Sabarul Afian Mokhtar PhD, MD, MS(Orth), FRCS

Dr. Sabarul Afian Mokhtar is currently the Deputy Dean, of the Faculty of Medicine, at the University Kebangsaan Malaysia, and Deputy Director of Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz(HCTM). He obtained his Medical Degree from the University of Kebangsaan Malaysia. Upon completing his internship and rural hospital placement in Sabah, he was recruited back to University Kebangsaan Malaysia and completed his training as an orthopedic surgeon. He continued with subspecialty training in the field of Spine Surgery at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. In 2008, he was offered a position as a Ph.D. Clinical Fellow for Spine Surgery at the Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University, Sydney. He was the pioneer orthopedic surgeon working and doing research at the Macquarie University Hospital and completed his Ph.D. in 2012 entitled “Development of a Model for Assessment and Predicting Outcome in Surgery for Degenerative Disorder of the Lumbosacral Spine” where his research and practices mainly focused on the aging spine.

He is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate education at both national and international levels. He is currently the secretary for the Malaysian Spine Society since 2013, a member of the Malaysian Conjoint Board of Orthopaedics, the National Orthopaedic Curriculum Committee, and the ASEAN Orthopaedic Association (AOA) Education Committee. He has presented and authored a significant number of scientific papers and abstracts that are testimony to his clinical and research interests in spinal disorders and osteoporosis. He is involved in multi-center clinical trials (e.g. Asia and Latin America Osteoporotic Fracture Observational Study). He has received a number of awards for his services, academic achievements, and innovations.