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Datuk Dr. Ismail Sagap is A Senior Lecturer and Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon in Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Kuala Lumpur. Among his current Professional Assignments and Positions are:
• President Malaysian Society of Colorectal Surgeon
• Council, College of Surgeons Academy of Medicine Malaysia (CSAMM)
• Chairman, Colorectal Chapter, CSAMM
• Subspecialty Education Committee (Colorectal Surgery), Malaysian Medical Council
• Council, ASEAN Society of Colorectal Surgeons (ASCS)
• Council, Asia-Pacific Federation of Coloproctology (APFCP)
• Medical Director, UKM Specialist Center, UKM Kesihatan Sdn. Bhd.
• Trainer, Colorectal Surgery Fellowship training program, Ministry of Health, Malaysia
• Examiner, Joint Surgical Colleges Fellowship Exam (UK)
• Examiner ,Membership Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh (MRCS) (Part B)
• Examiner, Bangladesh College of Physician and Surgeons (BCPS) Fellowship exam (General Surgery)
• Examiner, Conjoint Board of Surgery (General Surgery), Malaysia
• Examiner, Fellowship in Colorectal Surgery, Ministry of Health, Malaysia
• Visiting Lecturer, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
• Visiting Professor, KPJ University College
• Key Opinion Leader, Johnson and Johnson Malaysia
Datuk Dr Ismail Sagap is well known in the training of general, digestive and colorectal surgeons in ASEAN countries and had been instrumental in development of several training manuals around the region. He regularly featured in numerous local/international scientific conferences and workshops as a speaker, trainer and organiser. His latest commitment/innovation is on an outreach training apprenticeship of Advanced Colorectal Surgical Skills (ACrS) for Malaysian general surgeons and General Surgery for Residents Surgeons (GSurgR).
nabil mohammad azmi, mohd firdaus mohd hayati, zairul azwan mohd azman, ismail sagap. (2026). comments on: clinical impacts of minimally invasive transperineal abdominoperineal resection in crohn's disease. - asian journal of endoscopic surgery. 1 - 2.
ka abdul rahman, nabil mohammad azmi, shahrun niza, zairul azwan, farhana raduan, shamsul azhar, tan geok chin and wong yin ping . (2026). validation of multi-target stool dna methylation test for colorectal cancer detection from fecal sampling: a preliminary analysis. - coloproctology 2026 & biennial congress of the asean society of colorectal surgeons. .
noraidatulakma abdullah; joan blin; aisyatul najihah khuzaimi; azwa shawani kamalul arifin; nazihah abd jalal; norliza ismail; nurul faeizah husin; ahmad termidzi mohd azhar; nabil mohammad azmi; zairul azwan mohd azman, ismail sagap, rahman jamal. (2026). false-positive ifobt in colorectal cancer screening: association with prescription drug use in the malaysian cohort. - cancer epidemiology. 1 - 7.
izyan syahiidah mohd sahell, nur fa’izah ab muin, ezanee azlina mohamad hanif, noraidatulakma abdullah, ismail sagap, rahman jamal, and siok-fong chin. (2026). exploratory evaluation of circulating lrg1 as a candidate biomarker of chemotherapy response in colorectal cancer reveals age-associated treatment resistance. - regional conference on precision health (rcph). .
aleez azli, ezanee azlina mohamad hanif, muhammad-redha abdullah-zawawi, nur fa’izah ab muin, ismail sagap, rahman jamal, and siok-fong chin. (2026). cross-omics convergence reveals an lrg1-associated immune-metabolic reprogramming axis in colorectal cancer. - 1st regional conference on precision health (rcph). .
noraidatulakma abdullah; joan blin; aisyatul najihah khuzaimi; azwa shawani kamalul arifin; nazihah abd jalal; norliza ismail; nurul faeizah husin; ahmad termidzi mohd azhar; nabil mohammad azmi; zairul azwan mohd azman, ismail sagap, rahman jamal. (2026). false-positive ifobt in colorectal cancer screening: association with prescription drug use in the malaysian cohort. - cancer epidemiology. 1 - 7.
