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Shah Farez Bin Othman

Academic Qualification

  • Doctor of Philosophy - Doctor of Philosophy, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
  • Master of Health Science (Optometry) - Masters Degree, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
  • Bachelor of Optometry (Hons) - Bachelor Degree, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

Shah Farez Bin Othman (Dr.)

Assistant Professor
IIUM Kuantan Campus

KULLIYYAH OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES


shahfarez@iium.edu.my
5368


Expert Profile


Assistant Professor Dr. Shah Farez Bin Othman was born in Petaling Jaya, Selangor on 26th February 1976. His earlier schooling years were spent at the Saint John Primary School in Kuala Lumpur, then Sekolah Menengah Sains Raja Tun Azlan Shah (SERATAS) in Taiping, followed by the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Matriculation Programme, both at Sekolah Menengah Sains Sultan Mahmud (SESMA), Kuala Terengganu and Pusat Matrikulasi UKM, Kuala Pilah. He subsequently furthered his study in the UKM, having Bachelor of Optometry (Hons) in 1999. Upon graduation, he had been working as an optometrist at an optical chain store in Seremban, staff optometrist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, and resident optometrist cum practice manager at the Grand Eye Care Centre, the Southern Hospital, Melaka. In June 2004, Dr. Shah joined academia at International University College of Technology Twintech, Kuala Lumpur as a lecturer in optometry and pioneered staff for the first optometry programme in a private university in Malaysia. He pursued his higher degree at UKM in 2005 on a part-time basis and obtained a Master of Health Science (Optometry) by research in 2010. He has been a registered optometrist with the Malaysian Optical Council since 1999 and a Fellow of the Association of Malaysian Optometrists since 2007. In 2012 he went to the University Putra Malaysia, Serdang to do his PhD in Applied Optics on a part-time basis. He successfully obtained his PhD in 2020 and joined the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) In July 2021. Prior to joining IIUM, he was a Senior Lecturer in Optometry and pioneered staff for the optometry programme at the the SEGi University from October 2010 to June 2018. He was also the Head of School and Assistant Professor of Optometry at UCSI University from July 2018 to July 2021.   

Dr. Shah has 19 years of experience at all educational levels as a lecturer, researcher, manager, and 24 years as an optometrist. His professional training and research have been in the areas of Clinical Optometry, Ocular Imaging, and Applied Optics. His current interest is in Applied Optics which includes Eye Model Construction. He has also been involved in committees and consultancy for a new programme, curriculum reviewers, assessors for the academic staff promotion, reviewers for peer-reviewed scientific journals, internal grant reviewer, and assessors for postgraduate Master's and Ph.D. His other research endeavours and professional competence are in visual performance in sport and ocular structural changes in myopia. Dr. Shah is also an Adjunct Lecturer at UCSI University teaching in the areas of entrepreneurship & ethics, and optics for optometry.   

Dr. Shah is currently an Assistant Professor of Optometry at Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences (KAHS), IIUM, Kuantan Campus. He is also a Consultant Optometrist at IIUM Optometry Clinic, which is the University eye clinic. Since 2021, Dr. Shah has been an Associate Editor, of the International Journal of Allied Health Sciences, and a Committee Member for KAHS Innovative Teaching and Simulation Learning. He is also the coordinator for IIUM Continuing Optometric Education. At the national level, Dr. Shah serves as an Executive Member, of the Malaysian Academy of Optometry, and Editorial Board member of the ASEAN Journal of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education. He was also a member of the Professional Qualifying Assessment (PQA), Malaysian Optical Council which is under the Malaysian Ministry of Health.   



Area of Specialisation


  • Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Optometry ~ Clinical Optometry - Ocular imaging


Teaching Responsibilities


CASE MANAGEMENT 1 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022
CASE MANAGEMENT 2 2022/2023 2021/2022
FAMILY MANAGEMENT 2022/2023
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT 1 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT 2 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022
OCULAR ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY 2 2021/2022
OPHTHALMIC INSTRUMENTS 2022/2023 2021/2022
OPHTHALMIC OPTICS AND DISPENSING 1 2022/2023 2021/2022
OPHTHALMIC OPTICS AND DISPENSING 2 2022/2023 2021/2022
PRIMARY OPTOMETRY CLINIC 1 2022/2023 2021/2022
PRIMARY OPTOMETRY CLINIC 2 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022
PRIMARY OPTOMETRY CLINIC 3 2022/2023 2021/2022
PROFESSIONAL OPTOMETRY STUDIES 2022/2023
SPECIALIZATION CLINIC B 1 2022/2023 2021/2022
SPECIALIZATION CLINIC B 2 2022/2023 2021/2022
VISUAL OPTICS 2022/2023 2021/2022


Supervision


Accommodation And Vergence Parameters Between Noncycloplegic And Cycloplegic Refraction On Young Adults' Myopia.
Master In Progress Co-supervisor
The Effects Of Digital Lens Intervention Onmyopia In The Stable Myopic Age Group.
Master In Progress Co-supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
No data
On-Going
2022 - Present Validation of Machine Learning Approach in the Detection of Accommodative Anomaly


Award & Recognition


14 Mar, 2023 Gold Medal, 13th Creation, Innovation, Technology & Research Exposition - University Malaysia Pahang National
24 Nov, 2021 Silver Award, International Islamic University Malaysia Research Day 2021 - International Islamic University Malaysia University


Publications


Article

2023 Choroidal thickness as determined via in vivo imaging technique in relation to degree of myopia, axial length and vitreous chamber depth in Malay subjects. Journal of Optometry, Eye and Health Research, 5 (2) pp. 17-25
2023 Retinal and choroidal thickness in myopic and emmetropic Malay subjects. International Journal of Allied Health Sciences, 7 (5) pp. 363-370
2023 Retrospective analysis of binocular vision anomalies (strabismus and non-strabismus) in a higher education optometry clinic, Kuantan, Malaysia from 2018 until 2021. International Journal of Allied Health Sciences, 7 (5) pp. 371-380
2023 The status of myopia refractive error from 2018 until 2021 among aged 30 to 35 years old in a private optometry practice, Dungun, Malaysia: retrospective data. International Journal of Allied Health Sciences, 7 (5) pp. 381-389
2021 Modulation transfer function analysis in myopic model eye. ASM Science Journal, 16 () pp. 1-8
Conference or Workshop Item

2023 An automated strabismus classification using machine learning algorithm for binocular vision management system. In: 8th IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering and Computer Systems, ICSECS 2023,
2021 Comparison between OCT and Fundus photography on cup-to-disc ratio and Arteriolar-to-Venular ratio measurements. In: IIUM Research Day 2021: An International Online Event for Life Sciences,
Monograph

2022 Code of practice for programme accreditation undergraduate optometry degree/opticianry diploma. In: Majlis Optik Malaysia, Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia,