Curriculum Vitae

DR. HELMI BIN SULAIMAN

Medical Lecturer
  • Department of Medicine
    Faculty of Medicine
  • 0379492050

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • INFECTIOUS/COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • MASTER DEGREE, (Internal Medicine)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • MIntMed, (Internal Medicine)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • MBBS, (Medicine and Surgery)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

  • Committee Members
    01 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022 (University Malaya)

MEMBERSHIPS

  • EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE, MEMBER
    Since 2016 (International)
  • THE MALAYSIAN SOCIETY FOR HIV MEDICINE (MASHM), COMMITTEE MEMBER
    Since 2012 (National)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • Institut Merieux ? MSIDC Young Investigator Awards
    Institut Merieux, French and MSIDC, 2019 (National)
  • ASM ICAAC Infectious Diseases Fellows Grant Program
    American Society of Microbiology, 2015 (International)
  • ASM Infectious Disease (ID) Fellows Travel Grant
    American Society of Microbiology (ASM), 2014 (International)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Chan, Chee Ken; Lam, Thian Yin; Mohanavel, Langkeas; Ghani, Jeffrie A.; Anuar, Afieq Syabil Khairul; Lee, Choon Jiat; Loo, Qing Yuan; Heng, Wei Yang; Lai, Pauline Siew Mei; Koh, Kwee Choy; Loh, Huai Heng; Kori, Najma; Sulaiman, Helmi; LAUNDERKAP Study Grp (2022). Development and validation of the knowledge, attitude and practice questionnaire (LAUNDERKAP) regarding white coat use among medical students during clinical practice, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL. 50(12), 1374-1380. doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2022.02.033
  2. Zamri, Puteri Juanita; Abdul-Aziz, Mohd-Hafiz; Hernandez-Mitre, Maria Patricia; Hasan, Mohd Shahnaz; Shariff, Izyani Md; Sulaiman, Helmi; Wallis, Steve; Sumi, Chandra Datta; Sime, Fekade Bruck; Roberts, Jason A. (2022). PHARMACOKINETICS OF POLYMYXIN B AND THE PHARMACOKINETIC/PHARMACODYNAMIC TARGET ATTAINMENT IN HOSPITALISED ADULT PATIENTS WITH MULTIDRUGRESISTANT GRAM-NEGATIVE INFECTIONS, JOURNAL OF GLOBAL ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE. 31, S35-S36
  3. Lee, Y. J., Atiya, N., Yeat, N. S., Sidhu, A., & Sulaiman, H. (2021). Factors affecting in-hospital mortality and outcome study on healthcare-associated meningitis and/or ventriculitis (HCAMV): University of Malaya Medical Centre experience. Neurology Asia, 26(2), 265-272.
  4. Rajaram, Ruveena; Puvanendran, Nisha; Lee, Wai-Kin; Prasad, Ram; Omar, Sharifah Faridah Syed; Ponnampalavanar, Sasheela; Wong, Pui-Li; Basri, Sazali; Azwa, Raja Iskandar Shah Raja; Sulaiman, Helmi; Kukreja, Anjanna; Ng, Rong-Xiang; Johari, Bushra Megat; Ong, Hang-Cheng; Mahadeva, Sanjiv (2021). COVID-19 and liver dysfunction: Preliminary data from a single centre in Malaysia, JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY. 36, 272-273
  5. Lim, S. M. S., Wong, P. L., Sulaiman, H., Atiya, N., Shunmugam, R. H., Liew, S. M. (2019). Clinical prediction models for ESBL-Enterobacteriaceae colonization or infection: a systematic review. Journal of Hospital Infection, 102(1), 8-16. doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2019.01.012
  6. Sulaiman, Helmi; Ismail, Muhammad Dzafir; Jalalonmuhali, Maisarah; Atiya, Nadia; Ponnampalavanar, Sasheela (2014). Severe Plasmodium falciparum infection mimicking acute myocardial infarction, MALARIA JOURNAL. 13. doi:10.1186/1475-2875-13-341
  7. Sulaiman, Helmi; Ponnampalavanar, Sasheela; Mun, Kein Seong; Italiano, Claire M. (2013). Cervical abscesses due to co-infection with Burkholderia pseudomallei, Salmonella enterica serovar Stanley and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a patient with diabetes mellitus, BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 13. doi:10.1186/1471-2334-13-527
Others
