Maurice Steve UtapDrConsultant Family Medicine Specialist

Dr. Maurice Steve Utap is an experienced Consultant Family Medicine Specialist and currently serves as the Head of Clinic at Bandaraya Miri Health Clinic, Miri, Sarawak, as well as the Head of Family Medicine Specialists for the Miri Division. He earned his MBBS from the University of Malaya in 2001 and later completed his Master in Family Medicine (MMED) from the same university in 2011. He also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Primary Care Dermatology (2017) from the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia and a Fellowship in Addiction Medicine (2020) from the University Malaya Centre for Addiction Science (UMCAS). He has completed the PhD research in the field of leprosy among the indigenous Penan in rural Sarawak in University of Malaya in 2025. Dr. Maurice has a broad clinical background, having served in various hospitals and health clinics across Malaysia, including Sibu General Hospital, Sarikei Hospital, University Malaya Medical Centre, and clinics in Kelana Jaya, Oya Road Sibu, Tudan, and Miri. He currently supervises pre-gazzettment Family Medicine Specialist in the Ministry of Health Malaysia Dr. Maurice is also actively involved in the active case detection of leprosy among the indigenous Penan in rural Sarawak, Malaysia since 2013 till now and is committed in the elimination of leprosy among the indigenous people in Sarawak.