Dr.Yahya Mohd Aripin

Dr Yahya Mohd Aripin received his MBBS from Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) in 1996. He then obtained Master of Surgery (General Surgery) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in 2003 and Fellowship in Breast and Endocrine Surgery in 2011. For the latter, he was trained in 3 different institutions namely UKM, Hospital Putrajaya and Halle-Wittenberg University, Germany, for 1 year in each institution. His initial exposure in Minimal Access Thyroidectomy was on Endoscopic Transaxillary Thyroidectomy in Hospital UKM in 2006. He learned to perform Endoscopic Axillo-Bilateral Breast Approach (ABBA) Thyroidectomy in 2011 in Halle, Germany. He was trained as a console surgeon for Bilateral Axillo-Breast Approach (BABA) Robotic Thyroidectomy in 2016 in Seoul, Korea. He is currently a Consultant General, Breast and Endocrine Surgeon in Hospital Al-Sultan Abdullah, Puncak Alam. He is also the Medical Director for UiTM Private Specialist Center in Sungai Buloh.