Dr Luqman Mazlan is a Consultant Colorectal & General Surgeon and the Medical Director of PICASO Hospital Malaysia. He was formerly the head of Colorectal Surgery and senior lecturer at the National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur and immediate past Vice President of the Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Society of Malaysia. Dr Luqman has a special interest in recurrent and locally invasive colorectal cancers and minimally invasive colorectal surgery. He has multiple publications in peer reviewed journals and is involved in many international trials, research and educational activities related to colorectal surgery and clinical nutrition. He is currently the President of the Malaysian Society of Colorectal Surgeons, Council Member, College of Surgeons Malaysia, a member of the European Society of Coloproctology Global Reach Committee and Colorectal Cancer Survivorship Society of Malaysia.