nabil mohammad azmi, anith nadzira, nur afdzillah abdul rahman, zairul azwan mohd azman, soma balaganapati chandrakanthan, diana melissa dualim, ismail sagap. (2025). adding semi elemental enteral nutrition formula improves tolerance without compromising bowel preparation quality for colonoscopy: a non-inferiority randomized controlled trial. - world journal of surgery. 576 - 583.
f raduan, i. sagap, n. y. fazlina razali, n. abdul rahman, s. b. chandra kanthan, y. chih nie, z. a. m. azman. (2024). evaluation of a quality improvement intervention to reduce anastomotic leak following right colectomy (eagle): pragmatic, batched stepped-wedge, cluster-randomized trial in 64 countries. - british journal of surgery. 1-18.
ryia illani my, nurul-syakima am, jia-shiun k, sazuita s, muhiddin i, saiful effendi s, francis yew ft, najwa farhah my, mohd ridhwan ar, norshahidah mn, nadiah a, isa md rose, ismail sagap, luqman mazlan, rahman jamal. (2023). whole genome sequencing of malaysian colorectal cancer patients reveals specific druggable somatic mutations. - frontiers in molecular biosciences. 1-20.
mohd amin azuwar, nor azlan nor muhammad, nor afiqah-aleng, nurul-syakima ab mutalib, najwa farhah md. yusof, ryia illani mohd yunos, muhiddin ishak, sazuita saidin, isa mohamed rose, ismail sagap, luqman mazlan, zairul azwan mohd azman, musalmah mazlan. (2022). tcga-my: a systematic repository for systems biology of malaysian colorectal cancer. - life. 1-14.
nur fazilah sukor, azyani yahaya, ismail sagap, rahman jamal, nor adzimah johdi. (2022). cancer testis antigen pasd1 expression and immunogenicity in human colorectal cancer and polyps. - turkish journal of biology. 361-374.
henry tan cl, tan jh, ismail sagap. (2020). use of contemporary live tele-video conferencing for continuing surgical training at the time of covid-19 pandemic. - anz journal of surgery. 1526-1529.
abdel latif k elnaim, wong m.p.k., sagap i. (2019). the perils of haemorrhoids treatment. - international medical journal of malaysia. 198-206.
wong m.p.k., abdel latif k elnaim, sagap i. (2019). the neorectum reservoirs. - international medical journal of malaysia. 33-37.
magaji b.a., moy f.m., roslani a.c., law c.w., sagap i.. (2016). psychometric validation of the malaysian chinese version of the eortc qlq-c30 in colorectal cancer patients. - asian pacific journal of cancer prevention. 8107-8112.
noraidatulakma abdullah; joan blin; aisyatul najihah khuzaimi; azwa shawani kamalul arifin; nazihah abd jalal; norliza ismail; nurul faeizah husin; ahmad termidzi mohd azhar; nabil mohammad azmi; zairul azwan mohd azman, ismail sagap, rahman jamal. (2026). false-positive ifobt in colorectal cancer screening: association with prescription drug use in the malaysian cohort. - cancer epidemiology. 1 - 7.
nabil mohammad azmi, mohd firdaus mohd hayati, zairul azwan mohd azman, ismail sagap. (2026). comments on: clinical impacts of minimally invasive transperineal abdominoperineal resection in crohn's disease. - asian journal of endoscopic surgery. 1 - 2.
muhammad irfan abdul jalal, ahmad termidzi mohd azhar, mohd arman kamruddin, mohd raziff alias, nazihah abd jalal, norliza ismail, chin siok-fong, goh ying-xian, noraidatulakma abdullah, ismail sagap, zairul azwan mohd azman, azimatun noor aizuddin, azmawati mohammed nawi, nor halizam ismail, rahman jamal, nor azian abdul murad.. (2025). colorectal cancer screening using immunochemical faecal occult blood testing (ifobt) in urban-poor communities in cheras, malaysia: a cross-sectional study. - malaysian journal of medical sciences. 154 - 168.
