Dr. Alex Tang is a senior consultant paediatrician
at the Johor Specialist
Hospital, Johor Bahru and an adjunct
teaching faculty of Monash University School of Medicine in Malaysia. He
obtained his basic medical degree in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National
University of Malaysia) and his postgraduate training in Singapore, the United
Kingdom and the United States. His specialty is in
General Paediatrics with special interest in neonatology, respiratory medicine
and biomedical ethics. He is a member of many professional bodies and of the
International Child Health Group. He was the chairman of the Johor Branch of
the Malaysian Paediatric Association.

While as a student Dr. Alex Tang started the
Medical Christian Fellowship in the medical campus of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and the Christian Fellowship in the
Bangi campus in Selangor, Malaysia. After graduation, he
joined the Johor Bahru General
Hospital in Johor. He was
also involved in a church; as cell group coordinator, leadership trainer, church board member and was acting pastor for a year. He
studied and graduated with a Masters in Ministry from the Malaysia Bible
Seminary. In addition, he has a Certificate in Spirituality Studies from St. Thomas University,
Miami, USA. Presently he is a Doctor of
Philosophy candidate with the Asia Graduate School of Theology.

In the year 2000 he started Kairos Spiritual
Formation Ministries which are dedicated to nurturing disciples of Jesus Christ
with informed mind, hearts on fire and contemplative in action. Aside from a
ministry in preaching and teaching the Word in churches, camps, seminars and
Bible seminary, Dr. Alex Tang also contributed numerous articles to the Asian Beacon, Kairos’ Understanding the Modern World Through
Christian Eyes magazine and a series of devotions on 1 Chronicles for Asian Notes (2002). He has written a
number of books: Random Musings from a Doctor's Chair: A Christian Doctor
reflects on life and all that stuff (2005), A Good Day to Die: A
Christian perspective on mercy killing (2005) and Live and Let Live: A
Christian perspective on biotechnology (2006). In 2003, he started the
Spiritual Formation Institute at the Holy
Light Church
in Johor Bahru. His special interests are in theology, philosophy, spiritual
formation, Christian spirituality and biomedical ethics.

In community work, he is very active in Rotary, was
a member of Rotary Club of Johor Bahru, Rotary Club of Tebrau and chartered
member of the Rotary Club of Puteri Lagoon. In the Rotary Club of Tebrau, he
started the Rotary Club of  Tebrau
Heart Fund to sponsor children with congenital heart diseases for corrective
surgery in the Madras Medical Mission in India and developed the Calvary
Autistic Centre project for Autistic children in Johor Bahru.

Dr Alex Tang is listed in the Who's Who in Science and Engineering, and
in Asia's 500. He and his family worship at Holy Light Church (English), a Presbyterian church in which he
serves as an elder, in Johor Bahru, Johore, Malaysia.