Professor Abdul Aziz bin Baba is a Malaysian medical doctor, haematologist and academic administrator. He is the former

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(

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) of the

International Medical University The IMU University, (formerly known as the International Medical University) is a private, English language, health sciences university in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The university offers programmes in medical and other health sciences as well as ...

(IMU), from 1 January 2016 to 31 July 2024.

Career

He attended medical school at the

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and graduated in 1979. He joined the

Universiti Sains Malaysia Universiti Sains Malaysia ( 'University of Science Malaysia'; abbreviated as USM) is a public research university in Malaysia. Founded on 1 June 1969 as a statutory body with its own constitution, it is the oldest institute of higher learning ...

in 1986, became Professor in 2000 and was Dean of the School of Medical Sciences 2005–2012. He joined the

as a professor of medicine in 2013 and became a member of the university's senior management committee as vice-president with the responsibility for the medical and dental programmes in the same year. He also served as Director of the IMU Centre for Education (ICE) in 2015. In 2016 he succeeded Abu Bakar Suleiman as

(previously known as president), i.e. as the university's effective head. He has been President of the Malaysian Society of Haematology, Chairman of the National Conjoint Board for Postgraduate Medical Programmes, Chairman of Specialist Advisory Committee (Clinical Haematology) of the National Specialist Register and a member of the Malaysian Medical Council.

References

Living people Malaysian hematologists Academic staff of the International Medical University Malaysian people of Malay descent Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) University of Melbourne alumni {{Malaysia-academic-bio-stub