Biografi/ Biography :
Dr. Shalimar Abdullah currently works as a Hand Surgeon and Senior Lecturer in the Hand & Microsurgery Unit, Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. She obtained her medical degree from the University of Nottingham, England, UK and completed her orthopaedic training in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2005.
In 2007, she began training in hand surgery and received her Fellowship in Hand Surgery from the prestigious Kleinert Institute, Louisville, USA in 2010. She also received the Diploma of Hand Surgery (FESSH European Boards exams) in 2012.
Her interest is in Nerve, Tissue Engineering, Brachial Plexus, and WALANT. She is part of the Nerve Team in UKM’s Tissue Engineering Center and is in a project to produce the perfect nerve conduit. She is also a proponent of WALANT surgery both in soft tissues and bony fixation. She is a committee member for the Malaysian Society for Surgery of the Hand (MSSH). She has published up to 50 articles to date. She is also active with a humanitarian NGO named Mercy Malaysia holding the post of Vice-President III and has responded to many humanitarian crisis.
chai jia lik , lim chia hua , fredy arianto , shalimar abdullah , jamari sapuan. (2025). difficult implanon extraction resulting in ulnar neuropathy: clinical insights. - cureus. 1 - 7.
shalimar abdullah, muhammad shafiq bin azhar, sabarul afian mokhtar, lim chia hua, elaine soh zi fan, juliana fairuz maktar, suraya aziz, emilia rosniza rosli, aina shamira noor hisham, vaikunthan rajaratnam. (2025). anatomical validation of the sonographic detection of small nervous structures. - surgical and radiologic anatomy. 1 - 8.
shalimar abdullah, rahul lingam, walter gryczewski, md rayhan ali mollah, elaine soh zi fan, jamari sapuan, tanvir rahman faisal, ahmed suparno bahar moni . (2025). comparison between commonly practised techniques of flexor tendon repair considering the preferences of surgeons in malaysia with biomechanical analysis. - journal of orthopaedic reports . 1 - 7.
alsagoff snt, lim ch, soh ezf, abdullah s, sapuan j.. (2025). hamartoma of the finger: a case report . - malaysian orthopaedic journal . 136 - 139.
shalimar abdullah, syed jeffrey syed ahmad kabeer, lim chia hua, jamari sapuan, parminder singh gill, elaine soh zi fan. (2025). impact of flexor tendon traction tenolysis on clinical outcomes in open a1 pulley release for trigger finger. - journal of hand surgery global online. 56 - 60.
s. abdullah, n. mohamed haflah, m. abdul razak, s. y. thow, a. s. naicker, o. s. htwe, y. lokanathan, m. h. ng. (2024). investigating the role of dental pulp stem cells in polylactic glycolic acid (plga) nerve conduit in peripheral nerve repair: a study in rat model. - tissue engineering. 248 - 248.
levin belani, jamari sapuan, shalimar abdullah, erica yee hing, c-khai loh and hamidah alias. (2022). case report: kaposi hemangioendothelioma of the right upper limb with the kasabach-merritt phenomenon: a potentially lethal diagnostic challenge. - frontiers in pediatrics. 1-6.
shin yee lee, soon yong thow, shalimar abdullah, min hwei ng, nor hazla mohamed haflah. (2022). advancement of electrospun nerve conduit for peripheral nerve regeneration: a systematic review (2016-2021). - international journal of nanomedicine. 6723-6758.
hanizah mohd yusoff, vevya sundaram, hanani nabilah mohd sobri, nor ba'yah abd kadir, halim ismail, abdul halim abd rashid & shalimar abdullah. (2022). the intention to work while ill among workers with musculoskeletal disorders (msd): the role of work volition and compulsion. - safety and health at work. S155.
hanizah mohd yusoff, hanani nabilah mohd sobri, vevya sundaram, nor ba'yah abd kadir, halim ismail, abdul halim abd rashid & shalimar abdullah. (2022). validity and reliability of a newly developed intention to work while ill (intowork) inventory among workers with musculoskeletal disorders.. - safety and health at work (sh@w). S155.
shalimar abdullah, muhammad shafiq bin azhar, sabarul afian mokhtar, lim chia hua, elaine soh zi fan, juliana fairuz maktar, suraya aziz, emilia rosniza rosli, aina shamira noor hisham, vaikunthan rajaratnam. (2025). anatomical validation of the sonographic detection of small nervous structures. - surgical and radiologic anatomy. 1 - 8.
shafiq azhar, shalimar abdullah, elaine soh zi fan. (2023). walant technique for percutaneous pinning of distal radioulnar joint. - journal of hand surgery (european volume). 279-281.
