HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT (PHD)

Gerard “Gerry” George is Group Managing Director at IMU Health.  He is on leave as Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Previously, he was Dean and Lee Kong Chian Chair Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Singapore Management University.  Previously, he was professor at Imperial College London, London Business School and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

An award-winning researcher and teacher, Professor George has published over 125 articles on the topics of innovation, entrepreneurship, sustainability and tackling grand challenges in society.  He achieved the Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher distinction for Cross-Field Impact, which places him among the Top 6000 scientists globally across all disciplines. He teaches across undergraduate, masters, doctorate, and executive education, in areas of innovation, entrepreneurship, managing growth, strategic leadership, governance, and global strategy. He was awarded a prestigious Professorial Fellowship from the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council to work on socially-inclusive innovation.  From 2013 to 2016, he served as Editor of the Academy of Management Journal, the flagship empirical journal in the field of management.

George serves (or has served) on several corporate and growth venture boards in India, Singapore, US and UK.  He received an Honorary Doctorate in economics from the University of St. Gallen for intellectual contributions to the fields of strategic management, innovation and entrepreneurship.  He is Fellow of the City & Guilds of London Institute and Distinguished Alumnus Award winner from Birla Institute of Technology & Science (Pilani).  He is Senior Global Fellow at the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr Vijayesvaran Arumugam is a Senior Lecturer of Community Medicine at the International Medical University, Malaysia. Currently, he is attached with the MBA in Healthcare Management programme. He has more than 12 years’ experience in lecturing undergraduate and postgraduate students. Prior to joining IMU, he was a Senior Lecturer and holds the position of Head of Collaboration at International University of Malaya-Wales from 2015 – 2019 and as Senior Lecturer who holds the position of Head of Postgraduate Studies in International University of Kuala Lumpur from 2007 – 2015. Dr Vijayesvaran Arumugam obtained his doctoral degree in International Marketing from School of Management, University Sains Malaysia.

Professor Emeritus Dato’ Dr Syed Mohamed Aljunid is a  Professor of Community Medicine  and Public Health Medicine Consultant in International Medical University. He has more than 30 years experience in academia and has served National University of Malaysia, United-Nations University-International Institute of Global Health and Kuwait University. He has developed and taught MBA (Health Care) Programmes in National University of Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He has conducted more than 50 research projects; most of the projects are to support policy decisions on health economics and financing. He has supervised 46 PhD scholars and more than 200 Master students. He obtained his MD from National University of Malaysia, Master of Science in Public Health from National University of Singapore and PhD in Health Economics and Financing from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Dr Zukarnain Zakaria is an economist with more than 30 years of teaching experiences at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He obtained his PhD specialising in financial economics from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom. Currently, Dr Zukarnain Zakaria is an Associate Professor attached to the MBA in Healthcare Management programme. Prior to joining IMU, Dr Zukarnain Zakaria was a Senior Lecturer and held the position as the Head of Technology Management Department at the Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology – UTM. He has also served as a Deputy Dean of Academic of International Business School, UTM Kuala Lumpur, as well as a Director of the UTM-Japan Satellite Office, in Tokyo, Japan. Dr Zukarnain Zakaria is actively involved in research and publication. He was also a Research Fellow for the Institute for Youth Research Malaysia (IYRES) and the Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA).

Prof Adlina Suleiman is a Professor of Community Medicine at the IMU. A former military medical officer, she helped set up Mawar Medical Centre Shah Alam (now SALAM Medical Centre) in1998, subsequently in 2002 she founded and became the first General Manager of University Malaya Specialist Centre. She had a short attachment at KPJ Healthcare Group before pioneering the development of the Faculty of Medicine at University Technology MARA, MAHSA University and National Defence University of Malaysia. She has an MPH from University Malaya, MBA from Southern Cross University, Australia, Fellowship on Public Health from the Academy of Medicine Malaysia and Fellow and Head of the Medical and Health Cluster of the Academy of Professors Malaysia.

A/Prof Dr Aqil is a lecturer of public health holding basic degree in general medicne and surgery, master of public health and PhD in public health.  His main teaching portfolio includes biostatistics, research methodology, epidemiology, and population health. He currently coordinates research methodology  module for master in science in public health at international medical university, Malaysia. Dr Aqil Plays an important role in diverse clinical and public health research that contributed to his over 1000 citations so far. He has to his credits 60 indexed publications and achieved an H-index of 14. Dr Aqil has vast experience in statistical analysis using variety of statistical models and softwares like SPSS, STATA, AMOS, SmartPLS and comprehensive meta-analysis. He acted as speaker in statistical training workshops, conferences, and postgraduate forums.

Dr Supathiratheavy Rasiah is currently an IMU faculty in the Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine. She is responsible for delivering the Health Management and Economics module on the MSc Public Health program, and the Community and digital health modules in the healthcare delivery science component of the MBBS program at IMU. She has vast experience having served in the Ministry of Health at various levels. She was responsible for the development and implementation of Health Information and Communication Technology systems in the MOH hospitals. At IMU she has supervised the MSc PH research work of the candidates. Her research interests are Quality in healthcare, Diabetes Mellitus and chronic disease management, and health informatics.