pensyarah perubatan
jabatan oftalmologi
mae-lynn@ppukm.ukm.edu.my
Kluster Kepakaran/ Cluster of Expertise :
Kesihatan dan Perubatan Termaju,
Biografi/ Biography :
Dr Mae-Lynn Catherine Bastion graduated from University of Sydney, Australia with MBBS (First Class Honours) in 1999. In 2003, she received fellowship in Ophthalmology from the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow. In 2004 she received the Doctor of Ophthalmology degree from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). In 2007, she completed her clinical fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery at The Eye Institute, Singapore. Following that, she served as Head of Vitreoretinal services, UKM, until present. In 2009 she became the Head of Department of Ophthalmology for which she served two terms. She was appointed UKM Professor of Ophthalmology (Vitreoretina) in 2014 and received the Academy of Medicine (AMM) Fellowship in 2016. She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate ophthalmology while maintaining private practice at UKM Specialist Centre. She currently serves on the committees of the Malaysian Universities Conjoint Committee of Ophthalmology (Treasurer), College of Ophthalmologists of the AMM (President, Retina Chapter) and Malaysian Society of Ophthalmology (Treasurer). She was the founding chairperson of the Persatuan Kumpulan Penyelidik Oftalmologi UKM. She is actively involved in research and has a number of grants on-going with over 90 peer-reviewed publications.
priscilla peixi choo, mae-lynn catherine bastion, azlindarita aisyah mohd abdullah, may may choo, yee fong choong, duratul ain hussin, fazilawati a qamarruddin, malisa ami, miswan muiz mahyuddin, norazah abdul rahman, sunder ramasamy, shin ying tang, safinaz mohd khialdin. (2026). short review of myopia and its impact in the covid-19 era. - malaysian journal of ophthalmology. 12 - 21.
kunalini anpalagan, rhuen chiou chow, siu wan foo, ee ling ang, mae-lynn catherine bastion. (2026). is inferior always better? rethinking sub-tenon anaesthesia in victrectomy. - fujiretina 2026. .
nihr global health research unit on global surgery, covidsurg collaborative, nazimi abd jabar, roszalina ramli, syed nabil, mae lyn bastion, farrah-hani imran, i chik, norshamsiah md din, ainal adlin naffi, mohd hairul nizam harun. (2026). 30-day postoperative mortality and the effects of hospital preparedness during the covid-19 pandemic: a pooled analysis of prospective international cohort studies. - lancet regional health-europe. 1 - 11.
mazlina mohd said, wan haslina wan abdul halim, birinder kaur sadu singh, azura abdul ghani, mae-lynn catherine bastion. (2026). topical insulin in artificial tears and normal saline stability study: long-term physical and chemical stability study of 0.5 units (25 iu/ml) of topical insulin in 0.18% sodium hyaluronate and normal saline. - eye & contact lens. 53 - 53.
arifah syahirah rahman, fook-choe cheah, mohd eusoff azizol nashriby, mae-lynn catherine bastion, chang fu dee, muhamad ramdzan buyong, mohd ambri mohamed, xin yun chua, poh choon ooi, muhammad irfan abdul jalal, chenshen lam, yin yen mun, chee seong goh, ahmad ghadafi ismail, azrul azlan hamzah. (2026). optical and mechanical characterization of lignocaine impregnated maltose-based dissolvable microneedles †. - engineering proceedings . 1 - 9.
nihr global health research unit on global surgery, covidsurg collaborative, nazimi abd jabar, roszalina ramli, syed nabil, mae lyn bastion, farrah-hani imran, i chik, norshamsiah md din, ainal adlin naffi, mohd hairul nizam harun. (2026). 30-day postoperative mortality and the effects of hospital preparedness during the covid-19 pandemic: a pooled analysis of prospective international cohort studies. - lancet regional health-europe. 1 - 11.