  1. Abdul-Aziz, M., Rozali, M., Othman-Jailani, M., Rahman, A. A., Sulaiman, H., Atiya, N., ... & Jamaluddin, M. (2020). The DECISIVE study: defining beta-lactam concentration in intensive care unit patients the pharmacokinetics of piperacillin and meropenem in critically ill patients with conserved renal function. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 13(2), 353-354.
  2. De Bus, L., Depuydt, P., Steen, J., Dhaese, S., De Smet, K., Tabah, A., ... & Fujitani, S. (2020). Antimicrobial de-escalation in the critically ill patient and assessment of clinical cure: the DIANA study. Intensive Care Medicine.
  3. Alias, A. M., Shahruniza, A. S., & Sulaiman, H. (2019). Stewardship opportunities in the treatment of urinary tract infection using oral fosfomycin. The Medical journal of Malaysia, 74(5), 456-458.
  4. Aziz A, Azdiah S, Mcstea M, Bashah A, Syuhada N, Chong ML, Ponnampalavanar S, Syed Omar SF, Sulaiman H, Azwa I, Tan MP. Assessment of sarcopenia in virally suppressed HIV-infected Asians receiving treatment. Aids. 2018 May 15;32(8):1025-34.
  5. Joo Zheng Low, Su Pei Khoo, Nuruljannah Nor Azmi, Meng Li Chong, Helmi Sulaiman, Iskandar Azwa, Ching Hooi Tan, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Reena Rajasuriar MPharm (2018). Is the risk of tenofovir induced nephrotoxicity similar in treatment na ve compared to treatment experienced patients?. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 48(3), 242-250.
  6. Sit, P. S., Teh, C. S., Idris, N., Sam, I. C., Syed Omar, S. F., Sulaiman, H., . . . Ponnampalavanar, S. (2017). Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection and the molecular characteristics of MRSA bacteraemia over a two-year period in a tertiary teaching hospital in Malaysia. BMC Infect Dis, 17(1), 274. doi:10.1186/s12879-017-2384-y
  7. Sulaiman, H., Abdul-Aziz, M. H., Roberts, J. A., Chawla, R., Rello, J., Sa-Borges, M., ... & Rodr guez, A. (2017, June). Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamics-Optimized Antimicrobial Therapy in Patients with Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia/Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. In Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (Vol. 38, No. 03, pp. 271-286). Thieme Medical Publishers.
  8. Leng, C. Y., Low, H. C., Chua, L. L., Chong, M. L., Sulaiman, H., Azwa, I., ... & Woo, Y. L. (2016). Human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16) and HPV52 E6 specific immunity in HIV infected adults on combination antiretroviral therapy. HIV medicine.
  9. Mohd H. Abdul-Aziz, Helmi Sulaiman, Mohd-Basri Mat- N Nor, Vineya Rai, Kang K Wong, Mohd S. Hasan, Azrin N. A Abd Abd Rahman, Janattul A. Jamal, Steven C. Wallis, J Jeffrey Lipman, Christine E. Staatz, Jason A. Roberts BLISS: Beta-Lactam Infusion in Severe Sepsis: a prospective, two-centre, open- labelled, randomised controlled trial of continuous versus intermittent beta-lactam infusion in critically ill patients with severe sepsis
  10. Sherrini Bazir Ahmad, Chin Sum Cheong, Shen-Yang Lim, Kartini Rahmat, Faizatul Izza Rozalli, Shamala Devi Sekaran, Helmi Sulaiman, Sasheela Ponnampalavanar, Kheng Seang Lim, Chong Tin Tan. (2016). Bilateral thalamic internal medullary lamina involvement in a case of dengue encephalitis. Neurology Asia 2016; 21(4) : 373-377
  11. Sulaiman, H; Atiya, N; Loi, KW; Ng, KP 2016. Rice bodies in the wrist joint. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
  12. Abdul-Aziz MH, Abd Rahman AN, Mat-Nor MB, Sulaiman H, Wallis SC, Lipman J, Roberts JA, Staatz CE. Population pharmacokinetics of doripenem in critically ill patients with sepsis in a Malaysian intensive care unit. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Oct 19. pii: AAC.01543- 15
  13. Nadia Atiya, Helmi Sulaiman, Jennifer Chong, Kee Peng Ng. First report of cervicofacial lymphadenitis due to Mycobacterium haemophilum in an immunocompromised adult patient. J Infect Dev Ctries 2015; 9(3):313-316
  14. Photo quiz. A painful and disfiguring lesion on the face. Sulaiman H, Ismail I, Azwa I, Jayalakshmi P, Bick J. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Mar 15;60(6):928-9, 966-7. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu973. PMID: 25733590
