Asok Kurup is an Infectious Diseases Physician and currently serves as Chair of the Medical Board at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, and Chair of the Antibiotic Stewardship Committee of IHH Healthcare Singapore. He is also a member of the Infection Control Committee of Mount Elizabeth Hospital.

He is an Ex-Chair of the Chapter of Infectious Diseases Physicians, and is the current Scribe of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. He previously served as a member, Panel of Infectious Diseases Experts for COVID-19 Vaccines and Therapeutics, HSA and the Workgroup for COVID-19 Therapeutics, National Center for Infectious Diseases. He is involved in the Faecal Microbiota Transplant Processing Protocol Committee, and serves as a director of the Communicable Diseases Agency from April 2025.Dr Kurup had been involved in several multicentre trials in the treatment of invasive fungal, MRSA and HIV infections, and he has contributed to over 140 scientific publications and abstracts. He was awarded the national Public Service Medal (COVID-19) and COVID-19 Resilience Medal. In September 2023, he was awarded the IHH Clinician Excellence Award 2023.