Dr Abdul-Razak is a general surgeon with an interest in head and neck surgery and surgical Oncology at Westmead Hospital and also holds Visiting Medical Officer appointments at Westmead Private Hospital and Norwest Private Hospital.
Dr Abdul-Razak graduated from Madras Medical College in 1995 and went to the UK to complete his FRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1999. His passion for Surgical Oncology made him return to India to complete his General Surgical training (DNB-General Surgery) and pursue a career in Surgical Oncology. Dr Abdul-Razak completed three more years of sub-specialty training in Surgical Oncology and was awarded the MCh in Surgical Oncology in 2004.
Dr Abdul-Razak migrated to Australia in 2004 and was assessed by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and after further training was awarded FRACS in General Surgery. During that time he spent two years as a Fellow in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery and Surgical Oncology at Westmead Hospital. He is trained in major head and neck oncologic resections, thyroid and parathyroid surgery, salivary gland procedures, advanced skin cancer including lymph node dissections. His special interests include treating patients with melanoma (including sentinel lymph node biopsies) and soft tissue tumours including sarcomas.
He is actively involved in research and also in setting up databases for patients with Head and Neck Cancer and Melanoma/Sarcoma treated at the Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre, Westmead Hospital.