Profesor Madya Dr. Fathinul Fikri Ahmad Saad

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CURRICULUM VITAE

FATHINUL FIKRI AHMAD SAAD, AM (Malaysia)
Qualification
MBBS, MASTER MED (RADIOLOGY), F. Space Medicine (Moscow), Fellowship
Hybrid Imaging (PET-CT) (Australia) (Certified for PET-CT Procedure by Nuclear
Medicine Board)

ResearcherID: C-4116-2014
Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com.my/citations?user=9mkGCwIAAAAJ&hl=en
H index: Scopus : 2
Google Scholar: 4

(Personal Details)
DR. FATHINUL FIKRI AHMAD
Nama Penuh (Full Name) SAAD Gelaran (Title): Dr

No. MyKad / No. Pasport Warganegara Bangsa Jantina (Gender)
(Mykad No. / Passport (Citizenship) (Race) Lelaki
No.) Malaysia Malay
721014-07-5135
Jawatan (Designation) Pensyarah Kanan Tarikh Lahir 14 October 1972
Deputy director (Date of
Birth)

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(Academic Qualification and Recognition as a PET-CT Radiologist)
Nama Sijil / Kelayakan Nama Sekolah Institusi Tahun (Year Bidang
(Certificate / (Name of School / obtained) pengkhusususan
Qualification obtained) Institution) (Area of
Specialization)
Bachelor of Medicine Universiti Malaya 1997 MD
and Surgery
Master of Radiology Universiti Kebangsaan 2004 MRAD
Malaysia
Foundation Certificate Lomonosov University, 2005 ,Moscow
in short term course in Russia
Space Biology &
Medicine,
Clinical Fellowship in University of Zurich, 2007 PET & PET/CT
PET/CT Switzerland (Part 1)
Accreditation Peter Mc Callum 2008. SPECT/CT, PET &
programme in PET-CT Cancer Centre, PET-CT
Melbourne, Australia
Nuclear medicine Unit, 2010
Neuro PET training Univ. of Innsbruck, SPECT/CT, PET/CT
Austria using non FDG
tracers.
IAEA Fellowship MonashHealth, 2015 PET-CT
Hybrid Imaging Australia

(Scientific experience and Specialisation)
Organization Position Start End Date Expertise
Date
FPSK, UPM Senior 2009 - Radiology
lecturer
HSC Medical Centre Head of 2007 2008 Radiology
Imaging
Unit
Faculty of Medicine Senior 2005 2007 Radiology
Lecturer &
Radiologist
Hospital Queen Elizabeth, Trainee 2000 2004 Radiology
Sabah, Hospital Putrajaya (Radiology)
Hospital Alor Setar Medical 1997 2000 Radiology,
Officer Medicine,Orthopaedic,
Obstetric &
Gynaecology and
Paediatric
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Administration/Contribution to Department/Faculty/University

Administrative Duty

1. Deputy Director, Centre for Diagnostic Nuclear Imaging , Univ. Putra
Malaysia since 2013

(i) Coordinator

1. National Coordinator Master in Radiology (PET-CT) – 2012-2014 ; Dr
Masiyati jamil (MGM09002)

2. Coordinator Pusat Pengimejan Diagnostik Nuklear, Translation Reserach
Group (Oncology)

3. Coordinator for Undergratduate Teaching -Radiology Department, UPM
Nuclear Medicine Undergraduate Course 2014

4. Coordinator for Course of Biosinaran- Biomedical Department, UPM 2011,
2012, 2013

(ii) Committee

1. Chairman webpage committee Pusat pengimejan Diagnostik Nuklear
2. Chairman Jawatankuasa Kepuasan pelanggan
3. Chairman jawatankuasa jaringan Industri dan kemasyarakatan
4. Chairman jawtankuasa Keberkesanan ISO

(iii) Internal and External Examiner

1. Year 3 Nuclear radiology OSCE Examination (2014) Examiner

2. Panel examiner for U29 Grade promotion examiner (UPM) : Cik Nur Hafizah
Examiner

3. External Examiner for Degree in Advance Technology of Nuclear medicine
Biomedicine, University of Malaysia, 2012.

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Community/Charity Work

1. Appeared on TV 1 for ‘Malaysia Sihat’ programme -Stroke in Malaysia –
2006 & Use of MRI- 2006
2. Represented Malaysia to the 11th International Summer School in Space
Biology and Medicine, Russia, 2005

3. Local Chairperson of JUTA (Jalinan UKM and Nurse Society of Sabah) for
the Medical Camp and Charity work at Kg. Kaingaran, Tambunan Sabah,
2013

4. Local Chairperson of National Health Screening Camping at the Orang Asli
settlement , Kuala Koh Kelantan, 2014

5. Host Coordinator for the INTEC , A level programme German Institute visit
at Pusat Pengimejan Diagnostik Nuklear, UPM.

