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Assoc. Prof. Madya Dr. Rahana Abd Rahman

Assoc. Prof. Madya Dr. Rahana Abd Rahman

Maternal Fetal Medicine

Mini Biography

Associate Prof. Dr Rahana Abd Rahman is Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist in Hospital Tunku Muhriz, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HCTM) specializing in Maternal & Fetal Medicine (MFM). She is the current head of MFM unit which comprises of 3 senior MFM Consultants and 2 MFM fellows in training. The unit has trained many obstetricians locally and internationally in MFM subspecialty. She obtained her PhD in Preeclampsia in 2018 from Monash University, Melbourne looking at the potential new treatment or prevention for the disease. Her other interests are in preterm birth, SLE in pregnancy and diabetes complicating pregnancy. She has published several papers on the use of Arabin pessary to prevent preterm birth, gestational diabetes and preeclampsia. Assoc. Prof. Dr Rahana Abd Rahman is also the current secretary for Perinatal Society of Malaysia (PSM) and Maternal and Neonatal Health Association of Malaysia (MAMANEH).

Flowchart of Credentialing and Privileging in HCTM for International Candidates

DEFINITION

Credentialing: a process to set the standards and to do an evaluation for a person’s qualification in a field or procedure. It is recognition for the professional training done by a medical practitioner.

Privileges: the rights given by the hospital for a medical practitioner to give treatments or to do procedures on hospital patients based on the qualifications of the training, and the medical practitioner’s experience and expertise.