RUMC Researcher's Profile

DATO’ DR HUSSAIN IMAM BIN HJ MUHAMMAD ISMAIL

PROFESSOR AND HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF PAEDIATRICS

(M.B., B.S., UM), (MRCP, UK), DCH, FRCP (Edin.),

VISITING PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGIST, PENANG GENERAL HOSPITAL

ELECTED MEMBER, MALAYSIAN MEDICAL COUNCIL (15/8/22-14/8/25)

Research Interest & Areas of Expertise

PAEDIATRICS & PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY
CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY AND SEIZURES
NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
PAEDIATRIC STROKE
CNS INFECTIONS AND ENCEPHALOPATHY
CHILDHOOD DISABILITY & EARLY INTERVENTIONVACCINATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES

EXPERIENCES

Experiences

  • Medical Officer 1980-1984
  1. Alor Setar General Hospital
  2. Sungai Petani District Hospital
  • Registrar (Paediatrics) 1984-1985
  1. Penang General Hospital
  • Paediatrician
  1. Dept. of Paediatrics, Penang General Hospital (1/4/86-31/3/89)
  • Consultant Paediatrician, Dept. of Paediatrics
  1. Kuala Lumpur General Hospital 1/3/91-30/11/98
  • Head of Paediatric Neurology Unit
  1. Paediatric Institute, Kuala Lumpur General Hospital (January 1992 – November 1998)
  • Consultant Paediatric Neurologist and Head
  1. Dept. of Paediatrics Penang Hospital from 1/12/98 –14/7/03
  • Senior Consultant and Head of Department
  1. Dept. of Paediatrics, Institute Paediatric, Kuala Lumpur Hospital 15/7/03 –30/7/16
  • Head of Paediatric Services in Ministry of Health, Malaysia 15/7/03-30/7/16
  • Consultant Pediatric Neurologist, Penang Hospital 10/10/16- 5/11/20
  • Professor and Head, Department of Pediatrics, RCSI UCD Malaysia Campus, 15/11/20 –

PUBLICATIONS

Publications

Working Papers Prepared for The Government of Malaysia

  1. Speech Therapy in Malaysia
  2. Working paper on the rehabilitation of Children Special needs in Malaysia
  3. Guidelines for the Certification of Brain Death in Children
  4. Proposed new format for registration of children with special needs.
  5. Cost benefit study for introduction of Haemophilus Influenza type B immunization in Malaysia

Book Editor

  1. The Total Child, Malaysian Paediatric Association, 2003
  2. Paediatric Protocols for Malaysian Hospital 1st Edition. Hussain Imam Hj Muhammad Ismail & Ng Hoong Phak, Ministry of Health Malaysia, 2005
  3. “Under 5 deaths in Malaysia, 1993-2003”, Dr Wong Swee Lan & Hussain imam Hj Muhammad Ismail, Ministry of Health Malaysia, 2008

Publications:

  • Neurological Manifestations and Complications of Pandemic Influenza A H1N1 in Malaysian Children (Brain & Development, 2015)
  • Predictors of Severe Outcome in Hospitalized Malaysian Children with H1N1 Infection (International Medical Journal, 2015)
  • Characteristics of Children Hospitalized for Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Malaysia (Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011)
  • Efficacy and Long-Term Safety of a Dengue Vaccine in Regions of Endemic Disease (New England Journal of Medicine, 2015)
  • Clinical Efficacy and Safety of a Novel Tetravalent Dengue Vaccine in Healthy Children in Asia (The Lancet, 2014)
  • Preventing Childhood Neurodisability (Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2024)

AWARD & RECOGNITION

Awards & Recognition

Award Years
DJN (Penang State Honor) 1998
1998JMN (Federal Government Award) 2007
DSPN (Penang State Honor) 2012
Civil Service Excellent Service Awards (1996, 2002, 2016)
Malaysian Society of Neurosciences Special Award 2022

MEDICAL JOURNALS

Books

Full text Publications in Medical Journals

FUNDED PROJECTS

Funded Projects

  1. Phase 3 Multicenter Efficacy Trial of Tetravalent Dengue Vaccine (National Coordinator for Malaysia, Principal Investigator)
  2. H1N1 Outbreak in Malaysian Children – Principal Investigator
  3. Childhood Stroke Research (Co-Investigator, International Pediatric Stroke Study)
  4. Cost-Benefit Study for Introduction of Haemophilus Influenzae Type B Immunization in MalaysiaComa Scales in Paediatrics, Causes of Acute Encephalopathy, and Sleep Disorders in Neurologically Impaired Children

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