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di peringkat PhD di University of Wales College his studies at the PhD level at the University of
of Medicine, Cardiff dan berjaya menamatkan Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff and successfully
pengajian diperingkat PhD pada tahun 1993. Beliau completed his PhD level 1993 and was the first
merupakan staf klinikal Fakulti Perubatan yang clinical staff of the Faculty of Medicine to obtain
pertama mendapat ijazah PhD.
a PhD. Upon his return to his homeland, he began
Sekembalinya ke tanah air, beliau memulakan serving as a Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine,
khidmat sebagai pensyarah di Jabatan Perubatan UM and a Medical and Endocrinology Consultant at
Fakulti Perubatan, Universiti Malaya serta memberi the UM Medical Center (PPUM). He was promoted
perkhidmatan sebagai Pakar Perunding Perubatan to Associate Professor on 12th July, 1995 and then
dan Endokrinologi di Pusat Perubatan UM (PPUM). Professor on 11th October, 2001 and at the same
Beliau dinaikkan pangkat ke Profesor Madya pada time was appointed Senior Consultant at PPUM. On
12 Julai 1995 dan seterusnya Profesor pada 11 December 16, 2010, he was promoted to Professor
Oktober, 2001 dan sekali gus di lantik sebagai Pakar Grade VK5.
Perunding Kanan di PPUM. Pada 16 Disember 2010, On 1st August, 2001, he was appointed as
beliau dinaikkan ke Profesor Gred VK5. Deputy Dean at the Faculty of Medicine, initially in
Dari segi kepimpinan, beliau telah dilantik the research portfolio followed by the first degree
sebagai Timbalan Dekan di Fakulti Perubatan pada portfolio. He was then appointed as the Dean of
1 Ogos 2001 di mana pada permulaan memegang the Faculty of Medicine on September 1, 2006.
portfolio penyelidikan diikuti dengan portfolio At the same time, he was also appointed as the
ijazah pertama. Seterusnya beliau dilantik sebagai Director of the UM Medical Center. He served as
Dekan Fakulti Perubatan pada 1 September 2006. Dean until June 30, 2011. During that time, research
Pada masa yang sama beliau juga memimpin Pusat activities were enhanced by establishing various
Perubatan Universiti Malaya sebagai Pengarah. Beliau centers of research excellence such as Clinical
berkhidmat sebagai Dekan sehingga 30 Jun 2011. Investigation Center, CeRIA (HIV Research), UMCRI
(Cancer Research), NOCERAL (Orthopedic Surgery
Semasa pentadbiran beliau sebagai Dekan,
aktiviti penyelidikan telah dipertingkatkan dengan Research), SUCXes (Xenobiotic Research), TIDREC
penubuhan beberapa pusat kecemerlangan (Tropical Infectious Disease Research), UMRIC
penyelidikan seperti Clinical Investigation Centre (Imaging Research) etc. The infrastructure at
(CIC), The Centre of Excellence for Research in the Faculty is also improved such as the Student
AIDS (CERiA), UM Cancer Reasearch Institute Cetrepoint, Dean’s Office, Multi-Disciplinary
(UMCRI), National Orthopaedic Center of Excellence Laboratory Block etc. As Director of PPUM he has
for Research and Learning (NOCERAL), Tropical greatly improved the infrastructure of PPUM to
Infectuous Desease Center (TIDREC) dan beberapa improve the quality of patient care. He started
pusat penyelidikan lain. the development of an IT system for patient
care (iPesakit) which can now compete with
Infrastruktur di Fakulti juga dipertingkatkan commercial systems from western countries. He
antaranya Student Centrepoint, Pejabat Dekan, also started the process of upgrading facilities
Blok Makmal Pelbagai Disiplin, Auditorium Klinikal such as operating theaters, Intensive Care Wards
dll. Sebagai Pengarah PPUM, beliau telah banyak (ICU, CICU, NeuroICU), Outpatient Clinics etc.
menambah baik infrastruktur PPUM untuk
meningkatkan kualiti penjagaan pesakit. Beliau PPUM has successfully obtained accreditation
telah memulakan pembangunan sistem IT untuk from MSQH in December, 2012 in all fields and
penjagaan pesakit (iPesakit) yang sekarang dapat is the first Teaching Hospital to obtain such
menandingi sistem komersial dari negara barat. accreditation.
Beliau juga telah memulakan proses menaik He has also received recognition by being
taraf fasilti seperti dewan bedah, Wad Penjagaan appointed as a member of the Malaysian Medical
Intensif (ICU, CICU, NeuroICU), Klinik Pesakit Luar
dan sebagainya.
Hasil daripada penambahbaikan tersebut,
PPUM telah berjaya mendapat akreditasi dari MSQH
pada Disember, 2012 dalam keseluruhan bidang
dan merupakan Hospital Pengajar pertama yang
mendapat akreditasi tersebut. Beliau juga telah
mendapat pengiktirafan dengan lantikan sebagai

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