Biografi/ Biography :
Dato’ Dr. Jegan Thanabalan is an Associate Professor and a Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon at the National University of Malaysia. He has been a lecturer at UKM Medical Center since 2002. His area of interest is in Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, Neuroendoscopy , Functional neurosurgery and Epilepsy.
Dato’ Dr. Jegan completed his MBBS at the University of Mangalore in 1994 and obtained his MS at the National University of Malaysia in 2002. He then completed his fellowship training in Functional Neurosurgery at Oxford, United Kingdom in 2008. He went on to train in Endoscopic Skull Base surgery at Naples in 2010 and at the University of Pittsburgh in 2011.
He then initiated the Endoscopic Skull Base and Deep Brain Stimulation services at the National University of Malaysia.
Apart from clinical work, Dato’ Dr. Jegan is involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and has been an examiner since 2002. He has also contributed to publications both locally and internationally in reputable journals.
His main area of research involves pituitary tumors, fMRI, DTI and head injury. He has participated in both local and international multicenter trials. He is an invited speaker at several national and international conferences.
Dato’ Dr. Jegan has conducted and has been in the organizing committee for various workshops including Endoscopic Skull Base workshops, Neurotrauma and Image Guidance Stereotaxic workshops.
Dato’ Dr. Jegan is a member of the Neurosurgical Association of Malaysia, Malaysian Society of Neurosciences and the Movement Disorder Society.
indumathi ainer, salina husain, aneeza khairiyah wan hamizan, farah dayana zahedi, jegan thanabalan. (2023). olfactory and gustatory outcomes following endoscopic transsphenoidal hypophysectomy. - egyptian journal of otolaryngology. 1-8.
geng ju tuang, farah dayana zahedi, salina husain, aneeza khairiyah wan hamizan, thean yean kew, jegan thanabalan. (2023). volumetric evaluation of the sphenoid sinus among different races in the southeast asian (sea) population: a computerized tomography study. - international journal of medical sciences. 211-218.
zhe kang law, jason p appleton,polly scutt, ian roberts, rustam al-shahi salman, timothy j england, david j werring, thompson robinson, kailash krishnan, robert a dineen, ann charlotte laska, philippe a lyrer, hanne christensen, philip bath, nikola sprigg. (2022). brief consent methods enable rapid enrollment in acute stroke trial: results from tich-2 randomized controlled trial. - stroke. 1141-1148.
bee hong soon, nadiah a, nor azian am, sue-mian then, azizi ab, farizal f, jegan t, mohd saffari mh, charng jeng toh, ramesh k, ainul sj, anis nabillah ma, mohd syakir ma, sanmugarajah p, kamalanathan p, azmi mt, rahman j. (2022). somatic mitochondrial dna mutations in different grades of glioma. - personalized medicine. 25-39.
muhammad muslim , jegan thanabalan , sahul hamid , cheong yew teik. (2022). observational study : first degree relatives versus public awareness of risk factors and screening of breast cancer in hospital pulau pinang. - assessment of dissertation defense day (list of abstract). 18.
geng ju tuang, farah dayana zahedi, salina husain, aneeza khairiyah wan hamizan, thean yean kew, jegan thanabalan. (2023). volumetric evaluation of the sphenoid sinus among different races in the southeast asian (sea) population: a computerized tomography study. - international journal of medical sciences. 211-218.
nor shafiza abdul wahab, noorazrul yahya, ahmad nazlim yusoff, rozman zakaria, jegan thanabalan, elza othman, soon bee hong, ramesh kumar athi kumar dan hanani abdul manan. (2022). effects of different scan duration on brain effective connectivity among default mode network nodes. - diagnostics. 1-17.
zhe kang law, jason p appleton,polly scutt, ian roberts, rustam al-shahi salman, timothy j england, david j werring, thompson robinson, kailash krishnan, robert a dineen, ann charlotte laska, philippe a lyrer, hanne christensen, philip bath, nikola sprigg. (2022). brief consent methods enable rapid enrollment in acute stroke trial: results from tich-2 randomized controlled trial. - stroke. 1141-1148.
kumar r, fadzil f, bee s, kamalanathan p, ainul jaafar, paramasvaran s, jeng t, thanabalan j, abu bakar a, shawn p. (2021). neuroaid use in traumatic brain injury (tbi). - journal of the neurological sciences. 65-66.
