Professor Dr Mae-Lynn Catherine Bastion
Course Director Vitreoretinal Diseases & Surgery Fellowship Programme HCTM UKM
Dr Mae-Lynn Catherine Bastion graduated from University of Sydney, Australia with MBBS (First Class Honours) in 1999. In 2003, she received fellowship in Ophthalmology from the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow. In 2004 she received the Doctor of Ophthalmology postgraduate degree from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). During her postgraduate training, she has received both Best Presentation and Best Poster awards. In 2007, she completed her clinical fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery at The Eye Institute, Singapore. Following that, she served as Head of Vitreoretinal services, Department of Ophthalmology, UKM, until present. In 2009 she became the Head of Department of Ophthalmology for which she served two terms. She was appointed UKM Professor of Ophthalmology (Vitreoretina) in 2014 and received the Academy of Medicine (AMM) Fellowship in 2015. She is the Head of the Quality Unit of UKM Ophthalmology Department. She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate ophthalmology while maintaining a private practice at UKM Specialist Centre. She has trained five fellows in Vitreoretinal Surgery since 2010. She currently serves on the committees of the Malaysian Universities Conjoint Committee of Ophthalmology, College of Ophthalmologists of the AMM, and Malaysian Society of Ophthalmology. She was the founding chairperson of the Persatuan Kumpulan Penyelidik Oftalmologi UKM (UKM Ophthalmology Researchers’ Society) and continues to serve as advisor. Her research interests are in vitreoretinal diseases and vitrectomy, vitreolysis, diabetic keratopathy and stem cell therapy. She has several on-going research grants with over 50 peer-reviewed publications. She has been invited to speak at the Asia Pacific Vitreoretinal Society Meetings (APVRS) in 2017 and 2019; and is a member of the APVRS and Asia-Pacific Ocular Imaging Society. She also contributes as a reviewer for numerous journals and serves as Editor for the Medicine and Health Journal as well as the Malaysian Journal of Ophthalmology.
