Professor Dr. Tunku Kamarul Zaman is by profession an orthopaedic surgeon/trainer/scientist with a special interest in upper limb and microsurgery. He obtained his medical degree (M.D.) from the National University of Malaysia in 1998. Following his orthopaedic training from 2000-2004, Prof. Kamarul obtained and Masters Degree, M.S.(Ortho) from University of Malaya (UM) and was later inducted as a lecturer there. Later in his career, he obtained a diploma in tissue banking from National University of Singapore in 2003 and a PhD from University of Liverpool through a national scholarship award in 2007. He also pursued his sub-speciality training in the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen hospitals from 2006 till 2010. He was appointed the head of the tissue engineering group in 2010, a division under The National Orthopaedic Centre for Research and Learning (NOCERAL).

His research group is actively involved in basic science orthopaedic related research that ranges from biomechanics to cell biology. He is however presently focused in pursuing fundamental research involving cartilage, tendons and stem cell applications. He is presently the only orthopaedic surgeon inducted as a Fellow to the prestigious Academy of Sciences in Malaysia.