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Khairidzan Mohd. Kamal

Academic Qualification

  • Master of Surgery (Opthalmology) - Masters Degree (Clinical Specialist), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
  • Basic Medical Degree - Bachelor Degree, University of Queensland

Khairidzan Mohd. Kamal (Assoc. Prof. Dato' Dr.)

Associate Professor
IIUM Kuantan Campus

KULLIYYAH OF MEDICINE


khairidzan@iium.edu.my
4551


Expert Profile


Dr Khairidzan is currently an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Ophthalmology in the Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM).
Dr Khairidzan received his MBBS from the University of Queensland in 1997, and obtained the Masters of Surgery (Ophthalmology) from the National University of Malaysia (UKM) in 2004. He then joined IIUM as a lecturer, and was appointed to his current post as Head, Department of Ophthalmology the following year. Dr Khairidzan spent a year as an Adjunct Clinical Instructor and International Fellow in Cornea, External Disease and Refractive Surgery at UCLA in 2008.   
Dr Khairidzan has published 10 articles in scientific journals and made 157 other scientific presentations. In addition to receiving seven awards from the IIUM for quality research, he also won the Best Poster Award at the Malaysia Singapore Ophthalmology Joint Meeting in 2009.He contributes his expertise on the Malaysian Dry Eye Advisory Board and was an invited member to the Ministry of Health taskforce meetings on postgraduate training modules and laser refractive surgery advertisement.


Area of Specialisation


  • Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Clinical Medicine ~ Surgery - Corneal, Ecternal Disease & Refractive Surgery


Teaching Responsibilities


BODY REACTION TO PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL & BIOLOGICAL AGENTS 2010/2011
CARDIOVASCULAR, RESPIRATORY, BLOOD AND BLOOD FORMING ORGANS 2010/2011
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT 1 2013/2014 2012/2013
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT 2 2016/2017
NORMAL RESPONSE & PROCESS TO DISEASED STATE 2010/2011
OCULAR DISEASE 1 2013/2014 2012/2013
OPHTHALMOLOGY 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011
PHASE I (YEAR 1) 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022
PHASE II (YEAR 2) 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022
PHASE II (YEAR 3) 2023/2024 2022/2023
PHASE III (YEAR 4) 2023/2024 2022/2023


Supervision


The Effects Of Different Pterygium Morphology On Anterior Corneal Curvature And Predicting Visual Outcome.
Ph.D Completed 2017 Main Supervisor
Tear Film Dynamics Derived From Ocular Surface Imaging In Dry Eye And Contact Lens Wear.
Ph.D Completed 2016 Co-supervisor
The Evaluation And The Effect Of Surgically Induced Astigmatism In Phacoemulsification Surgery .
Master Completed 2020 Co-supervisor
Early Visual Outcomes And Patients’ Quality Of Life Towards Monovision Laser Refractive Surgery.
Master In Progress Main Supervisor
To Be Determined.
Master In Progress Main Supervisor
To Be Determined.
Master In Progress Main Supervisor
Viability Study Of Corneal Stromal Collagen Derived From Smile Procedure.
Master In Progress Main Supervisor
Association Between Ocular Surface Health And Glare In Laser Refractive Surgery Patients .
Master In Progress Main Supervisor
To Be Determined.
Master In Progress Main Supervisor
Tear Osmolarity In Cataract Patients With Dry Eye Symptoms And Its Relationship With Other Tear Function Tests.
Master In Progress Co-supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
2019 - 2023 Cellular behaviour and cornea stromal response as a clinical predictor of visual performance after excimer laser refractive surgery
2018 - 2022 Prototype development of comprehensive pterygium prediction software utilizing multiple pterygium morphologies
2018 - 2020 Application of Machine Learning Techniques on Biomedical Images
2017 - 2019 Impact of multiple types of pterygium on the anterior corneal curvature and changes in ocular surface features
2017 - 2021 The Effect of Short-term Smartphone Usage on Tear Film Dynamics and Visual System
2016 - 2020 Assessment of Ocular Profiles in Laser Refractive Surgery
2014 - 2017 Characterizing Pterygium Fibrovascular Tissue using Hybrid Feature Selection Technique
2010 - 2012 Prevalence of Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) in Primary Care Clinic by using Non-Mydriatic Retinal Camera
2008 - IIUM Kuantan Eye Screening (IKES)
2006 - 2009 Primary Ptergium Exercision Using Fibrin Sealant (Tissel?) in Conjunctival Autograft Technique
On-Going
2021 - Present Cellular Morphological Changes at The Ocular Surface in Cataract Patients with Dry Eye Disease and its Relationship to Dry Eye Symptoms and Tear Function Tests
2021 - Present Cellular Morphology and Vasculature Changes on Ocular Surface in Pediatric Ocular Allergy
2019 - Present Optimisation of corneal stromal lenticules in vitro using retinoid acid-supplemented medium
2012 - Present Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) Questionnaire among Normal and Dry Eye Patients in IIUM Eye Specialist Clinic (IESC)
2011 - Present RU 2011 -Clinical Assessment of Tear Film Dynamic using aterior segment video in dry eye patient.
2011 - Present RU 2011 -IIUM Kuantan Eye Screening II- Relationship between retinal vessels diameter with optic disc parameter and retinal nerve fiber thickness.