zhe kang law,m desborough,i roberts,ras salman,tj england,dj werring,t robinson,k krishnan,r dineen,ac laska,n peters,jj egea guerrero,m karlinski,h christensen,c roffe,d bereczki,s ozturk,j thanabalan,r collins,m beridze,p bath, n sprigg. (2021). outcomes in antiplatelet-associated intracerebral hemorrhage in the tich-2 randomized controlled trial. - journal of the american heart association. 1-9.
bee hong soon, nadiah a, nor azian am, sue-mian then, azizi ab, farizal f, jegan t, mohd saffari mh, charng jeng toh, ramesh k, ainul sj, anis nabillah ma, mohd syakir ma, sanmugarajah p, kamalanathan p, azmi mt, rahman j. (2022). somatic mitochondrial dna mutations in different grades of glioma. - personalized medicine. 25-39.
ramesh kumar, azizi abu bakar , jegan thanabalan , sanmugarajah paramasvaran,charng jeng toh, ainul jaffar, farizal fadzil, palaniandy kamalanathan, bee hong soon and narayanaswamy venketasubramanian. (2020). safety and use of mlc601/mlc901 (neuroaid) in primary intracerebral hemorrhage: a cohort study from the neuroaid safe treatment registry. - brain sciences. 1-8.
chew kah teik; nurul iftida basri; abdul kadir abdul karim; muhammad azrai abu; mohd faizal ahmad; nur azurah abdul ghani; erica yee hing; rozman zakaria; jegan a/l thanabalan; azizi abu bakar; nor azlin mohamed ismail. (2019). management options and outcome of cerebral arteriovenous malformation in pregnancy: case series. - archives of iranian medicine. 340-343.
nor amelia mohd fauzi, norlinah mohamed ibrahim, shahizon azura mohamed mukari, thanabalan jegan, zariah abdul aziz. (2019). amelioration of dystonic opisthotonus in pantothenate kinase associated neurodegeneration syndrome with absent eye of the tiger sign following bilateral pallidal deep brain stimulation. - movement disorders clinical practice. 332-334.
n.a. mohd fauzi, c.s. khoo, h.j. tan, a.m.m. shahizon, c.h. ding, m.n. tzar, m.p. suria hayati, k. nurul akmal, t. jegan, w.a. wan zaidi, p. petrick. (2017). the first case report of thoracic extradural mucormycosis in a diabetic patient. - journal of the neurological sciences. 1004-1005.
indumathi ainer, salina husain, aneeza khairiyah wan hamizan, farah dayana zahedi, jegan thanabalan. (2023). olfactory and gustatory outcomes following endoscopic transsphenoidal hypophysectomy. - egyptian journal of otolaryngology. 1-8.
geng ju tuang, farah dayana zahedi, salina husain, aneeza khairiyah wan hamizan, thean yean kew, jegan thanabalan. (2023). volumetric evaluation of the sphenoid sinus among different races in the southeast asian (sea) population: a computerized tomography study. - international journal of medical sciences. 211-218.
nor shafiza abdul wahab, noorazrul yahya, ahmad nazlim yusoff, rozman zakaria, jegan thanabalan, elza othman, soon bee hong, ramesh kumar athi kumar dan hanani abdul manan. (2022). effects of different scan duration on brain effective connectivity among default mode network nodes. - diagnostics. 1-17.
zhe kang law, jason p appleton,polly scutt, ian roberts, rustam al-shahi salman, timothy j england, david j werring, thompson robinson, kailash krishnan, robert a dineen, ann charlotte laska, philippe a lyrer, hanne christensen, philip bath, nikola sprigg. (2022). brief consent methods enable rapid enrollment in acute stroke trial: results from tich-2 randomized controlled trial. - stroke. 1141-1148.
indumathi ainer, salina husain, aneeza khairiyah, farah dayana zahedi, jegan thanabalan. (2022). validity and reliability of the malay short version of the questionnaire of olfactory disorders - negative statements (sqod-ns). - egyptian journal of otolaryngology. 1-6.
suri mawarne kaidar, rizuana iqbal hussain, farah aqilah bohani, shahnorbanun sahran, nurnaima binti zainuddin, fuad ismail, jegan thanabalan, ganesh kalimuthu, and siti norul huda sheikh abdullah. (2013). brain tumor treatment advisory system. - communications in computer and information science (ccis) - soft computing applications and intelligent systems : 2nd international multi-conference on artificial intelligence technology (m-cait 2013). .
