Dr Lather graduated from the Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai, in 2001. He completed his Masters in Medicine (Emergency Medicine) and was admitted as a Member of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (UK), in 2011. He is accredited by the Specialists Accrediation Board (SAB) as a specialist in Emergency Medicine. 

Dr Lather has special interests in the fields of Healthcare Quality Improvement, Patient Safety and the science of Acute Trauma Care and Resuscitation. 

Dr Lather's current appointments are:

• Patient Safety Officer (Emergency Medicine Department)

• Trauma Director (Emergency Medicine Department)

• Programme Director of NUHS Residency Distinction Programme in Quality Improvement, Innovation & Patient Safety (QIPS)