Staff Directory
Academic Qualifications
- Master of Medicine - Masters Degree (Clinical Specialist), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
- M.B.Ch.B - Bachelor Degree, Al Mustansiriya University
Yahia F. Hussein Al- Hadeethi (Dr.)
Assistant Professor
IIUM Kuantan Campus
KULLIYYAH OF MEDICINE
yahia@iium.edu.my
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Expert Profile
After graduation in 2002, Dr.Yahia worked in three teaching hospitals in Baghdad (namely Al-Yarmook,Al-Kindi and Ibn Alnafees) and did rotation in (general medicine, general surgery, pediatric, psychiatry, O&G, emergency, neuromedicine, ENT, Ophthalmology, ICU, NICU, orthopedic) for a period of two years. He spent one extra year in the A&E Department of Al-Yarmook Teaching Hospital due to the shortage of personnel and mass casualty suffered during that time (War and sectarian violence). In September 2005, he was posted to serve as a medical officer in Al-Anbar province, when he resigned and joined private practice. He worked in Al-Kaisar Private Hospital for two years as a resident medical officer in the surgical ward until 2007 when he joined the Master programme to obtain a master degree in ORL-HNS from University Science Malaysia (USM) in 2012.
He has had a passion for teaching since his undergraduate years and this passion grew over the years and he joined IIUM as an Assistant Professor at the Kulliyyah of Medicine ORL-HNS Department in 2012.Currently, he is teaching ORL-HNS-related topics in multiple Kulliyyahs within IIUM.
He conducted research on eosinophilic nasal polyposis during his Master's degree preparation and has a few publications to his credit. His main interest in research is neuro-otology and swallowing disorders.
He has had a passion for teaching since his undergraduate years and this passion grew over the years and he joined IIUM as an Assistant Professor at the Kulliyyah of Medicine ORL-HNS Department in 2012.Currently, he is teaching ORL-HNS-related topics in multiple Kulliyyahs within IIUM.
He conducted research on eosinophilic nasal polyposis during his Master's degree preparation and has a few publications to his credit. His main interest in research is neuro-otology and swallowing disorders.
Area of Specialisation
- Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Clinical Medicine ~ Surgery
Teaching Responsibilities
| BMS & GENERAL ORL-HNS ROTATION | 2024/2025 2022/2023 2021/2022 2019/2020 |
| BMS and General ORL-HNS Rotation | 2020/2021 |
| BODY REACTIONS TO PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS | 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
| EAR, NOSE AND THROAT | 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 |
| GENERAL MEDICINE & GENERAL SURGERY | 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 |
| MEDICAL CONDITIONS 3 : SKIN & ENT | 2015/2016 |
| MULTIDISCIPLINARY & SUBSPECIALTIES ROTATION | 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
| NORMAL STRUCTURE & FUNCTION OF THE HUMAN CELL, TISSUE & BODY SYSTEMS | 2022/2023 |
| Otology | 2024/2025 2022/2023 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 |
| OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY - HEAD AND NECK SURGERY | 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 |
| SUBSPECIALTIES ROTATION | 2024/2025 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
| THE LOCOMOTOR AND NERVOUS SYSTEMS | 2019/2020 |
Supervision
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Otitis Media With Effusion And Its Related Surgical Outcomes Among Children In Sasmec@Iium Kuantan Pahang, Malaysia.
Master
Completed
2025
Main Supervisor
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Evaluation Of Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex And Corrective Saccades Using Video Head Impulse Test In Patients With Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.
Master
Completed
2025
Main Supervisor
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Olfactory Function Post Endoscopic Sinus Surgery.
Master
Completed
2023
Main Supervisor
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Changes In Perception Of Dizziness & Quality Of Life Of Patients Who Received Care At Vestibular Clinic In Sultan Ahmad Shah Medical Centre @Iium.
Master
Completed
2023
Main Supervisor
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Changes In Perception Of Dizziness & Quality Of Life Of Patients Who Received Care At Vestibular Clinic In Sultan Ahmad Shah Medical Centre @Iium.
Master
Completed
2023
Co-supervisor
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Effects Of Age And Peripheral Vestibular Hypofunction On Lateral And Vertical Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex Gain Measured Using The Video Head Impulse Test (Vhit).
Master
Completed
2022
Co-supervisor
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The Effect Of Ear Canal Acoustics And Transducer Placements In Bone-Conducted Ocular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (Ovemp)
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Master
In Progress
Co-supervisor
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Evaluation Of Eustachian Tube Angle, Tubotympanic Angle And Korner’S Septum On High Resolution Computed Tomography (Hrct) Temporal Bone In Patients With Chronic Otitis Media In Sasmec @ Iium.
Master
In Progress
Co-supervisor
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Research Projects
Completed
| 2021 - 2023 | Changes in Perception of Dizziness and Quality of Life of Patients Who Received Care at Vestibular Clinic at SASMEC@IIUM |
| 2021 - 2022 | Effects of Prochlorperazine and Betahistine Towards Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex Gain, Vestibular Spinal Reflex Gain and Oculomotor Functions in Healthy Individuals |
| 2017 - 2021 | The Occurrence of Bad Splits Based on Epker Technique for Sagittal Split Ramus Osteotomy: A Cohort Cadaveric Study |
On-Going
| 2021 - Present | Changes in Perception of Dizziness and Quality of Life of Patients Who Received Care at Vestibular Clinic at SASMEC@IIUM |
| 2016 - Present | Identification of nano-formulated Thymoquinone effect on inflammatory response of Sino-Nasal cell linage RPMI 2650. |
Publications
Articles
Conference or Workshop Items
| 2019 | Preliminary post findings in BPPV patients presenting with normal vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) gain and observable saccades using video head impulse test (vHIT). In: 3rd International Conference for Medical and Health Sciences, |
Monograph
| 2024 | Guideline on credit value and student learning time calculation for medical specialty programmes. In: Majlis Dekan Fakulti Perubatan Universiti Awam Malaysia (MDFPUAM), |