Award & Recognition


17 Mar, 2018 Achievement Award, Certification of Appreciation for Contribution to the Society - Malaysian Society of Ophthalmology National


Publications


Article

2023 A prospective contralateral eye comparison of the tolerability of two artificial tears with different physical properties in patients with dry eye disease. Medical Hypothesis, Discovery & Innovation In Optometry, 4 (1) pp. 1-6
2023 Association between visual performance and aberration using quality of life impact of refractive correction (QIRC) questionnaire in moderate and high myopic patient. International Journal of Allied Health Sciences, 7 (5) pp. 268-279
2023 Contralateral eye comparison of the efficacy and safety of two artificial tear formulations for corneal subbasal nerve fiber regeneration after photorefractive keratectomy. Medical Hypothesis, Discovery & Innovation in Optometry, 4 (4) pp. 157-165
2023 Effects of artificial tears on keratocyte cell density after femtosecond laser in situ keratomileusis: a prospective, comparative, interventional, contralateral eye study. Medical Hypothesis, Discovery & Innovation In Optometry, 4 (2) pp. 50-56
2023 Immediate effects of artificial tears viscosity and pH on ocular signs and symptoms. International Journal of Allied Health Sciences, 7 (5) pp. 317-335
2023 Utlizing sgans for generating synthetic images of pterygium: training future optometrists and ophthalmologists. International Journal of Allied Health Sciences, () pp. 52-52
2022 Clinical features of lid margin, meibomian gland and tear film changes in patients with primary pterygium. Journal of Ophthalmic Research and Ocular Care, 5 (1) pp. 92-96
2022 Deeply embedded corneal foreign bodies with fungal keratitis secondary to “rambutan” fruit fall. The Cureus Journal of Medical Sciences, 14 (2) pp. 1-4
2022 Validation of IVCM in measuring sub-basal nerve plexus and keratocyte cell density in corneal wound healing. Journal of Ophthalmic Research and Vision Care, 2 (1) pp. 1-9
2021 Mesopic pupillometry in pre-LASIK patients by a placido-disc topographer and hartmann-shack aberrometer. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 17 (2) pp. 197-202
2021 Postsurgery classification of best-corrected visual acuity changes based on Pterygium Characteristics using the Machine Learning Technique. The Scientific World Journal, 2021 () pp. 1-7
2021 Reliability analysis of subjectively graded real-image pterygium based on its translucence appearance between young and experienced clinicians. Journal of Ophthalmic Research and Vision Care, 1 (1) pp.
2021 Repeatability and reproducibility of pterygium grading based on clinical translucence appearance. Journal of Ophthalmic Research and Vision Care, 1 (1) pp. 1-6
2020 Association of net pterygium tissue mass (dryweight) in determining changes in oculovisual functions and anterior corneal curvature relative to pterygium types. International Journal of Allied Health Sciences, 4 (1) pp. 1042-1048
2020 Correlation of visual recovery time after laser refractive surgery with preoperative keratometry and astigmatism among myopic astigmatism patients. International Journal of Allied Health Sciences, 4 (1) pp. 1028-1041
2020 Effectiveness of PTechSIA questionnaire in quantifying phacoemulsification surgical technique variations: a pilot study. International Journal of Allied Health Sciences, 4 (1) pp. 1057-1062
2020 Effects of different types of primary pterygium on changes in oculovisual function = Jenis pterigium primari dan kesannya pada perubahan fungsi okulovisual). Sains Malaysiana, 49 (2) pp. 383-388
2020 Pterygium recurrence and corneal stabilization point after pterygium excision using the controlled partial avulsion fibrin glue technique. Makara Journal of Health Research, 24 (2) pp. 140-146
2020 Refractive surprise in post-cataract surgery in post Epi-LASIK patient : a lesson learnt. IIUM Medical Journal Malaysia, 19 (2) pp. 98-101
2020 Reliability of Pterygium Redness Grading Software (PRGS) in describing different types of primary pterygia based on appearance = Kebolehpercayaan Perisian Penggredan Kemerahan Pterigium (PRGS) dalam mengelaskan pelbagai jenis pterigium berdasarkan perawakan. Sains Malaysiana, 49 (5) pp. 1015-1020
2019 Changes in apical corneal curvature in unilateral primary Pterygium and normal adults using simulated-K and corneal irregularity measurement. International Journal Of Allied Health Sciences (IJAHS), 3 (2) pp. 588-594