Activities and Recognition as Radiologist and PET-CT Radiologist at National level

Event Organiser

1. Chairman Working Committee, International 13th Asea Uninet Plenary
Meeting, 2013
2. Chairman , ICT subcommittee, International 13th Asea Uninet Plenary
Meeting
3. Chairman, Mini Symposium ‘ Biomarker Discovery’, Univ. Putra Malaysia,
2012
4. Chairman, PET-CT Course in conjunction with the 12th Annual Meeting
College of Radiology Malaysia, 2011, 2012 & 2013
5. National Coordinator, PET-CT Course, SIG Molecular Imaging, 2013
6. Chairman, Working Committee Inaugral Lecture ‘Prof Dr Abdul Jalil’ 2013

Activities and Recognition as Radiologist and PET-CT Radiologist at National and
International level (Professional Affiliation/Membership)

International

1. International Cancer Imaging Society Member since 2010
2. International European Society of radiology member since 2011

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National
1. Ordinary member, College of Radiology Malaysia
2. Oridinary member (AM), Academy of Medicine Malaysia
3. Special Interest Group , Molecular Imaging Malaysia
4. National Coordinator, Space Medicine Programme, 2005

Activities and Recognition as Radiologist and PET-CT Radiologist at National and
International level( Membership in a learned Society)

National

1. Proceeding Book UPM-Malaysian Nuclear Agency – editor
2. Research Activities and Output UPM 2010 –editor
3. Research Activities and Output UPM 2011-editor
4. Research Activities and Output UPM 2012-13-editor
5. Research Activities and Output UPM 2013-14-editor

International

1. Editor- Journal of Advances in Radiology and Medical Imaging-2015
2. Editor- Journal of Medical Diagnostic Method, Special Issue ‘ Molecular
Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, OMICSC Group, USA –since 2011
3. Editor-Journal of Molecular Biology and Molecular Imaging, Austin Publishing
2014
4. Editor- Journal of Recent Patent in Medical Imaging since 2013
5. Reviewer-Journal of Biomedical Imaging and Computing –since 2010
6. Reviewer-British Journal of Radiology –2012
7. Reviewer-Journal of Clinical Imaging, 2012
8. Reviewer-iConcept ltd. Book – 2012
9. Columnist- Buletin JINM , UPM 2013, 2014
10. Columnist: Global Medical Discovery service alerts the scientific community to
breaking journal articles considered to be of importance to the drug discovery
process: 2013

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(AWARDS )

Title Events/Competition/Exhibition Awards
Fathinul Fikri AS .The Utility of FDG PET/CT in the localisation of
EUR 1.442,04
phaechromocytoma/paraganglima recurrent
(RM 5756.20)
ASIA-UNINET (international). 2011 Research collaborator

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Fathinul Fikri AS .International Summer School in Space Medicine & Biology
RM 20 000
Moscow. ANGKASA . Malaysian Researcher in space medicine 2005.
Fathinul Fikri AS .International Society of hypetension, Fukuoka Japan.
Travel Grant for Young Investigator Award . Principle investigator. 2006 USD 1500
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Fathinul F, M Normalina, R Rafezah, Nawawi H and Yusoff K.TERTIARY Young
EDUCATION AND CORONARY RISKS PROFILE. investigator
30th Malaysia-Singapore Congress of Medicine, 2005 awards
(finalist)
Fathinul Fikri AS, Abdul Jalil Nordin, Nuhafizah Mokhtarudin, Hemalata, W Bronze
F Eddie Lau . 18[F] FDG-PET/CT is a useful molecular marker in evaluating
thymoma aggressiveness. Pameran Rekacipta Penyelidikan dan Inovasi
(PRPi),UPM, 19-21 Julai 2011

F. Fathinul, A.J. Nordin, A.R. Noraini and H. Zanariah . Bronze
Cardiac paraganglioma in familial paraganglioma syndrome; the value of 18f-
fdg-pet/ct in evaluating prevalence of a potentially aggressive disease
Scientific cancer research and exhibition (World Cancer Day) Main hall, Univ.
Putra Malaysia.22nd-25th feb.2011

Sethu Thakachy Subha Fathinul Fikri AS, Saraiza Abu Bakar Muhamad Azrif Silver
, Abdul Jalil Nordin. The Clinical Outcome of head and neck malignancy
patients using integrated Positron Emission Tomography Computed
Tomography - an initial experience
Annual General Meeting, College of Radiology, Academy of Medicine of
Malaysia in collaboration with Ministry of health Malaysia and UMMC.

