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Events          

 

The Australasian Pleural Seminar: Heart Failure Pleural Effusion

Zoom

Date: 4th June 2025

Please register via this link.

Meeting ID: 811 2862 8592 Passcode: 224072.


 

Ipoh Lung Health Day

Venue: 15 Jalan Sultan Abdul Jalil, 30450 Ipoh, Perak)

Date: 8th June 2025

The registration fee is FOC and seats are limited. Please register via this link.

For further enquiries, you can contact Mr Andrew Ong via whatsapps at +6019-5730 536.


 

43rd Paediatric Respiratory Virtual Grand Ward Round 2025

Zoom

Date: 11th June 2025

Please email to m.thoracicsociety@gmail.com for the Zoom ID and password if you wish to attend the event.


 

12th Pneumo Update Europe

Munich, Germany

Date: 13th - 14th June 2025

Congress website - click here.


 

Sarawak Asthma COPD Workshop

Kingwood Hotel, Sibu, Sarawak

Date: 14th June 2025

Please register via this link.

For enquiries, please contact siburespi2023@gmail.com or +6018-210 7030/+6011-189 86993.


 

1st Southern Malaysia Adult & Children Respiratory Conference

Venue: Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia, Iskandar Puteri Johor

Date: 14th June 2025

Please register via this link.

For further enquiries, please contact Dr Harith at +6012-750 4940 or email to respiratoryhsajb@gmail.com or paediatricrespiratory.hsajb@gmail.com.


 

TERBANG - Rise Above Biomarkers and Navigate Groundbreaking Approach

Venue: Zoom

Date: 14th June 2025

Please register via this link.

For further enquiries, please contact Ms Masni at +6016-447 6133 or Mr Jameson at +6014-985 4380.


 

BREATHE Summit

Venue: Hybrid Zoom / Le Meridien Kuala Lumpur

Date: 14th June 2025

Please register via this link.

The physical event will be held at Le Meridien Kuala Lumpur. Kindly note that participants may register on the day of the event.


 

Tuberculosis in Children Workshop

Venue: Hospital Sibu, Sarawak

Date: 14th - 15th June 2025

On-site registration WILL NOT be accepted. Places are limited. Registration will close once all places are taken. Please register via this link.

For further enquiries, please contact +603-2600 3000 (ext2120) or email htajktb@gmail.com


 

Lung Cancer Webinar

Venue: Webinar

Date: 16th June May 2025

Please register via this link.

For further enquiries, please contact Dr Arif Hussin at +6013-349 9171.


 

Statistical Analysis Using Microsoft Excel

Venue: Hospital Tunku Azizah

Date: 17th June 2025

Please register via this link.

Please note onsite registration will not be accepted and the registration will be closed once all the seats are taken. For further enquiries, please contact Clinical Research Centre (CRC) at +603-2600 3000 ext 2120 or email to researchwchkl@moh.gov.my.


Asia Thoracic Cancer Care Summit 2025

Hong Kong

Date: 19th - 20th June 2025

Congress website - click here.


3rd Congress of International Society of Paediatric Respiratory Diseases (INSPIRED)

Barcelona, Spain

Date: 26th - 29th June 2025

Congress website - click here.


 

Tuberculosis in Children Workshop

Venue: Hospital Umum Sarawak, Kuching

Date: 28th - 29th June 2025

On-site registration WILL NOT be accepted. Places are limited. Registration will close once all places are taken. Please register via this link.

For further enquiries, please contact +603-2600 3000 (ext2120) or email htajktb@gmail.com


 

Statistical Analysis Using SPSS

Venue: Hospital Tunku Azizah, Kuala Lumpur

Date: 1st - 2nd July 2025

Please register via this link. Please note onsite registration will not be accepted and the registration will be closed once all the seats are taken. For further enquiries, please contact Clinical Research Centre (CRC) at +603-2600 3000 ext 2120 or email to researchwchkl@moh.gov.my. Please bring your own laptop with SPSS software installed.


The 8th World Bronchiectasis Conference

Brisbane, Australia

Date: 14th - 17th July 2025

Congress website - click here.


 

MTS Spirometry Certification Programme Phase 3 Workshop

Venue: Hospital Tunku Azizah, Kuala Lumpur

Date: 2nd - 3rd August 2025

Please register via this link.

Any enquiries, please contact +603-2856 4053 or email to mts.spirometry@gmail.com


 

MTS Annual Congress 2025

Venue: Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia

Date: 14th-17th Aug 2025

To visit congress website click here.


Announcements 

The ILD Learning Programme

The Malaysian Thoracic Society (MTS), in collaboration with the Family Medicine Specialists' Association (FMSA) and Malaysian Society of Rheumatology (MSR), is pleased to feature the Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) Learning Programme (hyperlink to Resources) for all primary care doctors in Malaysia.

For full details please click here.


MTS 2025 Annual Congress Travel Grant

MTS is offering 20 travel grants for those attending the MTS Congress 2025 in Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre from 15th - 17th August 2025 (this excludes the conference workshop on 14th August 2025). The due date of the application of the travel grants is on 14th July 2025. Late applicants will not be entertained.

Please click here to apply for the travel grant.


Award Winners Asian Pacific Society of Respirology Congress 2024 in Hong Kong

Congratulations to the following MTS members who received awards at the APSR 2024 Congress.


APSR Travel Award
Dr Kughanishah Jeyabalan
APSR / Malcolm Winterburn Lung Cancer Young Investigator Award
Dr Kezreen Kaur Dhaliwal
APSR / APTA Young Investigator Award
Dr Sia Leng Cheng
APSR Assembly Education Award
Dr Izzatul Nadzirah Ismail
Dr Wong Yen Shen
Dr Sumithra Appava


ERS Educational resources

The links for European Respiratory Society Educational Resources: 

ERS Publications - click here

Upcoming ERS Events - click here

ERS Respiratory Channel - click here


 

Booking of Meeting Rooms at the MTS Office

For more details, click here.