Dr Zairul Azwan was born and raised in Kuala Lumpur in 1977 and received his Medical Degree (MD) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2001 and later a Master of Surgery (MS) from the exact same university in 2010. He received further accreditation as a Fellow in Colorectal Surgery from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre in 2016. Subsequently, his career continued in Korea University, Seoul, South Korea and obtained a fellowship in Robotic & Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery. In 2018, he successfully registered into The National Specialist Register (NSR) in General Surgery and Colorectal Surgery.