DR. NORA BINTI ABDUL AZIZ
Department of Surgery
Faculty of Medicine
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Graduate of University College Dublin (National University Ireland) in 2005, she obtained Intercollegiate MRCS 2008 and completed Irish Basic Surgical Training (CCBST) in Royal College of Surgeons Ireland 2009. Upon returning to Malaysia, she completed Master of Surgery in University of Malaya 2013, whilst serving as trainee lecturer to University Malaya Medical Programme. Upon appointment as specialist 2014, she continues as lecturer and Consultant and is the Surgical Co-ordinator for 3.3 UMMP undergraduate Medical Programme and Trainee Examiner for Postgraduate Master of Surgery as well as the Surgical Co-ordinator for Dental Faculty, Universiti Malaya. She sub-specialised in Colorectal Surgery, training in UM, UKM and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney and is currently the Head of Colorectal Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery UM. She is also recently appointed as Committee Member and Trainer for National Colorectal Surgery Fellowship Programme. She is actively involved in national surgical training spearheading surgical development of online E- portfolio as per National Curriculum NPMC and is Conjoint Board of Surgery, Master of Surgery Examiner. She is currently Co-Director of CCriSP Programme 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 RCSE's MRCS and JSCFE FRCS examinations and now Consultant Colorectal Surgeon in UMMC. She has a keen interest in advanced colorectal cancer surgery including Pelvic Exenteration, Cytoreductive Surgery and HIPEC as well as PIPAC 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.
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