
Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DETAILS
ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. SHIREEN ANNE NAH HAN YIEN
Professor
- Department of Surgery
Faculty of Medicine - shireen.nah@um.edu.my
ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
(Role),(Level),(Duration)
(Role),(Level),(Duration)
- Chairman, National, 01/01/2021 to present
- Paediatric Surgery National Conjoined Board Member, National, 12/05/2020 to present
- Programme Coordinator, National, 18/03/2020 to 17/03/2022
- Head of Section, Faculty, 09/03/2020 to present
- Coordinator, Faculty, 06/01/2020 to present
- Coordinator, Faculty, 06/01/2020 to present
- Covid Training and Education , Faculty, 18/03/2020 to 09/06/2020
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
(Qualification),(Field),(Institution),(Year)
(Qualification),(Field),(Institution),(Year)
- MSURG, SURGERY, UNIVERSITI MALAYA (UM)
- MBBS, MEDICINE AND SURGERY, UNIVERSITI MALAYA (UM)
MEMBERSHIPS
(Organisation),(Role),(Duration),(Level)
(Organisation),(Role),(Duration),(Level)
- British Association of Paediatric Surgeons, Member, 2021 to 2022 (International)
- College of Surgeons, Academy of Medicine Malaysia, Committee Member, 2021 to present (National)
- Council member, Committee Member, 2021 to 2022 (National)
- Chairperson, National Conjoint Board for Paediatric Surgery, President/ Chief, 2021 to 2022 (National)
- Member, Postgraduate Committee, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Committee Member, 2021 to 2022 (University)
- Member, Postgraduate Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Committee Member, 2021 to 2022 (University)
- Committee Member, Jawatankuasa Kesihatan, National Council of Women's Organisations, Committee Member, 2021 to 2022 (National)
- Academy of Medicine Malaysia, Member, 2020 to 2020 (National)
- Malaysian Association of Paediatric Surgeons, Council, 2016 to 2020 (National)
SPECIALIZATION
(Area)
(Area)
Area of Expertise
TEACHING
(Course Title),(Level of Study),(Institution),(Academic Session)
(Course Title),(Level of Study),(Institution),(Academic Session)
Teaching
PUBLICATIONS
(Title of publication in APA style)
(Title of publication in APA style)
Refereed Journals
2021
- COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative (2021). Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2infection: and international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia, doi: 10.1111/anae.15458 (early view) (WoS)
- Mahat N, Zubaidi SA, Soe HHK, Nah SA. Paediatric surgical response to an 'adult' COVID-19 pandemic. Med J Malaysia. 2021 May;76(3):284-290. PMID: 34031324. (SCOPUS)
2020
- Lin Kyaw, Candy SC Choo, Lin Yin Ong, Te-Lu Yap, Harvey J Teo, Shireen Anne Nah. Management of acute testicular pain in children: changing trends with improvements in scrotal ultrasound over 18 years. Singapore Med J 2020. Accepted for publication. (WoS)
- Max Knaapen M, Nigel J Hall, Darcy Moulin, Johanna H. van der Lee, Nancy J Butcher, Peter C Minneci, Jan F Svensson, Shawn D St. Peter, Susan Adams, Shireen A Nah, Erik D Skarsgard, Augusto Zani, Sherif Emil, Janne S Suominen, Dayang A Aziz, Rambha Rai, Martin Offringa, Ernst W van Heurn, Roel Bakx, Ramon R Gorter. On behalf of the pediatric appendicitis COS development group. International Core Outcome Set for acute simple appendicitis in children: Results of a systematic review, Delphi study, and focus groups with young people. Ann Surg 2020. Accepted for publication. (WoS)
- Chiang JJY, Angus MI, Nah SA, Jacobsen AS, Low Y, Choo CSC, Yap TL, Chen Y.Time course response of inflammatory markers in pediatric appendicitis. Pediatr Surg Int. 2020 Apr;36(4):493-500. doi: 10.1007/s00383-020-04620-4. Epub 2020 Feb 22. (WoS)
- Nah SA, Singaravel S, Sanmugam A. Do-It-Yourself surgical simulation kits: one academic centre s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. Acad Med 2020. Online ahead of print. (WoS)
- Sanmugam, A; Vythilingam, G; Singaravel, S; Nah, SA 2020. Assess, adapt and act: a paediatric surgery division's initial approach in a rapidly evolving pandemic. Pediatr Surg Int 2020 Aug;36(8):925-931. doi: 10.1007/s00383-020-04704-1. (WoS)
