PETALING JAYA, Oct. 6 -- The American College of Surgeons (ACS) is the largest organisation of surgeons in the world, with over 82,000 members globally.

Becoming a part of the organisation - or a "Fellow" as they call it - is no easy feat. Because of the high standards held by ACS in their membership vetting process, only nine Fellowships were awarded to prominent surgeons this year - and one of them was from Malaysia, University of Malaya's Professor Dr April Camilla Roslani.

"It's really unexpected but also a great honour for me to be given this award. It's not something we can apply for as nominations are made by existing fellows, so I was entirely unaware that I was even being considered," said Dr April in an interview with Malay Ma...