Professor Dr Hj Hamidon Hj Basri is a senior consultant neurologist and the head of Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences UPM. In his 25 years as a medical professional, he has consistently been a high achiever in contributing to medical education, research and the development of the profession at institutional, national and international levels. He has trained many specialists (neurologists and physicians) in the country.
The highlight of his career was the successful launching of a unique new approach in hyperacute stroke treatment strategy based on the new game-changing thrombolysis and thrombectomy procedure for stroke patients. Immense efforts were made in planning, strategizing and preparing for a novel benchmark niche area in stroke care for Hospital Pengajar UPM (HPUPM). His brainchild is the Regional Emergency Stroke Quick-response (RESQ) network and HPUPM is the pioneer principal high-volume stroke RESQ training centre in Malaysia.
He was the Deputy Dean (Academic) FPSK UPM from 2010 to 2015. During his tenure, he had helped to introduce 7 specialist Master of Medicine programs, formed the medical education unit and obtained a maximum 5-year accreditation from the national authorities Malaysia Qualifying Agency (MQA) and Malaysia Medical Council (MMC). He has also served as the MQA/MMC council member and the national medical program accreditation panel since 2012. He was also the president of the Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (2009-2014) and Malaysian MSN Stroke Council (2008-2018). He has been the lead author of the Malaysian Stroke Clinical Practice Guidelines published in 2006, 2012 and 2020.
In the international arena, he is the current President of the Asia-Oceanian Association of Neurology-AOAN; and was vice president from 2016-2020. He has also served as committee member for the World Federation of Neurology (WFN), Asia Pacific Stroke Organisation (APSO), ASEAN Neurological Association (ASNA) and many international advisory boards. His international research collaborations include the University of Nottingham and Portsmouth UK, Institut Cochin, Université Paris Descartes France, University of Newcastle and Melbourne Australia, Royal College of Surgeon Ireland, and University of Innsbruck Austria.
He has been invited to deliver more than 300 lectures both locally and abroad. He has authored 5 books, 3 patents and has published more than 120 publications in local and international journals (Scopus H-index=22, Citation=1112). He is active in international relief work with Global Peace Malaysia and Malaysian Relief Agency in countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Indonesia. He is also a certified silat exponent and can speak 4 languages.