Dr Nous Sarom was born November 12,1970 and grew up in a small village, Prek Roka , Kandal Steung District , Province of Kandal 30km south of the Capital City of Phnom Penh, He did his primary school and college at his hometown and his high School at capital city of Kandal province. He completed his medical degree at, Universite de la Science Sante, in Phnom Penh 1995. From 1996 he was appointed as a member of the medical staff and head of the Surgery Department of Kandal Stung District Hospital , the district of his home area.
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Dr Nous start training (1996-1999 ) in Plastic surgery and Cleft lip/ Cleft palate repair with Operation Unis, a Japanese organization which was the first NGO conducting cleft lip/Palate surgical Missions in Cambodia since 1992 in Dr Nous Kandal Stung Surgical Department .
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From May 1999- March 2003 Dr,Nous was appointed to the Medical staff of Rose Charities Rehabilitation Center, Kien Kleang ,Phnom Penh and then promoted to Chief of Surgery of the Center. He was interviewed for THE LANCET.Vol359.March 30, 2002. (www.thelancet.com). He also gave presented at the Sunnybrook Hosptial, University of Toronto March 2000.
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Dr Nous carried undertook further training through a clinical cleft lip/palate surgery fellowship at Queen Marry Hospital , University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 2000 supported by Professor Nabil Samann. He then completed a further 3 year program in Maxillofacial surgery though a fellowship Fellowship in Thailand which was organized by IAOMS(International Association of Oral Maxillofacial Surgeon) and PSU( Prince of Songkla University), Hatyai, Thailand at the culmination of which in 2004 he gained a Diploma of Maxillofacial Surgery Diploma
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After returning home ,2004, Dr.Nous was appointed to the surgical staff of Chea Chumneas Referral Hosptial, Takmhmao, Kandal Province. Shortly after this he was further promote to the position of deputy director of the entire Chea Chumneas Hospital .
Around the same time, Dr Nous founded his own rehabilitative surgical project in coordination with and partially supported by Rose Charities. Initially under the name of Operation FIRST, the work both in with Rose and also as an independent organization continues to this day. Operation FIRST forged many international and local links including with Operation SMILE, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Operation Rainbow Canada and the University of British Columbia.
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In 2008, Dr Nous undertook an academic fellowship in plastic surgery at UBC, Vancouver supported and instructed by Operation Rainbow’s Dr Douglas Courtemanche, Dr Cynthia Verchere, Dr David Naysmith, Dr Kimit Rai, Professor Richart Warrant, Dr. Douglas Caberwise and Dr Nicholas Carr.
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Also in 2008 (January) ,2008, Dr.Nous received the award of ‘Credential in Plastic Surgery’ a specialized, and highly valued award of Operation SMILE. This was closely followed by a affirmation of worldwide recognition as a cleft surgeon by the Plastic Surgery Education Foundation and The Smile Train Organization.
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Attending the Rose Charities International Conference in Penang in Febrary 2008, Dr Nous was at the occasion presented with the 2007 Charity Rose Award for outstanding contribution and dedication to charity.
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Dr Nous traveled as a plastic surgery Consultant with joint the international Surgical Mission (several organization) to India’s, Sikim State,2009 and to Laos Parkse 2010. As a representative of Operation Smile Cambodia he was a valued participant at the Asia-Pacific Cleft Care conference in Perth March 2011 and the Maxillofacial deformity Conference in October,2011 in Melbourne, Australia.
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Since January 2012, he was appointed as Consultant Surgeon to the staff of Preaket Mealea Hospital, the biggest Military hospital, Phnom Penh, Cambodia . This hospital provides a range of services, both subsidized (mostly free) for the poor and costed services for others.
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Dr Nous is thus, currently Head of Department of Maxillofacial, Plastic , Reconstructive and esthetic surgery and a clinical assistant Professor of Maxillofacial/Plastic surgery . Through him his department maintains and nurtures links with many other organizations both in Cambodia and overseas. An elective student placement program is run also for medical/surgical students.
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Dr Nous maintains has a considerable international background, benefitting from experience both in the industrialized and developing world. Having performed, taught and organized a huge number of cleft and general rehabilitative surgeries to thousands of patients in considerably varying conditions worldwide his breadth of knowledge and practical experience are matched by few. Dr Nous is thus one of Cambodia’s most valued and honoured surgeons but he uses this wealth of experience as much to help those in need as for his own remuneration.
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Dr Nous is current Cambodia representative of the Rose International Council. He is married with 4 children.
The 8th Rose Charities International Meeting is being held in Kampala Uganda on Friday 15th April 2016 with a later optional workshop session at Mbarara on Monday 18th April.
