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Adzura Bt. Salam

Academic Qualifications

  • Master of Surgery (Opthalmology) - Masters Degree (Clinical Specialist), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
  • Dr - Bachelor Degree, Manipal International University
  • Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) - Bachelor Degree, Manipal International University

Adzura Bt. Salam (Dr.)

Assistant Professor
IIUM Kuantan Campus

KULLIYYAH OF MEDICINE


adzura@iium.edu.my
4560


Expert Profile


Adzura binti Salam obtained his MBBS from MAHE Manipal, M.S in Ophthalmology from UKM, and fellowship in Medical Retina from Bern University Inselspital, Switzerland. After graduated in 1997 she served as a house officer at Hospital Alor Star before served as Medical Officer at hospital Sik, Kedah from 1998 till 2000. In 2000, she perusing her Master in Ophthalmology as IIUM trainee lecturer and completed in 2005. She served as a full time lecturer at IIUM since 2005. In 2010, she went to Bern, Switzerland to complete one year fellowship in Medical Retina under Prof. Dr. Dr. Sebastian Wolf. Upon completed the fellowship she continue serves as senior lecturer in IIUM Ophthalmology Department.
Her interest is in diabetic retinopathy and retinal imaging. She published few articles on diabetic retinopathy and retina imaging in few journals and books including Handbook Of Biophotonics, Volume 2: Photonics For Health Care By Willey VCH and Optical Coherence Tomography and Visual Acuity: Photoreceptor Loss. In: Optical Coherence Tomography by. Springer, New York
Presently Dr. Adzura is a senior lecture, Post Graduate Coordinator and Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Department of Ophthalmology, KOM of IIUM.


Area of Specialisation


  • Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Clinical Medicine ~ Ophthalmology - Medical Retina


Professional Membership


  • 1991 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (alumni members), ANSARA Terendak
  • 1998 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (life member), Malaysian Medical Association
  • 1999 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (alumni member), alumni
  • 2006 - 2023 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (ordinary member Academic of Medicine Malaysia), Malaysian Society of Ophthalmology - ordinary member
  • 2011 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (panel temuduga), PERLANTIKAN SEBAGAI PANEL TEMUDUGA DI PUSAT TEMUDUGA UNIVERSITI ISLAM ANTARABANGSA, PAHANG
  • 2012 - 2012 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (interview panel), PERLANTIKAN SEBAGAI PANEL TEMUDUGA DI PUSAT TEMUDUGA UNIVERSITI ISLAM ANTARABANGSA, PAHANG
  • 2019 - 2021 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (PIBG committee ), PIBG SK Sg Talam
  • 2022 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (MMA Injury Prevention Committee), MMA Injury Prevention Committee


Teaching Responsibilities


INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT 1 2013/2014 2012/2013
OCULAR DISEASE 1 2013/2014 2012/2013
OPHTHALMOLOGY 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011
PHASE I (YEAR 1) 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022
PHASE II (YEAR 2) 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022
PHASE II (YEAR 3) 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023
PHASE III (YEAR 4) 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023


Supervision


Visual Search Performance Of Diabetic Maculopathy Patients With Macular Oedema.
Master Completed 2025 Main Supervisor
Prevalence Of Diabetic Retinopathy And Its Associated Risk Factors Among Patients With Early And Late Onset Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus In Government Health Clinics In Kuantan, Pahang.
Master Completed 2025 Co-supervisor
Factors Influencing Attendance To Eye Screening Among Diabetes Mellitus Patients In Kuantan, Pahang .
Master Completed 2018 Co-supervisor
Agreement Between A New Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography And Dual Scheimpflug Placido Analyser In Healthy Eyes.
Master In Progress Main Supervisor
Visual Outcome After Implanting Multifocal Intraocular Lens Among Cataract Patients .
Master In Progress Main Supervisor
To Be Determined.
Master In Progress Main Supervisor
Evaluation Of Corneal Endothelial Morphology Post-Phacoemulsification: A Comparative Study In Diabetic Type 2 Versus Non-Diabetic Patients.
Master In Progress Main Supervisor
Comparative Evaluation Of The Alterations In Corneal Endothelial Cell Morphology And Ocular Surface Parameters Between Vapers And Non-Users .
Master In Progress Main Supervisor
Evaluation Of The Safety And Refractive Outcomes Of Phakic Contact Lens Implantation Among High Myopic Patients In Iium Eye Specialist Clinic .
Master In Progress Main Supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
2023 - 2025 Development of a Prototype of Microvascular Analysis using Advanced Deep Learning and Fractal Analysis Techniques
2016 - 2017 An Asian, Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled 14-week Study of DS-5565 in Patients with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain Followed by A 52-week Open-Label Extension
2016 - 2020 Factor Influencing Decision and Support Available for Eye Screening Among Diabetes Patients in Kuantan, Pahang.
2008 - IIUM Kuantan Eye Screening (IKES)
On-Going
2025 - Present Normative Retinal Vascular Biomarkers in Healthy Aging: High-Resolution Fractal Dimension Analysis and Oculomics Insights
2025 - Present Adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) among eye care professionals at IIUM Kuantan
2011 - Present RU 2011 -IIUM Kuantan Eye Screening II- Relationship between retinal vessels diameter with optic disc parameter and retinal nerve fiber thickness.


