Professor Dr Nik Ritza Kosai is currently the head of Upper GI , Bariatric and metabolic surgery at UKM Medical centre, National university of Malaysia since 2011. He has published over 100 peer review articles and book chapters. He is very active in research in particular on upper GI cancers, bariatric , Surgery for diabetes and H pylori toname a few.He has been a regular invited speaker local and internationally. He is in the education and training comittee for the Malaysian upper GI subspeciality training programme. He is an examiner for masters in surgery Mal and MRCS UK. He has regularly featured on TV, Radio, Newspapers and Magazines.