Dr. Faissal obtained his medical degree from the University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom, in 2001. He completed his housemanship and subsequently served as a Senior House Officer (SHO) in Wales before returning to Malaysia in 2005. He was appointed as a trainee lecturer under Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) at the Selayang Campus and enrolled in the Master of Orthopaedic Surgery programme at the Universiti Malaya (UM) in 2006. During his training, he served as Chief Resident and successfully completed his clinical master's degree in 2010.

Dr. Faissal practiced orthopaedic surgery at Selayang Hospital and UiTM Sungai Buloh Campus, managing a wide spectrum of general orthopaedic cases, complex trauma, joint arthroplasty, and arthroscopy. He pursued subspecialty training in orthopaedic oncology through a two-year fellowship at Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) from 2013 to 2015, and later passed the National Board of Orthopaedic Oncology examination under the Malaysian Ministry of Health in 2018.

He was appointed Head of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UiTM’s Faculty of Medicine, Sungai Buloh Campus, before joining the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti of Malaya in 2015 as a Senior Lecturer and Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2021 and has served as the Head of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery since then. He currently practices at UMMC and the UM Specialist Centre (UMSC). 

Dr. Faissal has extensive clinical experience in managing:

• General orthopaedic conditions
• Degenerative joint diseases (shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, and knee osteoarthritis)
• Traumatic fractures (upper limb, lower limb, pelvis)
• Bone and soft tissue lumps or swellings (benign and malignant)
• Bone and soft tissue tumours in adults and children (primary, recurrent, metastatic)
• Metastatic bone disease and pathological fractures

He is proficient in a wide range of orthopaedic surgical procedures, including:

• Internal and external fixation of fractures
• Joint replacement (shoulder, elbow, hip, and knee), including revision surgeries
• Robotic knee joint replacement surgery
• Tumour biopsy and excision (bone and soft tissue)
• Wide resection of musculoskeletal tumours
• Limb salvage with skeletal reconstruction using endoprostheses, bone grafts, and arthrodesis
• Soft tissue reconstruction, flaps, and skin grafting
• Revision of failed reconstructions or infected endoprostheses
• Prophylactic fixation and surgical treatment of bone metastasis
• Amputations at all levels of upper and lower limbs

Dr. Faissal is actively involved in teaching, research, and postgraduate supervision. He has authored scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals and has presented at national and international conferences, including the Malaysian Orthopaedic Association (MOA), the International Society of Limb Salvage (ISOLS), and the Asia Pacific Musculoskeletal Tumour Society (APMSTS).