| Time | Programme |
| 7.30 am onwards | Registration Welcome Tea / Coffee |
| 8.00 am – 8.50 am | Welcome Address Chairperson: Professor Dr Intan Hakimah Ismail President of the Malaysian Society of Allergy and Immunology – World Allergy Organisation (WAO) Board Member and WATS Lead |
| 8.50 am – 9.30 am | Keynote lecture Chairperson: Professor Dr Salina Husain The Allergy Evaluation: Pearls and Pitfalls |
| 9.30 am – 10.00 am | Plenary lecture: Chairperson: Dato Dr Kent Woo Chee Keen Interconnections between the Environment, Nutrition, Early Life Microbiome and Allergies |
| 10.00 am – 10.30 am | Tea / Coffee Break |
APAAACI Symposium Moderator: Associate Professor Dr Adli Ali | |
| 10.30 am – 10.55 am | International Guideline for the Definition, Classification, Diagnosis and Management of Urticaria Professor Dr Amir Hamzah Bin Abdul Latiff |
| 10.55 am – 11.20 am | Immunotherapy as a Prototype of Precision Medicine: From Evidence to Optimizing Patient Compliance Professor Dr Ruby Pawankar |
| 11.20 am – 11.45 am | Beyond Phenotypes: Precision Stratification in Immunological Diseases Across Asian Population Dr Adiratna Mat Ripen |
| 11.45 am – 12.10 pm | Hidden Allergens in Asian Cuisine: Diagnostic Challenges in Seafood Hypersensitivity Professor Dr Kavita Reginald |
| 12.10 pm – 12.30 pm | Q & A Session |
| 12.30 am – 12.35 pm | Lunch Symposium Opening Remarks Dato Dr Kent Woo Chee Keen |
| 12.35 pm – 12.50 pm | Keynote: Connections Between the Spectrum of Allergy Diseases |
| 12.50 pm – 1.25 pm | Moderator : Dato Dr Kent Woo Chee Keen |
Interactive Expert Discussion: Managing Complex Allergy Patients | |
| 1.25 pm – 1.30 pm | Key Takeaways & Closing Remarks Facilitated by: A. Menarini Singapore Pte.Ltd |
Integrative Approaches to Skin Diseases Moderator: Dr Marina Md Sham | |
| 2.00 pm – 2.20 pm | Prediction and Prevention: SCARs and RCM Hypersensitivity Professor Dr Yoon Seok Chang |
| 2.20 pm – 2.40 pm | Emollient Repair Strategies in Tropical Climates – How to Choose Dr Azura Mohd Affandi |
| 2.40 pm – 3.00 pm | Malaysia’s Consensus on the Treatment of Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria Associate Prof Dr Adawiyah Jamil |
| 3.00 pm – 3.10 pm | Q & A Session |
Biomarkers to Biologics: Practical Allergy Diagnostics and Targeted Therapy Moderator: Dr Siti Mardhiana Mohammad | |
| 3.10 pm – 3.50 pm | Identifying the Right Patient for Anti-IL-5 Therapy Across the United Airway Facilitated by: GlaxoSmithKline Sdn.Bhd |
| 3.50 pm – 4.10 pm | Eosinophils as a Biomarker in Allergy Diseases: What Should Clinicians Measure? Dr Faizah Mohamed Jamli |
| 4.10 pm – 4.30 pm | Approach to Angioedema Without Urticaria: Clinical Clues and Key Laboratory Tests Dr Mohd Azri Zainal Abidin |
| 4.00 pm – 4.30 pm | Tea / Coffee Break |
| 4.30 pm – 6.00 pm | 29th Annual General Meeting of MSAI |
| Time | Programme |
| 8.00 am onwards | Registration Welcome Tea / Coffee |
Management of Asthma and Its Associated Aspects Moderators: Associate Professor Dr Farah Dayana Zahedi / Dr Mohd Azri Zainal Abidin | |
