Infectious Diseases Unit University Malaya

Introduction

The Infectious Diseases Unit at the University of Malaya Medical Centre provides care for patients with infections ranging from complicated infections and tropical infections to undifferentiated fever, people living with HIV, and key affected populations. We also have an antimicrobial stewardship team that works together closely with our pharmacists and microbiologists to help ensure the appropriate use of antibiotics within the hospital.

The team believes in practicing evidence-based medicine and is active in research covering dengue infections, multidrug-resistant bacteria, antimicrobial resistance, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of antibiotics, Tuberculosis, COVID-19, and HIV (prevention, aging, mental health, women’s health, and stigma).

List of Clinicians/Scientists/Post-doc/Research assistants under ID unit

Associate Professor Dr. Sharifah Faridah Binti Syed Omar
Head of Infectious Diseases Unit Infectious Diseases Consultant
Expertise/Area of Interest: Dengue, Tropical diseases, COVID-19, HIV Medicine, HIV-Hepatitis C coinfection, HIV prevention and Harm reduction, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Infection control, and prevention.
Professor Dato’ Dr Adeeba Kamaruzaman
Infectious Diseases Consultant
Expertise/Area of Interest: Infectious/Communicable Diseases (Specialist In Infectious Diseases NSR), Infectious/Communicable Diseases
Associate Professor Dr Raja Iskandar Raja Azwa
Infectious Diseases Consultant
Expertise/Area of Interest: HIV Medicine, Opportunistic infections, HIV Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), HIV resistance, HIV co-morbidities, Innovations in HIV medicine, Stigma & discrimination, Sexually transmitted infections, Sexual health, HIV & Hepatitis B & C co-infection, Tuberculosis.
Professor Dr Sasheela Sri La Sri Ponnampalavanar
Infectious Diseases Consultant
Expertise/Area of Interest: Infection Prevention and Control, Antimicrobial Stewardship (incl Diagnostic stewardship), Hospital Acquired Infections (device/implant-related infection, surgical site infection, hospital acquired pneumonia, catheter etc), ICU infection, Multidrug resistant organisms, Travel medicine, Tropical medicine, Emerging infectious diseases (ie COVID-19), HIV management.
Helmi Bin Sulaiman
Infectious Diseases physician
Expertise/Area of Interest: Antibiotic Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics, Multidrug-resistant organisms, Gram-negative bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, Antimicrobial stewardship, ICU infections, Pneumonia.
Wong Pui Li
Infectious Diseases Physician
Expertise/Area of Interest: Infectious Diseases, HIV and Ageing, Stigma and Discrimination amongst Key Populations and People Living with HIV.
Sazali bin Basri
Internal Medicine Specialist & Infectious Diseases Trainee
Expertise/Area of Interest: Infectious Diseases, HIV, PrEP, STIs, Antimicrobial stewardship
Bushra binti Megat Johari
Infectious Diseases Physician
Expertise/Area of Interest: Infectious Diseases, Tuberculosis, COVID-19
Anjanna Kukreja
Infectious Diseases Physician
Expertise/Area of Interest: Infectious / Communicable Diseases, HIV Medicine, Women & HIV, HIV Aging, HIV Stigma & Discrimination, Tropical Medicine, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Infection Prevention and Control