Dr. Shridhar Ganpathi Iyer

Dr. Iyer has held numerous leadership positions, including Senior Consultant and Group head in the Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery at NUHS cluster and Co-Director of the National University Centre for Organ Transplantation (NUCOT). As Surgical Director of the National Liver Transplant Programme since February 2017, he has played a pivotal role in enhancing the programme by developing standardized protocols, optimizing allocation policies, and streamlining national processes.

With over 18 years of experience in liver transplantation, Dr. Iyer has contributed significantly to the growth of adult and pediatric living donor liver transplant programmes at NUH. His work includes notable techniques such as living donor liver transplantation in porto-mesenteric thrombosis and Budd-Chiari syndrome with IVC replacement, which have been published in prestigious journals like the American Journal of Transplantation, Transplantation, Surgery, Hepatology, The Lancet Gastroenterology etc. He has shown through both experience and published work—that mid-volume centres can achieve outcomes comparable to high-volume centres with a strong quality assurance framework, despite literature emphasizing a volume-outcome relationship. In addition, he demonstrated with published benchmarking that donor surgery could be performed safely with minimal morbidity. He was involved in development of peritonectomy and HIPEC program with the colorectal surgery team. He pioneered Robotic Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery at the previous academic medical centre.

Dr. Iyer is dedicated to surgical education and training, having served as Programme Director for the general surgery residency programme at NUH from 2010 to 2018. He successfully led the first Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-International (ACGME-I) accreditation for general surgery residency outside the United States. As the pioneer Program Director, he developed and nurtured the ACGME-I residency programme in general surgery from its inception and established fellowship programmes in HPB surgery and liver transplantation for advanced trainees..

A firm believer in learning from every patient, he is committed to making surgery safer through comprehensive training curricula and mentorship. Dr. Iyer has organized numerous workshops, including those focusing on basic suturing, bowel anastomosis, surgical stapling, advanced laparoscopic techniques, and research methodology.

Dr. Iyer is a founding member and past president of the Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (Singapore) and currently serves as president of the Society of Transplantation (Singapore). In these roles, he actively fosters collaboration among healthcare professionals and promotes advancements in the field of organ transplantation.

Throughout his career, Dr. Iyer has been recognized with several prestigious awards, reflecting his dedication to clinical excellence, education, and research.

Founding Member and Immediate Past President Singapore Hepato- Pancreato-Biliary Association

President Society of Transplantation Singapore

Past Council Member of Asia Pacific Hepato-pancreato-biliary Association

International Liver Transplantation Society

International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association

Asian Pacific Hepato-PancreatoBiliary Assocoation

International Society of Surgery

International Society of Digestive Surgery

International Association for Surgical Metabolism and Nutrition

Endoscopic Lparoscopic Association of Asia