Asma Abdullah MD, MS, ORL-HNS

Professor Dr. Asma Abdullah received her medical degree in 1995 and postgraduate Otorhinolaryngology training (2002) from University Kebangsaan Malaysia. She has been working under Prof Dato Dr. Lokman Saim since 1998. Along with general ENT Surgical work, she has focused on Cochlear Implants, Universal Newborn, Acoustic Neuroma, Temporal Bone Carcinoma, and Cholesteatoma. She sits on many committees related to undergraduate and postgraduate medical training.

She has more than 90 publications in major international journals. She is an outstanding teacher and has been duly recognized by UKM and the Ministry of Health Malaysia. She has mentored ORL surgeons who hold the position of distinction in Malaysia. She also teaches overseas postgraduate students from Indonesia, Myanmar, Yemen, Iran, Libya, and Iraq. She is a board exam member for the Malaysian Postgraduate ORL Conjoint Exam. She was appointed as a member of the Clinical Practice Guideline on Otitis Media under the Ministry of Health in 2010-2013.

She was the chairman of the First Kuala Lumpur BAHA workshop in 2010, the First and Second Newborn Hearing Screening program Seminar in 2011 & 2017. Despite her busy schedule, she is also supervising her undergraduate and postgraduate students. She completed her sabbatical leave for 9 months and managed to complete her project on Down syndrome. She has been a recipient of the “Bintang Cemerlang Negeri”/ State Excellent Award by the Penang State Government in recognition of her distinguished and exceptional service in the field of Medicine in 2011.