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SEEING

EYE-TO-EYE:

ALL ABOUT CONTACT

LENSES FROM AN

OPTOMETRIST

Introduce yourself!

I’m an Associate Proffesor at
University Kebangsaan Malaysia
(UKM) and my name is Dr. Haliza
Abdul Mutalib. We are based in
Kuala Lumpur campus which is
at Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz. In
this campus, we call it the Faculty
of Health Sciences. We have got
all the clinics and healthcare
clinics, which means we have
dentistry, optometry, and even
pharmacies.

I graduated from UKM in 1993,
and after that I did my Master’s
and PhD in Manchester, UK.
Moved back in the year 2000 and
worked with UKM ever since.

Alright, and then what I specialise
30 is in contact lenses, of the lenses, 31
my main, my main background
would be Optometry. And so
here in UKM, we teach, we need
to do clinics, most of the time,
we’ll be doing research as well.
And during our weekdays, we are
always in UKM and out. And you
know, during the weekends, we’ll
All about this particular medical device which is the have our sometimes we do come
more popular option as opposed to glasses-wearers, we do consultation outside. And
we interviewed Dr. Haliza, an Associate Professor from of course, we carry a lot of other
University Kebangsaan Malaysia. In this article, we explore responsibilities as well. And I’m
how contact lenses has evolved, the knock-off versions of one of the Independent Director
for Focus Point. So my main
it, and what you can do to rest your eyes (it’s quite simple business would be eye care, as
actually). Read on below in this super informative industry, well as being an eye researcher.
all about contact lenses!