Dr Chan is Professor of Medicine at the University of Malaya and Senior Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist at the University of Malaya Medical Centre and the University of Malaya Specialist Centre. He is a member of the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia, the Malaysian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. He was the Scientific Co-Chair for the Asia Pacific Digestive Week 2021. He is a member of the Asia-Pacific Working Party on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, the Gut and Obesity in Asia (GO ASIA) Workgroup, the CAP Prognosis Study Group, and the Global NASH Council. He is Associate Editor for the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, a member of the Editorial Board for Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Clinical and Molecular Hepatology and is a regular reviewer for several international journals. He has published numerous full papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented in both local and international conferences. His main area of research interest is metabolic dysfunction associated fatty liver disease.