Education

  • Fellowship, Bariatric Surgery, E-Da Hospital, 2015
  • MS, Master of Surgery (General Surgery), National University of Malaysia, 2011
  • MD, Doctor of Medicine, University Putra Malaysia, 2002
  • BS, Bachelor of Science (Medical Science), University Putra Malaysia, 2000

Research Interests

Dr. Nor Hanipah’s research interests encompass a comprehensive study of metabolic and bariatric surgery outcomes, with a primary emphasis on obesity, metabolic disorders, and metabolic syndrome. She is particularly focused on exploring how metabolic and bariatric surgical procedures can effectively mitigate the complications associated with obesity and metabolic syndromes, leading to improved management and potential remission of type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. 

Selected Publications

  1. Aminian A, Brethauer SA, Andalib A, Nowacki AS, Jimenez A, Corcelles R, Hanipah ZN, Punchai S, Bhatt DL, Kashyap SR, Burguera B. Individualized metabolic surgery score: procedure selection based on diabetes severity.Annals of surgery. 2017 Oct 1;266(4):650-7.
  2. Aminian A, Vidal J, Salminen P, Still CD, Nor Hanipah Z, Sharma G, Tu C, Wood GC, Ibarzabal A, Jimenez A,Brethauer SA. Late relapse of diabetes after bariatric surgery: not rare, but not a failure. Diabetes care. 2020 Mar 1;43(3):534-40.
  3. Hanipah ZN, Nasr EC, Bucak E, Schauer PR, Aminian A, Brethauer SA, Cetin D. Efficacy of adjuvant weight loss medication after bariatric surgery. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2018 Jan 1;14(1):93-8.
  4. Punchai S, Hanipah ZN, Meister KM, Schauer PR, Brethauer SA, Aminian A. Neurologic manifestations of vitamin B deficiency after bariatric surgery. Obesity surgery. 2017 Aug;27:2079-82.
  5. Hanipah ZN, Schauer PR. Surgical Treatment of Obesity and Diabetes. Gastrointestinal endoscopy clinics of North America. 2017 Apr 1;27(2):191-211.
  6. Schauer PR, Hanipah ZN, Rubino F. Metabolic surgery for treating type 2 diabetes mellitus: Now supported by the world's leading diabetes organizations. Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine. 2017 Jul;84(7 Suppl 1):S47-56.
  7. Hanipah ZN, Schauer PR. Bariatric surgery as a long-term treatment for type 2 diabetes/metabolic syndrome. Annual review of medicine. 2020 Jan 27;71:1-5.
  8. Hanipah ZN, Punchai S, McCullough A, Dasarathy S, Brethauer SA, Aminian A, Schauer PR. Bariatric surgery in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Obesity surgery. 2018 Nov;28:3431-8.
  9. Young L, Nor Hanipah Z, Brethauer SA, Schauer PR, Aminian A. Long-term impact of bariatric surgery in diabetic nephropathy. Surgical endoscopy. 2019 May 15;33:1654-60.
  10. Nor Hanipah Z, Punchai S, Karas LA, Szomstein S, Rosenthal RJ, Brethauer SA, Aminian A, Schauer PR. The outcome of bariatric surgery in patients aged 75 years and older. Obesity surgery. 2018 Jun;28:1498-503.
  11. Punchai S, Nor Hanipah Z, Sharma G, Aminian A, Steckner K, Cywinski J, Young JB, Brethauer SA, Schauer PR. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in heart failure patients with left ventricular assist device. Obesity surgery. 2019 Apr 15;29:1122-9.
  12. Strong A, Sharma G, Hanipah ZN, Cetin D, Brethauer S, Schauer P, Aminian A. Adjustments to warfarin dosing following gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2017 Oct 1;13(10):S136.
  13. Abolfathi M, Mohd-Yusof BN, Hanipah ZN, Redzwan SM, Yusof LM, Khosroshahi MZ. The effects of carnitine supplementation on clinical characteristics of patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Complementary therapies in medicine. 2020 Jan 1;48:102273.

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