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MTS Education Website

Message from the President

Overview of the MTS SPIROMETRY Education Programme

APSR 2026

30th Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology

Events

 

ALKlinic 2026 Webinar

Venue: Virtual Webinar.

Date: 1 August 2026

If you wish to join the event, click on this link. For further enquiries, please contact: Ms Reika Lee Email: LiHwang.Lee@pfizer.com Tel: 017-982 4808


 

TB in Children for Treatment Centre (PPUM)

Venue: Kompleks Wanita dan Kanak-Kanak, PPUM.

Date: 8th August 2026

If you wish to join the event, click on this link. For further enquiries, please email htajktb@gmail.com or contact 03-2600 300 (ext. 2123/2120)


 

TB in Children for Treatment Centre (PPUM)

Venue: Kompleks Wanita dan Kanak-Kanak, PPUM

Date: 8 August 2026

If you wish to join the event, click on this link. For further enquiries, please email htajktb@gmail.com or contact 03-2600 300 (ext. 2123/2120)


Respiratory Update 2026: Bridging International Clinical Guidelines and Real-World Practice

Venue: Virtual Platform

Date: 8 August 2026 and 12 September 2026

Registration Link. For enquiries please email to respiratory.update.2025@gmail.com or contact Dr Mohammad Nur Syafiq (010-9722203) or Dr Amirul Ikhmar (013-8498157)


 

56th Paediatric Respiratory Grand Ward Round

Venue: Zoom

Date: 12th August 2026

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


 

Kedah Paediatric Asthma Workshop 2026

Venue: Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Alor Setar

Date: 15th August 2026

To register, click here. For further enquiries, please contact Dr Alyya at +60174674506.


 

MTS Spirometry Certification Programme Phase 3 Course

Venue: Hospital Tunku Azizah, Kuala Lumpur

Date: 22nd - 23rd August 2026

If you wish to join the event, click on this link. For further enquiries, please contact the MTS Secretariat at +603-2856 4053 or email mts.spirometry@gmail.com. No refund for cancellation after 1st July 2026.


 

National Medicolegal and Ethics Conference (NaMEC) 2026

Venue: PICCA Convention Centre, Penang

Date: 7th - 10th September 2026

To visit their website, click on this link. For further enquiries please contact: namec2024@gmail.com


2026 Workshop for International Young Member (KALC)

Venue: Seoul, Korea

Date: 9th September 2026

To register, click here. For further enquiries, please contact the KALC Secretariat at kalc@lungca.or.kr.


 

ISHAM Asia 2026 Partnership

Venue: Hilton Kuala Lumpur

Date: 9th - 12th September 2026

Click here for website. For further enquiries please contact:: info@isham.asia


 

MACR Cancer Fun Run 2026

Venue: Stadium UPM

Date: 31 October 2026

If you wish to join the event, click on this link. For further enquiries, contact Dr. Syafiq (Tel: 011-24013990)


 

5th Annual Congress of the South East Asian Thoracic Society (SEATS 2026)

Venue: Grand Hyatt, Singapore

Date: 11th – 14th November 2026

To visit their website, click on this link. For further enquiries please contact:: info@seatsmeeting.com


Asia-Pacific Bronchiectasis & NTM Conference

Venue: Tokyo, Japan

Date: 13th - 15th November 2026

To visit their website, click on this link. For further enquiries please contact:: info@apb-conference.org


30th Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology (APSR 2026)

Venue: Setia SPICE Convention Centre, Penang

Date: 19 - 22 November 2026


Announcements 

 

MTS Local Travel Grant - APSR 2026

MTS will be offering 10 travel grants. The due date of the application is 5th October 2026. Late applicants will not be entertained.

click here for full details.


 

Travel Grant for National TB and Lung Diseases Conference 2026

MTS will be offering 5 travel grants (travel grants for participants from Klang Valley and outside Klang Valley). The due date of the application will be on 9th July 2026. Late applicants will not be entertained.

click here to apply for the travel grant.


 

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Peri-Operative Management of Resectable Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Malaysia

click here to access.


 

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.


 

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.