Sivaneswaran Poobalasingam MD, DipIBLM

Dr Sivaneswaran Poobalasingam MD(Mal),DipIBLM Dr. Sivaneswaran Poobalasingam is the Founder and President of the Malaysian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (MSLM) which is affiliated to the Lifestyle Medicine Global Alliance. He is also the Country Representative for the International Council of Integrative Medicine. Dr. Siva sits on the Executive Council of the Asian Society of Lifestyle Medicine. The first Board Certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician in Malaysia, Dr Siva's clinical expertise is in the management of stress and lifestyle diseases (diabetes, hypertension and food intolerances amongst others). He founded and heads Amrita Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine Centre. Dr. Siva is also Executive Director of Amrita Academy. He conducts Board Certification Programmes on Nutritional Medicine for the World Society of Anti-Ageing Medicine (WOSAAM) and Medical Yoga Therapy Courses for Bangalore based S-Vyasa University. Dr. Siva is often invited to speak on Lifestyle Medicine, Nutrition, Herbs and Mind Body Medicine at forums both local and international. He has resented papers on Lifestyle approaches in managing and preventing illnesses. He is a published author and has written books on a mind body approach to wellness and on the importance of herbs and nutrition in healthy ageing. Dr Siva is also a member of the Malaysian Healthy Aging Society and he sits on the accreditation board for the Malaysian Society for Complementary Medicine. Dr. Siva has served as the Scientific Chairperson for Integrative Medicine of various organizing committees of conferences including “The First World Congress on Healthy Ageing in 2012” and the First Asean Conference on Healthy Aging in 2017. He has also chaired symposiums at national and international conferences on integrative medicine.