- Hui, W.J., Pikkarainen, M., Nah, S.A., Nah, S.N.J., P lkki, T., Wang, W. & He, H.G.* (2020). Parental Experiences While Waiting for Children Undergoing Surgery in Singapore. Journal of Pediatric Nursing. J Pediatr Nurs. 2020 May-Jun;52:e42-e50. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2020.01.004. (WoS)
- Sii KS Cornilia, Lee JA, Nah SA. Early experience with universal preoperative and pre-procedural screening for COVID-19 in low risk paediatric surgical patients requiring general anesthesia. Pediatr Surg Int. Pediatr Surg Int. 2020 Dec;36(12):1407-1411. doi 10.1007/s00383-020-04760-7 (WoS)
- Home- Initiated-Programme-to-Prepare-for-Operation: evaluating the effect of an animation video on peri-operative anxiety in children - A randomised controlled trial. Tanuja Nair, Candy S.C. Choo, Nur S. Abdullah, SuMin Lee, Lois L.E. Teo, Yong Chen, Shireen A. Nah and Li W. Chiang. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2020;37:1-9. (WoS)
- Othman MY, Blair S, Nah SA, et al. Pediatric Solid Tumor Care and Multidisciplinary Tumor Boards in Low- and Middle-Income Countries in Southeast Asia. JCO Glob Oncol. 2020;6:1328-1345. doi:10.1200/GO.20.00284 (WoS)
- GYH Ng, SA Nah, OH Teoh, LY Ong. Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax in Children: Factors Predicting Recurrence and Contralateral Occurrence. Pediatr Surg Int. 2020 Mar;36(3):383-389. doi: 10.1007/s00383-020-04619-x. (WoS)
2019
- Yap TL, Fan JD, Chen Y, Ho MF, Choo CS, Allen J, Low Y, Jacobsen AS, Nah SA. (2019) A novel noninvasive appendicitis score with a urine biomarker. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Jan;54(1):91-96. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2018.10.025. (WoS)
- Lee LW, Chen YW, Choo CSC, Chen Y, Nah SA. (2019) Demographic factors affecting parental attitudes to clinical research in pediatric surgery: A pilot study. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 May;54(5):1019-1023. (WoS)
- Amuddhu SK, Chen Y, Nah SA. (2019) Inpatient Admission versus Emergency Department Management of Intussusception in Children: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis of Outcomes. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Feb;29(1):7-13. (WoS)
- Wong SSM, Wong KPL, Angus MIL, Chen Y, Choo CSC, Nah SA. A pilot study comparing parent and adolescent online health information seeking behaviours in elective pediatric surgical situations. Pediatr Surg Int. 2020 Feb;36(2):227-233 doi: 10.1007/s00383-019-04592-0. (WoS)
- Lin Kyaw, Natalie Kate Pereira, Chen Xiang Ang, Candy S. C. Choo & Shireen Anne Nah. Parental preferences in treatment of acute uncomplicated appendicitis comparing surgery to conservative management with antibiotics and their views on research participation. Eur J Pediatr 2020 May;179(5):735-742. DOI 10.1007/s00431-019-03555-w (WoS)
- Knaapen M, Hall NJ, van der Lee JH, Butcher NJ, Offringa M, Van Heurn EWE, Bakx R, Gorter RR; Paediatric Appendicitis COS development group. (2019) Establishing a core outcome set for treatment of uncomplicated appendicitis in children: study protocol for an international Delphi survey. BMJ Open. 2019 May 22;9(5):e028861. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028861. (WoS)
- Wee JJ, Park CJ, Lee YT, Cheong YL, Rai R, Nah SA. (2019) A simple classification of peritoneal contamination in perforated appendicitis predicts surgery-related complications. J Paediatr Child Health. 2020 Feb;56(2):272-275. doi: 10.1111/jpc.14591 (WoS)
- Sim SKR, Nah SA, Loh AHP, Ong LY, Chen Y. (2019) Mechanical versus Chemical Pleurodesis after Bullectomy for Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis. European Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2020 Dec;30(6):490-496 doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1697959 (WoS)
- Wright NJ; Global PaedSurg Research Collaboration. (2019) Management and outcomes of gastrointestinal congenital anomalies in low, middle and high income countries: protocol for a multicentre, international, prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. Sep 3;9(8):e030452. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030452. (WoS)
