Prof. Dr. Mohd Yazid Bajuri

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Yazid Bin Bajuri, a Senior Consultant and Orthopedics Surgeon as well as Head of Advanced Trauma, Foot and Ankle Surgery Unit, and Diabetic Foot Services at the Orthopedics and Traumatology Department of PPUKM. With an entrenched passion in foot and ankle surgeries, he underwent two separate sub-skills, namely at Kantonspital Liestal, Switzerland under the supervision of Professor Beat Hintermann, who is globally-renowned in the field of ‘Foot and Ankle’ in 2012, and subsequently at Hospital Royal Derby, United Kingdom under the skillful guidance of Professor Rohan Rajan (2013). He has been an Orthopedic Surgeon since 2009 and has undergone extensive training in orthopedic surgeries at Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (PPUKM). He currently holds the esteemed position of garnering the highest percentage of cases in foot and ankle treatments both locally and in South-East Asia. Furthermore, he also collaborated with Wakaf Selangor Muamalat to established a ward which provide specialized care for diabetic foot problems. Aside from that, he published many articles on his specialty and was invited to conferences both locally and internationally to share his knowledge and expertise. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Yazid Bajuri’s passion in coming up with product innovation is irrefutable as he has won numerous competitions, both locally as well as internationally. His latest innovation entitled Virtual Reality in Total Ankle Replacement Surgery won 2 Gold Awards in kNOVASI 2020 and Malaysian Technology Expo 2020. Another innovation for diabetic shoes and prosthetic limb made especially for B40 group, MyB Prosthetic Limb which funded by Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (MESTECC) is now commercialized and garnered attention from media as it is one of innovations that benefits the community. This innovation has also won Gold Award in Malaysian Technology Expo 2020 for its novelty.