Mak Joon Wah

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| name = Dr. Mak Joon Wah

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|12|11}}

| birth_place = Penang, Malaysia

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|01|26|1942|12|11}}

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| nationality = Malaysian

| alma_mater = National University of Singapore
University of Malaya

| occupation = Physician, Vice-President of the International Medical University

| known_for = Global expert in filariasis and malaria

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Dr. Mak Joon Wah (11 December 1942 – 26 January 2024){{Cite tweet |user=akademisains |number=1751179570219565257 |title=Akademi Sains Malaysia menzahirkan ucapan takziah kepada keluarga mendiang Emeritus Profesor Dr Mak Joon Wah FASc, salah seorang Felo Pengasas ASM. Segala jasa dan sumbangan beliau akan sentiasa diingati.}} was a Malaysian physician. He was an expert on tropical and parasitic diseases and has published over 350 scientific papers. He is Professor of Pathology (the equivalent of a named chair in North America) and Vice-President of the International Medical University (IMU). He had been formerly been Director of the Institute for Medical Research (IMR) and has worked as a consultant to the World Health Organization. He was Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Lymphatic Filariasis. He was a Professor of Pathology at the Universiti Putra Malaysia for three years before joining IMU.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

He was elected President of Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine in 1982 was the founding Editor of its Journal, Tropical Biomedicine, from 1985 to 1987.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

He held an MB BS from the University of Singapore (1967), a Master of Public Health (MPH) from the University of Malaya (1976), and Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from the University of Singapore (1980). He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists in 1995.[http://www.imu.edu.my/imu/about/people/principal-officers-a-senior-management Prof Mak Joon Wah], IMU