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Our Specialists / Dr Najwa Hanim Md Rosli

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Dr Najwa Hanim Md Rosli

Consultant Neuropsychiatrist / Psychiatrist

Credentials: MBBS (IIUM), DR.PSYCH (UKM), FELLOWSHIP IN NEUROPSYCHIATRY (MELBOURNE)


Specialty: Psychiatry

Languages Spoken: English, Bahasa Malaysia


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Specialist Clinic Schedule

Day AM PM
Mon 9:00-1:00 No Clinic
Tue 9:00-1:00 1:00-5:00
Wed 9:00-1:00 1:00-5:00
Thu 9:00-1:00 1:00-5:00
Fri 9:00-1:00 1:00-5:00
Sat 9:00 – 2:00

Specialist Background

Dr. Najwa Hanim completed her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) in 2005. She then pursued specialist training in Psychiatry at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, completing her Doctor in Psychiatry (Dr. Psych) in 2012.

Her interest in Neuropsychiatry led her to undertake subspecialty training at the Neuropsychiatry Unit of the Royal Melbourne Hospital, which she completed in 2019.

In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Najwa has an academic background in Psychiatry. She previously served as a lecturer at IIUM from 2012 and was appointed Associate Professor at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) in 2021.

With her subspecialty in neuropsychiatry, she sees clients with:

  • Behavioral, emotional and cognitive disturbances related to neurological and psychiatric illness
  • Younger-onset dementias with psychiatric and behavioural changes
  • Psychiatric illness associated with brain insults (such as traumatic brain injury)
  • Neurological and medical illnesses causing psychiatric symptoms such as epilepsy, and hyper/hypothyroid
  • Functional neurological disorder

She also manages general psychiatric conditions such as:

  • Anxiety disorder
  • Mood disorder
  • Psychotic disorder
  • Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
  • Trauma related disorder such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Somatic symptom disorder such as somatisation disorder, illness anxiety disorder
  • Substance related disorder
  • Psychiatric disorder secondary to medical/surgical condition/postpartum
  • Paraphilic disorder
  • Sexual disorder especially in women such as vaginismus

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