- Loong S, Lian DWQ, Kuick CH, Lim TH, Nah SA, Wong KPL, Chang KTE. (2019) Novel TFG-RET Fusion in Spindle Cell Tumour with S100 and CD34 Co-Expresssion. Histopathology. 2020 Jan;76(2):333-336. doi: 10.1111/his.13971 (WoS)
2018
- Nah SA, Ong CCP, Saffari SE, Ong LY, Yap TL, Low Y, Jacobsen AS. (2018) Anorectal malformation & Hirschsprung's disease: A cross-sectional comparison of quality of life and bowel function to healthy controls. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Aug;53(8):1550-1554 (WoS)
- 9Nah SA, Ong CCP, Lie D, Marimuttu VJ, Hong J, Te-Lu Y, Low Y, Jacobsen AS.(2018) Understanding Experiences of Youth Growing Up with Anorectal Malformation or Hirschsprung's Disease to Inform Transition Care: A Qualitative In-Depth Interview Study. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Feb;28(1):67-74. (WoS)
- Wong MKY, Sivasegaran D, Choo CSC, Nah SA. (2018) Parental Internet Use and Health Information Seeking Behavior Comparing Elective and Emergency Pediatric Surgical Situations. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Feb;28(1):89-95 (WoS)
2017
- Singh RR, Nah SA, Roebuck DJ, Eaton S, Pierro A, Curry JI; PEG-RIG trial collaborators.(2017) Double-blind randomized clinical trial of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy versus radiologically inserted gastrostomy in children. Br J Surg. 2017 Nov;104(12):1620-1627 (WoS)
- Nah SA, Ong SS, Lim WX, Amuddhu SK, Tang PH, Low Y. (2017) Clinical Relevance of the Nonvisualized Appendix on Ultrasonography of the Abdomen in Children. J Pediatr. 2017 Mar;182:164-169 (WoS)
- Lin YC, Lee YT, Feng JXY, Chiang LW, Nah SA. (2017) Prehospital Transport for Pediatric Trauma: A Comparison of Private Transport and Emergency Medical Services. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2017 Dec;33(12):781-783 (WoS)
- Yap BK, Nah SA, Chen Y, Low Y. (2017) Fundoplication with gastrostomy vs gastrostomy alone: a systematic review and meta-analysis of outcomes and complications. Pediatr Surg Int. 2017 Feb;33(2):217-228. (WoS)
- Chiang LW, Lee CY, Krishnaswamy G, Nah SA, Kader A, Ong C, Low Y, Phua KB. (2017) Seventeen years of Kasai portoenterostomy for biliary atresia in a single Southeast Asian paediatric centre. J Paediatr Child Health. 2017 Apr;53(4):412-415 (WoS)
2016
- Yap TL, Chen Y, Nah SA, Ong CC, Jacobsen A, Low Y. (2016) STING versus HIT technique of endoscopic treatment for vesicoureteral reflux: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Pediatr Surg. 2016 Dec;51(12):2015-2020. (WoS)
- Lian BS, Ong CC, Chiang LW, Rai R, Nah SA. (2016) Factors Predicting Testicular Atrophy after Testicular Salvage following Torsion. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2016 Feb;26(1):17-21 (WoS)
2015
- Feng XY, Nah SA, Lee YT, Lin YC, Chiang LW. (2015) Pedestrian injuries in children: who is most at risk? Singapore Med J. 2015 Nov;56(11):618-21 (WoS)
- Yap TL, Chen Y, Low WW, Ong CC, Nah SA, Jacobsen AS, Shen L, Low Y. (2015) A new 2-step risk-stratification clinical score for suspected appendicitis in children. J Pediatr Surg. 2015 Dec;50(12):2051-5 (WoS)
- Seow-En I, Loh AH, Lian DW, Nah SA. (2015) Thyroglossal duct cyst carcinoma: diagnostic and management considerations in a 15-year-old with a large submental mass. BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Jul 6;2015 (WoS)
- Chen Y, Nah SA, Chiang L, Krishnaswamy G, Low Y. (2015) Postoperative steroid therapy for biliary atresia: Systematic review and meta-analysis. J Pediatr Surg. 2015 Sep;50(9):1590-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2015.05.016. (WoS)
- Lim LY, Nah SA, Lakshmi NK, Yap TL, Jacobsen AS, Low Y, Ong CC. (2015) Undescended testis: Level of knowledge among potential referring health-care providers. J Paediatr Child Health. 2015 Nov;51(11):1109-14. doi: 10.1111/jpc.12911 (WoS)
2014
