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mae-lynn@ppukm.ukm.edu.my
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.
a. atikah, m. suzana, w.a.h. wan haslina, norshamsiah, m. mushawiahti, k.s.s. birinder, s.f. tang, m.l.c. bastion. (2025). randomised controlled trial on effects of topical insulin compared to artificial tears and normal saline on tear inflammatory mediator levels and clinical parameters in diabetics with dry eye disease. - contact lens & anterior eye. 1 - 8.
siti nursyazanie jezani, mae-lynn catherine bastion. (2025). usage of brolucizumab as treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration (amd) and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (pcv): a narrative review. - medicine. 1 - 9.
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. .
muhamad zulhilmi akmal zainuddin, jemaima che hamzah, nik ritza kosai nik mahmood, cheng teck chee, mae-lynn catherine bastion. (2025). nutritional optic neuropathy: bariatric surgery gone wrong. - cureus. 1 - 12.
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.
a. atikah, m. suzana, w.a.h. wan haslina, norshamsiah, m. mushawiahti, k.s.s. birinder, s.f. tang, m.l.c. bastion. (2025). randomised controlled trial on effects of topical insulin compared to artificial tears and normal saline on tear inflammatory mediator levels and clinical parameters in diabetics with dry eye disease. - contact lens & anterior eye. 1 - 8.
siti nursyazanie jezani, mae-lynn catherine bastion. (2025). usage of brolucizumab as treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration (amd) and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (pcv): a narrative review. - medicine. 1 - 9.
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.
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.
wendy m. wong, yih chung tham, matthew p. simunovic, fred kuanfu chen, chi d. luu, haoyu chen, zi-bing jin, ren-juan shen, shiying li, ruifang sui, chen zhao, liping yang, muna bhende, rajiv raman, parveen sen, arkasubhra ghosh, b. poornachandra, muhammad bayu sasongkt, alia arianti, valen chia, cosmos o. mangunsong, florence manurung, kaoru fujinami, hanako ikeda, se joon woo, sang jin kim, safinaz mohd khialdin, othmaliza othman, mae-lynn catherine bastion, ain tengku kamalden, pooi wah penny lott, kenneth fong, manoharan shunmugam, amelia lim, raba thapa, eli pradhan, sthapit purnima rajkarnikar, srijana adhikari, b.manuel benjamin iv ibańez, adrian koh, choi mun m. chan, beau j. fenner,tien-en tan, augustinus laude, wei kiong ngo, graham e. holder, xinyi su, ta-ching chen, nan-kai wang, eugene yu-chuan kang, chu-hsuan huang, nuntachai surawatsatien, phattrawan pisuchpen, tharikarn sujirakul, govindasamy kumaramanickavel, mandeep singh, bart leroy, michel michaelides, ching-yu cheng, li jia chen, hwei wuen chan. (2024). rationale and protocol paper for the asia pacific network for inherited eye diseases. - asia-pacific journal of ophthalmology. 1 - 6.
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.
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.
a. atikah, m. suzana, w.a.h. wan haslina, norshamsiah, m. mushawiahti, k.s.s. birinder, s.f. tang, m.l.c. bastion. (2025). randomised controlled trial on effects of topical insulin compared to artificial tears and normal saline on tear inflammatory mediator levels and clinical parameters in diabetics with dry eye disease. - contact lens & anterior eye. 1 - 8.
siti nursyazanie jezani, mae-lynn catherine bastion. (2025). usage of brolucizumab as treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration (amd) and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (pcv): a narrative review. - medicine. 1 - 9.
muhamad zulhilmi akmal zainuddin, jemaima che hamzah, nik ritza kosai nik mahmood, cheng teck chee, mae-lynn catherine bastion. (2025). nutritional optic neuropathy: bariatric surgery gone wrong. - cureus. 1 - 12.
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.
ayesha mohd zain, mae-lynn catherine bastion, norshamsiah md din. (2019). perluas kesedaran sehingga kawasan pedalaman. - al-siha. 02.
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. .
atiqah wan khairuzzaman, niki ho wai wye, rona asnida nasaruddin, jemaima che hamzah, mae-lynn catherine bastion, lam chenshen. (2024). clinical series of endogenous klebsiella endophthalmitis: understanding an aggressive invasive pathogen . - the 39th asia-pacific academy of ophthalmology congress (apao) 2024. .
mae-lynn catherine bastion, tomiko sunaga. (2024). anti-vegf biosimilars for namd. - posterior segment. .
| Geran / Grant | Kolaborator / Collaborator | Status |
|---|---|---|
| THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY PROFILE OF 25IU/ML TOPICAL INSULIN IN 0.18% SODIUM HYALURONATE ARTIFICIAL TEARS VISMED TM (TI + AT) VERSUS 25IU/ML TOPICAL INSULIN IN NORMAL SALINE (TI + NS) AND 0.18% SODIUM HYALURONATE ARTIFICIAL TEARS VISMED ™ (AT) IN THE TREATM | trb chemedica malaysia sdn. bhd. | 59.2% (2024-06-24 sehingga 2026-07-26) |
| VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AMONG REFUGEE SCHOOL CHILDREN IN KLANG VALLEY | rainbow bridge malaysia | 70.3% (2024-08-29 sehingga 2026-02-28) |
| VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AMONG REFUGEE SCHOOL CHILDREN IN KLANG VALLEY | international specialists eye centre | 70.3% (2024-08-29 sehingga 2026-02-28) |
| ATROPINE IN THE TREATMENT OF MYOPIA STUDY IN MALAYSIA (ATOM-MY): A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY TO DEMONSTRATE THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF EYE DROP FORMULATIONS (ATROPINE SULPHATE 0.025 % W/V EYE DROPS VS PLACEBO) IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CONTROLLING PROGRESSION OF MYOPIA IN CHILDREN | idb visioncare sdn. bhd. | 65.6% (2023-06-22 sehingga 2026-11-21) |