POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

Barnes-Jewish Hospital-North Campus
Internship in Internal Medicine (Preliminary), June 24, 1995 - June 23, 1996.

Washington University School of Medicine
Resident in the Department of Neurology, July 1, 1996 - Present

MEDICAL EDUCATION

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
M.D., May 17, 1995

Awards Dean's Summer Research Fellowship, 1992

Activities Columbia Christian Fellowship, member; AMA - Medical Student Section, member;
Asian Students Organization, member

Community Service Project Exodus (tutoring program for inner city students), tutor

Research Department of Pathology, Dr. J. Krolewski. Investigated activity of protein kinase activity of the TYK2 protein in E. coli

EMPLOYMENT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Technical assistant in Biopolymer Engineering Laboratory. Developed protein expression vectors in E. coli for producing polyalkanoic acid polymers using recombinant DNA, 1989-91

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
B.Sc. (Biology), 1989

Awards Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Summer Fellowship

Extracurricular M.I.T. Christian Fellowship, member; Science Fiction Society, member; Alumni Houses dormitory services, student employee; Soup kitchen, volunteer

Research Department of Biology, Dr. N. Fukagawa. Conducted comparison study on open and closed circuit indirect calorimetry and developed metabolic measurement system for energy expenditure studies on the effects of dietary protein intake on metabolism in the elderly, 1986-89

PUBLICATIONS

Fukagawa, N.K., Bandini, L.G., Lim, P.-H., Roingeard, F., Lee, M.A. and Young, J.B. Protein-Induced Changes in Energy Expenditure in Young and Old Individuals . American Journal of Physiology, Vol. 260 (Endocrinology & Metabolism): E 345-E352, 1991.

PERSONAL

Malaysian citizenship. Other languages include Cantonese, Malaysian, a touch of Spanish and a few words in Russian. Interests include international affairs, inner city development, big band music, science fiction and web publishing