Dr. Yang Faridah Abdul Aziz is an academic professor and a consultant radiologist. She is currently the Dean of the Faculty of medicine, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. She received her undergraduate and postgraduate training at the University of Malaya. She underwent a clinical attachment in Cardiac Imaging in the United States of America in 2000/2001. She completed the Essential Skills in Medical Education course and was awarded the ESME certificate in Medical Education in 2019. She is an alumnus of the IDC programme organized by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) focusing on training academics on higher education and change management. She completed a Master of Medical Education programme at University Malaya in 2022, in her bid to acquire new knowledge and be a lifelong learner. Over the years, she has honed her skills in the academic, professional clinical service and managerial endeavours. 

As an academic, she is involved in developing, implementing, and ensuring quality improvement of the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at the University Malaya. As the Deputy Dean of Undergraduate programmes (2015-2021), she helmed and aided the shift to e-learning and the use of digital platforms during the Covid-19 pandemic. She has collaborated with national and regional partners and looks forward to continuing participation in impactful research and best practices in the field of medical education.

As a consultant radiologist, she provides clinical services at the University of Malaya teaching hospital, known as the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) as well as the University Malaya Specialist Centre (UMSC). She was instrumental in setting up the cardiac imaging services utilizing CT and MRI at UMMC and UMSC. Cardiac Imaging is her niche area of research and she has formed institutional, national, and international collaborations and research in this area.

Yang Faridah had been entrusted with numerous roles and responsibilities especially in education including (and not limited to) duties as programme coordinator, head of department, a council member in a professional body (College of Radiology), SETARA member (under the Malaysian Qualifying Agency), member of the Malaysian Medical Council (2017- 2023), chair of the Medical Education Committee for the Malaysian Medical Council (2020-2023) and deputy dean at the Faculty of Medicine University Malaya (2015 - 2021). She is currently a senate member for Universiti Malaya, a senate representative to the Board of Directors of Universiti Malaya, a member of the Medical Education Committee for the Malaysian Medical Council and a member for the education and training committee of the Asian Oceanian Society of Radiology. She continues to dream passionately, embrace the art of seeking knowledge, remain curious, and create possibilities in her career and her life.

Researcher ID: C-7945-2012

Scopus ID: 25645905200

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0869-1972