F.Fathinul, Zanariah H, AJ Nordin Localisation and prediction of recurrent Silver
Phaeochromocytoma/ Paraganglioma(PCC/PGL) using diagnostic 18[F]FDG-
PET/CT.Pameran Rekacipta Penyelidikan dan Inovasi Malaysia, (PRPi),UPM,
19-21 Julai 2012

Syafinaz Amin Nordin, Faridah Idris, Malina Osman, Rukman Awang Hamat, Silver
Fadzillah Ghazali, Fathinul Fikri AS. Refusing vaccines, they are not the odd
ones out: a case report. Poster presentation for USIM'S 1st International Health
Conference on Medicine and Health . 2012

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Bronze
Fathinul Fikri AS, Abdul Jalil Nordin, Nuhafizah Mokhtarudin, Hemalata, W
F Eddie Lau . 18[F] FDG-PET/CT is a useful molecular marker in evaluating
thymoma aggressiveness.Exhibition at the Malaysian Trade Exhibition (MTE),
Feb 2013, PWTC
Fathinul Fikri AS, Abdul Jalil N. Potential of 82Rb PET-CT as an angiogenesis Merit of
marker in evaluating tumour aggressiveness. CoR 2014 . Awards
Perkhidmatan Cemerlang 2014; Pejabat Pendaftar, UPM
IAEA Fellowship (MAL 14010) RM 38000.00

Manuscript Publication

1-F Fathinul, WFE Lau . .An intense 18F- FDG pulmonary microfocus on PET without
detectable abnormality on CT: A manifestation of an iatrogenic FDG pulmonary embolus.
Biomed Imaging Interv J . 2009. 6(4):e37: 1-3.
( in scopus)

2-F Fathinul, WFE Lau . . A subcentimetre single pulmonary nodule (SPN) ; Potentials of
FDG-PET interpretative pitfalls in patients with a known extrapulmonary malignancy. Biomed
Imaging Interv J . 2009. 6(4):e34: 1-3
(in scopus)
3-F Fathinul, WFE Lau. Avid 18F-FDG uptake of pectoralis major muscle: an equivocal
sequela of strenuous physical exercise. 2009. Biomed Imaging Interv J.5(2): e7: 1-3.
(in scopus)
2010
4-Fathinul F , Abdul Jalil Nordin. Imaging of the chronic osteomyelitis; 18 F-FDG PET /CT as a
potential valuable adjunct to MRI in characterising the brodie’s abscess . Biomed Imaging Interv
J. 2010. 5(2):e26: 1-3.
(in scopus)

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5-Fathinul Fikri AS. AJ Nordin. Combined ultrasound and IVU for the management of the
childhood urolithiasis, .Pertanika Journal JST 20111.: 20(2). 327-328- in Scopus

6-Fathinul Fikri AS, Abdul Jalil Nordin, Nuhafizah Mokhtarudin, Hemalata, W F Eddie Lau.
18[F] FDG-PET/CT is a useful molecular marker in evaluating thymoma aggressiveness.
European Journal of Radiology Extra (Companion journal to the European Journal of
Radiology). 2011:78:89-92. in Scopus

7-Fathinul Fikri A. S, Masiyati J, Hemalata, Abdul Jalil Nordin. A rare primary malignant
vaginal melanoma;.Biomedical Interventional Journal 2011. 8(4). 1-3 - in Scopus
2012
8-Fathinul Fikri, AJ Nordin, E F Eddie lau.18[F] FDG-PET/CT is a useful molecular marker in
evaluating tumour aggressiveness; a revised understanding of an in- vivo FDGPET imaging that
alludes the alteration of cancer biology. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysic.2014. 55 (5), 631-640.
–in Scopus

