Ida HILMI is a Professor and Senior Consultant in Gastroenterology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Prof Ida Hilmi graduated with first-class honours from the University of Glasgow in 1997. She went on to do her training in internal medicine in Oxford and obtained her Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom (MRCP) in 2000. She then joined the Northeast London Gastroenterology and Hepatology specialist program before returning to Malaysia in 2003. She is the current Chair of the National Hepatology and Gastroenterology Training Committee and is the President Elect for the Malaysian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Her other positions include Honorary Secretary for the Asian Education Network in IBD (IBD-AEN), Board member of the Asian Organization for Crohn’s and Colitis (AOCC) and the Malaysian lead for the IBD Emerging Nations Consortium (IBD-ENC). Her past positions include Head of the Department of Medicine, Head of Division in Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Director of Endoscopy in University of Malaya. She co-founded and was the first Chairman of the Malaysian Inflammatory Bowel Disease Special Interest Group (IBD-SIG) and is a member of several global advisory boards. She is currently a trustee for the Journal of Hepatology and Gastroenterology Foundation which is involved in medical research, education and training in gastroenterology and hepatology within the Asia-Pacific region. In terms of colorectal cancer screening, she is part of  the Rebung project which is involved in increasing awareness for the commonest cancers in Malaysia as well as improving access to screening and care, particularly in the lower income group.

Professor Hilmi’s main area of interest is inlfammatory bowel disease (IBD) and colorectal cancer screening. She is part of several international research collaborations and is currently Associate Editor for JGH Open.