Our Doctors
Dr Nordiana
Nordin acquired her medical degree at University of Malaya, followed by a
further training in Internal Medicine with a Membership of Royal College of
Physicians of the United Kingdom (MRCP, UK).
Subsequengtly
she completed her Clinical Fellowship in Geriatric Medicine with MOH and Royal
Bournemouth Hospital, UK. There, she received formal training as a specialist
registrar in Medicine for the Elderly subspecializing in Falls, Syncope, and
Tilt Table Testing.
She was
formerly The Head of Geriatric Unit in Hospital Sungai Buloh (HsgB), where she
pioneered the first local Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST). During the
tenure, she also sits in the “Falls: Patient and Safety Goal” committee for
which she developed the Falls Intervention Team (FIT) and initiated Geriatric
Teleconference Visit (GTV) Clinic, a virtual clinic during the Covid-19
Pandemic 2020.
She has
presented in numerous National and International Scientific Conferences, and
published papers on geriatric related topics. Dr Nordiana has also co-written
in several books and guidelines; including The Position Statement in Delirium (2017)
and Falls Guidline for Hospitalised Older Adults in the Ministry of Health
Malaysia (2019), and Guidelines for the Prevention of Influenza in Older
Persons (2022).
Currently,
she is practicing in KPJ Damansara Specialist Hospital as Consultant
Geriatrician and Physician, and is also the Chairman of Fall Prevention
Committee in KPJ Healthcare. In 2023, she has trained the in-house
Rehabilitation Team (Occupational Therapist and Physiotherapist) as well as
nurses in running the CSST Services here.
University
Malaya
Fellowship
in Geriatric Medicine (MOH/Bournemouth,UK)
1) Comprehensive
Geriatric Assesment (CGA)
2)
Geriatric Syndromes:
a) Dementia and Memory
Impairment, Delirium
b) Depression and anxiety
disorders in elderly
c) Falls and Syncope
d) Immobility and Instability
e) Iotrogenicity (polypharmacy)
f) Infections in elderly
g) Incontinence in elderly
3) Pain and
Palliation in elderly
4)
Parkinson’s Disease in Elderly
5)
Osteoarthritis
6) Stroke
Rehabilitation in Elderly
7)
Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST)
8) Internal
Medicine (Both Acute and Chronic Medical Illness)