Dr Shanker Pasupathy graduated from NUS in 1995 and was admitted as a Fellow of both the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1999. After training in general and vascular surgery in Singapore, UK and Germany, he went on to complete a 1-year fellowship in advanced laparoscopic and robotic surgery in France, obtaining a Diploma in Laparoscopic Surgery from the University of Strasbourg.
Upon his return to Singapore, he pioneered a number of complex keyhole procedures at the Singapore General Hospital, including laparoscopic-assisted aortic aneurysm repair, laparoscopic pancreatectomy, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Over the past decade, Dr Shanker has built up an extensive experience in keyhole surgery of the stomach, gallbladder and abdominal hernia.
Dr Shanker is the past president of the Singapore chapter of ELSA (Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia) and current president of the Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of Singapore. He lectures and conducts workshops in advanced keyhole surgery techniques locally and overseas. Dr Shanker is an international faculty member at the Asian Institute of Telesurgery (AITS), Taiwan.