Faculty of Medicine

PROFFESOR DR SRIKUMAR P S

DEAN

Research interests 

• Medical Education
• Professionalism
• Curricular Alignment
• Intelligence and its variations

SNR ASSOC PROF DR ROHINI KARUNAKARAN

Deputy Dean (Academic & International Affairs)

Qualifications:

• M.Sc (Biochem), M.Sc (Clin.Micro), M.Phil, B.Ed (Special Education), PhD (Biochem)
• BA (Educational Management)
• Cert. in Medical & Health Sci Education (University of Hong Kong)
• Essential Skills in Medical Education Leadership- ESMELead, AMEE
• PG Diploma in Medical Education (Dundee, UK)
• Associate Fellow of AMEE (AFAMEE)
• Fellow, Institute of Biomedical Sciences (UK)
• PGDMLT, PGDCFS, PGDBI, PGDHR
• FSAB, FMJPP, FAELS, FISCA, FISBT, FEAES

Research Interests:

• Medical Educatione
• Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics
• Molecular Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches to Diseases

ASSOC. PROF. DR. LEELA ANTHONY

Deputy Dean (Research, Postgraduate and Administration)

Qualification:

• MBBS – Andhra University, India
• MSc Occup Med – National University of Singapore, (NUS)
• PhD – National University of Singapore, (IMU)
• Cert in Med Education UK, (Newcastle)

ASSOC PROF DR SARASWATHI BINA RAI S K NAGALINGAM

Deputy Dean (Students and Alumni)

Qualification:

• M.B.B.S. (Univ of Mysore)
• MPH (Un of Malaya), EIP Malaysia

Research Interests:

• Field Epidemiology
• Outbreak Investigation
• Zoonosis

MS. NORMAH BINTI ABD JAMIL

MS RANI SAKARAN

Lecturer

Unit:

Anatomy

Qualification:

• BBiomedSci (Hons), MMedSci (Anat)

Research Interest:

• Histopathology

DR. JAGADEESH DHAMODHARAN

DR. VICTOR A. DAVID ALEXANDER

MR. ASWINPRAKASH SUBRAMANIAM

DR. MOHAMED ASEM

Lecturer

Qualifications:

Doctor of Medicine (MD)

MSC in Medical Physiology

DR. PANDIAN PANEER SELVAM

Lecturer

Qualifications:

Doctor of Medicine (MD)

MSC in Medical Physiology

DR. VIMALAH DEVI GENGATHURAI

Qualifications :

• MSc Medical Physiology (AIMST University)
• Medical Degree (Methodist University of Indonesia)

Research Interest :

• Psychomotor and behavior in human physiology
• Sports Physiology
• Neurophysiology (cognitive neuroscience)
• Clinical Physiology
• Physiological properties of blood
• Developmental and physiology of children

SR. ASSOC. PROF. DR. USHA KUMARI

Qualifications:

• MSc (Medical Physiology), PhD

Research Interest:

• Cancer Genetics
• Molecular Biology
• Electrophysiology

DR. NG CHIN THENG

Lecturer

Qualifications:

• PhD. Physiology, Universiti Putra Malaysia
• BSc. Biomedical Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia

Research Interest:

• Vascular biology – Inflammation – Permeability – Oxidative stress – Angiogenesis
• Natural products drug discovery

SR. ASSOC. PROF. DR. KHIN MAR AYE

ASSOC. PROF. DR. UMA SANKAR AKULA

DR. SRIDEVI VISVANATHAN

DR. M. BALA SUNDARAM

Senior Lecturer

Qualifications:

• M.Sc – Appl.Nutrition,
• M.Sc- Biochemistry,
• M.Phil- Biotechnology,
• PG Diploma in DNA finger printing and forensic Biotechnology, Good Clinical Practice
• Diploma in Sports Nutrition (Intl. Accredited) FAB Academy, California, USA
• PhD Degree – Thiruvalluvar University,  Vellore, India

Research Interests:

• Nutritional Bio-Chemistry
• Phytochemical studies on Medicinal plants
• Nano Medicine

MS. SHALINI KRISHNAN

Lecturer

Qualifications:

• MSc.Biochemistry

Research Interests:

