Curriculum Vitae

ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. FARIZ BIN YAHYA

Associate Professor
  • Department of Medicine
    Faculty of Medicine
  • +603-79492868

AREAS OF EXPERTISE


  • RHEUMATOLOGY
  • OTHER CLINICAL MEDICINE
    INTERNAL MEDICINE

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION


  • Expert Training, (Rheumatology)
    Royal National Hospital, Bath
  • MINTMED(UM)(2012), (Internal Medicine)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • MB.Bch. BaO, (Medicine, Obstetrics and Surgery)
    Queens University of Belfast

MEMBERSHIPS


  • ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF RCP LONDON, MEMBER
    2023 to 2024 (International)
  • ASSISTANT TREASURER FOR MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF RHEUMATOLOGY, ASSISTANT TREASURER
    2022 to 2024 (National)
  • EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER OF ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION MALAYSIA (AFM), COMMITTEE MEMBER
    2021 to present (National)

PUBLICATIONS


Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Leong, Sook Sam; Wong, Jeannie Hsiu Ding; Rozalli, Faizatul Izza; Yahya, Fariz; Tee, Ying Chew; Yamin, Lyana Shahirah Mohamad; Razalli, Mazuin Mohd; Baharuddin, Hazlyna (2023). 2D shear wave elastography for the assessment of quadriceps entheses-a methodological study, SKELETAL RADIOLOGY. . doi:10.1007/s00256-023-04425-1
  2. Cheng, Isaac; Leung, Ying Ying; So, Ho; Chiowchanwisawakit, Praveena; Angkodjojo, Stanley; Saeed, Muhammad; Shin, Kichul; Baek, Han Joo; Goyal, Mohit; Haroon, Muhammad; Satti, Eman; Subramanian, Nallasivan; Yahya, Fariz; Soroosh, Soosan; Ridha, Asal Adnan; Chung, Ho Yin; Wei, James Cheng-Chung; Mitsumasa, Kishimoto; Tam, Lai-Shan (2022). Are We Treating-to-target in Spondyloarthritis (SpA)? A Cross Sectional Analysis from the Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology (APLAR) SpA Registry, ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY. 74, 2029-2031
  3. Yahya, F.; Yusoof, H. Mohd; Mohd, A.; Suyin, S. Ch'ng; Gun, S. C.; Zain, M. Mohd; Sockalingam, S.; Lai, S. L.; Jing, C. Bao; Tiong, J.; Lau, I. S.; Sengupta, R. (2022). MALAYSIA SPONDYLARTHRITIS ACCELERATED MANAGEMENT (SAM) MODEL: EXPEDITING AXSPA PATIENT JOURNEY FROM EARLY REFERRAL, DIAGNOSIS AND ACCESS TO OPTIMAL CARE, ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 81, 1517-1517. doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2022-eular.143
  4. Goh, Y., Kwan, Z., Han, W. H., Iqbal, T., Yahya, F., Khang, T. F., & Singh, S. (2021). Ocular surface disease in psoriatic patients in a developing country. International Ophthalmology, 41(6), 2139-2147. doi: 10.1007/s10792-021-01771-8
  5. Loo, W. Y.; Yahya, F.; Han, W. H.; Fahem, N. A. A.; Yong, S. S.; Pok, L. S. L.; Kwan, Z.; Tee, Y. C. (2021). PREDICTIVE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPMENT OF PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS IN PATIENTS WITH UNDERLYING PSORIASIS, ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES. 80, 816-817. doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-eular.2792
  6. Lee, H. J., Pok, L. S. L., Ng, C. M., Yahya, F., Sockalingam, S., Tee, Y. C., & Raja, J. (2020). Fatigue and associated factors in a multi-ethnic cohort of rheumatoid arthritis patients. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 23(8), 1088-1093. doi: 10.1111/1756-185x.13897
  7. Raman, L., Yahya, F., Ng, C. M., Sockalingam, S., Ramasamy, K., Ratnam, R., & Raja, J. (2020). Early damage as measured by SLICC/ACR damage index is a predictor of hospitalization in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Lupus, 29(14), 1885-1891. doi: 10.1177/0961203320962848
Scopus
  1. Leong S.S., Wong J.H.D., Rozalli F.I., Yahya F., Tee Y.C., Yamin L.S.M., Razalli M.M., Baharuddin H. (2023). 2D shear wave elastography for the assessment of quadriceps entheses a methodological study, Skeletal Radiology. . doi:10.1007/s00256-023-04425-1
  2. Goh, Y., Kwan, Z., Han, W. H., Iqbal, T., Yahya, F., Khang, T. F., & Singh, S. (2021). Ocular surface disease in psoriatic patients in a developing country. International Ophthalmology, 41(6), 2139-2147. doi: 10.1007/s10792-021-01771-8
  3. Lee, H. J., Pok, L. S. L., Ng, C. M., Yahya, F., Sockalingam, S., Tee, Y. C., & Raja, J. (2020). Fatigue and associated factors in a multi-ethnic cohort of rheumatoid arthritis patients. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 23(8), 1088-1093. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.13897
  4. Raman, L., Yahya, F., Ng, C. M., Sockalingam, S., Ramasamy, K., Ratnam, R., & Raja, J. (2020). Early damage as measured by SLICC/ACR damage index is a predictor of hospitalization in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Lupus, 29(14), 1885-1891. doi: 10.1177/0961203320962848