  15. Khairullah, S., H. Sulaiman, F. Yahya, R. Jasmin, T. E. Cheah, S. Sockalingam, J. Bick, and Teck NG Chin. "Cryptococcal Meningitis and SLE: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge." Acta reumatologica portuguesa 39, no. 3 (2013): 254-258.
  16. Sulaiman H, Ismail MD, Jalalonmuhali M, Atiya N, Ponnampalavanar S. Severe Plasmodium falciparum infection mimicking acute myocardial infarction. Malaria Journal 2014 13:341.
  17. Sulaiman, Helmi, Sasheela Ponnampalavanar, Kein Seong Mun, and Claire M. Italiano. "Cervical abscesses due to co-infection with Burkholderia pseudomallei, Salmonella enterica serovar Stanley and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a patient with diabetes mellitus." BMC infectious diseases 13, no. 1 (2013): 527.
Article in Proceeding
  1. Helmi Sulaiman, Aqtab Mazhar Alias, Shu Jiun Khoo, Saufi Irzat Che Yusoff (2016) . Stewardship opportunities in the treatment of urinary tract infection using oral fosfomycin. Much more to be learnt. Proceeding for Federation of Infection Societies (FIS) Annual Conference and the 10th Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) International Conference 2016, S46.
  2. Shaharudeen Kamaludeen, Helmi Sulaiman, Nadia Atiya, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Observational study on Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteraemia at University Malaya Medical Center. Proceeding for Federation of Infection Societies (FIS) Annual Conference and the 10th Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) International Conference 2016, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, 6th - 8th Nov 2016. Conference abstract published in a special supplement issue to The Journal of Hospital Infection 2016; 94S1 (2016) S24-S134
Other Publications
  1. Helmi Sulaiman (2023). Driving access to antibiotics in Malaysia. - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2022 - 2024, Allianz Malaysia Berhad
    Assessment of Post-acute COVID Syndrome (PACS) and Serological Response in Confirmed COVID-19 Patients in the University of Malaya Medical Centre ( Co-Researcher)
  2. 2017 - 2018, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
    The DECISIVE Study: DEfining beta-lactam Concentration in IntenSIVE care unit patients ( Consultant)
International
  1. 2022 - 2024, Tan Tock Seng Hospital Pte Ltd
    EARLY ORAL STEP-DOWN ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY VERSUS CONTINUING INTRAVENOUS THERAPY FOR UNCOMPLICATED GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERAEMIA (THE INVEST TRIAL) ( Co-Inventor)
  2. 2019 - 2024, International Funding
    CRBSI amongst Haemodialysis Patients in UMMC. A cohort study ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  3. 2022 - 2023, Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) project grant
    PNEUMONIA DOSING IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS, University of Queensland, Australia ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  4. 2021 - 2022, THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
    Investigator Driven Randomized Controlled Trial of Cefiderocol versus Standard Therapy for Healthcare Associated and Hospital Acquired Gram- negative Blood Stream Infection (GAME CHANGER) ( Co-Inventor)
  5. 2020 - 2022, THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
    PNEUMONIA DOSING IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS ( Co-Inventor)
  6. 2019 - 2022, International Funding
    A phase III randomised controlled trial of continuous beta-lactam infusion compared with intermittent beta-lactam dosing in critically ill patients ( Consultant)
  7. 2018 - 2020, NONE
    Epidemiology and determinants of outcomes of Hospital Acquired Blood Stream Infections in the Intensive Care. ( Malaysia Coordinator)
University
  1. 2017 - 2019, Private Funding
    A Prospective Study Of Meropenem And Piperacillin-tazabactam Penetration Into The Lungs In Hospital Acquired Pneumonia In Intensive Care Unit ( Principal Investigator(PI))

