Dr Wu Loo Ling

Procedure Focus:

• Installation of insulin pump for continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) in Type 1 diabetes mellitus
• Continuous Glucose Monitoring System (insertion, care, interpretation leading to self-adjustment of insulin infusion)
• Insulin Tolerance Test (evaluation of hypothalamus-pituitary function)
• Glucagon Stimulation Test (evaluation of hypothalamus-pituitary function )
• LHRH Test (evaluation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis)
• HCG Stimulation (evaluation of gonadal function)
• Water Deprivation test (for diabetes insipidus)
• Fasting Study (evaluation of hypoglycemia)

Condition Treated:

• Diabetes Mellitus in children and adolescents, Diabetes Ketoacidosis (DKA)
• Short Stature and Slow Growth in children and adolescents
• Disorder of Puberty (precocious puberty, absent/delayed puberty, absent menses)
• Disorder of Sex Development (ambiguous genitalia, gender identity disorder)
• Thyroid Disorder (congenital hypothyroidism, juvenile-onset hypothyroidism, thyrotoxicosis)
• Parathyroid Disorder 
• Adrenal Disorder (congenital adrenal hypoplasia, hypoplasia, Cushing's syndrome)
• Hypothalamus-Pituitary Disorder (Hypopituitarism, growth hormone deficiency or excess, diabetes insipidus)
• Metabolic Bone Disease (rickets, osteogenesis imperfecta, vitamin deficiency, disorder of calcium and phosphate metabolism)
• Endocrine Hypertension

Memberships & Associations:

• Malaysian Paediatric Association (MPA)
• Malaysian Endocrine and Metabolic Society (MEMS)
• ASEAN Federation Endocrine Society (AFES)
• Malaysian Diabetes Association
• Asia Pacific Paediatric Endocrine Society (APPES)
• International Society of Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD)
• Endocrine Society of America

Post Graduate Qualifications:

• Consultant Paediatrician, in Hospital Kuala Lumpur 1984-1985, in UKMMC 1986-2018
• Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist in UKMMC 1986 to 2018
• Associate Professor of Paediatric, UKMMC 1991-1997
• Professor of Paediatrics, UKMMC 1998-2018
• Senior Consultant Paediatrician and Paediatric Endocrinologist, SJMC since 2019
• Former Member of National Specialist Register (NSR) Subspecialty Subcommittee for Paediatric Endocrinology until 2016
• Active Member of Subspecialty Education Subcommittee for Paediatric Endocrinology, Medical Education Committee, Malaysian Medical Council 21/01/2020 - 20/01/2022
• MRCP (U.K.) 
• MRCP (Ireland) 
• DCH (London)

Clinical Training:

• General Paediatrics - St George's Medical School, London 
• Paediatric Endocrinology - Royal Children Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Awards:

• Excellent Service Award (Anugeral Perkhidmatan Cemerlang) 2006 from University Kebangsaan Malaysia
• 20 Years Long Service Award (Anugerah Perkhidmatan 20 tahun) 2006 from University Kebangsaan Malaysia

Medical School:

MBBS (University Malaya)

Media/Publications:

• Don’t take diabetic foot lightly
• Spiralling out of control