RUMC Researcher's Profile

DATO ASSOC. PROF DR SUKUMAR

(Associate Professor, Public Health Medicine Department RCSI&UCD)

MBBS (INDIA), M.Sc HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION (PHILIPPINES)

  • Public Health Specialist – gazetted Ministry of Health (2002)
  • Malaysian National Specialist Register (NSR), Specialist in Public Health Medicine, NSR No: 140056
  • A.M. – Academy of Medicine, Malaysia* Board of Directors, Allied Healthcare Centre of Excellence (AHCoE)
  • Development and Training of Students Fund, Malaysia

COLLABORATION NETWORK

  • ST JOSEPH HOME FOR CHILDREN, PENANG MEDICAL EXAMINATION
  • BODHIHART HOME FOR CHILDREN, PENANG
  • SHIVASHANTA VOLUNTEER CLINIC, PENANG
  • RUMAH CAHAYA FOR CHILDREN, PENANG
  • CHILDREN PROTECTION CENTRE, PENANG –
  • EVERSHINE HOME FOR THE AGED, PENANG

Areas of Expertise

PUBLIC HEALTH
ELDERLY HEALTH
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
CUSTOMER SERVICES

ACADEMIC PROFESSION

Academic Profession

Public Health Medicine to undergraduate medical students. Activities involves:

  • Lectures & Tutorials
  • Exercises
  • District health postings
  • Public health field visits
  • Examination question preparation
  • Examination question vetting
  • Examination marking

Other teaching activities for Semester 6 to semester 19 students involve;

  • Multi-disciplinary central exam vetting
  • Multi-disciplinary seminar (overall coordinator)
  • Multi-disciplinary seminar (moderator and panel participant)
  • Evidence based medicine
  • Lecturer
  • Research module supervisor for semester 6 small group students

PUBLICATIONS

Publications

1) Sukumar Mahesan, Vasanthie Balakrishnan, Rewarding Health Care Staff, Medical Journal Penang Hospital, 2008

2) Sukumar Mahesan, *Juita Ghazalie, ** Sabariah Jaafar, ** Mohaya Zeedah, **Rohaizat Yon, A Comparison of Malaysia’s Key Health Indicators with Global Standard, Medical Journal Penang Hospital, 2008

3) Dr. Sukumar Mahesan, Specialisation and subspecialisation in the Ministry of Health, MALAYSIA’S HEALTH 2005

4) Ahmad Tajuddin Jaafar, Sukumar Mahesan, Abdul Ghani Mohamad, Thavanaison Arumugan, Hardyal Singh, Paa Mohamad Nazir, Rewarding The Health Care Staff, NCD MALAYSIA, 2004

5) Kevin Moisinnac, Sukumar Mahesan, Hassan Merican, Raja Lope Ahmad, Azmi Sharpie, Se To Boon Chong, Self-discharge amongst orthopaedics & trauma inpatients, JOURNAL OF THE MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF HEALTH, 2002

6) Basheer, G.C. Goh, M.Sukumar, B.C. Se To, K. Moissinac, IS OBTAINING AND MAINTAINING HAEMODIALYSIS VASCULAR ACCESS MORE DIFFICULT IN DIABETICS, THE MEDICAL JOURNAL OF MALAYSIA – VOLUME 57, SUPPLEMENT D, OCTOBER 2002

7) Dr. Sukumar Mahesan, Ramziah A, Zaininah M, Dato’ Dr. Ahmad, Tajudin Jafaar, Dr. Kevin Moissinac, IS THERE DISCREPANCY IN STAFF NURSES DEPLOYMENT AT HOSPITAL PULAU PINANG, THE MEDICAL JOURNAL OF MALAYSIA – VOLUME 57, SUPPLEMENT D, OCTOBER 2002

8) Dr. Kevin Moissinac, Dr. Se To Boon Chong, Dr. Sukumar Mahesan, Dato’ Dr. Ahmad Tajudin Jafaar, Discharge against medical advice – some causes and possible consequences, INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH JOURNAL, (2001); 6(1), 1-4

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