| 9.00 am – 9.20 am | Recognizing Asthma Phenotypes ( Allergy vs Eosinophilic vs Non Type 2) Inhaler Protocol Dr Andrea Ban Yu-Lin |
| 9.20 am – 10.00 am | Epithelial TSLP in CRSwNP: Predictors of Response and Therapeutic Targeting Facilitated by: AstraZeneca Sdn.Bhd |
| 10.00 am – 10.30 am | Tea / Coffee Break |
Autoimmune Pathways in Allergic Responses Moderators: Dr Shah Jahan Kassim | |
| 10.30 am – 10.50 am | Neuroimmunology and Therapy Dr Hiew Fu Liong |
| 10.50 am – 11.10 am | Lupus Nephritis: From Autoimmune to Organ Failure Professor Dr Abdul Halim Abdul Gafor |
| 11.10 pm – 11.50 pm | Reviews for Research Grant Award |
Allergy Moderator: Associate Professor Dr Aneeza Khairiyah W Hamizan | |
| 11.50 am – 12.10 pm | Challenges of Managing Food Allergy in the Developing World Professor Dr Elham Hossny |
| 12.10 pm – 12.30 pm | Epithelial Remodeling and Tight Junction Dynamics in Allergic Rhinitis Associate Professor Dr Niken Lestari |
| 12.30 pm – 12.50 pm | Transcriptomic Profiling of Allergic Rhinitis: Identifying RNA-Seq Biomarkers for Precision Medicine Dr Siti Mardhiana Mohamad |
| 12.50 pm – 1.00 pm | Q & A Session |
| 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm | Lunch |
Workshop: Navigating Allergies- From Diagnosis to Treatment Moderators: Professor Dr Kavita Reginald / Dr Marina Md Sham | |
| 2.00 pm – 2.30 pm | Patch Testing Dr Mohan Arumugam |
| 2.30 pm – 3.00 pm | Workshop on Nasal Allergy Provocation Test (NAPT) Associate Professor Dr Aneeza Khairiyah W. Hamizan |
| 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm | Workshop on Immunotherapy (SCIT and SLIT) Professor Dr Salina Husain / Dato Dr Kent Woo Chee Keen |
| 4.00 pm – 4.30 pm | Tea / Coffee Break |
| 4.30 pm – 5.00 pm | Free papers Moderators: Associate Professor Dr Aneeza Khairiyah W. Hamizan / Professor Dr Kavita Reginald |
| Poster Presentation | |
| 4.30 pm – 4.35 pm | Identification of Circulating Cytokine Biomarker Candidates for Lateral Flow – Based Prognostic Stratification in Rheumatoid Arthritis Associate Prof Dr Adli Ali |
| 4.35 pm – 4.40 pm | SHINE Navigator: A Clinical Decision-Support Tool for Interpretation of qPCRBased Expanded Newborn Screening Results for SCID, SMA and XLA in Malaysia Associate Prof Dr Adli Ali |
| 4.40 pm – 4.45 pm | Evaluation of An Automated Image Analyzer in Antinuclear Antibody Indirect Immunofluorescence Pattern Recognition Dr Asrul Abdul Wahab |
| 4.45 pm – 4.50 pm | Health- Related Quality of Life of Children with House Dust Mite Allergy in Hospital Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah, Universiti Putra Malaysia Dr Nur Liyana Binti Abd Wahab |
| 4.50 pm – 4.55 pm | Round Pneumonia caused by Erysipelothrix Rhusiopathiae in Chronic Granulomatous Disease: An Unusual Zoonotic Infection Dr Sindu Mahendran |
| Oral Presentation | |
| 4.55 pm – 5.00 pm | Vitamin D Supplementation Improves Clinical Outcomes and Modulates Specific IGE Sensitization in Pediatric Allergic Rhinitis: A 6- Months Randomized Controlled Trial. Associate Prof Dr Adli Ali |
