Abdul Rozali-Wathooth

Rozali was born in Batu Gajah, Perak. He attended King Edward VII School in Taiping Perak, before continuing his secondary education at the Royal Military College in Kuala Lumpur. After completing his secondary education, he completed a medical degree (MBBS) at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, in 1974. He completed his specialist training in Australia, becoming a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in 1982. Between 1976 and 1981, his clinical rotations included placements at the Royal Hobart Hospital, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, and the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children. == Career ==

In 1981 Rozali was one of eight healthcare professionals, later referred to in Malaysian medical history as the "Dream Team," sent to Sydney to train in open-heart surgical techniques. Upon his return, he served as the founding Head of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) from 1982 to 1985. On 22 October 1982, his team performed the first Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery in Malaysia, a quintuple bypass on a 39-year-old patient. In 1985, he transitioned to the private sector, joining the Subang Jaya Medical Centre (then Penawar Hospital) as a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon. He continued to serve at the hospital until his retirement from clinical practice on 1 January 2021. He was also a member of the Board of Studies for the joint Cardiothoracic Surgery program between Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) and IJN. == Honours ==

• Malaysia: • Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (1983) • Perak: • Knight of the Order of Cura Si Manja Kini (DPCM) – Dato’ (1996) == References ==