Khairul Azhar bin Jaafar obtained his MBBS in 1997 from University of Malaya, completed his postgraduate training (Master in Medicine, Internal Medicine) in 2004 from National University of Malaysia and subsequently, pursued his subspecialty training in the field of gastroenterology and hepatology in various hospitals such as Selayang Hospital, Hospital UKM, Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab, Kota Bharu and Singapore General Hospital . He completed training in 2010.
He won the Promising Researcher Award (Kulliyah level) in 2008 and has presented papers at medical conferences locally and over
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seas including Singapore, Korea, UAE and New Zealand.
He is a lifetime member for the Malaysian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (MSGH), Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) and East Coast GastroHepatology Club (ECGHC)
Presently Dr Khairul Azhar bin Jaafar is a medical lecturer and practising clinician at the Department of Internal Medicine at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan, Pahang and Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan, Pahang since June 2004. Besides teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students, he is also an examiner for the national Master in Internal Medicine, Malaysia. He was appointed as an Associate Professor in 2009 and inducted to Associate Professor in 2014.