Graduate of University College Dublin (National University Ireland) in 2005, she obtained Intercollegiate MRCS(Belfast) in 2008 and completed Irish Basic Surgical Training (CCBST) in Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI) 2009. Upon return to Malaysia, she completed Master of Surgery(MSurg) in Universiti Malaya in 2013, whilst serving as trainee lecturer to Universiti Malaya Medical Programme (UMMP). Upon appointment as specialist in 2014, she continues as Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon and is national examiner for both undergraduate medical programme (UMMP) and Postgraduate Master of Surgery(MSurg) National Conjoint Board of Surgery Examinations. She is also the Surgical Co-ordinator and Examiner for Dental Faculty(BDS), Universiti Malaya. She sub-specialises in Colorectal Surgery, training in UM, UKM and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney and is currently the heads the pelvic exenteration and advanced GI Malignancy services in the Colorectal Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery UM. She is Committee Member and National Trainer for National Colorectal Surgery Fellowship Programme as well as Member of the SUBSPECIALTY SUBCOMMITTEE FOR EDUCATION (SbSC-Edu) to Malaysian Medical Council. She is actively involved in national and international surgical training, where she serves as co-Director of CCrISP Course with College of Surgeons Malaysia and Royal College of Sugeons England and is a NOTSS Course Instructor with Royal College Of Surgeons Edinburgh. She is the local UM liason for co-ordination of RCS England MRCS examinations. She has a keen interest in advanced colorectal cancer surgery including Pelvic Exenteration, Cytoreductive Surgery and HIPEC and is Malaysian representative in PelvEx Collaborative. She has helped set up and continue the multidisciplinary, multicentre teamwork for extended resections in advanced GI malignancy in Universiti Malaya and in the country.
PROFILE
Address
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Office of The, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Website
umexpert.um.edu.my/nora_abdul_aziz
CONTACT
Telephone
0379492070
Email
nora_abdul_aziz
RESEARCH ID
Orcid id
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3286-3794
Researcher id
J-5676-2016
Scopus id
57210989014