• Microbiology
• Molecular Biology
• Cell Culture
• Nanoformulation
• Gene Silencing/Knock Down

SNR ASSOC PROF DR ROHINI KARUNAKARAN

Deputy Dean (Academic & International Affairs)

Qualifications:

• M.Sc (Biochem), M.Sc (Clin.Micro), M.Phil, B.Ed (Special Education), PhD (Biochem)
• BA (Educational Management)
• Cert. in Medical & Health Sci Education (University of Hong Kong)
• Essential Skills in Medical Education Leadership- ESMELead, AMEE
• PG Diploma in Medical Education (Dundee, UK)
• Associate Fellow of AMEE (AFAMEE)
• Fellow, Institute of Biomedical Sciences (UK)
• PGDMLT, PGDCFS, PGDBI, PGDHR
• FSAB, FMJPP, FAELS, FISCA, FISBT, FEAES

Research Interests:

• Medical Educatione
• Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics
• Molecular Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches to Diseases

DR. SUTHA DEVARAJ

Qualifications :

• BSc.Biotechnology (Hons)
• MSc. Pharmacology
• PhD. Pharmacology

• Pharmacology
• Drug delivery
• Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Natural product research
• Drug isolation and characterization
• Cancer research

DR. SUPRAVA DAS

Senior Lecturer

Qualifications:

• MBBS
• Master in Pharmacology

Research Interest:

• Experimental Pharmacology
• Interventional Pharmacology
• Toxicology

DR. NAZMUN NAHAR ALAM

Lecturer

Qualifications:

• MBBS, M.Phil

Research Interests:

• Experimental Pharmacology
• Neuro-Pharmacology
• Medical Education

MS. SHANDRA DEVI A/P BALASUBRAMANIAM

Qualifications :

• Bsc. Biomedical Science (Hons) MSU
• Msc. Medical Microbiology (UPM)
• PhD Molecular Medicine (USM – ongoing)

• Microbiology
• Infectious disease
• Molecular involving DNA and RNA
• Cancer research (molecular pathway)

DR. NG WOEI KEAN

Unit:

Microbiology

Email:

ngwoeikean@aimst.edu.my

Qualification:

• Doctor of Philosophy (Molecular Medicine)
• Bachelor of Health Science, Hons (Biomedicine)

Research Interest:

• Biosensing technology
• Molecular biology
• Antimicrobial studies

Professional membership:

• Malaysia Biomedical Science Association, life memeber
• Malaysia Society for Quality in Health (MSQH), ordinary member

Research funding:

• FRGS2021, Principal Investigator
• FRGS2022, Co-researcher
• MOH-NIH Research Grant, Co-researcher
• Hi-COE Funding, Co-researcher

MS. NUR ADILLA BINTI ZAINI

Lecturer

Unit:

Microbiology

Qualification:

• PhD Medicine (Medical Microbiology) (on-going), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
• MSc Medical Microbiology (distinction), The University of Manchester
• BSc Clinical Laboratory Sciences (hons.), Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKl)

Research Interest:

• Antimicrobial activities
• Next Gene Sequencing
• Soil chemistry profiles
• Necrobiome communities structure

DR. KOMATHI SELVARAJAH

Lecturer

Qualifications:

• MBBS,
• MSC Medical Microbiology

Research Interests:

• Antibiotic Resistance
• Clinical Microbiology
• Medical Simulation
• Exploring the therapeutic effects of yoga on various diseases

MS. NORHIDAYAH BINTI ROSMAN

Lecturer

Unit:

Pathology

Qualification:

• MSc Medicine (Molecular Pathology), UiTM
• BSc(Hons.) Biomolecular Science, UiTM

Research Interest:

• Molecular diagnostics
• Cardiovascular disease
• Familial hypercholesterolemia
• Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs)/Mutation
• Tetra-amplification refractory mutation systems (T-ARMS) PCR

ASSOC. PROF. DR. MATIULLAH KHAN

Associate Professor

Qualifications:

• MBBS, PhD

Research Interest:

• Protein misfolding pathway as a genetic mechanism of Human Cancers
• Therapeutic targeting of protein misfolding pathway in human cancers with novel protein conformation modifiers

DR. AYE AYE TUN

Senior Lecturer

Qualifications:

• M.Med.Sc (Pathology),
• MBBS

• Pathobiology of Cancer
• Targeted Antitumor Therapeutics

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PROF. DR. YUDH DEV SINGH

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DR. KHALED MOHAMED HELMY

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DR. LAXMIKANT CHAVAN

DR. KAMAL NARAIN

Senior Lecturer

Unit:

Internal Medicine

Qualification:

• MBBS, MD (Med.)