- Nah SA, Yeo CS, How GY, Allen JC Jr, Lakshmi NK, Yap TL, Jacobsen AS, Low Y, Ong CC. (2014) Undescended testis: 513 patients' characteristics, age at orchidopexy and patterns of referral. Arch Dis Child. 2014 May;99(5):401-6. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-305225. (WoS)
- Li FX, Nah SA, Low Y. (2014) Informed consent for emergency surgery--how much do parents truly remember? J Pediatr Surg. 2014 May;49(5):795-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2014.02.075. (WoS)
2012
- Chen Y, Nah SA, Laksmi NK, Ong CC, Chua JH, Jacobsen A, Low Y. (2013) Transanal endorectal pull-through versus transabdominal approach for Hirschsprung's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Pediatr Surg. 2013 Mar;48(3):642-51. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.12.036 (WoS)
- Tan HL, Nah SA, Budianto II, Sehat S, Tamba R. (2012) The use of octyl cyanoacrylate (superglue) in hypospadias repair including its use as a fixator for urethral stents. J Pediatr Surg. 2012 Dec;47(12):2294-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.09.022. (WoS)
- Nah SA, Ong CC, Lakshmi NK, Yap TL, Jacobsen AS, Low Y. (2012) Anomalies associated with anorectal malformations according to the Krickenbeck anatomic classification. J Pediatr Surg. 2012 Dec;47(12):2273-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.09.017. (WoS)
- Nah SA, de Coppi P, Kiely EM, Curry JI, Drake DP, Cross K, Spitz L, Eaton S, Pierro A.(2012) Duhamel pull-through for Hirschsprung disease: a comparison of open and laparoscopic techniques. J Pediatr Surg. 2012 Feb;47(2):308-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.11.025. (WoS)
2011
- Pierro A, Nah SA. (2011) Surgical management of congenital hyperinsulinism of infancy. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2011 Feb;20(1):50-3. doi: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2010.10.009. (WoS)
- Nah SA, Giacomello L, Eaton S, de Coppi P, Curry JI, Drake DP, Kiely EM, Pierro A. (2011) Surgical repair of incarcerated inguinal hernia in children: laparoscopic or open? Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2011 Jan;21(1):8-11. doi: 10.1055/s-0030-1262793. (WoS)
- Nah SA, Tan HL, Tamba RP, Aziz DA, Azzam N. (2011) Laparoscopic localization and microlaparotomy for focal isolated perforation in necrotizing enterocolitis: an alternative approach to a challenging problem. J Pediatr Surg. 2011 Feb;46(2):424-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.11.045. (WoS)
- Zani A, Nah SA, Ron O, Totonelli G, Ismail D, Smith VV, Ashworth M, Blankenstein O, Mohnike W, De Coppi P, Eaton S, Hussain K, Pierro A. (2011) The predictive value of preoperative fluorine-18-L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine positron emission tomography-computed tomography scans in children with congenital hyperinsulinism of infancy. J Pediatr Surg. 2011 Jan;46(1):204-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.09.093. (WoS)
- Bishay M, Giacomello L, Retrosi G, Thyoka M, Nah SA, McHoney M, De Coppi P, Brierley J, Scuplak S, Kiely EM, Curry JI, Drake DP, Cross KM, Eaton S, Pierro A. (2011) Decreased cerebral oxygen saturation during thoracoscopic repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia and esophageal atresia in infants. J Pediatr Surg. 2011 Jan;46(1):47-51. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.09.062 (WoS)
2010
- Nah SA, Narayanaswamy B, Eaton S, Coppi PD, Kiely EM, Curry JI, Drake DP, Barnacle AM, Roebuck DJ, Pierro A. (2010) Gastrostomy insertion in children: percutaneous endoscopic or percutaneous image-guided? J Pediatr Surg. 2010 Jun;45(6):1153-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.02.081. (WoS)
- McHoney M, Giacomello L, Nah SA, De Coppi P, Kiely EM, Curry JI, Drake DP, Eaton S, Pierro A. (2010) Thoracoscopic repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia: intraoperative ventilation and recurrence. J Pediatr Surg. 2010 Feb;45(2):355-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.10.072. (WoS)
Book
2011
- Nah SA & Pierro A (2011). Malrotation. In Puri P (Ed) Newborn Surgery. Hodder Education Publishers.
