A/Prof Shridhar Iyer is a Senior Consultant and Head, Division of Hepatobiliary and
Pancreatic Surgery and Surgical Director of Liver Transplant Program at the National
University Hospital. He graduated from Grant Medical College, Bombay University, India in
1994. He then underwent training in Surgical Oncology at the Tata Memorial Hospital;
Mumbai. He was admitted as a Fellow to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK
in 1999. He completed Advanced Specialty training in General Surgery at the National
University Hospital in 2005 and admitted as a Fellow to the College of Surgeons, Academy
of Medicine of Singapore.
As a recipient of the Human Manpower Development Programme (HMDP) scholarship in
2006, Dr Shridhar Iyer went to pursue a Fellowship in Liver surgery and Liver
transplantation at the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan. He trained in different
aspects of liver, biliary surgery and living donor liver transplantation. He has published over
60 articles in peer reviewed scientific journals and over 100 presentations at international
meetings. His research interests are HPB diseases and different aspects of living donor
liver transplantation and has secured several competitive grants.
He has a keen interest in surgical education and served as the program director for general
surgery residency program from 2010 to 2018. Successfully led the first ACGME-I
accreditation for General Surgery residency outside of United states. He Initiated,
developed and designed a comprehensive surgical skills training curriculum for general
surgery training.
He is the Founding Member: Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (Singapore)
He has led several quality improvement projects in the hospital including reducing length of
stay, efficient discharge processes. He has developed clinical pathways and protocols for
Patients undergoing Liver Transplantation. He has contributed actively to development of
Adult Living donor Liver transplant program and Donor Surgery for Pediatric Living Donor
Liver Transplant at National University Hospital, Singapore.