Dr Kirubakaran Surgical Specialty Clinic in George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia provides various General Surgery treatments for Weight Management, Hormone (Endocrine) and Diagnostic Procedures. Dr Kirubakaran served in the Ministry of Health Malaysia from 2000 - 2019 at various government hospitals including Hospital Taiping, Hospital Ipoh, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II, Hospital Kuala Lumpur and Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun. He completed training in General Surgery in 2008 from Universiti Sains Malaysia and subsequently completed Subspeciality training in Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery from Taiwan in 2013 and Breast & Endocrine Surgery from Malaysia in 2014. He was posted to Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun and was instrumental in setting up the Breast & Endocrine Surgery Unit and Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery services in Ipoh for Perak State in 2014. He also served as Malaysian Medical Association (Perak Branch) Vice Chairman from 2016-2017 and its Chairman from 2017-2019. Pursuing his passion in nutrition he obtained the ESPEN Diploma of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism in 2018. Dr Kiru is active in research and has published in peer reviewed journals and presented at numerous scientific meetings, workshops, CME's, public talks both locally and internationally. In 2019, he embraced a new challenge and ventured into private practice as a General, Breast & Endocrine and Bariatric Surgeon at Gleneagles Hospital Penang, Malaysia. He is an experienced clinician skilled in General Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Breast Surgery, Endocrine Surgery, Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery and Nutrition & Metabolism. Dr Kiru believes in treating his patients holistically and and advocates health awareness & preventive medicine. He is a passionate educator and keen to embrace and collaborate on innovative ideas and technology in his clinical practice to improve patient outcomes.
