Dr Susan Tan Mooi Koon

Procedure Focus:

• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for anxiety, depression
• Training in Relaxation techniques, 
• School Refusal Management, 
• Management of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders, 
• Anger Management, Behaviour Therapy, 
• Gradual Desensitization, 
• Child Psychotherapy, 
• Behavioural Modification, 
• Family Therapy, 
• Supportive Psychotherapy, 
• Group Therapy,
• Grief Management, 
• Management of Children with Behavioural Disorders (eg Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Psychoeducation of Parents and Schools, Liaison and Talks to Schools.)

Condition Treated:

• Anxiety Disorders including Panic Disorder
• Social Anxiety Disorder
• Generalised Anxiety Disorder
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders
• Depressive Disorders including Dysthymia
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder
• Schizophrenia
• Bipolar Disorder
• Autism Spectrum Disorders

Memberships & Associations:

• Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) - life member (1985 to date)
• Malaysian Oncological Society(MOS)  - life member(1995 to date)  
• Malaysian Psychiatric Association(MPA)- life member(1999 to date)    
• Academy of Medicine of Malaysia (AM) -ordinary member(2005to 2015)
• Fellowship of the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia (FAMM) –fellow(2015 to date)
• Thalassemia Society of University Hospital-ordinary member(2006 to date)  
• Malaysian Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists Association(MyCAPs)-life member(2014 to date)
• Member of The international Special Interest Study Group (SISG) on  Problem Based Learning (PBL) in Psychiatry and World Psychiatric Association    
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry WPA CAP Group on Teaching and Learning ( 2012 to date)
• Member of the Editorial board of the World Psychiatric Association Child  and  Adolescent Psychiatry section e journal  (WPA CAP e- journal World Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)(3/2012 to date)
• Member & International advisor of the Consortium on Academic Child and  Adolescent Psychiatry in The Far East (CACAPFE) (7/2012 to date)
• Member of American Academy of Child and  Adolescent Psychiatry (2016 to date )
• Member of the National Early Childhood Intervention Council (NECIC) from Feb 2020 to date

Post Graduate Clinical Training:

Upon obtaining her medical degree in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Dr Susan Tan served as a house officer in University Hospital and then in the Ministry of Health in Terengganu General Hospital. She accompanied her husband, who was doing his specialty training in London and worked in the United Kingdom as a Senior House Officer in the National Health Service (NHS). She obtained her Diploma in Child Health London. Upon returning to Malaysia she pursued her postgraduate education in Psychiatry in UKM and was appointed a Fellow of the International University of Melbourne-Harvard Medical School Leadership Program in International Mental Health (iMHLP) in 2001-2002. During her subspecialty training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in UKM, she was also appointed a Fellow in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry whilst on attachment at the Department of Psychological Medicine, The Children’s Hospital at West Mead Sydney, Australia 2003. She was also awarded the Donald J. Cohen Fellowship for International Scholars awarded by the International Association of Child and Adolescent Allied Professions (IACAPAP) 2006.

Awards:

• Donald J. Cohen Fellowship for International Scholars awarded by the International Association of Child and Adolescent Allied Professions (IACAPAP) 2006.
• Fellow in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry whilst on attachment at the Department of Psychological Medicine, The Children’s Hospital at West Mead Sydney, Australia 2003.
• Fellow of the International University of Melbourne-Harvard  Medical School Leadership Program in International Mental Health (iMHLP) in 2001-2002.
• Excellent Service Award Medical and Health Department of the state of  Terengganu, Ministry of Health, Malaysia (MOH) 1988.

Medical School:

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

Main Hospital:

ParkCity Medical Centre - PMC

Media / Publications:

•  Raising well-adjusted children