Publications


Articles

2025 High-resolution retinal imaging system: diagnostic accuracy and usability. IIUM Journal of Orofacial and Health Sciences, 6 (1) pp. 69-77
2024 Diabetic retinopathy in early vs late-onset type 2 diabetes: prevalence and risk factors in Kuantan, Pahang. Medicine & Health, 19 (Suppl. 5) pp. 36-36
2024 EfficientNet in diabetic retinopathy detection: impact of pre-training scale. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 20 (Suppl. 10) pp. 133-138
2024 Exploring the prevalence and risk factors of diabetic retinopathy in early onset type 2 diabetes mellitus: a study in Kuantan, Pahang. Malaysian Family Physician, 19 (Suppl. 2) pp. 13-13
2024 High-resolution retinal vascular imaging and analysis system. International Journal of Allied Health Sciences, 8 (Suppl. 3) pp. 46-46
2024 Ocular hornet injury: a case report on corneal microperforation and endophthalmitis. Cureus, 16 (7) pp. 1-5
2024 The impact of image resolution on diagnostic accuracy using fractal dimension in identifying diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and age‑related macular degeneration. Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 262 (10) pp. 3409-3411
2021 A cross-sectional study on factors influencing attendance to eye screening. Enfermería Clínica, 31 (Supplement 2) pp. S321-S325
2021 Attendance to eye screening from the eye of healthcare professionals: a qualitative finding. International Journal of Care Scholars, 4 (2) pp. 40-48
2020 Factor influencing decision for eye screening among diabetes patients: a review. Nursing & Healthcare International Journal, 4 (1) pp. 1-8
2016 Retinal vasculature fractal dimension measures vessel density. Current Eye Research, 41 (6) pp. 823-831
2013 Long-Term intraocular pressure changes in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration treated with Ranibizumab. Ophthalmologica, 229 (3) pp. 168-172
2011 Correlation of serum insulin like growth factor-I with retinopathy in Malaysian pregnant diabetics. International Journal Of Ophthalmology, 4 (1) pp. 69-72
2010 How SD-OCT is changing our view of DME. Retinal Physician, () pp. 1-7
2009 A mimicry of melioidosis by Klebsiella ozaenae infection. Malaysian Journal of Pathology, 31 (2) pp. 147-150
Conference or Workshop Items

2021 The outcome of Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) with different tamponade material.. In: Conjoint Ophthalmology Scientific Conference 2020,
2021 Unilateral ischemic central retinal vein occlusion in a young healthy adult: a case report. In: Medical Research Symposium 2021,
2019 A cross sectional study on factors influencing attendance to eye screening. In: 4th International Conference on Global Health (ICGH) in conjunction with the 7th Asian International Conference in Humanized Health Care (AIC-HHC) 2019.,
2019 Auto-keratometer refractor- are they reliable?. In: 7th National Ocular Biometry Course (NOBC 2019),
2019 Nonproliferative and proliferative retinopathy. In: 11th Diabetes Complications Conference and Grand Rounds 2019,
2017 A study of factors influencing eye screening: Descriptive findings. In: Medical Research Symposium 2017,
2011 Association between foveal photoreceptor changes and visual acuity in diabetic macular edema : a spectral domain optical coherence tomography study. In: International Health Conference IIUM 2011 ,
Book Sections

2012 Diabetic retinopathy. In: Wiley-VCH, ISBN: , pp. 645-660
2012 Optical coherence tomography and visual acuity: photoreceptor loss . In: Springer, ISBN: 978-3-642-27409-1, pp. 51-86
2012 Optical coherence tomography and visual acuity: photoreceptor loss . In: Springer, ISBN: 978-3-642-27409-1, pp. 51-86