PAPER PRESENTED

INVITED SPEAKER
  1. Infection & Resistance Management, Infection & Resistance Management by Pfizer, Pfizer (National) (28 Jul 2022 - 28 Jul 2022)
  2. SPEAKER FOR THE INFECTIONS & RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT (UTI & RTI) WEBINAR, THE INFECTIONS & RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT (UTI & RTI) WEBINAR, Sandoz, Novartis (National) (30 Jun 2022 - 30 Jun 2022)
  3. Utilizing Infections Biomarkers in HSCT Patients, THE 25TH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF TRANSPLANTATION, MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF TRANSPLANTATION (National) (27 May 2022 - 29 May 2022)
  4. SPEAKER FOR THE ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP (AMS) IN GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIA TREATMENT OPTIMISATION, Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) in Gram Negative Bacteria Treatment Optimization, Pfizer (National) (09 May 2022 - 09 May 2022)
  5. MRSA infection: Where are we now and what future holds?, AWARE (Antibiotic SteWardship PrActise TowaRds ExcEllence), Pfizer (National) (09 Mar 2014)
  6. Acinetobacter baumanii infections and treatments, Singapore Malaysia Infectious Disease update 2013, MSD pharma (International) (26 Oct 2013 - 27 Oct 2013)
  7. Multidrug resistant organism, Antibiotic workshop, International Medical University (National) (23 May 2013 - 23 May 2013)
EVENT ORGANISER
  1. Staph. aureus infections and treatment options: MRSA and MSSA , UMMC infectious Disease Master Class 2014, UMMC and MSD (National) (21 Jun 2014 - 21 Jun 2014)
POSTER PRESENTER
  1. Retrospective review of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SAB) in patients infected with COVID-19 admitted to a tertiary hospital, ECCMID 2022, ESCMID (International) (23 Apr 2022 - 26 Jul 2022)
  2. Knowledge, attitude, and practice of white coat use among Malaysia s medical students during clinical practice (LAUNDERKAP): a cross-sectional study, ECCMID 2022, ESCMID (International) (23 Apr 2022 - 26 Jul 2022)
  3. A study on the community and hospital-acquired klebsiella bacteremia in a single centre, Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases Annual Scientific Meeting (ASID ASM) 2015, Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (International) (18 Mar 2015 - 21 Mar 2015)
  4. Efficacy and Safety of a Colistin Loading Dose in Critically Ill Patients with MultiDrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumanii (MDRAb) Infections , Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, American Society of Microbiology (International) (07 Sep 2014 - 07 Sep 2014)
  5. ASSESSMENT OF COLISTIN USE AND PATIENT OUTCOME IN EXTREMLY DRUG RESISTANT ACINETOBACTER BAUMANII (XDRAB) INFECTIONS IN UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE, 9TH ISAAR CONFERENCE, Asia Pacific Foundation of Infectious Diseases (International) (13 Mar 2013 - 15 Mar 2013)
PRESENTER
  1. Efficacy and Safety of a Colistin Loading Dose in Critically Ill Patients with Multi Drug Resistant Acinetobacter baumanii (MDRAb) Infections, 54th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, American Society of Microbiology (International) (05 Sep 2014 - 09 Sep 2014)

ACADEMIC/PROF. SERVICES

Evaluation
  1. (2023) Panel Pakar Penasihat Pihak Berkuasa Kawalan Dadah, National, (External Assessor)
  2. (2022) Review of Conference Proceedings for The 32nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (Lisbon, Portugal), International, (Reviewer)
  3. (2022) External Reviewer for Antimicrobial Stewardship Training Module for Pharmacist, National, (Reviewer)
Contribution to external organisation
  1. (2013) Antibiotic Guidelines of University Malaya Medical Centre, University Malaya Medical Centre
Contribution to event
  1. (2022) Moderator for Managing Difficult-to-Treat Resistant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa and Cre Infections in Hap/Vap Webinar, National, (Panelist/Moderator)
  2. (2022) Chairperson of The 2022 Antibiotic Masterclass, National, (Event Organiser)
Media appearance
  1. (2023) Contribiuted to An Article Titled: Driving Access to Antibiotics in Malaysia, International, (Panelist/Moderator)

