Course Director
Fellowship in Arthroscopic Surgery and Sports Trauma UKM
Postgraduate Clinical Fellowship Program HCTM UKM
Assoc. Prof. Dato’ Dr. Badrul Akmal Hisham Md Yusoff, is the Head of Arthroscopy & Sports Trauma Unit, Department of Orthopedics & Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Malaysia , better known as Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia or UKM. Combining the three main functions as a senior clinical lecturer which are clinical services, academic and research, he supervises undergraduate MD students as well as postgraduate trainees in Doctor of Orthopedic Surgery program. He is an examiner for the Conjoint Board of Orthopedic Specialty Committee of Malaysia and regularly conduct cadaveric skills course in arthroscopic surgery for the knee and shoulder in UKM’s Advanced Surgical Skills Center. He is currently the Honorary Secretary and a Council member of the Malaysian Arthroscopy Society for period 2019-2021 in which he also chairs the Academic and Research committee of MAS.
On the clinical service outfit, Orthosports-ukm, is a specialized multidiscipline team comprised of arthroscopy surgeons, sports physicians, musculoskeletal radiologists, rehabilitation physicians, biomechanics specialists and physiotherapists focusing on providing clinical services as the Center of Excellence for Joint Preservation, Arthroscopy and Sports Trauma in Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz, UKM Medical Center, which receives referral from all over Malaysia.
He established the UKM Medical Center Orthopedic Stem Cell Therapy hub providing experimental stem cell therapy for articular cartilage and the use of orthobiologics for sports injuries. He has led several clinical trials mainly using allogenic Wharton jelly-derived mesenchymal stem cells clinical translational research and also development of novel anti-biofilm coated orthopedic implants for open and high risk fractures.