In 2016 Anna Smola, a German medical student in her 4th year of training had the opportunity to select a surgical speciality to observe and work in for six weeks.

When I first walked into the Plastic Surgery unit as a junior registrar at Castle Hill Hospital, Hull, UK and met Dr M Riaz Malik, I did not realise that in the coming years, he would totally change my impression of the “Pakistani Plastic Surgeon”. Humble, polite and soft-spoken, Dr M Riaz Malik is a dedicated Plastic Surgeon, who is admired by his patients, respected by his colleagues and is also an obedient son, a dedicated father, a loving husband and a proud Pakistani.