Dr Rohayu Binti Shahar Adnan graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, and came back to Malaysia to do her one-year internship at Hospital Tuanku Jaafar, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. After completion of her internship, she worked in Hospital Tuanku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang in the Surgical and Forensic Medicine Departments as a medical officer before succeeding to pursue her studies in Forensic Pathology. She enrolled in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia's (UKM), a 4-year Master of Pathology program. Upon graduating, she went on to do her 6-month specialist gazettement in Hospital Kuala Lumpur. She was then transferred to Johor in 2010 and worked in Hospital Sultan Ismail as a Forensic Pathologist and Head of Forensic Medicine Department. Currently, she is heading the Forensic Medicine Department of Hospital Sungai Buloh. Besides heading her Department, she has been actively involved with medical undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Forensic Medicine in both local and private universities. She also organizes and gives lectures in many seminars and workshops for medical officers, assistant medical officers, nurses, lawyers, students, and secondary school children on Forensic Medicine. She has performed more than 1000 autopsies, supervising more than 3000 autopsies, and has attended almost 100 court cases all over Malaysia. Not to mention, she attended a course training in Forensic Anthropology at the University of Tennessee, USA, and Central Institute of Forensic science Bangkok. Forensic Pathology has always been her passion and it is her dream to share her knowledge of Forensic Medicine to the public.
