Dr. Khor Kuan Hua, is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University Putra Malaysia (UPM). She graduated with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree in 2002 and started her career as a veterinary surgeon in a private practice in Penang and then as a veterinary officer in University Veterinary Hospital in UPM. She then pursued her post-graduate study and obtained her PhD from the School of Veterinary Studies, The Queensland University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in 2012 working on “Factors that affect the efficacy of atenolol in the treatment of feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy”.
Currently, she is actively involved with teaching and as well as research. She has published a few original research papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented some of her findings in international conferences and seminars. Her research areas of interest are feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, feline heartworm disease, therapeutic effects of cardiovascular drugs in acquired canine cardiac disease and leptospirosis. She also has a keen interest in drug compounding and the drugs’ efficacy looking at pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic. Dr Khor worked along with University Veterinary Hospital (UVH) assisting in small animal cardiology cases.
Contact
Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Universiti Putra Malaysia
UPM Serdang, Selangor 43400
Malaysia
