Dr Shaila Kabir

Professor

Department: Medical School

Office: 330, Avicenna Hall

Email: sh.kabir[at]akfauniversity.org

Resume

  • Professor: Internal Medicine and Endocrinology

  • School of Medicine, AKFA University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

  • Senior Lecturer, Specialist & Coordinator MD Accreditation - Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Malaysia Sabah (UMS) and Specialist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia from July 2018-2022

  • Senior Lecturer (Specialist) and Head of the department - Department of Medicine, Faculty of medicine and Health Sciences, University Malaysia Sabah (UMS) and Specialist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia from January 2016 till June 2018.

  • Senior Lecturer & Specialist - Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Malaysia Sabah (UMS) and Specialist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia from January 2013 till December 2015.

  • Lecturer - Department of Medicine, Faculty of medicine and Health Sciences, University Malaysia Sabah (UMS) and Specialist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia from December 2010 to December 2012.

  • Registrar – Internal Medicine, Apollo hospitals Dhaka, Bangladesh (A 450 bedded tertiary level JCI accredited hospital) from February’2007 to December’2010 (3 years and 10 months)

Research Interest

  • Research A: Tuberculosis and other infectious diseases

  • Research B: Diabetes Mallitus and Obesity

  • Research C: Public Awareness in Medicine and Health Sciences

Research Completed

  • Researcher: (Completed) Clinical Experience and outcome of Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection in Sabah. SDK grant, UMS RM16,800.

  • Researcher: (Completed) “Rapid diagnosis and MDR-TB using Gene Xpert System at the RMEC community TB clinic UMS” SKIM GERAN PENYELIDIKAN UMS (SGPUMS), RM 30,000 (SBK0206-SKK-2016)

  • Co-Researcher: (Completed) Human organ donation and transplantation: Knowledge, awareness, perception and attitudes among the university level students of Sabah state of Malaysia.

  • Co-Researcher: (Completed) “Rapid and novel diagnostic tool for Tuberculosis by using sputum GeneXpert MTB/RIF Assay, MDR- TB detection” TRGS Project 2 RM 437,800 (Total Grant RM 896,400)

  • Researcher: (Completed) “Comparison of sputum AFB microscopy and Gene Xpert for early detection of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Sabah” SKIM GERAN PENYELIDIKAN UMS (SGPUMS), RM 30,000 (SBK0252-SKK-2016) Completed in Sep’2017

  • Co-Researcher: (completed) Glue ear or Otitis media with effusion among 4-9-year-old school-going children of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia. UMS Grant RM 6000, Completed in December’2016.

Teaching

  • Cardiology, Endocrinology, and genitourinary system – Fall and Spring semester, School of Medicine, AKFA university, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

  • Doctor of Medicine (MD) Programme, Medical junior and senior posting, CSL, PBL, BST, Ward round, Clinic sessions, etc. Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), University Malaysia Sabah (UMS).

Publications

  • “Gustatory Dysfunction in COVID-19: Solitary or Secondary?”; (2022); Borneo Journal of Medical Science (BJMS), Malaysia. Vol-16, Issue- 3; P 11-18

https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/bjms/article/view/3596/2564

Conferences and Scientific Events

Conferences and Scientific visits: Organizer

  • Basic & intermediate level ECG course’ FPSK UMS; once in a year 2012-2019

  • Radiology conference in 2014; FPSK UMS Committee member

  • BLS & ACLS course 2016-2018 two times in a year FPSK UMS Committee member

  • Rheumatology update’2016” FPSK UMS Committee member

  • Medical Symposium Committee member 2018, 2019 FPSK UMS

Conferences and Scientific visits: Invited Speaker

  • Speaker: Basic & intermediate level ECG course’

  • Speaker: Medical Symposium

  • Speaker: Regional Malaysian Society of Hypertension CV workshop 2014

  • Speaker: Primary Care Symposium, 15 Feb 2014 Magellan Sutera, Kota Kinabalu.

Conferences and Scientific visits: Participant

  • 1st International Borneo Healthcare and Public Health Conference & 4th Borneo Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease Congress, at KK, Sabah Malaysia. 2019

  • Diabetes Asia Conference 2019, Kuala Lumpur

  • 50th Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) Conference 2018

  • 1st Borneo Quality of Life Conference 2018

  • IDF-WPR Congress 2018 Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia

  • Good Clinical Cases for Undergraduate Medical Students in Different Specialty

  • Smart & Talented Leadership 2016

  • FPSK E-Learning Workshop 2018

  • Higher Education Talk "The Concept of University: Beyond Ranking"

