![Professor PHYO KYAW MYINT Professor PHYO KYAW MYINT](/img/200x200/staffpages/uploads/s02pm3/webversion.jpg)
MBBS, MD, FRCP (Edin.), FRCP (Lond.)
Chair in Old Age Medicine (Clinical)
- About
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- Email Address
- phyo.myint@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 437841
- Office Address
Room 4:013, Polwarth Building, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Professor Myint completed undergraduate and house officer training in Myanmar (formerly Burma) and held post graduate clinical training posts in Yorkshire, East Kent, Mersey and Eastern Deaneries. He was awarded the Stroke Association Clinical Fellowship and received clinical stroke training in Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. He was trained in Clinical Epidemiology in Cambridge and Norwich, UK. He was conferred the Doctor of Medicine (MD) in 2007 with the Thesis “Healthy Ageing: Determinants and Outcomes of Functional Health in EPIC-Norfolk”. He completed higher medical specialist training in March 2008 with accreditations in General Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine with sub-specialty in Stroke Medicine.
He took up his first senior academic appointment with the Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia in 2008 as Clinical Senior Lecturer in Ageing and Stroke Medicine. He moved to Scotland in August 2013 to take up the position of Clinical Chair in Medicine (Old Age) with the University of Aberdeen. He led the Aberdeen Clinical Academic Training Pathways in North of Scotland between 2016 and 2022. From December 2021, he took on the role of School EDI and Athena Swan Co-Lead.
He has held many National Level Roles in the past including Executive Committee Member of the British Association of Stroke Physicians and involved in NICE guideline development group (2010 COPD update).
He is the Founding Co-Chair of the Scottish Care of Older People (SCoOP) National Audit Programme. He sits on the Council of the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) as the Royal College of Physicians London Representative and is also a member of SIGN Sustainability Group. He is also a member of National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Dementias Clinical Studies Portfolio Development Group. He was recently appointed as Co-Chair of Ageing & Frailty Standards Development Group (2023-2024), Healthcare Improvement Scotland.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Current
- School Co-Lead for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
- School Executive Team Member (School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition)
- School Teaching & Learning Committee- Member
- NHS Grampian Area Committee Member (University of Aberdeen Representative)
- Ageing Clinical & Experimental Research (ACER) Team Lead, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen
- Clinical Lead & Steering Committee Member: Aberdeen Children of 1950s (ACONF) (June 2024-)
- Educational Supervisor-Foundation Doctors (Department of Medicine for the Elderly)
- Academic Mentor-Specialty Training Programme in Geriatric Medicine, North East Scotland, Scotland
- Geriatric Medicine Training Committee, North Region, NHS Education for Scotland, Scotland
- Academic Line Manager, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition
- Member: TUTELAGE Committee
Previous
- Director of Clinical Academic Training and Development, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition (2016- April 2022)
- Co-ordinator of NIHR ACF programme- University of East Anglia (2009-2013 )
- Co-Course Director- MSc in Health Research, University of East Anglia (2011-2013)
- Norwich Academic Training Office (NATO) Board Member- Faculty of Health, University of East Anglia (2010-2013 )
- Postgraduate Research (PGR) LTQC Representative for Doctor of Medicine (MD), Degree, Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Health, UEA (Oct 2010-March 2012 )
- Postgraduate Research (PGR) Lead (MD) for Health and Social Sciences Research Institute (HSSRI) (2009-2010)
- Deputy Representative to TUTELAGE Committee for Geriatric Medicine (2014- July 2016)
- Educational Supervisor- Specialty Training in Geriatric Medicine & Core Medical Training Programme, Norwich, Eastern Deanery.
