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Khairunisa binti Ahmad Affandi

Academic Qualifications

  • Master of Pathology (Anatomic Pathology) - Masters Degree (Clinical Specialist), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
  • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery - Bachelor Degree, International Islamic University Malaysia

Khairunisa binti Ahmad Affandi (Dr.)

Assistant Professor
IIUM Kuantan Campus

KULLIYYAH OF MEDICINE

khairunisa@iium.edu.my
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Area of Specialisation


  • Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Clinical Medicine ~ Pathology - Anatomic Pathology


Professional Membership


  • 2021 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Life Member), International Academy of Pathology Malaysian Division (IAPMD)


Teaching Responsibilities


ADAB AND AKIDAH 2025/2026
BASIC GENERAL SURGERY POSTING 2024/2025 2023/2024
BASIC PSYCHIATRY AND BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES 2021/2022
BODY REACTIONS TO PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS 2025/2026 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021
CARDIOVASCULAR AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS 2025/2026
CARDIOVASCULAR, RESPIRATORY AND HAEMOPOIETIC SYSTEMS 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021
General Pathology 2021/2022
Islamisation of Human Knowledge for Health Sciences 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022
Islamisation of Human Knowledge in Medicine 2021/2022
MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2025/2026
NORMAL RESPONSE & PROCESS TO DISEASED STATE 2018/2019
NORMAL RESPONSE AND PROCESS TO DISEASED STATE 2025/2026 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020
NORMAL STRUCTURE & FUNCTION OF THE HUMAN CELL, TISSUE & BODY SYSTEMS 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021
RESPONSE TO DISEASED STATE AND EXOGENOUS AGENTS 2025/2026
STRUCTURE & FUNCTION IN NORMAL & DISEASED STATES & BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020
THE ALIMENTARY AND HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEMS 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019
THE ENDOCRINE, REPRODUCTIVE AND URINARY SYSTEMS 2025/2026 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021
THE ENDOCRINE, REPRODUCTIVE URINARY SYSTEMS 2019/2020 2018/2019
THE LOCOMOTOR AND NERVOUS SYSTEMS 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019


Supervision


Effects Of Tualang Honey On Metabolic, Hepatic And Gut-Microbiome Alteration In A High Cholesterol Diet-Induced Obese Rat Model.
Ph.D In Progress Co-supervisor
Association Of Mammographic And Sonographic Findings With Molecular Subtypes Among Breast Cancer Patients, In Sultan Ahmad Shah Medical Center (Sasmec@Iium).
Master Completed 2026 Co-supervisor
A Retrospective Comparative Cross-Sectional Study Of Labour Outcomes Between Zhang'S Criteria And Friedman'S Criteria In Sultan Ahmad Shah Medical Centre @Iium, Kuantan, Malaysia .
Master Completed 2025 Co-supervisor
Tumour Infiltrating Lymphocytes (Tils) And Its Association With Breast Carcinoma Imaging Characteristics At Sultan Ahmad Shah Medical Center, Iium.
Master Completed 2025 Co-supervisor
Evaluation Of Tumour-Associated Macrophages And Colony Stimulating Factor-1 Expression In Invasive Breast Carcinoma.
Master Completed 2023 Main Supervisor
The Effects Of Eurycoma Longifolia Jack Tongkat Ali Root Extract Hydrogel On Histological And Immunohistochemical Parameters Of Wound Healing.
Master Completed 2022 Co-supervisor
Neuroprotective Effects Of Edible Bird'S Nest In Chronic Cerebral Hypoperfusion-Induced Neurodegeneration In Rats.
Master Completed 2021 Co-supervisor
Pattern Of Tumour-Infiltrating Lymphocytes In Breast Cancer Patients – A Single Centre Experience In Pahang.
Master In Progress Co-supervisor
Mammographic And Sonographic Features Of Invasive Breast Carcinoma And Its Association With Histopathological Findings Among Breast Cancer Patients In Sultan Ahmad Shah Medical Centre (Sasmec@Iium).
Master In Progress Co-supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
2021 - 2024 Assessment of Molecular Stability for Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology and Non Gynaecological Specimen Post Liquid Based Cytology Preparation in SASMEC
2021 - 2024 Evaluation of Tumour-Associated Macrophages and CSF-1 Expression in Invasive Breast Carcinoma
On-Going
2025 - Present Exploring Leptin and Leptin Receptor Expression in Ovarian Cancer: An Immunohistochemistry Approach
2025 - Present The Clinical Utility of Imaging and Radiomics Characteristics in Predicting Clinicopathological Features and Tumour Microenvironment of Breast Carcinoma
2022 - Present Understanding the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory role of tualang honey in weight reduction and changes to gut microbiota in diet-induced obese rats.


