books. He has presented over 550 scientific papers more than 300 of them are invited lectures. He has served  in the editorial board and advisory board of more than 12 journals.

Prof. Ng established the Master of Physics programme some 20 years ago. This programme is accredited by the IPEM. He has been teaching and supervising students in both medical physics and biomedical engineering. In 2013, Prof Ng was honoured as one of the top 50 medical physicists in the world by the IOMP. In June 2018,he received the prestigious IOMP Marie Skłodowska Curie Award at the World Congress 2018, Prague.