- AGEING theme lead, Epidemiology Group, Division of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen
- Educational Supervisor-Specialty Training Programme in Geriatric Medicine, North East Scotland, Scotland (2013-2018)
- External Memberships
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Current
- Co-Chair, Healthcare of Older People/Ageing and Frailty National Standards Development Group, Scotland, Healthcare Improvement Scotland (Aug 2023-2024)
- Development Group Member: National Healthcare Standards (Scotland), Healthcare Improvement Scotland (June 2024-2025)
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Medicine & Health Sciences Board (MHSB): External Representative (Dec 2023- )
- Co-Chair, Scottish Care of Older People (SCoOP) National Audit Project (2017-)
- NIHR Dementias Portfolio Development Group (PDG) Member (2015-)
- Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) Council (Observer: Royal College of Physicians of London) (2013-)
- External Professional Advisor for Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s Office (2012 -)
- Senior Editor (American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease) (2012- )
- Associate Editor (Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease) (2022- )
- Editorial Board Member (Geriatrics (Basel)) (2014-); Section Editor-in-Chief (2018-)
- Editorial Board Member (Annals of Translational Medicine) (2016- )
- Associate Editor (Frontiers in Neurology) (2017 - )
- Editorial Board Member (Medical Journal of Islamic Republic of Iran) (2018 - )
- Editorial Board Member (Healthcare) (2019- )
- Editorial Board Member (BMC Public Health) (2024- )
- Expert peer reviewer for more than 70 academic journals in general medicine, clinical epidemiology, cardiovascular, respiratory, public health, nutrition, cognitive neuroscience, and ageing
- Peer reviewer for the Medical Research Council (UK), the Wellcome Trust, National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), British Heart Foundation, ESRC and Heart Research UK
- Funding Panel Member (DTC), Health Research Board, Republic of Ireland (2021)
- THET Myanmar Community Member (Feb 2021-)
- Member: Health Education Support Group (June 2021-)
- Royal College of Psychiatrists: the Prescribing Observatory for Metal Health (POMH) QI Project Expert Advisor (2023-2024)
- Trustee and Honorary Treasurer Health Education Support Group Charity (May 2024-) (Registration:1207663)
Previous
- The Scottish Clinical Research Excellence Development Scheme (SCREDS) Operational Board member; NHS Education for Scotland (2016- April 2022)
- INSPIRE Lead, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition (2016-April 2022)
- Visiting Professor (University of Medicine I, Yangon) (2016-2021)
- Funding Panel Member, Health Research Board, Republic of Ireland (2017, 2019)
- NIHR Dementia & Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network (DeNDRoN) Dementia Clinical Studies Group member (2013-2015)
- National Executive Committee Member (British Association of Stroke Physicians) (2012-2014)
- Member of National Age & Ageing CLRN Group (2012-2013)
- East of England National Institute for Health Research RfPB Funding Advisory Committee Member (2012-2013)
- Funding Panel Member for the Life and Health Sciences panel. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (FCT), the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (2013)
- Honorary Regional Deputy Secretary, East of England British Geriatrics Society (2012-2013)
- External Examiner-MSc in Geriatric Medicine- University of Salford, Manchester, UK
- Topic Expert Group Member (NICE)- COPD (2010-2011)
- Associate Editor (BMC Health Services Research) (2009- 2017)
- Editorial Board Member (Scientific Reports) (2017- 2020)
- International Editorial Board Member (Open Heart Failure Journal) (2008-2010)
- Guideline Development Group Member- COPD Guidelines Update 2008 National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence (2008-2010)
- Steering Committee Member- National COPD Resources and Outcomes Project (NCROP) (2007-2009)
- Elected Chair of Trainees, British Geriatrics Society (2005-2007)
- Elected Vice-Chair of Trainees, British Geriatrics Society (2003-2005)
- Founding Member, Trainees Committee, British Association of Stroke Physicians (2003-2005)
- Research
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Research Overview
Academic Lead, Ageing Clinical & Experimental Research Team
His research interests include clinical epidemiology and outcome research in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, determinants of physical and mental ageing (healthy ageing), clinical geriatrics (extreme old age, disability, pneumonia, clinical nutrition, dementias) and health services research of conditions prevalent in older age.
Research Areas
Biomedical Sciences
Research Specialisms
- Healthcare Science
- Databases
- Gerontology
- Dementia Studies
- Epidemiology
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
Current research spans across above research areas using various methodologies and data source
Ageing Clinical & Experimental Research (ACER) Team
Collaborations
- Academic Centre for Applied Clinical & Translational Research into Ageing (ACTRA), Aberdeen http://www.abdn.ac.uk/iahs/research/actra.php
- Aberdeen Cardiovascular & Diabetes Centre (ACDC)
- UK Stroke Registers Collaboration (UKSRC)
- Norwich Research Park Cardiovascular Research Group
- Keele Cardiovascular Research Group, Centre for Prognosis Research
- Older Persons Surgical Outcome Collaboration (OPSOC)
- International Community-acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Collaboration Cohort (ICCC)
- Peking University Clinical Research Institute (PUCRI)
- Ageing & Age-associated Disorders Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia
- Malaysian Elders Longitudinal Research (MELoR) Study
- Clinical Gerontology Unit (University of Cambridge)
- MRC Epidemiology Unit (Cambridge)
Funding and Grants
- Alzheimer's Society
- Alzheimer's Research UK Scotland Network
- Chief Scientist Office
- Dunhill Medical Trust
- Digital Healthcare Institute, Scottish Funding Council
- Medical Research Scotland
- Morningfield Association
- National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme
- National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme
- National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Programme Grant for Applied Research (PGAR)
- NHS R&D (Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)
- NHS Grampian Endowment Research Grant
- Oral and Dental Research Trust
- Sir Halley Stewart Trust
- Tenovus Scotland
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Undergraduate teaching/education
- Regent
- Clinical Specialty Lead (Geriatric Medicine)
- Clinical Teaching (year 3, 4 and 5)
- TUTELAGE Committee Member
- Lead Clinician, Aberdeen Student Society for Academic Medicine
Postgraduate teaching/supervision
- MSc Epidemiology Module 2013-2015 (MSc in Public Health)
- Master of Public Health (MPH) (2016- )
- MSc in Human Nutrition
- MSc in Clinical Nutrition (2017- )
- MSc in Global Health and Management (2014- )
- MSc in Cardiovascular Health and Disease (2018- )
- MSc Clinical Pharmacology (2022- )
Research Project Supervision (Undergraduate/Postgraduate)
- Summer Research Scholarship Students
- Summer Vacation Research Students
- Specialist Registrar (STR) Research Projects
- Thesis supervision: MSc in Public Health, and MSc in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, MSc in Data Science, Master of Research (MRes), and Master of Public Health (MPH)
- PhD supervision
- BSc (Hon.) Research Projects
- BMedSci Research Projects
Non-course Teaching Responsibilities
I am one of the Faculty Members of International Workshop in Clinical Epidemiology - an introductory epidemiology workshop held annually in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in collaboration of University of Malaya and Perdana University, Malaysia.