Publications


Articles

2025 Atypical chest pain as a prelude to cancer: an uncommon presentation of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the parotid gland. The University of Toronto Medical Journal (UTMJ), 102 (1) pp. 28-31
2025 Effect of Tualang honey on the regulation of liver lipid metabolizing enzymes gene expression in a 12% high cholesterol diet-induced obese rats. Asia-Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, 33 (2 Supplementary) pp. 29-29
2025 Effect of Tualang honey supplementation in weight reduction and dyslipidaemia in high cholesterol diet- induced obese rats. IIUM Medical Journal Malaysia, 24 (3) pp. 116-125
2025 The intricate nexus: the relationship between oxidative stress and inflammation in obesity. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 21 (5) pp. 365-374
2024 Effect of tualang honey supplementation in weight reduction and dyslipidemia in high cholesterol diet induced obese rats. Medicine & Health, 19 (Suppl. 5) pp. 22-22
2024 Evaluation of tumour-associated macrophages and colony-stimulating factor-1 expression in invasive breast carcinoma and their association with prognostic parameters. IIUM Medical Journal Malaysia, 23 (4) pp. 120-129
2024 The effects of Eurycoma longifolia jack root extract on histological parameters of wound healing. Asian journal of Medicine and Biomedicine, 8 (2) pp. 186-196
2024 The impact of tualang honey on liver weight, adipose tissue, and obesity index in high cholesterol diet-induced obese rats. International Journal of Allied Health Sciences, 8 (Suppl. 3) pp. 90-90
2024 Uncommon but crucial: neuroma of appendix as a rare aetiology of acute appendicitis. Malaysian Journal of Pathology, 43 () pp. 467-467
2024 Upper tract transitional cell carcinoma: an array of imaging conundrum. IIUM Journal of Orofacial and Health Sciences, 5 (1) pp. 96-102
2023 An interesting case report on calcaneal tuberculosis as a rare presentation of disseminated tuberculosis. Bangladesh Journal of Infectious Diseases, 10 (1) pp. 52-55
2023 EGFR signalling pathway mutations in colorectal cancer: experience from a new laboratory. Malaysian Journal of Pathology, 45 (3) pp. 525-525
2023 Experience of sentinel axillary node biopsy in early breast cancer patients at SASMEC: an interim analysis. Medicine and Health, 18 (7 (Suppl)) pp. 29-29
2023 Improved quality of healed wounds with topical application of Eurycoma Longifolia Jack root extract hydrogel. IIUM Medical Journal Malaysia, 22 (4) pp. 115-121
2023 The effects of the topical application of eurycoma longifolia jack (TA) root extract hydrogel on vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression during wound healing in vivo excisional wound model. IIUM Medical Journal Malaysia, 22 (1) pp. 79-86
2023 The elusive primary: metastatic adenocarcinoma of the breast presenting solely as a hard sternal mass. American Journal of Case Reports, 24 () pp. 1-9
2022 The effect of Eurycoma longifolia Jack Tongkat Ali hydrogel on wound contraction and re-epithelialization in In Vivo excisional wound model. Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences, 10 (A) pp. 634-643
2022 Tualang honey supplementation alleviates obesity and dyslipidaemia in high cholesterol diet induced non-alcoholic steatohepatitis animal model. IIUM Medical Journal Malaysia, 21 (4) pp. 105-113
2021 A rare case of recurrent breast malignant phyllodes tumor with lung, axillary and mediastinal lymph nodes metastasis. Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery, 10 (1) pp. 21-29
2021 Neuroprotective effect of edible bird’s nest in chronic cerebral hypoperfusion induced neurodegeneration in rats. Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation, 8 () pp.
2021 Preparation of Euyrycoma Longifolia Jack (E.L) Tongkat Ali (TA) root extract hydrogel for wound application. Pharmacognosy Journal, 13 (6) pp. 1456-1463
2021 Squamous cell carcinoma in burn scars: report of three cases. International Journal of Allied Health Sciences (IJAHS), 5 (1) pp.
2019 Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the small intestine in a patient with refractory coeliac disease.. Malaysian Journal of Pathology, 41 (1) pp. 65-69
2019 Disseminated histoplasmosis mimicking an acute appendicitis. Malaysian Journal of Pathology, 41 (2) pp. 223-227
2019 Lipoma of the parotid gland. Egyptian Journal of Ear Nose Throat and Allied Science, 20 (1) pp. 23-26
2019 Upper tract transitional carcinoma: an array of imaging conundrum. IIUM Medical Journal Malaysia, 18 (Supplementary Issue 2) pp. 57-57
2018 p40 immunohistochemistry is an excellent marker in primary lung squamous cell carcinoma. Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine, 52 (5) pp. 283-289
2017 Expression of p40 immunohistochemistry in non-small cell lung carcinoma. The Malaysian Journal of Pathology, 39 (3) pp. 331-349
2017 Metastasis within a metastasis to the thyroid: A rare phenomenon. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology, 60 (3 (July-September)) pp. 1-2
2016 Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the small intestine in a refractory coeliac disease. The Malaysian Journal of Pathology, 38 (3) pp. 335-346
Conference or Workshop Items

