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Nasser Mohammad Amjad

Academic Qualification

  • Surgery - Masters Degree (Clinical Specialist), University of Colombo
  • M.B.B.S - Bachelor Degree, University of Colombo

Nasser Mohammad Amjad (Prof. Dr.)

Professor
IIUM Kuantan Campus

KULLIYYAH OF MEDICINE

nasser@iium.edu.my
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Expert Profile


Prof. Dr. Nasser Muhammad Amjad started his career as a general surgeon with a special interest in upper GI and Biliary tract surgery, with over 22 years of experiences. He has combined this with being a lecturer throughout his career, firstly in Sri Lanka and for the last 13 years in Malaysia. He has a proven track-record of administrative responsibilities at the top management level of the Kulliyah of Medicine in addition to his academic and clinical commitment.


Area of Specialisation


  • Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Clinical Medicine ~ Surgery - Upper GI and Pancreato-Biliary surgery
  • Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Clinical Medicine ~ Surgery - General Surgery with an interest in UGI and Biliary tree surgery
  • Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Clinical Medicine ~ Surgery - Upper GI and Biliary tract surgery


Teaching Responsibilities


ADVANCED GENERAL SURGERY POSTING 2020/2021 2019/2020
BASIC GENERAL SURGERY POSTING 2020/2021 2019/2020 2013/2014
ELEMENTARY CLINIC 2020/2021
GENERAL MEDICINE & GENERAL SURGERY 2018/2019 2020/2021
GENERAL SURGERY 2012/2013 2017/2018 2018/2019 2014/2015 2013/2014 2010/2011 2015/2016 2011/2012 2016/2017
GENERAL SURGERY I 2019/2020 2020/2021
RESEARCH (DATA COLLECTION) 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012
SPECIALISED SURGICAL POSTING 2020/2021 2019/2020
SURGERY, TRAUMA AND CRITICAL CARE 2015/2016 2019/2020 2010/2011 2017/2018 2012/2013 2014/2015 2016/2017 2013/2014 2020/2021 2011/2012 2018/2019
THE ALIMENTARY AND HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEMS 2019/2020
THESIS 2012/2013 2013/2014 2011/2012 2014/2015


Research Projects


Completed
2011 - 2013 Serum Level Of N Cadherin, PGE2 And HER2 /Neu Before And After Surgery And Their Role As Tumour Markers In Breast Cancer Patients
2011 - 2016 (RU2011) THE CORRELATION OF LEPTIN WITH THE CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF BREAST CANCER
2010 - 2011 Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec(SCCmec) typing of methicillin-resistant (MRSA) isolates from patients attending HTAA in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
2009 - 2011 Dilated Intercellular spaces of Esophagel Epithelium among Malaysian with Nonerosive Reflux Disease: An Electron Microscopic study.
2007 - 2011 Molecular Study on the Virulence Factors of Helicobacter Pylori Strains in Paptic Ulcer Disease (PUD)
2006 - 2009 Mutation Analysis of BRCA 1 Gene From Malaysian Females Breast Cancer Patients In East Coast of Malaysia
2005 - 2010 DNA Sequence Analysis of BRCA 1 gene in Breast Cancer from Malaysian Female
On-Going
2021 - Present System Delay of Breast Cancer Diagnosis in Patient attending SASMEC@IIUM
2021 - Present Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Breast Cancer and Their Relation to Late Presentation
2019 - Present The diversity of GI microbiome between obese versus healthy individuals: an observational study in Malaysia settings
2011 - Present RU - Detection of 17p (p53) LOH Genetic Lesion in Patients with Barrett Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
2011 - Present RU 2011 - Cross-sectional Descriptive Study of Management Modalities and Outcomes (Quality of Life) of Surgical Patients in Palliative Care Unit
2006 - Present Laparoscopic Hernioplasty Under Spinal Anesthesia


Publications


Article

2021 SARS-CoV-2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia, () pp. 1-12
2021 SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study. British Journal of Surgery, () pp. 1-8
2021 Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia, 76 (6) pp. 748-758
2020 COVID-19 pandemic – an apocalypse of our time. IIUM Medical Journal Malaysia, 19 (1) pp. 1-3
2019 Right hepatic artery encircle the gallbladder: a case report. International Medical Journal Malaysia (IMJM), 18 () pp. 11
2018 Correlation of leptin with clinico-pathological features of breast cancer. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, 11 (9) pp. 17
2018 Serum leptin might be causally correlated to invasive ductal breast carcinoma. Journal of Clinical & Experimental Oncology, 7 (1) pp. 1-5
2018 The leptin transduction pathway may be targeted against invasive ductal carcinoma of breast. American Association For Cancer Research (AACR), 17 (1) pp.
2016 Clinical and histopathological relevance of helicobacter pylori BabA2 genotype. International Medical Journal Malaysia, 15 (2) pp. 43-49
2016 Cross-sectional descriptive study of management modalities and quality of life of surgical patients in a palliative care unit. The International Medical Journal Malaysia, 15 (1) pp. 35-43
2016 Serum leptin in intraductal carcinoma of the breast. Journal of Cancer Science & Therapy, 8 (11 (supp.)) pp. 54
2016 Subcellular localization of leptin and leptin receptor in breast cancer detected in an electron microscopic study. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 482 (4) pp. 1102-1106
2015 Controlling dengue: an uphill task?. International Medical Journal Malaysia, 14 (1) pp.
2015 Correlation between severity of erosive reflux esophagitis and its manometric findings in a tertiary hospital at East Coast, Peninsular Malaysia. International Medical Journal of Malaysia, 14 (Supplementary Issue No 1) pp. 13-13
2013 Patient Confidentiality - revisited . International Medical Journal Malaysia, 12 (1) pp. 1-2
2012 Adrenal myelolipoma - an enigma. Journal of Clinical Case Reports, 2 (9) pp. 2-4
2012 Staphylococcal cassette chroromosome mec (SCCmec) typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from patients attending Tengku Ampuan Afzan hospital (HTAA) in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 16 (supp 1) pp. e426
2012 Translation termination mutations analysis using the protein truncation test on exon11A of the BRCA1 gene in female breast cancer patients of Pahang, Malaysia. Journal of Advanced Medical Research, 2 (2) pp. 61-69
2012 Translation termination mutations naalysis using the protein truncation test on Exon11A of the BRCA1 gene in female breast cancer patients of Pahang, Malaysia. Journal of Advanced Medical Research, 2 (2) pp. 61-69
2011 Dilated intercellular spaces of esophageal epithelium in non- erosive reflux disease: Transmission electron microscopic (TEM) study. Malaysian Journal of Microscopy, 7 () pp. 87-91
2011 Disaster medicine-is it time we embrace it?. International Medical Journal Malaysia, 10 (1) pp. 1-2
2010 Clinical significance of Helicobacter pylori cagA and iceA genotype status. World Journal of Gastroenterology (WJG), 16 (35) pp. 4443-4447
2010 Diaphragmatic flap reinforcement in delayed repair of iatrogenic oesophageal perforation. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 25 (supp.2) pp. A134
2009 Mutation detection of BRCA1 gene from Malaysian breast cancer patients by denaturing high performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC) . Amino Acids, 37 (Supp1) pp. S98
Conference or Workshop Item

2018 Correlation of leptin with clinico-pathological features of breast cancer. In: 3rd International Conference on Molecular Diagnostics Biomarker & Discovery (MDBD 2018),
2018 Ethics in research involving humans. In: Unified Research Methodology Course 2018,
2018 IRB/IEC:Compositions, functions and operations (IREC & MREC). In: Good Clinical Practice Workshop 1/2018,
2017 Management of gastric cancer: current issues. In: Annual Academic Sessions of the College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka and International Conference,
2017 Therapeutic strategy for pancreatic carcinoma: An overview. In: MSGH Update in Gastroenterology and Hepatology,
2014 Comparison of tumour biomarker HER-2/neu (C-erbB-2) before and after surgery in breast cancer patients. In: International Research, Invention and Innovation Exhibition (IRIIE) 2014,
2014 Ovarian tumor: Rare presentation of breast cancer metastasis. In: College of Surgeons, Academy of Medicine Of Malaysia AGM & Annual Scientific Meeting,
2011 “Esophageal surface cell in Non-Erosive Reflux Disease” : Scanning Electron Microscopic study (SEM)” . In: IIUM Research, Invention and Innovation Exhibition (IRIIE 2011),
2011 Dilated intercellular spaces of esophageal epithelium among Malaysian with non- erosive reflux disease: Transmission Electron Microscopic (TEM) study . In: IIUM Research, Invention and Innovation Exhibition (IRIIE) 2011,
2011 Dilated Intercellular Spaces of Esophageal Epithelium among Malaysian With Nonerosive Reflux Disease: Transmission Electron Microscopic (Tem) Study. In: IIUM Research, Invention and Innovation Exhibition (IRIIE) 2011,
2011 Electron microscopic study of esophageal epithelium in non-erosive reflux disease . In: 2nd Malaysian Anatomical Conference,
2011 Electron microscopic study of Esophageal Epithelium in non- erosive Reflux disease. In: 2nd Malaysian Anatomical Conference,
2011 Electron microscopic study of Esophageal Epithelium in Non-erosive Reflux disease. In: 2nd Malaysian Anatomical Conference,
2011 Esophageal Surface Cells in Non-Erosive Reflux Disease (NERD) : scanning electron microscopic study . In: IIUM Research, Invention and Innovation Exhibition IRIIE 2011,
2011 Esophageal surface cells in non-erosive reflux disease (NERD): scanning electron microscopic study. In: IIUM Research, Invention and Innovation Exhibition (IRIIE) 2011,
2010 Dilated Intercellular Spaces of Esophageal Epithelium among Malaysian With Nonerosive Reflux Disease: Transmission Electron Microscopic (Tem) study. In:  19th Scientific Conference of the Electron Microscopy Society of Malaysia & 20th Annual Meeting of Electron Microscopy Society Malaysia (EMSM),
2010 Low level of BRCA-1 mutations in Malaysian breast cancer patients. In: IIUM Research, Innovation & Invention Exhibition (IRIIE 2010),