Yusef Hafez is a fourth-year medical student at Macquarie University with a strong interest in surgery, research, and surgical education. Alongside his studies, he is involved in student leadership through the Australasian Students’ Surgical Association, the Macquarie University Surgical Society, and the Macquarie University Medical Society, where he support academic initiatives and research engagement among medical students. Yusef enjoys contributing to research across a range of surgical subspecialties and values work that is clinically relevant and evidence based.