2024 Unveiling a rarity: myoepithelial neoplasms of soft tissue. In: The 20th Annual Scientific Meeting, College of Pathologists, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia,
2022 Eurycoma Longifolia jack hydrogel improves the quality of healed wounds. In: 5th International conference on oral immunology and oral microbiology,
2022 Evaluation of colony-stimulating factor 1 in invasive breast carcinoma and its association with prognostic parameters. In: International Virtual Medical Research Symposium 2022,
2021 Dedifferentiated sacral chordoma: a case report. In: 7th Annual Scientific Meeting 2021 (Virtual) , International Academy of Pathology Malaysia Division (IAPMD).,
2021 Evaluation of histologic localization of tumour-associated macrophages in invasive breast carcinoma and its association with prognostic parameters. In: Medical Research Symposium 2021,
2021 Neuroprotective effect of edible bird’s nest in chronic cerebral hypoperfusion-induced neurodegeneration in rats. In: 7th Asian-Oceanian Congress on Clinical Neurophysiology,
2020 Association between duration to complete online assessment and student score among IIUM preclinical medical students. In: International Putra InnoCreative Carnival in Teaching and Learning 2020 (PicTL 2020),
2020 Comparison of familiarity and competency in using online assessment platforms among lecturers before and during movement control order period. In: International Putra InnoCreative Carnival in Teaching and Learning 2020 (PicTL 2020),
2020 Contextual factors influencing performance in the new synchronous online assessment among IIUM preclinical medical students. In: International Putra InnoCreative Carnival in Teaching and Learning 2020 (PicTL 2020),
2020 New online assessment among IIUM preclinical medical students: a firsthand experience. In: International Putra Innocreative Poster Competition International Putra Innocreative Carnival in Teaching And Learning (PicTL 2020),
2020 Outcome of conventional and alternative assessment during online teaching and learning mode between open book and recall test. In: International Putra InnoCreative Carnival in Teaching and Learning 2020 (PicTL 2020),
2020 Timing and format of new synchronous online assessment : IIUM experience with preclinical medical students. In: International Putra InnoCreative Carnival in Teaching and Learning 2020 (PicTL 2020),
2020 Using a Moodle-based platform for online assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic: expectations vs reality. In: International Putra InnoCreative Carnival in Teaching and Learning 2020 (PicTL 2020),
Books

2022 Ethics and professionalism in medical practice - Islamic input in medical practice a course aid. S&T Publisher, ISBN: