Dr Alex Tang Ah Lak

Procedure Focus:

• Bleeders / Bronchial Artery Embolisation / GI & Renal Bleed / Post Traumatic Injuries
• Embolisation on non-malignant tumors: Uterine Artery Embolisation, Prostatic Artery Embolisation, Renal Angiomyolipoma
• Embolisation and treatment of various Vascular Malformations: AVM, Venous Lymphatic Malformations, Hemangioma, AV Fistula or Shunts
• General and Advanced Diagnositc Imaging & Consultations
• General and Complex Biopsies, Drainages and Intracavitory Urokinase Fibrinolysis
• Interventional Oncology: of benign and malignant tumours and metastasis, Transarterial Alcohol Embolisation, Transarterial Chemoinfusion, Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT-Yttrium-90) and Combination Therapies Neuro, Spinal and General Diagnostic Angiography
• Neurovascular Interventions: Stroke salvage, Coiling of aneurysms, Embolisation of AVM / DAVF / Bleeders Pulmonary Angio / Thrombolysis / Thrombectomy
• Shoulder, Hip, Elbow, Knee & Spinal Injections, RFA Facet Joints and various
• Venous Access Interventions / Tunnelled & Non-Tunnelled Catheter Insertions

Condition Treated:

Gastrointestinal, Hemoptysis, Metastasis, Post Traumatic Bleed, Pulmonary Embolism, Renal, Salvages, Vascular Access Interventions, Venous Diseases, Venous Thrombosis

Memberships & Associations:

• President, Asia Pacific Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology 2008-2010
• Executive Member, Asia Pacific Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology (APSCVIR) from 2010
• Board of Director, Asian Pacific Association of Image Guided Therapy in Oncology (APAITO), from 2015

Post Graduate Clinical Training:

• Registrar, Department of Radiology
• Post Graduate Training Programme, Faculty of Medicine, University Kebangsaan Malaysia 1991-1995
• Consultant Radiologist, Lam Wah Ee Hospital, Penang 1996-1997
• Fellowship Training, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Hammersmith Campus, Imperial College of Medicine, London 1997 -1998
• Consultant Radiologist, Advance Vascular & Interventional Radiology Unit, Hospital Kuala Lumpur 1998-1999
• Further Interventional Neuroradiology Training, Department of Neuroradiology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK 2000

Board Certification:

National Specialist Register, Malaysia, Royal College of Radiologists, United Kingdom, FRCR (UK) 1988, FAMM

Medical School:

University of Malaya MBBS 1988, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Master of Medicine (Radiology) 1995