Current Appointments

• Senior Consultant Surgeon in the Department of General Surgery and Assistant Chief Clinical Informatics Officer in Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
• Clinical Lead in the Digital Innovation Office, Centre for Healthcare Innovation (CHI), National Healthcare Group Health
• Assistant Professor and Assistant Clinical Module Lead (Gastrointestinal System), Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University of Singapore
• Clinical Senior Lecturer with the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

Dr. Aung completed his basic and advanced surgical training in Singapore. He was awarded Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) scholarship to undergo his fellowship training in advance minimally invasive upper gastrointestinal surgery at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea.

Other Notable Appointments

• President of the Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of Singapore (OMSSS)
• Immediate-Past Chairman of Chapter of General Surgeons, College of Surgeons, Academy of Medicine Singapore
• Preside-elect of SingSPEN (Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Singapore)
• Scientific Chair of the World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery (WCES 2025) in conjunction with the 17th Asia Pacific Scientific Congress of ELSA (Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia)
• Vice President of the 10th Asia Pacific Gastroesophageal Cancer Congress 2024 (APGCC)
• Co-Chair of ELSA Communication & Informatics Committee
• Vice-President (Medical) of Medico-Legal Society of Singapore (MLSS)

Key Memberships

• Singapore Cancer Society Gastric Cancer Awareness Month Committee
• International Societies for Endo Laparoscopic Surgeons and Bariatric Surgeons
• EAES (European Association for Endoscopic Surgery) Education and Training Committee
• Communication Committee of International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)
• Surgical Specialty Board in General Surgery with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd, UK)
• Digital Transformation Project of ELSA