2019 Comparison of visual acuity and contrast sensitivity between unilateral primary Pterygium and normal adults utilizing computerized M&S smart system II. International Journal Of Allied Health Sciences (IJAHS), 3 (2) pp. 643-648
2019 Corneo-pterygium total area measurements utilising image analysis method. Journal of Optometry, 12 (4) pp. 272-277
2019 Face and content validation of Phacoemulsification techniques related to surgically induced astigmatism questionnaire. International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 10 (4) pp. 2696-2700
2019 Reliability analysis of subjectively graded real-image pterygium based on its translucence appearance between two experienced clinicians preliminary report. Journal of Optometry, Eye and Health Research (JOEHR), 1 (1) pp.
2019 Tear film and lid margin changes in patients with different types of primary pterygium. Sains Medika, () pp.
2019 The comparison of Shape factor and mean toric keratometry between pterygium and normals. International Journal of Allied Health Sciences (IJAHS), 3 (4) pp. 848-853
2019 The measurement of lower tear meniscus height using Anterior segment digital imaging and keratography. Journal of Optometry, Eye and Health Research (JOEHR), 1 (1) pp.
2019 Topographic changes as predictor for determining anterior corneal curvature stabilization point subsequent to pterygium excision using controlled partial avulsion fibrin glue technique. International Journal Allied Health Sciences (IJAHS), 3 (2) pp. 734-740
2019 Utilization of anterior segment optical coherence tomography enhanced high resolution corneal in measuring pterygium thickness. Journal of Medicine and Health (Sains medika), xx (xx) pp. 1-13
2018 Corneal curvature measurements utilizing a new swept-source optical coherence tomography Tomey OA-2000® and comparison with IOLMaster® 500 in pterygium patients. Sains Medika: Jurnal Kedokteran dan Kesehatan, 9 (1) pp.
2018 Measurement of contrast sensitivity using the M&S smart system II compared with the standard Pelli–Robson chart in patients with primary pterygium. Makara Journal of Health Research, 22 (3) pp. 167-171
2018 Prevalence of Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) and its associated factors among diabetes patients in Primary Care Clinics, Kuantan, Pahang. International Medical Journal of Malaysia (IMJM), 17 (2) pp. 11-16
2017 Appearance of lipid floating and tear film stability in non-dry and dry eye subjects. Journal of Health and Translation Medicine, Special issue 2017 () pp. 110-110
2017 Prediction of changes in visual acuity and contrast sensitivity function by tissue redness after pterygium surgery. Current Eye Research, 42 (6) pp. 852-856
2017 Prediction of changes in visual acuity and contrast sensitivity function by tissue redness after pterygium surgery. Current eye research, 42 (6) pp. 852-856
2017 The relationship between symptomatic assessment and clinical signs of dryness in dry eye subjects. International Medical Journal Malaysiayia, 16 (supp issue 1) pp. 47-47
2017 The value of aqueous assessment in diagnosing dry eye. The International Medical Journal Malaysia (IMJM), 16 (supp. 1) pp. 14
2016 A comparative study on the inter-session and inter-examiner reliability of corneal power measurement using various keratometry instruments. International Medical Journal Malaysia, 15 (1) pp. 69-74
2016 Benchmarked pterygium images for human and machine graders. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 11 (11) pp. 2378-2382
2016 Inter-grader reliability of a supervised pterygium redness grading system. Advanced Science Letters, 22 (10) pp. 2885-2888
2016 New modified equation of contact lens method in determining post myopic laser refractive surgery corneal power. International Medical Journal Malaysia, 15 (1) pp. 61-68
2015 GLCM texture analysis on different color space for pterygium grading. ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 10 (15) pp. 6410-6413
2009 Classic lattice corneal dystrophy associated with monoclonal gammopathy following exclusion of a TGFBI mutation . Cornea, 28 (1) pp. 97-98
2009 Epithelial debridement and Bowman's layer polishing for visually significant epithelial irregularity and recurrent corneal erosions. Cornea, 28 (10) pp. 1085-1090
Conference or Workshop Item

