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Renowned Pathologist K. Shanmugaratnam Dies At 97 (In Memoriam) – By Sim Shuzhen Source : asianscientist Shanmugaratnam established the Singapore Cancer Registry in 1967, and continued to consult and teach at Singapore’s National University Hospital well into his nineties. AsianScientist (Jul. 30, 2018) – Professor Kanagaratnam Shanmugaratnam, a renowned pathologist best known for establishing the Singapore Cancer Registry (SCR), died on July 28, 2018 at his home in Singapore. He was 97. Shanmugaratnam was emeritus consultant at the National University Hospital (NUH) and emeritus professor of pathology at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Widely regarded as Singapore’s ‘father of pathology,’ he reported daily to work well into his nineties, holding fortnightly seminars for trainee doctors and consulting on difficult cases referred to him by colleagues. In addition to establishing the SCR, a repository of data valued by clinicians, researchers and public health administrators alike, Shanmugaratnam was also a world-leading expert on ...