Staff Profiles
Dr Huai Seng Loh
Associate Professor
- Email: huai-seng.loh@newcastle.edu.my
- Telephone: +607 555 3828
- Address: Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia (NUMed Malaysia)
No. 1, Jalan Sarjana 1,
79200 Iskandar Puteri (formerly Nusajaya)
Johor, Malaysia.
Qualifications:
• MBBCh BAO (Ireland), LRCPSI
• National Specialist Register (NSR) certified Family Medicine Specialist
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, FHEA (UK)
• Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, FRACGP (Australia)
• Membership of the Malaysian Academy of Family Physicians, MAFPM (Malaysia)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Education, DipMedEd (Newcastle, UK)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education, PGCertMedEd (Newcastle, UK)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Research, PGCClinRes (Newcastle, UK)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Primary Care Dermatology, PGCDerm (Malaysia)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Primary Care Cardiology, PGCCardio (Malaysia)
Current Academic & Administrative Roles:
• Associate Professor (Family Medicine)
• Involved in the teaching & assessment of medical students from Years 3 to 5 (Clinical years)
• 2023-Current – Lead for MBBS Year 3 Integrated Core Clinical Placement (ICCP) Primary Care Module
• 2023-Current – Chairperson for the ECCE-TCBL-Y1&Y2 Working Group
• 2018-Current – Lead for Transition to Clinically Based Learning (TCBL) Module
• 2015-Current – Clinical Adviser for the NUMed Health & Safety Committee
Past Academic & Administrative Roles:
• NUMed Assistant Dean of Clinical Affairs
• NUMed Executive Board member
• NUMed Curriculum Implementation Committee (CIC) member
• Newcastle Board of Examiners (BOE)
• Newcastle Board of Medical Studies member (BOMS)
• Newcastle Assessment Committee member (NAC)
• Newcastle-NUMed Medical Advisory Board member
• NUMed Student Support Committee member
• Chairperson – Phase 2 Student Staff Committee
• Section Lead – GMC Quality Assurance Visit 2018
• Committee member – Malaysia Quality Assurance (MQA) Reaccreditation preparation for 2019
• Lead for Careers and Malaysian Housemanship Pathway Committee
• Lead for Stage 2 Patient Study Module (2013-2018)
• Lead for Early Clinical and Community Experience (ECCE) Module (2013-2020)
Achievement:
• 2017 – FINALIST for Newcastle Teaching Excellence Award (Global Campus)
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Articles
- Loh HH, Lim L-L, Loh HS, Yee A. Safety of Ramadan fasting in young patients with type 1 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Diabetes Investigation 2019, 10(6), 1490-1501.
- Loh HH, Yee A, Loh HS. Bone health among patients with primary aldosteronism: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Minerva Endocrinologica 2019, 44(4), 387-396.
- Yee A, Loh HS, Loh HH, Riahi S, Ng CG, Sulaiman AHB. A comparison of sexual desire in opiate-dependent men receiving methadone and buprenorphine maintenance treatment. Annals of General Psychiatry 2019, 18, 25.
- Yee A, Hoong MC, Joyce YC, Loh HS. Smoking Cessation Among Methadone-Maintained Patients: A Meta-Analysis. Substance Use and Misuse 2018, 53(2), 276-285.
- Yee A, Loh HS, Ng CG, Sulaiman AH. Sexual Desire in Opiate-Dependent Men Receiving Methadone-Assisted Treatment. American Journal of Men's Health 2018, 12(4), 1016-1022.
- Yee A, Loh HS, Ong TA, Ng CG, Sulaiman AH. Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel-Group, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Bupropion as Treatment for Methadone-Emergent Sexual Dysfunction in Men. American Journal of Men's Health 2018, 12(5), 1705-1718.
- Yee A, Loh HS, Danaee M, Riahi S, Ng CG, Sulaiman AH. Plasma Testosterone and Sexual Function in Southeast Asian Men Receiving Methadone and Buprenorphine Maintenance Treatment. Journal of Sexual Medicine 2018, 15(2), 159-166.
- Yee A, Loh HS, Tan JT, Tan A, How MY. Methadone maintenance therapy users’ knowledge of, and attitudes towards methadone maintenance therapy: A meta-analysis. Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems 2017, 19(3), 21-36.
- Yee A, Danaee M, Loh HS, Sulaiman AH, Ng CG. Sexual Dysfunction in Heroin Dependents: A Comparison between Methadone and Buprenorphine Maintenance Treatment. PLOS One 2016, 11(1), e0147852.
- Yee A, Loh HS, Sulaiman AH, Ng CG. Pharmacotherapy for methadone-induced erectile dysfunction: A meta-analysis. Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems 2016, 18(5), 23-32.
- Yee A, NekMohamed NNB, Hashim AHB, Loh HS, Singh MKH, Ng CG, Jambunathan ST. The Effect of Nicotine Dependence on Psychopathology in Patients with Schizophrenia. BioMed Research International 2015, 2015, 730291.
- Yee A, Yassim ARM, Loh HS, Ng CG, Tan KA. Psychometric evaluation of the Malay version of the Montgomery- Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS-BM). BMC Psychiatry 2015, 15, 200.
- Ng CG, Yee A, Subramaniam P, Loh HS, Moreira P. Attitudes Toward Homosexuality Among Nursing Students in a Public University in Malaysia: the Religious Factor. Sexuality Research and Social Policy 2015, 12(3), 182-187.
- Yee A, Chin SC, Hashim AHB, Singh MKAPH, Loh HS, Sulaiman AH, Ng CG. Anhedonia in depressed patients on treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor anti-depressant - A two-centered study in Malaysia. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice 2015, 19(3), 182-187.
- Ng CG, Chin SC, Yee AHA, Loh HS, Sulaiman AH, Wong SSK, Habil MH. Validation of Malay version of Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale: Comparison between depressed patients and healthy subjects at an out-patient clinic in Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences 2014, 21(3), 62-70.
- Ng CG, Wong SK, Loh HS, Yee A. Anhedonia among patients with major depressive disorder: A comparison between patients on escitalopram and healthy controls. Clinica Terapeutica 2014, 165(6), e384-e390.
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Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
- Loh HS, Pancho B. Mental Health Issues Among Medical Students. In: 22nd WONCA Europe Conference. 2017, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Reviews
- Loh HH, Lim LL, Yee A, Loh HS. Association between subclinical hypothyroidism and depression: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Psychiatry 2019, 19(1), 12.
- Loh HH, Yee A, Loh HS, Sukor N, Kamaruddin NA. The natural progression and outcomes of adrenal incidentaloma: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Minerva Endocrinologica 2017, 42(1), 77-87.
- Loh HH, Yee A, Loh HS, Sukor N, Kamaruddin NA. Comparative studies of dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitor vs sulphonylurea among Muslim Type 2 diabetes patients who fast in the month of Ramadan: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Primary Care Diabetes 2016, 10(3), 210-219.
- Yee A, Loh HS, Hashim HMBH, Ng CG. The Prevalence of Sexual Dysfunction among Male Patients on Methadone and Buprenorphine Treatments: A Meta-Analysis Study. Journal of Sexual Medicine 2014, 11(1), 22-32.
- Yee A, Loh HS, Hashim HMBH, Ng CG. Clinical factors associated with sexual dysfunction among men in methadone maintenance treatment and buprenorphine maintenance treatment: a meta-analysis study. International Journal of Impotence Research 2014, 26(5), 161-166.