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 continued as Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon and senior lecturer in Universiti Malaya Medical Programme (UMMP) and sits in Vetting Committee for Examinations in Surgery Department. She is department representative in UM Faculty of Medicine Visibility Unit ( VICFOM). She is a trainer in the National Conjoint Board of Surgery and is examiner in Postgraduate Master of Surgery(MSurg). She sub-specialised in Colorectal Surgery, training in UM, UKM and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney and leads the pelvic exenteration and advanced GI Malignancy services in the Colorectal Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery UMMC. 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 was the local UM liason for coordination 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