bahar-moni as, abdullah s, fauzi h, chee-yuen sy, abdul-razak fz, sapuan j. (2019). demographics of patients undergoing carpal tunnel release in an urban tertiary hospital in malaysia. - malaysian orthopaedic journal. 53-59.
benny e, parminder gs, nur azuatul ak, tan ja, ahmad suparno b, jamari s, shalimar a. (2019). anatomical variations of the lumbrical muscles causing carpal tunnel syndrome. - medicine & health. 197-202.
nanchappan s, parminder gs, nur azuatul ak, tan ja, ahmad suparno b, jamari s, shalimar a. (2019). adhesions as an uncommon complication of k-wiring in paediatric phalangeal fractures. - medicine & health. 203-208.
chai jia lik , lim chia hua , fredy arianto , shalimar abdullah , jamari sapuan. (2025). difficult implanon extraction resulting in ulnar neuropathy: clinical insights. - cureus. 1 - 7.
shalimar abdullah, muhammad shafiq bin azhar, sabarul afian mokhtar, lim chia hua, elaine soh zi fan, juliana fairuz maktar, suraya aziz, emilia rosniza rosli, aina shamira noor hisham, vaikunthan rajaratnam. (2025). anatomical validation of the sonographic detection of small nervous structures. - surgical and radiologic anatomy. 1 - 8.
shalimar abdullah, syed jeffrey syed ahmad kabeer, lim chia hua, jamari sapuan, parminder singh gill, elaine soh zi fan. (2025). impact of flexor tendon traction tenolysis on clinical outcomes in open a1 pulley release for trigger finger. - journal of hand surgery global online. 56 - 60.
alsagoff snt, lim ch, soh ezf, abdullah s, sapuan j.. (2025). hamartoma of the finger: a case report . - malaysian orthopaedic journal . 136 - 139.
shalimar abdullah, rahul lingam, walter gryczewski, md rayhan ali mollah, elaine soh zi fan, jamari sapuan, tanvir rahman faisal, ahmed suparno bahar moni . (2025). comparison between commonly practised techniques of flexor tendon repair considering the preferences of surgeons in malaysia with biomechanical analysis. - journal of orthopaedic reports . 1 - 7.
mohd. fairuz ali, levin kesu belani, shalimar abdullah & husyairi harunarashid. (2022). harnessing the potential of medical volunteerism for the co-production of effective pandemic response. - . 191-202.
mawaddah azman, fahrin zara nasseri, khoo phong jhiew, shalimar abdullah. (2021). acute management of deep & superficial neck space infection. - . 65-85.
shalimar abdullah. (2023). derita siku tenis, tak dapat gerakkan tangan. - berita harian. 1.
shalimar abdullah. (2019). jari picu kesan gangguan tendon. - berita harian. 1.
zahrina haziqah binti harun, angela ng min hwei, shalimar abdullah. (2024). the role of aligned nanofibers of nerve conduit seeded with schwann-cell like cells in modulating neuropathic pain and inflammation. - med & health apr 2024; 19(2) (suppl): 01-31. 24 - 24.
shalimar abdullah. (2023). derita siku tenis, tak dapat gerakkan tangan. - berita harian. 1.
soon yong thow; muhammad iman bin azman; ezra ding kai sing; azmi baharudin; amaramalar selvi naicker; ohnmar htwe@ rashidah hj ismail; shalimar abdullah; mohamed hafizudin abdullah sani; yogeswaran lokanathan; nor hazla mohamed haflah; ng min hwei. (2022). optimization of electrospun poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanofibers on collagen mat as a nerve guidance conduit. - 51st malaysian orthopaedic association annual scientific meeting & annual general meeting 2022. 46.
muhammad iman bin azman; soon yong thow; ezra ding kai sing; nor hazla mohamed haflah; ng min hwei; shalimar abdullah; azmi baharudin; amaramalar selvi naicker; ohnmar htwe@ rashidah hj ismail; mohamed hafizudin abdullah sani; yogeswaran lokanathan. (2022). comparison of the recovery rate and function of injured axon in nerve conduit seeded with mesenchymal stem cells versus unseeded nerve conduit in cynomolgus monkey. - 51st malaysian orthopaedic association annual scientific meeting and annual general meeting 2022. 43.
ooi, eugene; shalimar abdullah; jamari sapuan; parminderg; amaramalar selvi naicker; ohnmar htwe. (2022). pre-local anaesthesia usage of ice pack or ethyl chloride to reduce needle site pain prior to hand surgical procedures. - 51st malaysian orthopaedic association annual scientific meeting / annual general meeting 2022. 41.