- Publications
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FMALE score: Combining practical risk scales to improve preoperative predictive accuracy in emergency general surgery: A multi-centre prospective cohort study
American Journal of Surgery, vol. 222, no. 5, pp. 911-912Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.04.009
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents and anastomotic leak rates across colorectal cancer operations and anastomotic sites: A systematic review and meta-analysis of anastomosis specific leak rate and confounding factors.
European Journal of Surgical Oncology, vol. 47, no. 11, pp. 2841-2848Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssociation of chronic kidney disease with outcomes in acute stroke
Acta Neurologica Belgica, vol. 121, pp. 1241–1246Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDistribution, management and outcomes of AMI according to principal diagnosis priority during inpatient admission
International Journal of Clinical Practice, vol. 75, no. 10, e14554Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe influence of hospital-level variables on hip fracture outcomes
The Bone & Joint Journal, vol. 103-B, no. 10, pp. 1627-1632Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAn ecological study assessing the relationship between Public Health Policies and Severity of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Healthcare, vol. 9, no. 9, 1221Contributions to Journals: ArticlesGender differences in association between measures of central obesity and falls in community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults in Malaysia
Aging Medicine and Healthcare, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 95-104Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIndependent Evaluation of ARMED Service: Final Report
Commissioned by Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre. Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI). 86 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsSCoOP: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Secondary Care Audit (2019)
British Geriatrics Society. 24 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsReproductive pattern of parous women and the risk of cancer in later life
Cancers, vol. 13, no. 15, 3731Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Relationship between Alcohol Intake and Falls Hospitalization: Results from the EPIC-Norfolk
Geriatrics and Gerontology International, vol. 21, no. 8, pp. 657-663Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCalcium Intake, Calcium Supplementation and Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality in the British Population: EPIC-Norfolk Prospective Cohort study and Meta-Analysis
European Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 36, no. 7, pp. 669-683Contributions to Journals: ArticlesClinical frailty scale as a point of care prognostic indicator of mortality in COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis
EClinicalMedicine, vol. 36, 100896Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPositive and negative inflammatory markers for falls and sarcopaenia in the Malaysian Elders Longitudinal Research study - A five-year prospective study
Australasian journal on ageing, vol. 40, no. S1, pp. 1-2Contributions to Journals: AbstractsAnticholinergic burden (prognostic factor) for prediction of dementia or cognitive decline in older adults with no known cognitive syndrome (Review)
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 5, no. 4, CD013540Contributions to Journals: Articles503 Clinical Frailty Score (CFS) Vs Antibiotics, Time to Surgery and Time to Computerised Tomography (CT) Scan in An Emergency Surgical Population
British Journal of Surgery, vol. 108, no. Supplement_2, znab134.193Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znab134.193
Prognosis of Acute Ischaemic Stroke Patients with Cancer: A National Inpatient Sample Study
Cancers, vol. 13, no. 9, 2193Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssociation of Circulating Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Levels With Cardiovascular Mortality: A Meta-analysis of Population-Based Studies
JAMA cardiology, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 587-592Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2020.5392
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The role of C-reactive protein (CRP) as a prognostic marker in COVID-19
International Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 420-429Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTrends, Management and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Chronic Liver Disease
International Journal of Clinical Practice, vol. 75, no. 4, e13841Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSex Differences in Ischemic Stroke Outcomes in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension
Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 10, no. 6, e019341Contributions to Journals: ArticlesModified Early Warning Score and Risk of Mortality after Acute Stroke
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, vol. 202, 106547Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2021.106547
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SCoOP Acute Hospital Outcomes Report 2018-2019: An overview of outcomes of acute geriatric medicine services in Scotland
University of Aberdeen. 40 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsSystematic Review of Immunosuppressant Guidelines in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety, vol. 12, pp. 1-25Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBioelectrical impedance versus biochemical analysis of hydration status: predictive value for prolonged hospitalisation and poor discharge destination in older patients
Healthcare, vol. 9, no. 2, 154Contributions to Journals: Articles