abdel latif khalifa elnaim, mohammed mahmoud ali osheik, awad allah omer mohamed ahmed, mohammed faez baobaid, alabed ali a. alabed, michael pak kai wong and ismail sagap. (2025). clinical profile and wound-healing outcomes of anorectal diseases among people living with hiv in eastern sudan: a prospective observational study . - malaysian journal of public health medicine. 118 - 128.
nabil mohammad azmi, anith nadzira, nur afdzillah abdul rahman, zairul azwan mohd azman, soma balaganapati chandrakanthan, diana melissa dualim, ismail sagap. (2025). adding semi elemental enteral nutrition formula improves tolerance without compromising bowel preparation quality for colonoscopy: a non-inferiority randomized controlled trial. - world journal of surgery. 576 - 583.
ismail sagap. (2018). putra specialist hospital mahu lebarkan sayap. - utusan malaysia. .
luqman mazlan, zairul azwan mohd azman, ismail sagap. (2018). evaluating the incidence of pathological complete response in current international rectal cancer practice: the barriers to widespread safe deferral of surgery. - colorectal diseases. .
ka abdul rahman, nabil mohammad azmi, shahrun niza, zairul azwan, farhana raduan, shamsul azhar, tan geok chin and wong yin ping . (2026). validation of multi-target stool dna methylation test for colorectal cancer detection from fecal sampling: a preliminary analysis. - coloproctology 2026 & biennial congress of the asean society of colorectal surgeons. .
izyan syahiidah mohd sahell, nur fa’izah ab muin, ezanee azlina mohamad hanif, noraidatulakma abdullah, ismail sagap, rahman jamal, and siok-fong chin. (2026). exploratory evaluation of circulating lrg1 as a candidate biomarker of chemotherapy response in colorectal cancer reveals age-associated treatment resistance. - regional conference on precision health (rcph). .
aleez azli, ezanee azlina mohamad hanif, muhammad-redha abdullah-zawawi, nur fa’izah ab muin, ismail sagap, rahman jamal, and siok-fong chin. (2026). cross-omics convergence reveals an lrg1-associated immune-metabolic reprogramming axis in colorectal cancer. - 1st regional conference on precision health (rcph). .
sabrina george, nor haslinda abd aziz, ismail sagap, rahman jamal, and nor adzimah johdi . (2026). cell-type-specific immune reprogramming and transcript-protein discordance in peripheral blood of colorectal cancer . - 1st regional conference precision health. .
nor adzimah johdi, sabrina george, nor haslinda abd aziz, ismail sagap, rahman jamal. (2026). peripheral t cell signaling suppression in colorectal cancer revealed by targeted single-cell multi-omic profiling. - 1st regional conference precision health. .
| Geran / Grant | Kolaborator / Collaborator | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ELUCIDATING THE FUNCTIONAL ROLE OF CYTOKINES IN PREDICTING COLORECTAL CANCER (CRC) POST OPERATIVE &NEWLINE;COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS RECEIVING BLOOD TRANSFUSION | biomed global | 77.9% (2024-11-01 sehingga 2026-10-31) |
| DECIPHERING THE INTER-LINKAGE ROLE OF VITAMIN D AND LEUCINE-RICH α-2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1 (LRG1) IN 5-FLUOROURACIL CHEMORESISTANT COLORECTAL CANCER: A CLINICAL ASSESSMENT | bio-diagnostic sdn bhd | 88.1% (2023-10-01 sehingga 2026-09-30) |
| VESICOLON: A MULTIPLEX BEAD-BASED ASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF COLORECTAL CANCER ASSOCIATED EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES FOR CLINICAL APPLICATIONS | genomax technologies sdn bhd | 80.7% (2024-12-24 sehingga 2026-09-23) |
CLINICAL SURGICAL :CLINICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
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CLINICAL MEDICAL :CLINICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
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CLINICAL STUDIES :CLINICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
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SURGERY :CLINICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Colorectal Surgery
Pengalaman / Experience : 20 tahun/years(s)