  5. Mohammed S., Lee Pok L., Tee Y., Yahya F. (2019). Conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug use by race/ethnicity and factors associated with initiating biologics in Malaysian patients with rheumatoid arthritis, Indian Journal of Rheumatology. 14(3), 187-193. doi:10.4103/injr.injr_74_19
Others
  1. Loo WY, Tee YC, Pok SL, Hann WH, Faheem NAA, Yong SS, Kwan Z, F Yahya (2023). Predictive Factors of Psoriatic Arthritis in a Diverse Psoriasis Population. Journal of International Medical Research. DOI:10.1177/03000605231221014/
  2. Ing Soo Lau, Suk Chyn Gun, Swan Sim Yeap, Mollyza Mohd Zain, Habibah Mohd Yusoof, Sargunan Sockalingam, Fariz Yahya (2021). Algorithm for the referral of patients with inflammatory back pain from primary care in Malaysia. Malaysian Family Physician. 2021;16(2).
  3. Shin Shen Yong, Leng Leng Tan, Chin Chwen Ch ng, Fariz Yahya, Say Lee Pok, Pei Ying Ch ng, Wee Meng Ong, Kelvin Shenq Woei Siew, Irdina Aminuddin, Lay Sim Ong, Audrey Ying Shin Lee, Lina Yusrina Iskandar Zulkarnain, Nurul Hazirah Mohd Hanafiah, Dina Suraya Mustafa Rawther, Jia Jie Chong, Li Sean Saw, Maw Pin Tan, Zhenli Kwan. Personal experience and knowledge about psoriasis reduce misconceptions and discriminatory behavior toward people living with psoriasis in Malaysia. Dermatologica Sinica. 2020; 38(1):35.
  4. Conventional synthetic DMARD use by race/ethnicity and factors associated with initiating biologics in Malaysian patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Suad Mohamad, Lydia Pok Say Lee, Tee Ying Chew, Fariz Yahya. Indian Journal of Rheumatology. 2019.
  5. Disseminated Takayasu arteritis with neurovascular small and medium vessel involvement. Cheah PL, Rahmat K, Abdul Kadir KA, Lim KS, Yahya F, Tai S. Neurology Asia. 2019;24(1):51-57.
  6. Exploring sub-optimal response to tumour necrosis factor inhibitors in axial spondyloarthritis. Yahya F, Gaffney K, Sengupta R. Rheumatology Advances in Practice. 2019.
  7. Ma SN, Zaman Huri H, Yahya F. (2019). Drug-related problems in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management.
  8. Pregnancy-associated osteoporosis: a UK case series and literature review. Hardcastle, S., Yahya, F. & Bhalla, A. Osteoporos Int (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-019-04842-w
  9. Fariz Yahya, Karl Gaffney, Louise Hamilton, Ellie Lonsdale, Jane Leeder, Alan Brooksby, Charlotte Cavill, Joshua Berry-Jenkins, Cathal Boyle, Debbie Bond, Raj Sengupta; Comment on: Tumour necrosis factor inhibitor survival and predictors of response in axial spondyloarthritis findings from a United Kingdom cohort: reply, Rheumatology Advances in Practice, Volume 2, Issue 2, 1 July 2018, rky037, https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rky037
  10. Yahya F, Gaffney K, Hamilton L, Lonsdale E, Leeder J, Brooksby A, Cavill C, Berry-Jenkins J, Boyle C, Bond D, Sengupta R. Tumour Necrosis Factor inhibitor survival and predictors of response in axial spondyloarthritis - findings from a United Kingdom cohort. Rheumatology (Oxford).
  11. Khairullah, S., Sulaiman, H., Yahya, F., Jasmin, R., Cheah, T. E., Sockalingam, S., Bick, J., Teck, N. G. C. 2014. Cryptococcal meningitis and SLE: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Acta Reumatologica Portuguesa
  12. Sujau I, Ng CT, Sthaneshwar P, Sockalingam S, Cheah TE, Yahya F, Jasmin R. Clinical and autoantibody profile in systemic sclerosis: baseline characteristics from a West Malaysian cohort. Int J Rheum Dis. 2014 Feb 23. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.12322. (ISI cited, Tier 3)
  13. Jasmin R, Ng CT, Sockalingam S, Fariz Y, Cheah TE, Athar S, Myocardial infarction with normal coronaries: an unexpected finding in a 13-year-old girl with systemic lupus erythematosus, Lupus 2013 22:1518-1522, originally published online 4 September 2013 DOI: 10.1177/0961203313503913. (ISI cited, Tier 2)
  14. Khairullah S, Jasmin R, Yahya F, Cheah TE, Ng CT, Sockalingam S.Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction: a rare first manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus.Lupus. 2013 Aug;22(9):957-60. doi: 10.1177/0961203313492873.(ISI cited, Tier 2)
  15. Ong CS, Cheah TE, Jasmin R, Yahya F, Sockalingam S, Ng CT.Painless ascites and elevated CA125: initial presentation of lupus-associated protein-losing enteropathy.Lupus. 2013 Oct;22(11):1174-7. doi: 10.1177/0961203313498792.(ISI cited, Tier 2)
  16. Yahya F, Jasmin R, Ng CT, Cheah TE, Sockalingam S.Open label randomized controlled trial assessing the efficacy of mycophenolate sodium against other conventional immunosuppressive agents in active systemic lupus erythematosus patients without renal involvement.Int J Rheum Dis. 2013 Dec;16(6):724-30. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.12179.(ISI cited, Tier 3)