2023 Synthetic pterygium images using Style Generative Adversarial Networks (SGANs). In: 4th Optometry Scientific Conference,
2023 Utilizing SGANs for generating synthetic images of pterygium: training future optometrists and ophthalmologists. In: 4th Optometry Scientific Conference,
2021 In-Vivo Confocal Microscopy: Keratocytes cell density (KCD) Regeneration between Femtosecond LASIK (FS-LASIK) and Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK). In: International Optometry and Vision Science Conference (e-IOVIC) 2021,
2021 Rambutan related ocular trauma. In: Medical Research Symposium 2021,
2021 Surgeon Techniques in Non-Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery (TechNoFLACS) Questionnaire: Face and Content Validation. In: International Optometry and Vision Science Conference (e-IOVIC) 2021,
2021 The outcome of Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) with different tamponade material.. In: Conjoint Ophthalmology Scientific Conference 2020,
2021 The technique of impression cytology in dry eye disease: A review. In: International Optometry and Vision Science Conference (e-IOVIC) 2021,
2019 Comparison and evaluation of five different surgically induced astigmatism calculators outcome and analysis reports. In: 2019 ASCRS ASOA Annual Meeting,
2019 Comparison between predicted and actual surgically induced astigmatism (SIA) on the toric IOL calculation outcome using two toric intraocular lens (IOL) calculators. In: 10th MSO Annual Scientific Meeting in conjunction with 34th Malaysia-Singapore Joint Ophthalmic Congress 2019,
2019 Corneo-pterygium total area measurements utilizing image analysis method. In: 10th MSO Annual Scientific Meeting in conjunction with the 34th Malaysia-Singapore Joint Ophthalmology Congress,
2019 Correlation between variation in phacoemulsification surgical techniques and predictability of surgical induced astigmatism. In: 3rd Ophthalmology Scientific Conference 2019,
2019 Demystifying the controversies and outcome : toric intraocular lens implantation in cataract patients with corneal astigmatism post pterygium surgery. In: 7th USM Ophthalmology Symposium in conjunction with the 9th Conjoint Ophthalmology Scientific Conference,
2019 Evaluation of four calculators in determining surgically induced astigmatism values. In: 10th MSO Annual Scientific Meeting in conjunction with 34th Malaysia-Singapore Joint Ophthalmic Congress 2019,
2019 In-vivo confocal microscopy: comparison of Keratocytes cell density (KCD) between Femtosecond LASIK (FS-LASIK) and Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) at one month follow-up. In: 7th USM Ophthalmology Symposium in conjunction with the 9th Conjoint Ophthalmology Scientific Conference,
2019 Reliability measurement of corneal wavefront aberrations using corneal videokeratograph Atlas 9000. In: 5th Medical Research Symposium,
2019 Reliability measurement of total aberrations using Galilei G4 Dual Scheimpflug Analyzer. In: 7th USM Ophthalmology Symposium in conjunction with the 9th Conjoint Ophthalmology Scientific Conference,
2019 Repeatability and reproducibility of pterygium thickness measurement using OCT imaging modality of Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography (AS-OCT). In: 10th MSO Annual Scientific Meeting in conjunction with the 34th Malaysia-Singapore Joint Ophthalmology Congress 2019,
2019 Utilization of clinical videography technique in the assessment of tear meniscus rising speed. In: The 10th MSO Annual Scientific Meeting in conjunction with the 34th Malaysia-Singapore Joint Ophthalmic Congress Secretariat,
2018 Comparison of surgically induced astigmatism after superotemporal and superonasal clear corneal incisions in post phacoemulsification. In: 3rd Ophthalmology-Optometry Conference 2018,
2017 Comparison of higher-order aberration values between different aberrometry technologies in preoperative laser refractive surgery patients. In: Medical Research Symposium 2017,
2016 New contact lens method formula for post laser refractive surgery corneal power. In: 6th Conjoint Ophthalmology Scientific Conference 2016,
2015 Comparative analysis of subjective and objective clinical pterygium grading based on its redness appearance. In: The 23rd Symposium of the International Colour Vision Society (ICVS) 2015,
2015 Deriving a modified equation for contact lens method in calculating corneal power in post myopic laser refractive surgery patient. In: International Symposium of Health Sciences (i-SIHAT) 2015,
2015 Refractive surgery nightmare. In: 28th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons,
2014 Fibrovascular redness grading using Gaussian process regression with radial basis function kernel. In: 2014 IEEE Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (IECBES 2014),
2014 Supervised pterygium fibrovascular redness grading using generalized regression neural network. In: 13th International Conference on New Trends in Intelligent Software Methodology Tools, and Techniques (SoMeT_14),
2012 Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and its associated factors among diabetic patients in primary care clinic. In: IIUM Research, Invention and Innovation Exhibition IRIIE 2012,
2011 Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and its associated factors among diabetic patients in primary care clinics, Kuantan, Pahang. In: 3rd International Conference on Rural Medicine 2011 " Health Transformation During Challenging Economies",
Monograph

2015 A part of discovery expanding the promise of medicine: handbook of ocular surface treatment. In: Allergan,