  • Genomic Surveillance of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

  • Laparoscopic Approach to Inguinal Hernia

  • 1st Bronchoscopy Course

  • Updates on Tuberculosis: A New Era Global TB Control Strategy

  • Innovation Week Symposium 2017

  • Assessment of Clinical Competence & Patient Centered Consultation

  • Latihan Pangkalan Data BMJ

  • Publication Workshop 1/2016

  • Medical Education Public Seminar Series

  • Medical Education Seminar Series: A Surgeon's Perspective on SCL

  • UMS/OEH Rheumatology Update 2016

  • Basic Ultrasound Workshop

  • Basic Life Support Course

  • Medical Education Public Lecture Series: Rational Patient Care (anjuran FPSK)

  • Seminar on Pneumococcal Diseases in Children

  • Diabetes Asia Conference 2012

  • Workshop on Literature Search Using Scopus and Bibliographic Citation: Mandaley

  • International Malaria Symposium 2013: New Challenges and Strategies in Malaria Control Kota Kinabalu 2013

  • International Neuroscience Symposium Kota Kinabalu 2012

  • 3rd Annual Diabetic Foot Seminar and Trade Exhibition Kuala Lumpur;2011

  • 3rd International Conference in Rural Medicine (3rd ICORM) Kota Kinabalu 2011

Projects

  • “Evaluation of foot care strategies during ablution among type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients of UMS health centres”

  • Cardio-respiratory functions and bone mineral density (BMD) in relation with body mass index (BMI) among Sabahan young adults

Individual Awards

Education:

  • FRCP(Glasg) Fellow of Royal College of Physicians of Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2021.

  • DEM (Post Graduate Diploma in Endocrinology and Metabolism) BIRDEM (Bangladesh Institute for Research in Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism, Dhaka, Bangladesh), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2006.

  • MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery) Chittagong Medical College, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 1997

Other Awards and Recognitions

Clinical Services:


  • Specialist Endocrinology & Diabetology: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

  • Specialist Endocrinology & Diabetology Clinic: Polyclinic UMS, Kingfisher, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

  • Clinical Coordinator: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

(Sessions: 2014-2015)


Supervision:

  • Post Graduate Supervisor - PhD student: “Long term effect of pravastatin on diabetogenicity in obese rat model”

  • Post Graduate Supervisor – Master’s student: “Evaluation of foot care strategies during ablution among type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients of UMS health centers”

  • Supervisor of group of students taking care of foster families in the rural areas (PUPUK) as a part of curriculum of Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), University Malaysia Sabah (UMS).

  • Mentor of group of weaker students of Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), University Malaysia Sabah (UMS).


Intellectual Contribution:


  • Editorial Board Member: Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences (BJMS)

  • Reviewer: The Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences (BJMS)

  • Reviewer: The British Medical Journal (BMJ) Case Reports


Leadership:

  • Accreditation Coordinator- Doctor of Medicine (MD) Programme, FMHS, UMS, From July 2018 till date

  • Deputy Coordinator Medical Senior Posting Doctor of Medicine (MD) Programme, FMHS, UMS, From July 2018 till date

  • Coordinator Year 5 Doctor of Medicine (MD) Programme, FMHS, UMS, From July 2014 to January 2016

  • Coordinator Medical senior Posting Doctor of Medicine (MD) Programme, FMHS, UMS, From July 2012- June 2014

  • Deputy Coordinator Medical Senior Posting Doctor of Medicine (MD) Programme, FMHS, UMS, From 2011-June 2012


Curriculum Development:

M MED (New programme: Masters of Internal Medicine) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS).


Other Awards:

  • Silver medal: for innovation project ‘Per-Oral Nasopharyngeal Swab (PONS) Stick for Collection of Sample in Suspected Covid-19 Patient’ at International Level, Malaysia. ITEX 2021.

  • Gold medal: for innovation project ‘Per-Oral Nasopharyngeal Swab (PONS) Stick for Collection of Sample in Suspected Covid-19 Patient’ at university level, Malaysia. PEREKA 2020.

  • Gold medal: for innovation project “Sweat Absorbing Disposable Protective Jump Suit” at university level, Malaysia. PEREKA 2020.

  • Bronze medal: for innovation project ‘Surgeon Protection Shield (SPS): Protection against COVID-19 and any Pandemic’ at university level, Malaysia. PEREKA 2020.

  • Academic Excellence Award 2019: from honorable Vice Chancellor of UMS

  • Award for highest income generation 2016: from honorable Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), University Malaysia Sabah (UMS).

  • Meritorious Service Award 2013: from honorable Vice Chancellor of University Malaysia Sabah (UMS).

  • Academic Excellence Award 2012: from honorable Vice Chancellor of University Malaysia Sabah (UMS).