Prof. Dr. Reena Rahayu is a registered anatomic pathologist with the College of Pathologists (COP) who has been actively involved in routine diagnostics as well as graduate teaching in Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz (HCTM) since 2005. She is a senior lecturer and consultant pathologist affiliated with the Departments of Pathology , Faculty of Medicine, UKM and Laboratory Diagnostic Medicine, HCTM. She obtained her first degree in Bachelor of Science in Medical Science from the University of St Andrews , Scotland in 1995 and then proceeded to complete her MBChB medical degree in University of Manchester, UK in 1998. Upon returning to Malaysia, she worked as a house officer and medical officers in several clinical departments in HCTM before she embarked her career as a trainee lecturer in 2001 with the Department of Pathology, UKM. She was then awarded the Master of Medicine in Anatomic Pathology by UKM in 2005. She then pursued a doctoral degree in Pathology (Molecular Cytogenetics) in the University of Western Australia and graduated in 2012. Following this, she then pursued a fellowship in Bone and Soft tissue Pathology in 2014 with Professor Flanagan in the Royal National Orthopedic Hospital, London.
Her special interest is in bone and soft tissue pathology as well as breast carcinoma and molecular techniques in solid tumours. She has participated and presented papers in numerous teaching sessions, clinical meetings and international/ local conferences. She has authored and co-authored many peer-reviewed research articles. She has supervised and is currently supervising doctoral students, postgraduate Master of Pathology and Master of Science students . Currently, Prof. Dr. Reena Rahayu is the programme coordinator for Master of Medicine in Anatomic Pathology , UKM , the head of Histopathology Unit, HCTM , the deputy head of Department of Pathology, UKM and a supervisor with RCPA.