Research Interest:

• Filariasis

DR. KOH HAO MENG

DR. CHANG CHIEN HWA

ASSOC. PROF. DR. MOOPIL VELAYUDHAN JAIPAL

Lecturer

Qualifications:

• MBBS DGo, MD

Research Interest:

• Urinary Incontinence

ASSOC. PROF. DR. RAJESH PANICKER

Qualifications:

• MBBS, MD

Research Interest:

• Urogynecology
• Gynecological Oncology

DATO’ DR. SELLAPPAN SUBBIAH

SR. ASSOC. PROF. DR. RAJAN DUDA

Senior Associate Professor

Qualification:

MBBS

MD (Paediatrics)

Research Interests:

• Medical Education
• General Paediatrics

DR. MD. KANCHAN ALI MALLIK

DR. TEH WAI CHOON

DR. VINAYAGA MOORTHY

ASSOC. PROF. DHIRESH KUMAR CHAUDRY

DR. RAGHUMAN SHERIFF FEROZE

Senior Lecturer

Unit:

Orthopaedic Surgery

Qualification:

• MBBS
• MS orthopaedic Surgery
• Fellowships Adult Joint Reconstruction ( Arthroplasty) & Musculoskeletal Oncology ( MSO)

Research Interest:

• Arthroplasty
• Musculoskeletal Oncology

SR. ASSOC. PROF. DR. CHRISTINA GELLKNIGHT

Head Of Unit

• MBBS. MS (Master of Surgery, Ophthalmology),
• DNB (Diplomate National Board),
• DOMS (Diploma in Ophthalmology), Cornea Fellowship, Erasmus University, Rotterdam.
• Paediatric Ophthalmology, Loma Linda University, California, USA.

Research Interests:

• Retinopathy of Prematurity
• Diabetic Retinopathy

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DR. ADARSH BHARDWAJ

Senior Lecturer

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DATO’ DR. HASNAH BT. ISMAIL

SR. ASSOC. PROF. DR. MARIETTE D’SOUZA

Head of Unit

Qualifications:

• MBBS (University of Madras),
• Diploma in Dermatology (University of Madras JIPMER),
• MD Dermatology (Pondicherry University)

Research Interests:

• Quality of Life issues in Dermatology
• Paediatric dermatology
• Dermatopathology

PROF. DR. KRISHNAN RAJAM

Senior Professor, Head of Family Medicine & Paediatrics

Qualifications:

• MBBS, MD, FRCP (UK), FRACGP, FCGP, FAMM, DCH

Research Interests:

• Injury Prevention
• Road Safety
• Drowning Prevention

ASSOC. PROF. DR. SAWRI RAJAN L. RAJAGOPAL NAIDU

DR. SONG WAI LENG

Lecturer

Unit:

Family Medicine

Qualification:

• M.B.B.S (UM)
• PgDip OMHS (Edith Cowan)
• FRACGP (Aust)
• FAFP (AFPM)

DR. TIN SOE @ SAIFULLAH BIN HASHIM

Lecturer

Qualifications:

• M. B.;B.S (University of Medicine (Mandalay);
• D.F.T(Diploma in Food Technology)(Ygn);
• Dip;Med.Sc (G.P) (General Practice)(University ofMedicine(I) Yangon;
• C.C.F.M (Family Medicine )(MMA,Ygn) ;
• D.F.M(PG:C.F.M)(Family Medicine)(AFPM-Malaysia);
• C.C.M (Primary Clinical Care Cardio Medicine)(AFPM+IJN)(Malaysia);
• PG:Diploma in Primary Care Clinical Dermatology

Research Interests:

• Family Medicine
• Public Health with research on Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

DR. THIAGARAJAN PRABA

DR. SHIVALI SHAMSHER

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PROF. KEVIN FERNANDEZ

Lecturer

Qualifications:

