Dato Dr. Colin Lee Soon Soo
Experience
40 yearsLanguages spoken
English, Malay, Hokkien, TeochewEducation/Qualifications
- 1982: MBBS – The University of New South Wales, Australia
- 1991: Master of Medicine (MMed Obs & Gyne) – National University of Singapore, Singapore
- 1991: Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG)
- Fellow of the International College of Surgeons
Work History
- 1983-1984: Houseman, Westwood Hospital, Sydney Australia
- 1984-1985: Obs & Gyne Medical Officer, General Hospital, Johor Bahru
- 1985-1986: Anaesthetic Medical Officer, Batu Pahat, Johor,
- 1986-1987: Medical Officer, Batu Pahat
- 1987-1988: Registrar, Department of Obs & Gyne, General Hospital Malacca
- 1988-1991: Resident, Department of Obs & Gyne, National University Hospital Singapore
- Jan1992-Sep1992: Registrar, Department of Obs & Gyne, National University Hospital Singapore
- 1993-1994: Visiting Consultant, LPPKN Selangor
- 1994-2011: Resident Consultant Obs & Gyne Damansara Women’s Specialist Centre, Malaysia
- 2006-2011: Managing Director, TMC Life Sciences Berhad
- 2011- Present: Managing Director, Alpha IVF Group
Honors & Awards
- 1 st in the world to show that combining a Day 5 and Day 8 Blastocyst results in very high pregnancy rates.
- The WORLD’s 1st successful live birth following frozen embryo transfer of a 1PN embryo after PGD-MaCGH analysis.
- The WORLD’s 1st to demonstrate that embryos derived from conventional IVF has lower aneuploidy rates compared to embryos derived from ICSI.
- The WORLD’s 1st to demonstrate similar euploidy rates among Day 3 apronuclear (0PN), unipronuclear (1PN) and 2PN embryos using MaCGH analysis.
- The WORLD’s 1st successful pregnancy and delivery in a patient with Mullerian dysgenesis
- The WORLD’s 1st successful pregnancy and delivery following PGD-CGH diagnosis of
chromosome inversion with fresh transfer. - The WORLD’s 1st PRP Treatment for Ashermann’s Syndrome with resulting successful pregnancy and delivery. (2010)
- 1 st in the world to show that an older uterus (about 40 years old) achieves similar pregnancy rates compared to uterus less than 30 years old.
- The WORLD’s 1st reported delivery following the salvage of a presumably abnormal embryo.
- The WORLD’s 1st to demonstrate the importance of embryo transfer duration on pregnancy outcome.
- The WORLD’s 1 st to demonstrate the value of tube rinsing in oocyte recovery procedure.
- The WORLD’s 1 st to demonstrate that 0PN embryos can be normal & therefore should not be discarded
- The world’s 1 st public-listed IVF company (2005)
Professional Memberships
- Fellow of International College of Surgeons
- Member of the American Fertility Society (USA)
- Founder & Ex-President, Malaysian Society of ART (MSART)
- Founder & former Board Member, Asia-Pacific Initiative on Reproductive Endocrinology (ASPIRE)
Treatments offered
- IVF/ICSI
- Pre-implantation genetic testing
- Laparoscopy
- Egg freezing
- Recurrent miscarriage