Dr Pang graduated from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. Having been inspired by his surgical tutors since he was a medical student, he became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and joined surgical residency with the National University Health System.
His interest in public health issues led Dr Pang to pursue further studies amidst his surgical residency. He graduated from the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health at NUS with a Master of Public Health. He also obtained the Master of Medicine (Surgery) degree in the same year.
He exited the residency programme and obtained the FRCS with specialist accreditation in General Surgery. He is currently a Fellow with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh as well as the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. His sub-specialty field of interest includes hepatobiliary, pancreatic and transplant surgery, and he is now working in the Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation in the National University Hospital.
In addition to interests in liver and pancreas surgery, Dr Pang is also actively involved in research and has completed a PhD in the field of geriatric surgery. He is studying issues that older surgical patients face and how to improve the care and surgical outcomes in this high-risk group. He is the Director of the NUHS MILES programme that is dedicated to the peri-operative optimisation of patients undergoing surgery, particularly those who are frail, so as to ensure the best possible surgical outcome.