Staff Directory
Academic Qualifications
- Master of Pathology (Haematology) - Masters Degree (Clinical Specialist), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery - Bachelor Degree, Mansoura University
Dhamirah Nazihah Bt. Mohd Nasiruddin (Dr.)
Assistant Professor
IIUM Kuantan Campus
KULLIYYAH OF MEDICINE
dhamirahnazihah@iium.edu.my
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Expert Profile
Asst. Prof. Dr. Dhamirah Nazihah Mohd Nasiruddin is a Consultant Haematopathologist, Medical Lecturer, and Quality Manager with over a decade of clinical and academic experience. She recently completed a prestigious Fellowship in Thrombosis and Haemostasis at The Royal London Hospital, UK (supported by EAHAD and ISTH grants), specializing in advanced diagnostics for bleeding and clotting disorders. Currently, she serves as the Head of the Haematology Unit and Quality Manager at the Department of Pathology, SASMEC @ IIUM, where she led the department’s successful transition to the ISO 15189:2022 standard. Her expertise includes digital morphology—serving as a champion for digitalization in pathology—and Al-supported haematological analysers. As a dedicated educator, she coordinates the Year 2 Haematology Block and trains the next generation of medical professionals in transfusion medicine and laboratory diagnostics.
Area of Specialisation
- Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Clinical Medicine ~ Pathology - Haematology
Teaching Responsibilities
| BASIC GENERAL SURGERY POSTING | 2024/2025 2023/2024 |
| BODY REACTIONS TO PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS | 2024/2025 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
| CARDIOVASCULAR, RESPIRATORY AND HAEMOPOIETIC SYSTEMS | 2025/2026 2024/2025 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
| NORMAL RESPONSE AND PROCESS TO DISEASED STATE | 2025/2026 2024/2025 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
| NORMAL STRUCTURE & FUNCTION OF THE HUMAN CELL, TISSUE & BODY SYSTEMS | 2025/2026 2024/2025 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
| RESPONSE TO DISEASED STATE AND EXOGENOUS AGENTS | 2025/2026 |
| STRUCTURE & FUNCTION IN NORMAL & DISEASED STATES & BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE | 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
| THE ALIMENTARY AND HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEMS | 2024/2025 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
| THE ENDOCRINE, REPRODUCTIVE AND URINARY SYSTEMS | 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
| THE LOCOMOTOR AND NERVOUS SYSTEMS | 2024/2025 2023/2024 2021/2022 |
Research Projects
Completed
| No data |
On-Going
| 2025 - Present | Experimental Study on the Optimisation of PCR and Nanopore Sequencing Protocols for Thalassemia Diagnosis |
Publications
Articles
| 2025 | Mantle cell lymphoma with negative CCND1 FISH studies: a case report. Asian Journal of Medicine and Biomedicine, 9 (1) pp. 1-5 |
| 2024 | The mantle’s deception: a diagnostic challenge in a case of mantle cell lymphoma. Medicine & Health, 19 (Suppl. 5) pp. 80-80 |
| 2023 | Prevalence of G6PD deficiency in neonates and verification of cord blood reference range using OSMMR2000-D – a tertiary hospital experience. Malaysian Journal of Pathology, 45 (3) pp. 567-591 |
| 2022 | Factor VII deficiency presenting with subarachnoid hemorrhage: a rare case report. Gazi Medical Journal, 33 (2) pp. 193-194 |
Conference or Workshop Items
| 2026 | In-silico design of multiplex PCR primers for Nanopore-based detection of thalassaemia mutations in Malaysian population. In: 10th International Virtual Medical Research Symposium, |
| 2025 | Morphological variants of plasma cell myeloma: a case series of diagnostic mimics. In: Members of the Malaysian Laboratory Haematology Society (MMLHS) Scientific Meeting & Morphology Workshop 2025, |
| 2022 | Coinheritance of Hb Adana with Hb constant spring: A case report. In: Malaysian Genetic Conference Kuala Lumpur, |
| 2022 | Philadelphia chromosome and FISH- negative, cryptic BCR/ABL1 positive acute myeloid leukaemia: A diagnostic dilemma. In: Molecular Diagnostic and Biomarker Discovery 2022, |