suri mawarne kaidar, rizuana iqbal hussain, farah aqilah bohani, shahnorbanun sahran, nurnaima binti zainuddin, fuad ismail, jegan thanabalan, ganesh kalimuthu, siti norul huda sheikh abdullah. (2013). soft computing applications and intelligent systems. - . 78-88.
suri mawarne kaidar, rizuana iqbal hussain, farah aqilah bohani, shahnorbanun sahran, nurnaima binti zainuddin, fuad ismail, jegan thanabalan, ganesh kalimuthu, siti norul huda sheikh abdullah. (2013). soft computing applications and intelligent systems. - . 78-88.
antimicrobial stewardship committee hctm ukm. (2018). hctm ppukm surgical prophylaxis guide 2018. - . 73.
muhammad muslim , jegan thanabalan , sahul hamid , cheong yew teik. (2022). observational study : first degree relatives versus public awareness of risk factors and screening of breast cancer in hospital pulau pinang. - assessment of dissertation defense day (list of abstract). 18.
mahendran pacheappan , heah hsin tak , farrah hani imran , nani md latar , jegan thanabalan , rozita hod. (2022). translation of patient scar assessment scale (psas) to bahasa malaysia with cross cultural adaptation & validation. - assessment of dissertation defense day (list of abstract). 11.
beehong soon, anis nabillah mohd azli, yuh yang leong, ainul syahrilfazli jaafar, charng jeng toh, farizal fadzil, jegan thanabalan, kamalanathan palaniandy, ramesh kumar, sanmugarajah paramasvaran, azizi abu bakar. (2022). an audit of ct craniometry of adult malaysian population and literature review of its implications in neurosurgery. - the 20th annual scientific meeting and the 22nd annual general meeting of neurosurgical association of malaysia (nam) & penang international neurosurgical congress. 34.
hanani binti abdul manan;fuad bin ismail;ahmad nazlim bin yusoff;rozman bin zakaria;jegan a/l thanabalan;syazarina sharis binti osman;ramesh kumar a/l athi kumar. (2021). neural network models underlying brain reorganization and neuroplasticity in brain’s default mode network (dmn) of patients with frontal lobe brain tumour: an fmri and dti approach.. - . .
nor akma mohamad, sie chong doris lau, jegan thanabalan, faizah zaki, nurismah md isa, rozana abdul rahim, hamidah alias, c-khai loh. (2021). targeted therapy for infant midline glioma with braf v600e mutation: a case report. - malaysian society of paediatric haematology and oncology 25th annual scientific meeting. 32.
| Geran / Grant | Kolaborator / Collaborator | Status |
|---|---|---|
| INCIDENCE AND PREDICTORS OF EPILEPSY AND COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY | monash university malaysia | 88% (2022-03-28 sehingga 2025-03-27) |
| PREVALENCE OF SEIZURES AND COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION AFTER CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS | monash university malaysia | 82.3% (2022-05-30 sehingga 2025-05-29) |
| TRANEXAMIC ACID FOR HYPERACUTE SPONTANEOUS INTRACEREBRAL HAEMORRHAGE (TICH-3) | university of nottingham, united kingdom | 32.6% (2022-06-27 sehingga 2029-10-26) |
| NEUROIMAGING CHARACTERISTICS FOR PROGNOSTICATION OF MALAYSIAN PATIENTS RECRUITED INTO THE TRANEXAMIC ACID FOR INTRACEREBRAL HAEMORRHAGE-3 TRIAL | university of nottingham, united kingdom | 18.6% (2023-10-01 sehingga 2029-10-26) |
| NEUROIMAGING CHARACTERISTICS FOR PROGNOSTICATION OF MALAYSIAN PATIENTS RECRUITED INTO THE TRANEXAMIC ACID FOR INTRACEREBRAL HAEMORRHAGE-3 TRIAL | university of nottingham, united kingdom | 18.6% (2023-10-01 sehingga 2029-10-26) |
| ROLE OF HMGB1 IN PATIENTS WITH SEIZURES AND COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION FOLLOWING CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS | monash university malaysia | 18.6%(2022-06-16 sehingga 2025-06-15) |