| 5.10 pm – 5.20 pm | Clinical Characteristics Pregnancy-Induced Rhinitis : An Evidence Based Case Report Dr Afrina Yanti |
| 5.20 pm – 5.30 pm | Subcutaneous Versus Intravenous Immunoglobulin for Primary Immunodeficiency: A cost- Minimisation Analysis in Malaysia Dr Nur Mashitah Binti Abdullah |
World Allergy Training School (WATS)
A joint programme of the World Allergy Organisation (WAO)
and
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)
WATS 2026 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
| Time | Programme |
| 8.00 am – 8.30 am | Registration and Mingling ; Coffee and Tea |
Session 1 Chairperson: Professor Dr Salina Husain | |
| 8.30 am – 8.45 am | Welcome and Introductions – Professor Dr Salina Husain / Professor Dr Elham Hossny |
| 8.45 am – 9.20 am | Basic Allergy Pathophysiology – Professor Dr Elham Hossny |
| 9.20 am – 10.00 am | Allergy Rhinitis – Associate Professor Dr Niken Lestari Poerbonegoro |
| 10.00 am – 10.30 am | Tea / Coffee Break |
Session 2 Chairperson: Associate Professor Dr Adli Ali | |
| 10.30 am – 11.15 am | Overview of Food Allergy – Professor Dr Mervat Nassef |
| 11.15 am – 12.00 noon | Allergy Diagnostics in IgE Mediated Food Allergy – Professor Dr Mervat Nassef |
| 12.00 noon – 1.00 pm | Group Photo and Lunch |
Session 3 Chairperson: Associate Professor Dr Intan Hakimah Ismail | |
| 1.00 pm – 1.30 pm | Lecture Anaphylaxis – Professor Dr Elham Hossny |
| 1.30 pm – 2.00 pm | Urticaria and Differential Diagnoses – Professor Dr Yoon-Seok Chang |
| 2.00 pm – 2.30 pm | Lecture: AD Diagnosis and Management – Professor Dr Elham Hossny |
| 2.30 pm – 4.00 pm | Workshops:
|
| 4.00 pm – 4.30 pm | Tea / Coffee Break |
| 4.30 pm – 4.40 pm | Brief Lecture: Skin Prick Testing – Professor Dr Yoon-Seok Chang |
| 4.40 pm – 5.20 pm | Skin Prick Testing Workshop – ALL |
| 5.20 pm – 5.30 pm | Post Session Worksheet – ALL |
| End of WATS |
Malaysia Society of Allergy and Immunology (MSAI) Executive Committee
President
Prof Dr Salina Husain
MBBS, MS ORL-HNS
Professor of Rhinology
Senior Consultant Otorhinolaryngologist
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and
Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Hospital
Canselor Tuanku Muhriz, UKM,
Kuala Lumpur
Immediate Past President
Dato Dr Kent Woo Chee Keen
MD (USA), Diplomate American Board of Allergy and Immunology,
Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine.
Fellow in Allergy & Immunology (Louisiana State University)
Consultant Physician, Clinical Immunologist & Allergist
Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur
President Elect
Assoc Prof Dr Intan Hakimah Ismail
MD (UKM), MMed Paeds (USM), PhD (Melbourne)
Consultant Paediatrician
Clinical Immunologist & Allergist
Head of Clinical Immunology Unit
Department of Paediatrics
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor
Vice President
Dr Shahjahan Kassim
M.B.B.S (MYSORE); Dip. Derm(London); Msc. Allergy (Imperial
College London)
Klinik Dr Shah, Kuala Lumpur
Secretary
Dr Faizah Binti Mohamed Jamli
MD (UKM), MMed (Paeds) UKM
Msc Allergy (Southampton)
Consultant Paediatrician,
Hospital Serdang, Selangor.
