Medical Team Profile

Dato’ Dr. Nor Shahidah Khairullah obtained her medical degree from the University of Malaya in 1983 and continued her post graduate education in Clinical and Molecular Virology at University of London’s School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in the United Kingdom. After her Masters in Clinical Virology in 1987, she was offered the British Commissioner’s Research award for her work in Dengue vaccines. She qualified as a Member of the Royal College of Pathologist (MRCPath) in 1994 and was awarded a Fellowship from The Royal College (FRCPath) in 1996.

In addition to this, she is a Fellow of Academy of Medicine Malaysia (FAMM). After 11 years of service as the Consultant Clinical Virologist and Academician in University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) she left in 1994 when she was offered by Specialty Laboratories USA to set up a high end testing laboratory, the first in Malaysia. She was a member of the Technical Advisory Board for the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) in Geneva, Switzerland for the past 6 years and was also a regional advisor representing the Ministry of Health for the World Health Organisation (WHO) and European Commission (EU) between 2002 until 2007. Dato’ Dr Nor has been involved in Clinical Research as well as the National Ethics Board of the Ministry of Health. She is a member of many professional bodies including the Society for Anti- Aging and Regenerative Medicine (SAAARM) as well as a Board and Founder Member of the Society for Advancement of Hormones and Healthy Aging (SAHAAM).