Prof Nur Aishah Taib (Taib NA, Mohd Taib NA) is a senior consultant breast surgeon and professor of the Department of Surgery at University Malaya since 2012. She is currently Head, UM Cancer Research Institute (2019-present). She graduated with MBBS in University of Malaya in 1995, Master of Surgery(UM) in 2001. She graduated with Doctor of Medicine, Universiti Malaya in 2011 with her thesis “Why Women Present with Advanced Breast Cancer- A Mixed Method Study”. She is employed in Universiti Malaya as a Professor in Department of Surgery since 2012.

 

She has 234 publications in peer-reviewed journals with a H-index of 36. Her areas of interest are strongly correlated with patient care and outcomes. Prof Nur Aishah is a trainer for Master of Surgery in Malaysia and is on the board of examiners for the exit viva for the Breast and Endocrine Surgery Subspecialty Exams in Malaysia. She has supervised the completion of 8 PhDs, 11 Master of Science (research mode) and 23 Clinical Masters (General Surgery).