Assistant Secretary
Prof Dr Kavita Reginald
PhD Immunology (NationalUniversity of Singapore)
Deputy Dean (Employability and Alumni)
Jeffrey Cheah Sunway Medical School
Faculty of Medical and Life Sciences
Sunway University
Bandar Sunway, Selangor
Treasurer
Assoc Prof Dr Farah Dayana Zahedi
Specialist / Clinical Lecturer
Department of Otorhinolaryngology,
Head & Neck Surgery
Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz, UKM Medical
Center, Kuala Lumpur
Committee Members
Dr Siti Mardhiana Binti Mohamad
PHD – Immunology
Medical Lecturer
MD(USM),MRes Immunobiology,PhD(Newcastle,UK)
Advanced Medical and Dental Institute
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kepala Batas
Pulau Penang
Dr Wong Yee Ming
Consultant Paediatrician
MD (UKM), MRCPCH(UK)
PGCert Allergy and Clinical Immunology (NUI)
Columbia Asia Hospital Bukit Jalil
Kuala Lumpur
Dr Marina Md Sham
Consultant Pediatrician&Paediatric Infections
Disease & Immunologist
Hospital Tunku Azizah
Kuala Lumpur
Dr Mohd Azri Bin Zainal Abidin
Senior Lecturer and Paediatric Clinical Immunologist and
Allergist,
MBBS (UM), DrPaeds (UKM), Fellowship in Clinical Immunology
(Bristol),
Department of Paediatrics
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,
Universiti Putra Malaysia
43400 Serdang, Selangor
Co-opted Members
Assoc Prof Dr Aneeza Khairiyah Hamizan
Otorhinolaryngology specialist
Department of Otorhinolaryngology,
UKM Medical Center,
Kuala Lumpur
Associate Prof Dr Adli Bin Ali
Senior Clinical Lecturer,
Consultant Paediatrics Immunologist,
Department of Paediatrics,
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Center
Pediatric Research Coordinator and Director of Research
Laboratory,
Head of Clinical Immunology Services,
Hospital Pakar Kanak-Kanak UKM (UKM Specialist Children’s
Hospital) Kuala Lumpur
Auditors
Datin Dr Vinojini A/p Nadarajah
Consultant Pediatrician
Klinik Pakar Kanak-kanak KotaKemunting
Selangor
Dr Noormalin Abdullah
General Practioner / Allergist
Kuala Lumpur
Faculty of Speakers
International
Professor Dr Ruby Pawankar
MD, PhD, FRCP, FAAAAI, FGACAAI
Professor, Dir Allergy
Department of Pediatrics
Executive Director and Immediate Past
President, APAAACI
Past President, WAO
Nippon Medical School
Tokyo, Japan.
Professor Emerita Dr Mervet Nassef
MD, FAAAAI, FACAAI
Professor Emerita of Pediatrics at
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, USA.
Associate Professor Dr Niken Lestari MD.PhD
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-HNS
Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia/
Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital
Jakarta, Indonesia.
Professor Dr Elham Hossny
MD, PhD, FAAAAI
Professor of Pediatrics,
Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Unit,
Children’s Hospital, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Board Member, World Allergy Organization
Regional Editor, World Allergy Organization Journal
President, Egyptian Society of Pediatric Allergy and
Immunology
Professor Dr Yoon-Seok Chang
MD, PhD
Professor Division of Allergy and Clinical
Immunology,
Department of Internal Medicine,
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital,
Seoul National University College of Medicine,
Seongnam, Korea
South Korea
Malaysia
Professor Dr Salina Husain
MBBS, MS ORL-HNS
Professor of Rhinology
Senior Consultant Otorhinolaryngologist
Department ofOtorhinolaryngology-Head and
Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Hospital
Canselor Tuanku Muhriz, UKM,
Kuala Lumpur
Professor Dr Amir Hamzah Bin Abdul Latiff
MBBS, MMed (Paeds), MRCP (Ire), DipRCPath (Imm), AM
(Mal), FACAAI, FAAAAI
Fellowship in Clinical Immunology & Allergy (Leeds UK)
Senior Consultant Clinical Immunologist/Allergist
(Adults & Pediatrics) & Paediatrician
Allergy & Immunology Centre
Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Professor Dr Abdul Halim Bin Abdul Gafor
Faculty of Medicine
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Jalan Yaacob Latif
Bandar TunRazak, Cheras
56000 Kuala Lumpur
Associate Prof Dr Adawiyah Jamil
Senior Consultant Physician and Dermatologist
UKM Specialist Centre (UKMSC)
Tingkat 7, Clinical Block,
Jalan Yaacob Latif
Bandar TunRazak Cheras
56000 Kuala Lumpur
Dato Dr Kent Woo Chee Keen
MD (USA), Diplomate American Board of Allergy and
Immunology,
Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine.