RESEARCH PROJECT
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High Impact Research (HIR)
NONE
UMSC Care Grant
International Funding
SUPERVISION
Postgraduate Student
(Title of Thesis),(Name of Candidates),(Institution),(Academic Level)
(Title of Thesis),(Name of Candidates),(Institution),(Academic Level)
Completed
- Efficacy of topical steroid application as an alternative to circumcision in children less than 5 years of age with physiological phimosis, Muhammad Bin Che Yaacob, University of Malaya (UM) (Post Graduate Student)
- Comparison of Infection Rate Between Ultrasound-guided Percutaneous and Open Surgical Insertion of Externalized Tunnelled Central Venous Catheter in Paediatric Oncology Patients., Muhammad Firdaus Bin Madzlan, University of Malaya (UM) (Post Graduate Student)
- -, LEE JOO ANN, University of Malaya (UM) (Post Graduate Student)
- -, RAJIEV A/L RAJA SAKARAN, University of Malaya (UM) (Post Graduate Student)
- -, MUHAMMAD BIN CHE YAACOB, University of Malaya (UM) (Post Graduate Student)
- Evaluating electronic device as an adjunct therapy in pain management after unilateral herniotomy in children - a randomised controlled trial, Rajiev a/l Sakaran, University of Malaya (UM) (Post Graduate Student)
- -, MUHAMMAD FIRDAUS BIN MADZLAN, University of Malaya (UM) (Post Graduate Student)
- Laparoscopy assisted transanal pullthrough in Hirschsprung's disease: single centre experience and outcomes, Lee Joo Ann, University of Malaya (UM) (Post Graduate Student)
Ongoing
- -, ROSHAFIZA JAFFAR @ HARUN, University of Malaya (UM) (Post Graduate Student)
- -, SANDHYA ARULJOETHY, University of Malaya (UM) (Post Graduate Student)
- -, KUHAENDRAN AL GUNASEELAN, University of Malaya (UM) (Post Graduate Student)
- -, CARINE SUN CHUNG YINE, University of Malaya (UM) (Post Graduate Student)
- -, GOMALAADEVEE, University of Malaya (UM) (Post Graduate Student)
- -, CHENG JOO QING, University of Malaya (UM) (Post Graduate Student)
- -, AYNA NADIA BINTI NOOR AZIZ, University of Malaya (UM) (Post Graduate Student)
- -, MOHD LATIFF IQRAMIE BIN MUHAMAD ZAKI, University of Malaya (UM) (Post Graduate Student)
- -, MOHD KHAIRULANUAR BIN SHAARI, University of Malaya (UM) (Post Graduate Student)
- -, NOORAINI MAHAT, University of Malaya (UM) (Post Graduate Student)
- -, MOHD ZAFRAN BIN MOHAMAD, University of Malaya (UM) (Post Graduate Student)
- -, ROSHAFIZA JAFFAR @ HARUN, University of Malaya (UM) (Post Graduate Student)
- Anal dilatation in children with anorectal malformation after surgry: Daily versus weekly dilatation, Roshafiza Jaffar @ Harun, University of Malaya (UM) (Post Graduate Student)
- Effectiveness of Table Salt in Treating Umbilical Granuloma: Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial in Malaysia, Chung Kuet Jun, University of Malaya (UM) (Post Graduate Student)
- Correlation between anorectal manometry and clinical scoring systems in children with anorectal malformation after surgery, Cheng Joo Qing, University of Malaya (UM) (Post Graduate Student)
- Timing of Meconium Passage in Newborns, Kuhaendran A/L Gunaseelan, University of Malaya (UM) (Post Graduate Student)
- Pneumatic reduction of intussusception: A single-center experience., Carine Sun Chung Yine, University of Malaya (UM) (Post Graduate Student)
ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Academic/Professional Services
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Expert Linkages
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AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP
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(Name of Award/Stewardship),(Awarding Institution),(Year Awarded),(Type of Award)
- Best Oral Presenter (Merit Award), Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference 2022, 2022 (BEST PRESENTATION)
- Anugerah Khas Cemerlang Berkumpulan, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya, 2021 (GENERAL ACHIEVEMENTS)
- CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENT SERVICE, University of Malaya, 2021 (CERTIFICATE)
PAPER PRESENTED
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