Nor Faissal Bin Yasin MBBCh, MS

Dr Faissal completed his medical degree from the University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, the United Kingdom in the year 2001. Following this, he completed his horsemanship and worked as a senior house officer (SHO) in Wales, United Kingdom. He returned to Malaysia in 2005 as a trainee lecturer under the Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) at Selayang Campus. He joined the Masters in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Malaya (UM) in 2006. During his training, he was appointed as the Chief Resident and completed his clinical master's successfully in the year 2010. He practised orthopaedic surgery at Selayang Hospital and UiTM Sungai Buloh Campus. He was involved in the management of general orthopaedic, advanced trauma cases, arthroplasty and arthroscopy surgery. He then joined the Orthopaedic Oncology Fellowship programme at University Malaya Medical Centre for two years (2013-2015). He passed the National Board of Orthopaedic Oncology examination under the Malaysian Ministry of Health in 2018. After completion of his fellowship, he was appointed as the Head of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine, UiTM, Sungai Buloh Campus.

Dr Faissal joined the Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Malaya as a senior lecturer and consultant orthopaedic surgeon in 2015. He is currently practising at University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) and UM Specialist Centre (UMSC). He is well experienced in general orthopaedic conditions, trauma (fractures), arthroplasty surgery and orthopaedic oncology surgery. He is active in teaching, and research and has authored scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented free papers and posters at national and international conferences, such as the Malaysian Orthopaedic Association (MOA) Annual Scientific Meeting, International Society of Limb Salvage (ISOLS) and Asia Pacific Musculoskeletal Tumour Society (APMSTS).