Qualifications
- MD (Mal): Doctor of Medicine (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia)
Background Info
Nationality: Malaysian
Languages Spoken: English, Bahasa Melayu
Doctor Profile
Prof Dato’ Seri Dr. Jeffrey Jeswant Dillon is a Senior Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon who has been with IJN for 28 years. His passion and expertise on effects of sports and exercise or health and the heart has led to his appointment as Director of Cardiovascular Sports and Fitness at IJN.
Specialties
- Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
- Valve Repair and Replacement Surgery
- Aortic Root Surgery
- Redo Cardiac Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery
- Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)
- Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy (ETS for Hyperhidrosis)
- Minimally Invasive Repair for Pectus Excavatum
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
- Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation
- Sutureless Aortic Valve Replacement
- Redo Cardiac Surgery
Procedures
- Valve Reconstructive Surgery (Valve Repair)
- Valve Replacement Surgery
- Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (Valve, Coronary Bypass)
- Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)
- Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy (ETS for Hyperhidrosis)
- Minimally Invasive Repair for Pectus Excavatum
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
- Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation
- Redo Cardiac Surgery
Membership
- MMC: Malaysia Medical Council
- AM (Mal): Academy of Medicine (Malaysia)
- APVRG: Asia Pacific Valve Repair Group (Chairman)
- APHRS: Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society
- MATCVS: Malaysian Association for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- NHAM: National Heart Association of Malaysia
- AMA: American Medical Association
- MCAA: Mayo Clinic Alumni Association
- ASCVTS: Asian Society For Cardiovascular Surgery
- Asian Academy of Heart Valve Disease
Fellowship
- FRCS (UK): Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (of Edinburgh)
- Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery (USA): Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery (Mayo Clinic, USA)
