He graduated from Dow Medical College at the University of Karachi, Pakistan. He completed his surgical training from the U.K. and became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He later pursued a master’s degree in bioethics from the University of Toronto. Dr. Raja has subsequently lived and practiced surgery as an academic faculty in developing countries. He is currently the Quaid-e-Azam professor and chairman of the Department of Surgery at the Aga Khan University and Hospital. His special clinical interests are surgical oncology and trauma. He is very passionate about postgraduate surgical training, surgical skills development, and bioethics education. He is married with two children. He is an outdoor person and likes camping, hiking and unwinding in the wilderness.