The Guest Speakers

Assoc. Prof. Dr Mohamed Ikram bin Mohamed Salleh

Vice President of MERCY Malaysia

Assoc. Prof. Dr Mohamed Ikram bin Mohamed Salleh graduated from Universiti Sains Malaysia in medical degree and later obtained his masters in anaesthesiology from University Kebangsaan Malaysia. He served with the government as a medical officer and specialist in anesthesia in various hospitals in Kuala Terengganu, Dungun, Kuala Lumpur, Seremban and Kajang.

Dr Ikram is the Vice-President of MERCY Malaysia since 2004.  He has been part of MERCY Malaysia since its inception in 1999 when he traveled to war-torn Kosovo to provide much needed medical assistance to the victims of the conflict.  Since then he has been a regular member of MERCY Malaysia missions to such places as Indonesia, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Sudan, Iraq and Palestine. Dr Ikram also lent his expertise to MERCY Malaysia’s response to the Indian Ocean Tsunami, joining missions in both Aceh and Sri Lanka. Apart from international missions, he also contributes to local health related community services for the poor and underprivileged in Sabah and rural areas, the Rohingya refugees in Klang and during flood relief activities in Johor, Pahang and Kedah.

His career in teaching started while in Hospital Kuala Lumpur as a honorary lecturer to Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and later a full time lecturer at International Medical University before joining Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences (CUCMS). He introduced the Disaster and Relief Medicine Course and the Young MERCY Co-curricular course in CUCMS to instill early exposure to volunteerism and disaster management in the early years of undergraduate medical and pharmacy training. In CUCMS he is currently the director of Student Affairs Department and heads the research cluster in Disaster and Relief Medicine.

In the corporate world, he is the director of Medical Interest Group Sdn. Bhd that spearheads the formation of CUCMS. A former CEO and founder of An-Nur Specialist Hospital in Bangi, Selangor, he lends his expertise as a Consultant Anesthesiologist at An-Nur Specialist Hospital and Hospital Serdang. As the ‘ahli teras’ of Pertubuhan Ikram Malaysia, he is a committee member of Putrajaya Branch and also a member of the International Relations.

Dato' Dr. Abdul Razak Kechik

President of MRA

Dato’ Dr. Abdul Razak Kechik was born in Sik, Kedah, Malaysia. He started his early education at Kebangsaan Sik, Sekolah Kebangsaan Sri Dusun Sik, Sekolah Kebangsaan Bidong dan Sekolah Menengah Ibrahim, Sg Petani in Kedah. He then continued his studies abroad at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and obtained his LRCP & SI degree there. Later on, he pursued his Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) degree at the University of Hawaii, in Honolulu, U.S.A. and became a public health specialist.

He worked for the government under the Ministry of Health in Malaysia for 28 years and throughout the years, he held a number of important posts such as, Director of Kota Bharu Hospital in Kelantan, Deputy Director of Public Health in Kelantan, Director of the General Hospital in Kuala Lumpur and Director of Public Health in Perak. He retired in 2004.Other than that, he has been an active member of the Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement since 1976. He was involved in various voluntary work and contributed a lot through his participation in the organisation. He received an award as a token of appreciation on the organisation’s 30^th anniversary.

He has also been contributing a lot in voluntary work particularly for the welfare of the natives, or more known as ‘Orang Asli’ in Malaysia since 1980. He made various visits to where the natives live, and often gave donation in medical care, food, clothes, and many more. He then was elected as a member of the Advisory Council in the Development of Orang Asli in Malaysia as his generous contribution made a significant impact to the lives of the Orang Asli. Other than that, he was the founder for the Foundation of Welfare for Orphans in Kelantan. He is also an active member of the Global Peace Mission, Malaysia (GPM) and had joined relief missions to Acheh, Pulau Nias, Pakistan, Jogjakarta, Lebanon and Palestin.

He was awarded as the ‘Malaysian Global Peace Figure’ in early 2005 and became the president of GPM from 2006 to 2007.He built a school for ethnic children from Myanmar in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur. He is now the president of Malaysian Relief Agency and has sent and participated in various relief missions internationally.

Dr. Raja Affendi Raja Ali

MB MMed SC

MRCPI MRCP (UK)

H. Dip (Clinical teaching) (NUI)

Raja Affendi Raja Ali graduated from NUI Galway with honours degree in medicine (MB Bch BAO) in 2000 and completed internship, senior house officer and registrar training based at Galway University Hospital and Western Health Service Executive areas. He completed Master of medical science degree and received Membership Royal College of Physician of Ireland (MRCPI) in 2003 and MRCP (UK) in 2004.

He also completed a Higher diploma in clinical teaching at NUI Galway in 2007.He is currently working as a Specialist Registrar in gastroenterology and hepatology at the St James’s Hospital Dublin. At present, he is also completing a research for Doctorate of Medicine (MD) programme at the department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutic and Regenerative Medicine NUI Galway, working on the project: Analysis of interleukin- 6 signaling pathway and STAT3 / AKT activation patterns in inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer.

He also gives clinical lectures, tutorial and OSCE examiner to various years of medical students as well as Irish Medical Council entrance examinations. He was awarded a best clinical tutor, case presentation awards and a first prize for clinical conundrum at Galway University Hospital in 2007.He has published several book chapters and review articles, multiple posters and oral presentations both at national and international level. He was awarded a Young Investigator Award for his current research presented at the Malaysian society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology scientific meeting in Malaysia in 2009 and finalist for the oral presentation at the Asian Pacific Digestive Week 2010.

He is also a member of American Gastroenterological Association, British Society of Gastroenterology and Irish society of gastroenterology. He is also an active executive committee member of Galway Islamic Cultural Centre, a director and adviser of Aleman Company for Hajj and Umra based in Galway and columnist for Irish Muslim magazine. In the future, he hopes to be a good Muslim physician, academician and researcher at the one of teaching hospitals in Malaysia.