mazlina mohd said, wan haslina wan abdul halim, birinder kaur sadu singh, azura abdul ghani, mae-lynn catherine bastion. (2026). topical insulin in artificial tears and normal saline stability study: long-term physical and chemical stability study of 0.5 units (25 iu/ml) of topical insulin in 0.18% sodium hyaluronate and normal saline. - eye & contact lens. 53 - 53.
ong ming yean, lam chenshen, chiun pei rong, cheng teck chee, mae-lynn catherine bastion . (2026). comparative experience of phaco-i and kitaro eye models among ophthalmology trainees in malaysia: a preliminary study. - indian journal of ophthalmology. 52 - 58.
khushboo chauhan, vivek pravin dave, francesc march de ribot, rupesh agrawal, ahmed b. sallam, gitalisa andayani, chia-jen chang, chung-hao hsiao, mae-lynn catherine bastion, lars-olof hattenbach, avinash pathengay, rajeev reddy pappuru. (2025). traumatic retinal detachment: a contemporary update. - survey of ophthalmology. 75 - 85.
jee yan ong, ereena alfian, ramesh kumar, fuad ismail, niki wai wye ho, mae-lynn catherine bastion and othmaliza othman. (2025). gamma knife for the treatment of choroidal breast cancer metastasis causing retinal detachment: a case report. - frontiers in oncology. 1 - 9.
nur ain mohamad, meng hsien yong, safinaz mohd khialdin and mae-lynn catherine bastion. (2024). case report: acute macular neuroretinopathy post–covid-19 infection. - optometry and vision science. 677 - 682.
mohd harimi abd rahman, prashanti amirtharatnam, sharanjeet sharanjeet-kaur, sumithira narayanasamy, hanif farhan mohd rasdi, mae-lynn catherine bastion. (2023). development of knowledge, attitude and practice questionnaire for age-related macular degeneration patients. - international journal ophthalmology. 82-93.
munirah abd rashid, lam chenshen, avin koh ee hwan, hiba alsaeedy, pooi ling mok, suresh kumar subbiah, hazlita md isa, then kong yong, mohd hairul nizam harun, syed mohamed suhail b s mohamad, angela ng min hwei, chi d luu, mae-lynn. (2022). rescue of photoreceptor with human mesenchyme stem cell and human mesenchyme stem cell expressing erythropoietin in total degeneration of retina animal model. - indian journal of ophthalmology. 921-929.
somasundranayaky a/p sivalingam, kon ken wong, sharifah azura, syed zakaria syed zulkifli, wan abdul halim wan haslina, mae-lynn catherine bastion. (2022). bacterial contamination of non-contact condensing lenses in national university of malaysia hospital isolated using bd bactec peds plus/f broth bottles versus conventional culture plates. - journal of medical microbiology. 1-9.
sook y. looi, mae-lynn c bastion, sue n leow, chi d luu, n mh hairul, raduan ruhaslizan, hon s wong, abdul h wan haslina, min h ng, b hj idrus ruszymah, kong y then. (2022). therapeutic potential of human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells transplantation in rats with optic nerve injury. - indian journal of ophthalmology. 201-209.
arifah syahirah rahman, fook-choe cheah, mohd eusoff azizol nashriby, mae-lynn catherine bastion, chang fu dee, muhamad ramdzan buyong, mohd ambri mohamed, xin yun chua, poh choon ooi, muhammad irfan abdul jalal, chenshen lam, yin yen mun, chee seong goh, ahmad ghadafi ismail, azrul azlan hamzah. (2026). optical and mechanical characterization of lignocaine impregnated maltose-based dissolvable microneedles †. - engineering proceedings . 1 - 9.
mazlina mohd said, wan haslina wan abdul halim, birinder kaur sadu singh, azura abdul ghani, mae-lynn catherine bastion. (2026). topical insulin in artificial tears and normal saline stability study: long-term physical and chemical stability study of 0.5 units (25 iu/ml) of topical insulin in 0.18% sodium hyaluronate and normal saline. - eye & contact lens. 53 - 53.
