Dr Gunalan a/l Palari @ Arumugam

Condition Treated:

• All patients requiring anaesthesia and critical care services

Procedures Performed:

• Intubation and Mechanical ventilation
• Conduct of general and regional anaesthesia
• Cardiopulmonary bypass
• Thoracic cases

Memberships & Associations:

• Malaysian Medical Association
• Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists
• College of Anaesthesiologists, Academy of Medicine Malaysia
• Society of Aeromedicine Malaysia

Post Graduate Qualifications:

• Masters in Medicine (Anaesthesiology) University Kebangsaan Malaysia 

Clinical Training:

• Hospital Queen Elizabeth, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 1998 
• Hospital Semporna 1999
• Hospital Sultanah Aminah Johor Bahru 2000
• Hospital Kuala Lumpur 2002
• Hospital UKM Cheras 2005
• Hospital Kuala Lumpur 2006
• Hospital Sultanah Aminah Johor Bahru 2007
• Institut Jantung Negara 2008
• Hospital Kuala Lumpur 2011
• Hospital Pantai Ipoh 2012
• Subang Jaya Medical Centre 2018

Awards:

• Certificate of Appreciation, Queen Elizabeth Hospital 1998
• Excellence in Service Award Year 2003 for contribution to the Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care of Kuala Lumpur Hospital
• Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Malaysia (FAMM) 2022

Special Privileges According to Hospital:

•  Conduct of Cardiopulmonary Bypass 

Medical School:

• Universiti Malaya

Media / Publications:

• Appropriate concentration of ropivacaine for post-operative analgesia in Gynaecology patients, submitted as a dissertation project for Masters in Medicine (Anaesthesiology & Critical Care).
• Audit of robotic surgery done in Hospital Kuala Lumpur and presented the findings during the Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists Continuous Professional Development Meeting. 
• Editor of the Department of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care, Hospital Kuala Lumpur Annual Report for the year 2006.
• Editor of the 5th Biennial Meeting on Cardiopulmonary Bypass Scientific Programme Book
• Review of Aeromedical Transportation of the Critically Ill, article for the MSA Yearbook 2012.
• Co Editor of the Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologist & College of Anaesthesiologists Newsletter 2013/2014, 2020/2021, 2021/2022
• Editor of the Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologist & College of Anaesthesiologists Newsletter 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019
• Secretary of the Committee on Guidelines on Transport of the Critically Ill, College of Anesthesiologists, Academy of Medicine Malaysia.
• Secretary of the Writing team for Recommendations for Management of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Services in Preparation of Worsening of the Covid-19 Pandemic
• Secretary of the Writing team for Guidelines for the Management of Patients presenting for Surgery during the Covid-19 Pandemic
• Writing team for Guidelines for Patients with Covid-19 infection presenting for Elective Surgery
• Case report of An Atypical Presentation of Renal Cell Carcinoma, 28 May 2022
• Legal Disputes for Doctors Working as Independent Contractors in Malaysian Private Hospitals