About
Dr Wah Wah Myint Zu is interested in comprehensive and compassionate care and role of interdisciplinary approach in Care continuum. She advocates for establishment of Palliative Care in NCD (cancer) and CD (COVID-19). She is also interested in education development and research for cancer and palliative Care. She believes in leadership management and Networking.
Other Appointments
- Cancer Pain and Palliative Care Specialist/Clinical Advisor, U Hla Tun Hospice Cancer Foundation (since 2016)
- President of Padummar Cancer Support group (since 2019)
- President of Padummar COVID-19 support group (since 2020)
- Member of Secretariat group, Myanmar Society for the study of Pain (since 2013)
- Member of working group, Myanmar Oncology Society
- Member of secretariat group, Myanmar Society for Radiation Oncology (MSTRO)
- Finance officer for Myanmar Wound Care Society
- Leader of Palliative Care Development group, City Cancer Challenges Program ( C/CAN)
- Leader of Working group for the development of Cancer Pain Management Guideline
Key Accomplishments
- International Development for Education Development for Palliative Care from ASCO ( 2016)
- Travelling scholarship from International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (May, 2019)
- Poster Presentation Award in IPOS workshop, King College, Cicely Saunders Institute (Feb,2019)
- Implementation Grant from Ministry of Health (2019)
- Implementation Grant from Ministry of Health (2020)
Education / Honors
- Fellowship in Palliative Medicine from Institute of Palliative Medicine, Kerala, India and St. Christopher hospice, UK (2020)
- Fellowship in Palliative Medicine from Institute of Palliative Medicine, National Cancer Center of Singapore (2015)
- IASP Pain Management Camp 2015
- Training of trainer program for development of Palliative Care in Myanmar (2013-2016)
- Training of trainer program for development of Pain Management in Myanmar (2013)
- M.Med.Sc (Radiation Oncology) (2010)
- M.B.,B.S ( 2001)
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