Dr Mimiwati Zahari is a consultant ophthalmologist and glaucoma specialist in the University of Malaya Specialist Centre (UMSC).

 

After receiving her undergraduate qualification from Universiti of Malaya in 1992, she became a trainee lecturer in ophthalmology in University Malaya in 1995, and received her Masters in Ophthalmology in the year 1999 along with postgraduate qualifications from National University of Singapore and the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) in the same year. She underwent her fellowship in glaucoma subspecialty in Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne in the year 2000.

 

She recently retired from the Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya after serving for over 30 years, where her last post was as a Professor in the department.

 

She is currently a council member of the Asia Pacific Glaucoma Society, a previous committee member of the Malaysian Glaucoma Society, and a previous section editor of the Malaysian Journal of Ophthalmology (MyJo). She was also the chief writer in the new Malaysian Curriculum for PostGraduate training in Ophthalmology published in 2022.

 

Other than ophthalmology, her passion includes traveling, diving, marathons and triathlons.