G. R. Letchuman Ramanathan
MBBS, MMed
Medicine
Endocrinology, Internal Medicine
Subang jaya, Malaysia
Dr. G. R. Letchuman Ramanathan is presently a Professor of Medicine at the Clinical School Johor Bahru, Monash University Malaysia since May 2021. Prior to that, he was the Senior Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist in the Department of Medicine, Hospital Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. He was the National Head of the Ministry of Health Internal Medicine Services since October 2014. Besides his regular duties as an Internal Medicine Consultant, he also ran the Endocrine, Diabetes, and Obesity Clinics.
He is frequently called to give lectures and conduct case discussions at national conferences in internal medicine particularly in the field of diabetes. He actively trains medical officers to sit for their postgraduate exams. After obtaining his postgraduate qualifications, he has been involved in many studies both local and international, mainly in diabetes-related areas, as well as in endemic goitre prevalence studies and in health system research especially on patient safety. He is invited regularly to give talks on ‘Good Clinical Practice’. Currently, he is the President of the College of Physicians and a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Malaysia.