Professor (Lawrence) Khek-Yu Ho

MBBS (Syd. Hons 1), MD (NUS), FRACP, FAMS (Gastroenterology), FRCP (Glasgow)

Professor Ho is Professor of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS); Senior Consultant, National University Hospital (NUH); and Director, Centre for Innovation in Healthcare, National University Health System (NUHS). Besides being an accomplished endoscopist, he is an established international key opinion leader, who has spearheaded collaboration between endoscopists and researchers in Asia. He is the Founding Chairman of the Asian EUS Group. He also is the Founding Co-Chairs of the Gut & Obesity in Asia ("Go Asia") Workgroup, and the Asia-Pacific Barrett's Consortium.

A proven clinician innovator, he co-invented the Master and Slave Transluminal Endoscopic Robot (MASTER). He is part of the team who received the 2024 Award for the Most Innovative Paper of the Year published in Endoscopy at the United European Gastro Week 2025. He also co-invented a spectra biomolecular AI based diagnostic system and an ingestible weight loss balloon capsule. He received the Singapore President's Technology Award in 2012.

A trusted leader with broad administrative experience, he previously served as Head of the Department of Medicine at NUS, Chair of the University Medicine Cluster at NUHS, and Vice Dean (Research) at the NUS School of Medicine. He was President of Gastroenterological Society of Singapore in 2005. In recognition of for his distinguished service to public administration, he was conferred the National Day Award 2017, Public Administration Medal (Bronze).