9-Andreas Gunter Bach, Carlos Santiago Restrepo, Jasmin Abbas1, María José Lorenzo
Dus,Reinhard Schöpf, Fathinul Fikri Ahmad Saad, Eddie Lau, Jose Rubio Alvarez, Curd
Behrmann,Rolf Peter Spielmann, Alexey Surov. Imaging of nonthrombotic pulmonary
embolism. European Journal of Radiology. 2013. 82,( 3), e120-e141. – in Scopus
2013-14
10-Syafinaz Amin Nordin, Faridah Idris, Malina Osman, Rukman Awang Hamat, Fadzillah
Ghazali, Fathinul AS. Refusing Diphteria vaccine; 2014. a case report. The Medical Journal of
Malaysia. 2013. 68 (5), 435-436. – in Scopus
11-Shazreen Shaharuddin, Ahmad Zaid Fattah Azman, Katiza Haida Ali, Abdul Latif Mohamad,
FathinulFikri Ahmad Saad, Abdul Jalil Nordin Vulnerable plaque detection: The role of 18-
fluorine fluorodeoxyglucose in identifying high risk patients. Alexandria Medical Journal. 2013.
49(3). Embargo Cited

12-Fathinul Fikri Ahmad Saad, A Kroiss, Zf Ahmad, H Zanariah, Wfe Lau, C Uprimny, E
Donnemiller, D Kendler, Aj Nordin, Ij Virgolini. Localization and prediction of malignant
potential in recurrent pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma (PCC/PGL) using 18F-FDG PET/CT.
Acta Radiol.2014. 55( 5): 631-640- in Scopus

13- Hishar H, Fathinul Fikri A.S, Noramaliza Mohd N, Abdul Jalil N. Investigation on the
influence of dose minimisation management on the PET image quality. Radiography. 2014. 20(1)
; 65-69 in Scopus

14. Hishar Hassan, Fathinul Fikri Ahmad Saad and Rosli Md. Yusof. The Role of PET Camera
Emission as an Alternative Method for Radioactivity Spillage Measurement during PET/CT
Study. OMICS J Radiol 2014, 3:4.

15. Mohd Hafizi Mahmud, Abdul Jalil Nordin, Fathinul Fikri Ahmad Saad and Ahmad Zaid
Fattah Azman – Effect of Contrast-Enhanced Contemporaneous 18F-FDG PET/CT on Semi
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Qua ntification Uptake Value Using Third Party Viewing Workstation . Recent Patents on
Medical Imaging.4: 95-100 2014. In Scopus
2015
16.Fathinul Fikri, Viksneswaran, Dhamendran, AJ Nordin. 18F-FDG PET/CT as a potential
predictor of survival in patient with oesophageal cancer: a preliminary result . Abdominal
Imaging. DOI: 10.1007/s00261-014-0343-2 (in Press)

17- Fathinul Fikri AS. AJ Nordin, . M.Z.Immeran, Ahmad Saad F N. Application of PET-CT in
oncology : 2015. Journal of Pertanika JST. 23 (1) In Scopus
18. Hishar Hassan, Salasiah Mustafa, Fathinul Fikri, Abdul Jalil. Dose optimization of 18F-
Flurodeoxyglucose for whole body PET oncology examination in CDNI of UPM. Pertanika Jour
(JST)2015 : Vol 23 (2)- in Press
19. Tan, Teik Hin; Hussein, Zanariah; Saad, Fathinul Fikri Ahmad. Diagnostic Performance of
68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT, 18F-FDG PET/CT and 131I-MIBG Scintigraphy in Mapping
Metastatic Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma. Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.
2015. 1-9 –in press

20. Mohd Hafizi Mahmud, Abdul Jalil Nordin, Fathinul Fikri Ahmad Saad, Ahmad Zaid Fattah
Azman. Impacts of biological and procedural factors on semiquantification uptake value of liver
in fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography
imaging (QIMS) Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery Journal..in press QIMS-14-200
21. The Role of MRI in sufficing surgical intervention in patients with uterovaginal anomalies
(UVA) as a cause of persistent abdominal pain; a report of 4 cases. Wulfenia Journal .ISI,
accepted

Conference Paper

1. AS Fathinul Fikri,AJ Nordin,YQ Cheah,FN Ahmad Saad,. 18[F] FDG PET/CT in oncology: a
‘sign of the times’ in multimodality imaging. 2013 International Conference on Frontiers of
Environment, Energy and Bioscience (ICFEEB 2013). 860-865 . Beijing, China, October 24-25,
2013. DEStech Publications, iSBN: 978-1-60595-133-1.

