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SAINS & MASYARAKATSCIENCE & SOCIETYSyarahan MemorialPada tanggal 20 Ogos bertempat di ASM, <strong>Akademi</strong> telahmenganjur Syarahan Memorial yang pertama untukmemperingati Allahyarham Datuk Dr Syed Mohamad AlwiAlhady, FASc. Dr Syed dikenali sebagai seorang Pakarbedah yang terkemuka di <strong>Malaysia</strong> dan merupakanseorang Felo <strong>Akademi</strong> sejak 1995. Allahyarham kembalike Ramahtullah dalam tahun 2006.Syarahan tersebut yang berjudul ‘Epidemiologi KanserProstat’ telah disampaikan oleh Professor Jonathan I.Epstein, seorang pakar kanser prostat yang diseganidi dunia. Insiden kanser prostat kian meningkat, dandari segi diagnosis merupakan kanser yang amatmencabar. Dalam syarahan tersebut, beliau juga telahmenjambatani perkembangan bidang sains denganamalan medikal.Syarahan ini yang dipengerusikan oleh Prof Looi LaiMeng, FASc, dihadiri oleh felo-felo <strong>Akademi</strong>, ahli keluargaAllahyarham Datuk Dr Syed Mohamad Alwi Alhady,pakar bedah, pengamal perubatan, para penyelidikdan orang ramai.Memorial LectureThe Academy organised the fi rst Memorial Lecture inhonour of the late Datuk Dr Syed Mohamad Alwi Alhady,FASc on 20 August at ASM. Dr Syed was a well knownsurgeon in <strong>Malaysia</strong> and a Fellow of the Academy since1995. He passed away in the year 2006.The Memorial Lecture entitled ‘Epidemiology of ProstateCancer’ was delivered by Professor Jonathan I.Epstein, who is a renowned world expert on prostatecancer. The incidence of this cancer is rapidly rising,but it is an extremely challenging cancer in terms ofdiagnosis. He was able to bridge the fi eld of scientifi cadvancements and medical practice in his talks.The lecture chaired by Prof Looi Lai Meng, FASc, wasattended by Fellows of the Academy, family membersof the late Datuk Dr Syed Mohamad Alwi Alhady, FASc,surgeons, medical practitioners, researchers and thepublic.Prof J. I. Epstein (Kedua dari kanan) diperkenalkan kepada hadirin. ▲Prof J. I. Epstein (Second on the right) being introduced to the audienceSesi soal-jawab. ▲Q&A session.72In Pursuit of Excellence in Science

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