Fellow in Allergy & Immunology (Louisiana State
University)
Consultant Physician, Clinical Immunologist & Allergist
Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Professor Dr Baharudin Abdullah
MBBS (Mal), MMed ORL-HNS (USM)
Professor of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck
Surgery
Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck
Surgery
School of Medical Sciences
Universiti Sains Malaysia
16150 Kubang Kerian
Kelantan
Professor Dr Kavita Reginald
PhD Immunology (National University of Singapore)
Deputy Dean (Employability and Alumni)
Jeffrey Cheah Sunway Medical School
Faculty of Medical and Life Sciences
Sunway University
Bandar Sunway, Selangor
Associate Prof Dr Farah Dayana Zahedi
Specialist / Clinical Lecturer
Department ofOtorhinolaryngology,
Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz, UKM Medical
Center, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak,
56000, Cheras,
Kuala Lumpur
Associate Prof Dr Adli Ali
Senior Clinical Lecturer,
Consultant Paediatrics Immunologist,
Department of Paediatrics,
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Center
Pediatric Research Coordinator and Director of Research
Laboratory,
Head of Clinical Immunology Services,
Hospital Pakar Kanak-Kanak UKM (UKM Specialist
Children’s Hospital)
Dr Azura Mohd Affandi
Head of Dermatology Subspeciality MoH,
Consultant Dermatologist and
Head of Dermatology Department
Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Dr Adiratna Mat Ripen
ConsultantImmunologist&Researcher
Cancer Research Centre (CRC)
Institute of Medical Research (IMR)
Jalan Pahang
50588 Kuala Lumpur
Dr Andrea Ban Yu-Lin
Mb Bch Bao(Ireland), MMed Int. Med (UKM)
FAPSR, FCoPM
Head of Respiratory Unit
Associate Professor
Dept of Medicine,
Faculty of Medicine
Consultant Physician and Chest Physician
Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Dr Mohan Arumugam
Consultant Physician and
Dermatologist
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Associate Prof Dr AneezaKhairiyah W. Hamizan
Otorhinolaryngology specialist
UKM Medical Center
Jalan Yaacob Latif
Bandar TunRazak
Cheras 56000
Kuala Lumpur
Dr Faizah Mohamed Jamli
MD (UKM), MMed (Paeds) UKM
MscAllergy (Southampton)
Consultant Paediatrician
Jabatan Pediatrik
Hospital Sultan Idris Shah,
Serdang Selangor
Dr Mohd Azri Zainal Abidin
MBBS (UM), Doctor of Paediatrics (UKM)
Consultant Peadiatrics
No 2 Jalan SS4B/1A
Kelana Jaya
47301 Petaling Jaya
Selangor
Dr Hiew Fu Liong
Consultant Neurologist
Sunway Medical Centre
Sunway City
No 5 Jalan Lagoon Selatan
Bandar Sunway, 47500
Subang Jaya, Selangor
Sponsors
The Organising Committee of the Malaysian Society of Allergy & Immunology (MSAI) would like to thank the following companies for their generous support without which this event would not have been possible.