2. Salasiah M, Hishar H, Fathinul Fikri A.S, Noramaliza Mohd N, Abdul Jalil N. Radiation
Dose To Radiosensitive Organs In Pet Myocardial Perfusion Examination Using Versatile
Optical Fibres. SPIE, Micro-structured and Specialty Optical Fibres II, 8775, 2013.
doi:10.1117/12.2017113 .SPIE Rep. Chezk (2013). – in Scopus

3. Hafizi Mahmud, Fathinul Fikri Ahmad Saad. Estimation of patient radiation dose from
whole body 18F-FDG PET/CT examination in cancer imaging: A preliminary study . Journal of
Physics: 2014. 546: 1-6. 9th National Seminar on Medical Physics (NSMP2014)
4 -Hishar H, Fathinul Fikri A.S, Salasiah M, Noramaliza Mohd N, Abdul Jalil N. Impact of
Total Activity Variation in 18F-FDG Injected with the Overall PET Image Quality in Oncology
Patients” American Institute of Physics (AIP) Conference Proceedings. American Institute of
Physics (AIP) Conference Proceedings. (2013). 1528, 2013, Pages 412-416 In Scopus

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Chapter in book

1. Abdul Jalil Nordin, Noraini Ibrahim, Fathinul Fikri, Ahmad Zaid Fatah. The role of contrast
Enhanced CT in integrated PET/CT study (Chapter in book).CT Imaging Book. (Chapter 8). P
15-43.Clinical application. InTech, January 2012. ISBN 978-953-307-378-1.

2.Fathinul Fikri Ahmad Saad, Mohd. Nazri, Abdul Jalil Nordin. . Nuclear Medicine Imaging in
spine injury. Imaging in Nuclear Medicine (Chapter 12). Springer Verlag. (accepted)
3. Fathinul Fikri Ahmad Saad, Cheah Yoke Kqueen, Hishar Hassan, Salasiah Mustafa, Abdul
Jalil Nordin. 18[F] FDG-PET/CT Is A Useful Molecular Marker In Cancer Biology.. The
Research and Biology of Cancer. Chapter14; p241-260. iConcept Press. ISBN: 978-14775549-
9-9.
4. Abdul Jalil Nordin, Noraini Ibrahim, Fathinul Fikri, Ahmad Zaid Fatah. The role of contrast
Enhanced CT in integrated PET/CT study (Chapter in book).CT Imaging Book. (Chapter 8).
Clinical application. InTech, January 2012. ISBN 978-953-307-378-1

Abstract publication in Journal

1-Fathinul, Zanariah H, AJ Nordin. Localisation and prediction of recurrent
Phaeochromocytoma/ Paraganglioma(PCC/PGL) using diagnostic 18[F]FDG-PET/CT. Cancer
Imaging 2010
(pubmed /scopus citation

2-Fathinul F, MJ Zulkeflee and Yusoff K. Effect of hypergravity –pull on the central
haemodynamic profiles in young healthy subject. (Accepted abstract for poster presentation at
the 21st Scientific Meeting of the International Congress of Hypertension, Fukuoka, Japan), 2006
; JST

3-Zanariah H, Fathinul F, Nordin AJ. Usefulness of combined 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging in
familial paraganglioma syndrome – A tale of two siblings. Journal of Endocrinology &
Metabolism . 2010. 1(2). 264 Iss
ue No. 2 December 2010 (non-refereed journal)

4-Zanariah H, Fathinul F, Nordin AJ.Initial experience with the use of combined contrasted
CT/[18F]FDG-PET studies in localizing metastatic and recurrent
phaechromocytoma/paraganglioma (PHEO/ PGL). Journal of Endocrinology & Metabolism.
2010. 1(2) 267
(non-refereed journal)

5-F. Fathinul, S.T. Subha, M Azman, AJ Nordin.. Clinical applications of the standard uptake
values of the contrasted 18[F]-FDGPET/CT in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients. Cancer
Imaging.DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2011.9049)-2011. Pubmed IF.1.85

6-F.Fathinul, Zanariah H, AJ Nordin.Localisation and prediction of recurrent
Phaeochromocytoma/ Paraganglioma(PCC/PGL) using diagnostic 18[F]FDG-PET/CT. Cancer
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