Outstanding Service Award

Emeritus Prof SHANMUGARATNAM, Kanagaratnam

PhD (London), MD (Malaya), LMS (Singapore), FRCPath, FRCPA, FCAP, PPA)
Professorial Fellow, Department of Pathology
Consultant Histopathologist, National University Hospital

Lifetime Achievements
"Singapore's Father of Pathology", histopathologist of international repute, octogenarian, prime mover of tertiary and postgraduate medical education in Singapore

NUS Portfolio
  • Member, Board of Postgraduate Medical Studies, 1969-1974
  • Senate Representative, University Council, 1965-1970
  • Dean, Faculty of Medicine, 1962-1965

Service to Community and Nation
  • Founding Director, Singapore Cancer Registry, a valuable resource for epidemiological and clinical research on cancer, 1968-2002
  • Member, Panel for Committees of Inquiry of the Public Service Commission, 1968-1991
  • Member, Medical Clinical Research Committee, 1978 to 1989 Member, Committee on Medical Specialisation, 1970
  • Master, Academy of Medicine, 1966-1968, when he helped to charter the course of postgraduate medical education
  • Member, Singapore Medical Council, 1962-1968
  • Member, Medical Advisory Council of Singapore, 1962-1968
  • President, Medical College Union, 1947, when he presented the views of undergraduates to the Carr-Saunders Commission on Higher Education and convinced it to establish the University of Malaya as a full-fledged university rather than a university college

Service to International Community
  • Consultant, UICC Telepathology Consultation Centre, Berlin, since 2000
  • Member, WHO-IARC Working Group on International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, 1998-2000
  • Head, International Reference Centre for the Histological Classification of Tumours of the Upper Respiratory Tract, World Health Organisation, 1972-1995
  • Member, Expert Advisory Panel on Cancer, World Health Organisation, 1973-1989
  • President, International Association of Cancer Registries, 1984-1988
  • President, International Council of Societies of Pathology, 1974-1978
  • Member, various committees and commissions, International Union Against Cancer, 1958-1978

Awards and Accolades
  • Inaugural recipient, Lee Foundation-National Healthcare Group Lifetime Achievement Award, 2001
  • Honorary Member, Singapore Medical Association, 1999
  • Honorary Member, International Association of Cancer Registries, 1993
  • Public Administration Gold Medal, Singapore, 1976
  • Honorary Member, Accademia Anatomico-Chirurgica Perugia, 1965

Future Aspiration
to continue working as a histopathologist for as long as his services are needed.