Dr Agussalim Bukhari

Dr Agussalim Bukhari is an established clinical nutritionist consultant, medical doctor and university lecturer in Makassar, Indonesia. He completed his medical doctor study at Hasanuddin University, Makassar in 1996 and graduated as Master of Clinical Medicine at Monash University, Australia in 2002. His doctorate study on diabetology medical science was completed at the University of Toyama, Japan, in 2008.

He is currently the Head of Medical Doctor Study Program at his almater, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, where he has taught since 1999. He became a Clinical Nutrition Specialist in 2004, and is currently appointed as a Clinical Nutrition Consultant at Hasanuddin University Hospital, Siloam Hospital, and Awal Bros Hospital in Makassar.

His key research topics includes nutrition, nutrigenomic, immune responses, metabolic diseases, obesity, glucose metabolism, microbiology, and various other topics in medical science. Dr Bukhari is an active member of numerous professional and scientific organisations.

He currently holds positions as a councillor of Asia Pacific Clinical Nutrition Society, a founding member and organising committee of Perhimpunan Nutrigenomik dan Nutrigenetik Indonesia (PNNI), the Secretary II of The Indonesian Medical Doctor Association (South Sulawesi), the Chairman of Indonesian Society of Clinical Nutrition (PDGKI, South Sulawesi), and the Chairman of Research and Science Development Division at Indonesian Society of Clinical Nutrition.