Project Description
- Speciality: Neurosurgery, Spine Surgery
- Clinic: Sunway Medical Centre Velocity
Background
Clinical Focus
- Cerebral (Brain) and Spinal tumours
- Cerebral Aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations (AVM), Intracerebral haemorrhages (haemorrhagic strokes) and other cerebrovascular pathologies
- Degenerative spine disease
- Headaches and Facial pains
- Neurological infections, brain abscesses, etc
- Neurotrauma
Procedure Focus
- Brain tumor resections
- Aneurysm clipping, AVM resections, Intracerebral haemorrhage evacuations
- Degenerative spine disease management
- Neuroendoscopy
- Spinal related pain relief employing radiofrequency ablative techniques
Postgraduate Training
- Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland ( 2009)
- Masters of Surgery ( Neurosurgery) (USM) (2013)
- House Officer – Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching, Sarawak
- General Surgery Medical Officer
- Hospital Bintulu, Sarawak
- Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching, Sarawak
- Neurosurgery Medical Officer
- Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching, Sarawak
- Hospital Raja Permaisuri, Bainun, Ipoh, Perak
- Neurosurgery Registrar – Dept of Neurosurgery, Hospital Sungai Buloh
- Dept of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
- Dept of Neurosurgery, Hospital Raja Permaisuri, Bainun, Ipoh, Perak
- Dept of Neurosurgery, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan
- Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK
- Neurosurgeon
- Hospital Kuala Lumpur
- Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan,
- Kuantan, Pahang
- Pantai Hospital Cheras, Kuala Lumpur
- Pantai Hospital Klang (prev. visiting)
Medical School
- Manipal University (MAHE) – 2002
Memberships
- Neurosurgical Association of Malaysia (NAM)
- European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Awards
- Excellent Service Award 2008 – Dept of Neurosurgery, Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Perak
- World Federation of Neurological Surgeons (WFNS) Scholarship (Registrar) Award 2013
- World Federation of Neurological Surgeons (WFNS) Scholarship (Young Neurosurgeon) Award 2015
Board Certifications
- Malaysian Medical Council
- General Medical Council, UK
- National Specialist Register ( Academy of Medicine, Malaysia)
Additional Info
Publications
- The addition of resection of the zygomatic arch in decompressive craniectomy – Arvind G. Martin , Johari Yap Abdullah , Azlan Jaafar, Abdul Rahman Izaini Ghani, Zainul A. Rajion, Jafri Malin Abdullah – Journal of Clinical Neurosciences 22 (2015) 735-739
- Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma in a case Tubeous Sclerosis – Arvind G. Martin, Mutum Samarendra Sen, Badrisyah Idris, Jafri Malin Abdullah, Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, July – Sept 2014, Vol 5
- Prevalence of Postconcussion Syndrome after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in young adults from a single neurosurgical center in East Coast of Malaysia – Buventhiran Balakrishnan, Razman Mohd Rus, Kin Hup Chan, Arvind Gerard Martin, Mohamed Saufi Awang. Asian Journal of Neurosurgery 2018