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SPEAKERS

DATO’ DR. FITJERALD HENRY
Dato’ Dr. Fitjerald Henry did his MBBS in University Malaya in 1989
andsubsequently pursued Fellowship in Royal College of Surgeons in 1994 with
a special interest in Colorectal Surgery. He underwent training in Colorectal
Surgery at the Colorectal Unit, Singapore General Hospital in the year
2000.Dato’ Dr. Fitjerald is currently an active member of multiple colorectal
committees locally and internationally. He is a Senior Consultant Colorectal
Surgeon and the past Head of Department of Surgery, Hospital Selayang till 2019. Currently,
he is the Head of Colorectal Services Malaysia as well as the Chairman of the Colorectal
training Committee, Malaysia. He is also the Chairman of the National POMR Committee
Malaysia.
DR. ZALINA BINTI ABDUL RAZAK
Dr. Zalina received her Medical Degree from University Kebangsaan Malaysia in
1988 and than proceeded with her Masters in Anaesthesiology from the same
university in 1998. Dr. Zalina is part of many committees involved in the
development of the Anaesthesiology Training Programme in Malaysia. Dr
Zalinais also part of the Conjoint Board panel as well as an examiner for the
Anaesthesiology Programme. She was the Deputy Head of Service for 2 years
and subsequently became the Head of Service of Anaesthesiology since
September of 2021.

PROFESSOR DR. DAVID WATTERS
David Watters is the Past President of RACS (May 2015-May 2016) who since
2000 has been Professor of Surgery for Barwon Health in Geelong, initially with
the University of Melbourne (2000-2010), and then Deakin University (2011-).
He is a general surgeon with interests in general, colorectal and endocrine
surgery and the Chairman of the inaugural Victorian Perioperative Consultative Council (2019
-). He is actively engaged in advocating for global surgery, having spent almost 20 years in
developing countries including Papua New Guinea (Professor of Surgery, 1992-2000), Hong
Kong (1991), Zambia (1985-90) and South Africa (1982-84). He is an Edinburgh University
graduate, and in addition to the FRACS, he is a fellow of the Edinburgh, Hong Kong, and East
Central and Southern Africa Colleges of Surgeons, a Life Member of the Medical Society of
Papua New Guinea (2017) and Honorary Member of the Asian Surgical Association (2015).
Since leaving PNG he has returned on many occasions to teach, examine and support his
former trainees and colleagues in their leadership of the Department of Surgery. His research
interests include surgical audit and performance, surgical outcomes, perioperative mortality,
surgical history and global health.
He has over 180 peer reviewed publications, and he has published 6 books including
Stitches in Time - Two centuries of Surgery in Papua New Guinea (Xlibris, 2012) and Anzac
Surgeons of Gallipoli (RACS 2015). In recognition of his contribution to surgery and surgical
training in PNG he was awarded the OBE (2012). Within the Order of Australia he was
awarded the AM for significant service to Medicine and Medical Education and Leadership
Roles with Professional Organisations (2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours.) Deakin University has
appointed him the title of Alfred Deakin Professor (since August 2016). He is a Rotary Paul
Harris Fellow (Port Moresby, 2000), on the Editorial Board for the World Journal of Surgery,
and a Senior Editor for the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery.