Datuk Dr. Hj. Rohaizat Bin Hj. Yon MD, MHP, PhD, Professor in Public Health & Consultant Public Health Physician, Board of Governors, Management & Science University (MAU), Former Deputy Director-General of Health (Medical), Ministry of Health Malaysia. [email protected]
Datuk Dr Hj Rohaizat Bin Hj Yon is a Professor in Public Health, Consultant Public Health Physician and the Board of Governors of the Management & Science University (MSU). By profession, he is a qualified medical doctor (M.D), has Master for Health Planning (MHP) and PhD in Public Health, subspecializing in health management, health economics and health financing. He has been elected as the council member of the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) since August 2022. He is also has been appointed as the Board Director of National Heart Institute Holding Sdn Bhd (2022-2024), Board Director of Avisena Healthcare Group, Medical Advisor of DC Healthcare Group (a Public Listed Company), Ad-hoc Independent Consultant to Ali Health Sdn Bhd (Doctor2u) subsidiary of BP Healthcare Group and Editorial Advisory Board of Informed Magazine. He was formerly the Deputy Director-General of Health (Medical) of the Ministry of Health, retired in June 2020 and reemployed again on the same post to help government of Malaysia managing pandemic COVID-19 which was on the rise, together with the Director-General of Health Malaysia and others. He has a nicked name which is popularly known by public and media as “COVID-19 War General”. He has a long-standing excellence history of serving the Ministry of Health, having held various strategic and leadership positions throughout his over 35 years’ service. Received several service excellence awards and recently conferred Distinguished Alumni Award UKM 2021 (Anugerah Alumni Tersohor UKM 2021). Written more than 65 publications and more than 150 presentations on health matters, locally and internationally. He is a member of the Malaysian Medical Association, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia and Malaysian Society of Health Economics