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student
Master
  1. (2023) -, NUR DIYANAH SYAHIRAH BINTI AHMAD TAJUDDIN
  2. (2021) -, SUGUNEISVARI THRUMARAN
  3. (2021) -, SIVANESAN SUPRAMANIYAM
  4. (2019) -, IHSAN BIN ISMAIL
  5. (2017) -, CHEONG SUH YU
  6. (2014) RISK FACTORS FOR EXTENSIVELY RESISTANT ACINETOBACTER BAUMANII PNEUMONIA IN IINTESIVE CARE SETTING, Azhani Izhar
  7. (2014) Cohort study on the invasive klebsiella pneumonia infections in a single tertiary center, Shaharudeen Kamal
  8. (2014) -, CHONG KAH KIAN
  9. (2013) -, SARAH IYANG KIYU
Under Graduate Students
  1. (2022) Knowledge, Attitude & Practice of White Coat Use among Malaysia s Medical Students during Clinical Practice (LAUNDERKAP): A Cross-sectional Study

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACTIVITIES

  • Web Designing and Maintenance of Mamsig Website, (01 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2023) (National)

COURSE ATTENDED

Internal / External Course
CONFERENCE
  1. 7TH IAS CONFERENCE ON HIV PATHOGENESIS, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION, Kl Convention Centre (01 Jul 2013 - 03 Jul 2013)
  2. ANTI INFECTIVE MEETING FOR EXCELLENCE, Chengdu China (17 May 2013 - 20 May 2013)
  3. ASIA PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE CONFERENCE (PDC) 2014, Conrad Seoul, South Korea (30 May 2014 - 02 Jun 2014)
  4. VIROLOGY SUMMIT 2013, THE PATIENT'S JOURNEY, Seoul Korea (27 Sep 2013 - 30 Sep 2013)
  5. INTERSCIENCE CONFERENCE ON ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY (ICAAC), Washington Dc Usa (04 Sep 2014 - 10 Sep 2014)
  6. REACT SOUTH EAST ASIA REGIONAL MEETING: COMMUNITY, HOSPITAL AND POLICY INTERVENTIONS TO MANAGE AND CONTROL ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE, Penang, Malaysia (21 Nov 2014 - 23 Nov 2014)
  7. MINDEF AI & PAIN WORKSHOP, Promenade Hotel, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah (10 Nov 2014 - 11 Nov 2014)
  8. 16TH ASIA-PACIFIC CONGRESS OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION, Melbourne Convention Centre, Melbourne, Australia. (29 Nov 2016 - 04 Dec 2016)
  9. INTERSCIENCE CONFERENCE OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY (ICAAC), San Diego, California (13 Sep 2015 - 21 Sep 2015)
  10. 19TH BANGKOK INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON HIV MEDICINE 2017, Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand (17 Jan 2017 - 21 Jan 2017)
  11. MSD INFECTIOUS DISEASE FORUM ASIA PACIFIC, Bangkok, Thailand (15 Jun 2017 - 19 Jun 2017)
  12. ID WEEK, San Diego (03 Oct 2017 - 09 Oct 2017)
EXTERNAL COURSE
  1. ASHM REGIONAL TWINNING PROGRAM, Melbourne (13 Jul 2014 - 29 Jul 2014)
INTERNAL COURSE- ORGANIZED BY PTJ
  1. SCIENCE COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP, Bilik Serbaguna, Fakulti Perubatan Universiti Malaya (10 Oct 2018 - 10 Oct 2018)
  2. 2021 : HOW TO PUBLISH WITH OXFORD JOURNALS, 8 JUNE 2021, Online (08 Jun 2021 - 08 Jun 2021)