ong ming yean, lam chenshen, chiun pei rong, cheng teck chee, mae-lynn catherine bastion . (2026). comparative experience of phaco-i and kitaro eye models among ophthalmology trainees in malaysia: a preliminary study. - indian journal of ophthalmology. 52 - 58.
nihr global health research unit on global surgery, covidsurg collaborative, nazimi abd jabar, roszalina ramli, syed nabil, mae lyn bastion, farrah-hani imran, i chik, norshamsiah md din, ainal adlin naffi, mohd hairul nizam harun. (2026). 30-day postoperative mortality and the effects of hospital preparedness during the covid-19 pandemic: a pooled analysis of prospective international cohort studies. - lancet regional health-europe. 1 - 11.
mae-lynn catherine bastion, wan haslina wan abdul halim, mazlina mohd said, birinder kaur sadu singh, and azura abdul ghani. (2025). topical insulin in artificial tears stability study: short-term physical, chemical and microbiological stability study of 0.5 units (25 iu/ml) of topical insulin in artificial tears. - eye & contact lens. 220 - 226.
penyunting: jamia azdina jamal, poh bee koon, salasiah hanin hamjah penulis bab: bastion mae-lynn catherine, wan haslina wan abdul halim. (2025). ubat titis mata insulin untuk merawat penyakit permukaan mata pada pesakit kencing manis . - . 71 - 87.
penyunting: jamia azdina jamal, poh bee koon, salasiah hanin hamjah penulis bab: bastion mae-lynn catherine, wan haslina wan abdul halim. (2025). ubat titis mata insulin untuk merawat penyakit permukaan mata pada pesakit kencing manis . - . 71 - 87.
jamia azdina jamal, poh bee koon, salasiah hanin hamjah. (2025). inovasi perubatan dari penemuan ke amalan kesihatan. - . .
ayesha mohd zain, mae-lynn catherine bastion, norshamsiah md din. (2019). perluas kesedaran sehingga kawasan pedalaman. - al-siha. 02.
kunalini anpalagan, rhuen chiou chow, siu wan foo, ee ling ang, mae-lynn catherine bastion. (2026). is inferior always better? rethinking sub-tenon anaesthesia in victrectomy. - fujiretina 2026. .
mae-lynn catherine bastion. (2025). high-tech upgrades for high-stakes surgery. - pie magazine. .
ereena alfian, othmaliza othman, niki ho wai wye, mae-lynn catherine bastion, farizal fadzil, jegan thanabalan, marfuah nik eezamuddeen, fuad ismail, shahizon azura mohamed mukari, siti khadijah hamsan, ramesh kumar. (2025). gamma knife radiosurgery for ophthalmic lesions: a retrospective review. - malaysian ophthalmology scientific congress 2025. .
sheng xuan wai, teck chee cheng, jemaima che hamzah, othmaliza othman, mae-lynn catherine bastion. (2025). comparison of conventional and digital cataract workflow in preoperative refractive cataract surgical planning: convenience, efficiency, data safety and user's experience with zeiss eq workplace. - malaysian ophthalmology scientific conference 2025. .
mohd eusoff azizol nashriby, arifah syahirah abdul rahman, fook choe cheah, mae-lynn catherine bastion, chang fu dee, muhamad ramdzan buyong, mohd ambri mohamed, xin yun chua, poh choon ooi, muhammad irfan abdul jalal, chen shen lam, yin yen mun, ahmad ghadafi ismail, azrul azlan hamzah . (2025). process optimization of maltose-based microneedles for anesthetic delivery using taguchi method . - the 2nd international conference on ai sensors and transducers. 110 - 110.
MEDICINE :CLINICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Fellowship in Vitreoretinal Diseases
Pengalaman / Experience : 13 tahun/years(s)
MEDICINE :CLINICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Doctor of Ophthalmology
Pengalaman / Experience : 15 tahun/years(s)
CLINICAL MEDICAL :CLINICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Vitreo-retina
Pengalaman / Experience : tahun/years(s)