Professor Prabhakaran is Head and Senior Consultant for the Department of Paediatric Surgery at the National University Hospital. He is also the Director of Paediatric Organ Transplant Programme and Professor of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. He has presided over many committees and review boards such as Chairman of Specialist Training Committee and Special Accreditation board in Paediatric Surgery in Singapore.
He did his sub-speciality training in Paediatric Surgery from 1983 to 1984 in Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. He also underwent training in Liver transplantation in Cambridge, UK (1990) and in Pittsburgh, USA (1995). He pioneered liver transplantation in Singapore in 1990. His involvement in this area has also seen pioneering transplants performed in countries like Malaysia and Indonesia. His other clinical interests include paediatric hepatobiliary disorders, paediatric urology and paediatric surgical oncology. He was awarded the National Outstanding Clinician Award 2012 at the National University Hospital, Singapore.
