Prof. Vishal G. Shelat is a general surgeon trained in open, laparoscopic, and robotic hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery and diagnostic foregut and hindgut endoscopies. He is involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training and has received several hospital, cluster, and medical school-level teaching awards. He serves as a program director for the PGY1 program and director of the Surgical Science Training Centre at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. He has published >160 papers and >10 book chapters. He has contributed to many international guidelines, delivered >25 oral invited or nominated international lectures, and serves on the editorial boards of international journals. He serves as a board member of the Chapter of Surgeons, College of Surgeons, Singapore. He is a founding member of the Singapore HPB association. He is involved in various surgical quality and patient safety initiatives. He has conducted local primary care and public seminars/forums to raise cancer awareness and drive patient-centric value-driven safe surgical care. He has a keen interest in healthcare ethics and is an active member of institutional clinical research and ethics committees. He is registered as a medical expert witness and renders medicolegal assistance upon request.