Idzu Baharin / Dr. Khairul Idzwan Baharin (DK) / Idzu Baharin is a medical doctor, biomedical innovator, certified aesthetician, national record holder and young aspiring medical technopreneur. After serving the public sector as a medical doctor, he was then appointed as CEO and later the Managing Director of a medical-based UKM spin-off, Cell Tissue Technology Sdn Bhd (CTT) and Associate Research Fellow at Tissue Engineering Center of UKM Medical Center. Aside from having professional training in medicine/surgery, medical aesthetic and cosmetology, he specifies in business and entrepreneurship as well as tissue engineering, directly mentored by MTDC, UKM and Malaysia’s Tissue Engineering pioneer, Prof. Dato’ Dr. Ruszymah Idrus. He also had prior experience in founding and managing various ventures ranging from cosmetics to healthcare. In 2012, he was awarded a MEGAGist Award and earned the “Transformer of Excellence - Among the top 1% of over 1500 ventures in 54 countries” recognition by the U.S. Department of State directly under President Barrack Obama’s administration. DK has also been speaking in numerous local and international events including in the White House, Silicon Valley, Commonwealth Club of California, BioPharma Asia and also representing Malaysia in the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (to name a few). With several Intellectual Properties and publications under his belt, DK spent his recent years innovating new technologies in aesthetic medicine, primarily through his range of new aesthetic solutions, Derm-Autologous. His BioNexus-status firm, CTT, specializes in Tissue Engineering, Cellular Therapy and Regenerative Medicine with one of its award-winning technology called MyDerm® - a personalized human artificial skin for severe skin loss, manufactured in the state-of-the-art cGMP facility. CTT also offers human skin cells for research/industrial use, on top of providing services for cosmetic product testing/validation, wound care and personalized aesthetic solutions. CTT’s project pipelines gained full support by Malaysian government as well as the industry, that it has been seeded up to RM18 million to date. In 2015, CTT won a prestigious Halal Hi-Tech Challenge award and later certified as a national record holder by Malaysia Book of Records for being the “First Manufacturer of Autologous Tissue Engineered Human Skin”. Aside from that, CTT is also identified and listed by National Innovation Agency Malaysia (AIM) under Prime Minister’s Department as a “High-Impact Program under SME Masterplan 2012-2020” being one of the wealth creators for Malaysia’s future economy.
Musically, DK is a well-known multi-octave vocalist/singer with his signature whistle notes, through his most prominent involvement of 10 years in one of Malaysia’s leading vocal groups in the late 90’s - Saujana (BMG Music Malaysia) under his stage name, Idzu Baharin. As the main vocalist of the group, Saujana achieved its greatest heights in late 90’s, through hits like "Keluarga Bahagia", "Sepohon Kayu", "Suci Sekeping Hati", etc, while securing various nominations in Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM), with more than 8 albums sold among which, regionally reaching platinum in sales. Started singing at 5, DK was offered a recording contract at 10 before he was known as a Qari, representing Selangor in National level of Tilawah Al-Quran, a prestigious annual competition among Malaysian schools. He has won many competitions, one of them being the Champion of Pesta Piala Perdana Menteri, also during his school years. DK recorded his first album “Untukmu” at 14, after which he literally signed a major record deal at 16 and actively performing with Saujana until 2006 right before he graduated as a medical doctor. Despite his busy schedule in recent years, he managed to perform live with a trio group for a good 3 years, on top of writing his own songs, one of which was recently released to a great acceptance on iTunes and Spotify, called “#Stay”.
Still in his early 30’s, DK is all-set to drive the mission of establishing Malaysia’s first Tissue Engineering Firm and Hub for the South East Asian region towards a better future of medicine while still embracing his ultimate passion in singing and music.
Musically, DK is a well-known multi-octave vocalist/singer with his signature whistle notes, through his most prominent involvement of 10 years in one of Malaysia’s leading vocal groups in the late 90’s - Saujana (BMG Music Malaysia) under his stage name, Idzu Baharin. As the main vocalist of the group, Saujana achieved its greatest heights in late 90’s, through hits like "Keluarga Bahagia", "Sepohon Kayu", "Suci Sekeping Hati", etc, while securing various nominations in Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM), with more than 8 albums sold among which, regionally reaching platinum in sales. Started singing at 5, DK was offered a recording contract at 10 before he was known as a Qari, representing Selangor in National level of Tilawah Al-Quran, a prestigious annual competition among Malaysian schools. He has won many competitions, one of them being the Champion of Pesta Piala Perdana Menteri, also during his school years. DK recorded his first album “Untukmu” at 14, after which he literally signed a major record deal at 16 and actively performing with Saujana until 2006 right before he graduated as a medical doctor. Despite his busy schedule in recent years, he managed to perform live with a trio group for a good 3 years, on top of writing his own songs, one of which was recently released to a great acceptance on iTunes and Spotify, called “#Stay”.
Still in his early 30’s, DK is all-set to drive the mission of establishing Malaysia’s first Tissue Engineering Firm and Hub for the South East Asian region towards a better future of medicine while still embracing his ultimate passion in singing and music.
