Welcome to the Malaysian Division of International Academy of Pathology (IAP-MD). This is an assocation of anatomic pathologists practicing in Malaysia and it is affliated to the central IAP. Its role is to promote and advance the knowledge and practice of anatomic pathology through educational exchanges within the country and worldwide.  I hope all Malaysian anatomic pathologists will join this asssociation and be active members of the association. Its success [and failure] depends on us. Collectively, IAP-MD could also provides a forum for discussion  on complex cases as well as charting collaborative research among Malaysian pathologists in order to understand diseases in the local context

Prof Emerita Dr. Nor Hayati Othman
President,
International Academy of Pathology
​Malaysian Division

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I would like to share with readers on how the Malaysian Division of International Academy of Pathology was established. As early as 2007 there were rumbles and small discussions on setting up the Malaysian Division each time after we attended IAP meetings organized by country and regional divisions elsewhere in the world. It was not materialized until after the IAP meeting held in Cape Town in 2012. Three of us; Datuk Dr Norain Karim, Professor Dr Wong Kum Thong and myself had serious conversation on how to have it done. On returning from Cape Town, we went into full gear [Read more : History & milestones -Malaysian Division of IAP]

The cafe where Nor Hayati Othman, Norain Karim and Wong Kum Thong met during the IAP2012 in Capetown and they discusses the formation of the Malaysian Division