Tunku Sara Binti Tunku Ahmad Yahaya MBBS, FRCS

Tunku Sara Binti Tunku Ahmad Yahaya, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and member of the unit of upper limb and microsurgery, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia attended Bukit Nanas Convent, Kuala Lumpur. She graduated from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, University of London. She later worked under (now Emeritus) Professor Robert W.H. Pho in Singapore to be trained as a hand surgeon in 1988. After returning from Singapore, she formally began the Hand and Microsurgery Clinic at UH in 1993. A separate team began attending to hand injuries and emergencies around the clock providing full-time services for many difficult cases to treat including mangled limbs and amputations. At that time, this specialised service was only provided at the University of Malaya Medical Centre. She was Head of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery from 1999 to 2012 and during her term, the number of staff increased to cover all major sub-specialities with considerable research output. The clinical Masters in Orthopaedic Surgery (UM) has grown, and the department now runs more than 12 courses a year. She was a member of the first Conjoined Board of Orthopaedics and was the Chairman in 2006/2007. She was a member of the Orthopaedic Speciality Credentialing Committee of the Malaysian Medical Council and is an examiner for the sub-speciality fellowships in Orthopaedic Surgery for the Ministry of Health, Malaysia. She was an instructor for the Basic Surgical Skills Course, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh for 6 years. She is a fellow of the Academy of Medicine and College of Surgeons of Malaysia.