• MPH., MBBS

ASSOC. PROF. DR. LEELA ANTHONY

Deputy Dean (Research, Postgraduate and Administration)

Qualification:

• MBBS – Andhra University, India
• MSc Occup Med – National University of Singapore, (NUS)
• PhD – National University of Singapore, (IMU)
• Cert in Med Education UK, (Newcastle)

ASSOC. PROF. DR. TRACY SEIN

ASSOC. PROF. DR. THEINGI MAUNG MAUNG

Qualifications:

• MBBS, M.Med.Sc (Public Health)

Research Interest:

• Epidemiology
• Community Based Research
• Reproductive Health
• Adolescent Behavior

DR. THAMINA AFROSE

Lecturer

Qualifications:

• MPH., MBBS

Research Interest:

• Public Health
• Infertility

ASSOC PROF DR SARASWATHI BINA RAI S K NAGALINGAM

Deputy Dean (Students and Alumni)

Qualification:

• M.B.B.S. (Univ of Mysore)
• MPH (Un of Malaya), EIP Malaysia

Research Interests:

• Field Epidemiology
• Outbreak Investigation
• Zoonosis

DR. HARI DASS GOVINDASAMY

PROF. DR. BERNARD FANTHOME

Professor

Unit:

Head of Unit – Surgery

Qualification:

• MBBS, MS (General Surgery)

Research Interest:

• High Risk Breast Cancer
• Enhanced Recovery after Surgery

PROF. G. RAJAGOPAL

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PROF. DR. D. PREMKUMAR

Qualifications:

• MBBS, MS

Research Interest:

• Diabetic Foot Ulcer
• Acute Abdomen

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ASSOC. PROF. DR. NEOH CHIN BOON

Qualifications:

• MBBS (University of Malaya),
• FRCS (Glasgow) (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, United Kingdom)

Research Interest:

• Knee in Sports Injuries

DR. CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY

DR. KALLYAN KISHORE DEBNATH

PROFFESOR DR SRIKUMAR P S

DEAN

Research interests 

• Medical Education
• Professionalism
• Curricular Alignment
• Intelligence and its variations

PROF. DR. S. SUDARSANAN

Qualifications:

• MBBS,MD (Psychiatry) 

Research Interest:

• Substance Use Disorders
• Liaison Psychiatry and Depression

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DR. SIVASAKTIY MUNUSAMY

Tutor

Qualifications:

MBBS

DR. PARTHIBAN ARUMUGAM

Tutor

Qualifications:

Doctor of Medicine (MD)

M.Ed (Chemistry)

Cert in IIOT

DR. DHARMA RAJ TANIMALE

Director

Qualifications:

Doctor of Medicine (MD)

MBA in Healthcare Management

MSC in Medical Physiology

PROF. OLWYN M R WESTWOOD

International Advisory Panel, AIMST University

Designations :

• Professor of Medical Education, Brunel University London
• Visiting Professor in Medical Education, Ilia State University, Tblisi, Georgia

Qualifications :

B.Sc (Hons), Ph.D, FIBMS, FRSM, PFHEA, FAoME

• Medical Education, Biochemistry, Immunology
• Assessment and quality assurance in medical education
• Interprofessional learning and teaching across the medical and health professions

PROF. RATHAN M SUBRAMANIAM

International Advisory Panel, AIMST University

Designations :

• Dean, University of Otago Medical School, New Zealand
• Consultant Radiologist & Nuclear Medicine Physician
• Dunedin Hospital, Southern District Health Board, New Zealand
• International Advisory Panel, AIMST University

• MBBS- Royal Melbourne Hospital Clinical School, University of Melbourne Australia.
• BMedSc-Immunology/ Walter & Eliza Hall Institute, University of Melbourne Australia
• MClinEd,- Clinical education, University of New South Wales, Australia
• PhD- University of Auckland, New Zealand
• MPH- Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, USA
• MBA-Healthcare Leadership and Management, University of Texas at Dallas, USA.

MS. BALA BUANESWARI DEVI THANABALU

MR. KAVINRAJ A/L THIAGARAJU

MR. NAZRI

MR. SUIB