Khairidzan Mohd Kamal

Dato’ Dr Khairidzan is currently Associate Professor in Department of Ophthalmology in the Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM).  He is also the present Director of Cornea, External Disease and Refractive Surgery Services at IIUM Eye Specialist Clinic, Kuantan. Dr Khairidzan spent a year as an Adjunct Clinical Instructor and International Fellow in Cornea, External Disease and Refractive Surgery at the UCLA in 2008.   Dr Khairidzan has published a number of articles in scientific journals and made over 300 other scientific presentations. In addition to receiving 7 awards from the IIUM for quality research, he also won the Best Poster award at the Malaysia Singapore Ophthalmology Joint Meeting in 2009 and Malaysia Ophthalmology-Optometry joint meeting 2018. He contributes his expertise on the Malaysia Dry Eye Advisory Board and directly supervised a number of PhD and Masters candidates in the external disease and refractive surgery research works. He was part of Asia Pacific Association of Ophthalmology Leadership Development Programme in 2010. He is the recipient of Malaysia Society of Ophthalmology Achievement Award and Asia Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Certified Educator Award in 2018. He has also been appointed as Council Member of International Society of Refractive Society (ISRS) for year 2021. He was awarded best teacher award by Kulliyyah of Medicine, IIUM in 2022, 2023 and best clinical award for 2023.