Faculty

Dr Boey graduated in medicine from the University of London and underwent further training in paediatrics and gastroenterology in the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan and Singapore.

He was appointed a lecturer in the Department of Paediatrics at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya on March 16th, 1992 and continues to serve the university to this day. In June 2005, he was appointed Vice-President of the Asian Pan-Pacific Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and became its President in August 2008. He was also the Deputy Dean of Faculty of Medicine of University of Malaya from 2011 till 2019, then the Head of Paediatrics Department of University of Malaya Medical Centre from April 2021 till October 2022.

In 2013 Dr Boey received the award of Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri (DSPN) from the Governor of Penang , his hometown, which carries with it the title of Dato’.