Page 11 - 7th POMR CONFERENCE MELAKA 2022

SPEAKERS

DR. MOHD YUSOF BIN ABDULLAH
Dr. Mohd Yusof currently practices at the Hospital Tunku Azizah and the Head of
Paediatric Surgery. He received his Medical Degree from the University
Kebangsaan Malaysia in 1997 and went on to proceed with his Masters in Surgery
from the same university in 2004. He served as a general surgeon at the Hospital Kuala
Lumpur and Hospital Kuala Terengganu. Dr Mohd Yusof subsequently continued to do his
fellowship in Paediatric Surgery under the Ministry of Health programme and also completed
his training in Pediatric Surgery, Burn and Trauma from the Red Cross War Memorial
Children’s Hospital, Capetown, South Africa. At present, Dr Mohd Yusof is the Head of Service
for Pediatric Surgery Malaysia with Special Interest in Pediatric Urology, Pediatric Burn and
Minimally Invasive Surgery. He is also in charge of Pediatric Urology Clinic in the Department
of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital Tunku Azizah, Kuala Lumpur.

DR. VICKNESH VISVALINGAM
Dr Vicknesh did his MBBS in1993 at the Madras University in Tamil Nadu, India.
Subsequently, he proceeded with Masters in OBS & GYN at the National University
of Malaysia in 2001. Dr. Vicknesh pursued his Fellowship in Gynaecological
Oncology in Malaysia and Singapore at the KK Women and Children Hospital, Singapore,
which is an accredited centre by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of OBS & GYN.
In 2007, he was gazzetted as a Gynaecological Oncologist by the Ministry of Health, Malaysia.
He is currently the Head of the Gynaecological Oncology Unit, Department of OBS & GYN at
the Selayang Hospital which is one of the Referral Centre for the State of Selangor, Malaysia as
well as a training centre for Gynae-Oncology Fellowship Training. He is also a Committee
member as well as Advisor in Professional Organizations seeking to improve Gynaecological
Oncology Services in Malaysia. Not only that, Dr Vicknesh was also the Past President of the
Malaysian Gynaecological Cancer Society (MGCS).

DR. ANDRE DAS
Dr. Andre Das did his MBBS in University Malaya in in 1986 and subsequently
pursued Masters in Surgery in 1997 at the National University of Singapore. He
was the past Head of Department of Surgery and Senior Consultant Surgeon,
Kajang Hospital, Selangor of the Ministry of Health, Malaysia from October 1998 till 2019. Dr.
Andre is an Honorary Lecturer and Examiner at the Medical Faculty of University Putra
Malaysia since 2008 till present. He is also an Examiner for Conjoint Board for Masters in
Surgery Malaysia since the year 2010. Dr. Andre is currently an ATLS Course Director and
Trainer for Malaysia under the American College of Surgeons as well as an Instructor for
NOTSS (non operative technical surgical skills) course in Malaysia by the Royal College of
Surgeons Edinburgh.

DR. RASHIDE BIN YAACOB
Dr Rashide Yaaacob graduated from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 1995. He
than did his Master of Surgery in 2002 from the same university. Dr. Rashide was
as clinical specialist at Hospital Sungai Petani, Kedah from 2002 till 2007. He was
than posted to Hospital Sultan Abdul Halim , Sungai Petani in 2007. He was elected the Head
of Department of Surgery, Hospital Sultan Abdul Halim in 2011. Dr. Rashide has also been
contributed a lot to the Sungai Petani community. He spear heads some of the community
work in and around Sungai Petani. Not only is Surgery his passion but he also loves woodwork
and is capabale of making his own furniture. In 2021, Dr. Rashide was elected the Head of
Surgical service for the state of Kedah.