Pacific Sleep Centre

SPECIALIST

Dr Kenny Peter Pang

Consultant ENT / Sleep Surgeon
Director, Pacific Sleep Centre

MBBS (S'pore), MRCS(Edinburgh),
FRCS(Edinburgh), FRCS(ENT)(Ireland),
M Med (ORL), FAASM (USA).

Fellow of American Sleep Academy,
Fellow of American Surgical Task Force Team

Course Director

Dr Pang was the Course Director of 2 major international courses held in Singapore in November 2006 & March 2008.

November 2006 – Dr Kenny Pang, Course Director. There were 136 ENT, Dental and Respiratory Doctors attended this successful course.

March 2008 – Dr Kenny Pang, Course Director. There were 175 ENT, Dental and Respiratory Doctors attended from all over the world, including Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Australia, United Kingdom, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Brunei and America.

President, ASEAN Sleep Surgical Society

Dr Pang is the Founder and President of the ASEAN Sleep Surgical Society which is an interest group comprised of ENT/Dental/Respiratory and Sleep Specialists from the Region & USA. www.ASEANSleepSurgicalSociety.com

Teacher

Dr Pang was a Clinical teacher in National University Hospital from 2003 – 2006, where he taught first year to fourth year Medical Students

Dr Pang teaches doctors in his Mini-Fellowships available in his Sleep Centre for ENT/Dental/Respiratory specialists

Author

Dr Pang is the author of Singapore’s “Handbook of ENT & Sleep Disorder”
Dr Pang has written over 10 chapters from various American ENT / Sleep textbooks
His new invention surgery (Pang’s Expansion Pharyngoplasty) was on the front cover of the prestigious American Journal “Operative Techniques in ENT & Head/Neck Surgery” December 2006.
Dr Pang has published over 29 research papers and clinical trials in the various International Peer-Reviewed Journals

Sleep Centre Director

Dr Kenny Pang is the Clinical Director of Pacific Sleep Centre, located at 290 Orchard Road, Penthouse #20-03, Singapore. He attends to all forms of Sleep Disorders, ENT conditions, Head & Neck and Thyroid Disorders www.PacificSleepCentre.com

Dr Kenny Pang graduated in 1994 from the Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore. He attained his Fellowship exams from both the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh and Ireland in 1999 and 2002 respectively.

He also passed his Masters of Medicine (Otorhinolaryngology) in 2001. Dr Pang completed 6 years of ear, nose and throat surgical training, and was accredited as an ENT surgeon/specialist in 2004.

Dr Pang completed a year of sleep surgery and sleep medicine fellowship in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Georgia Sleep Centre, Medical College of Georgia, United States of America.

He is well trained in treating all forms of sleep disorders, including snoring, obstructive sleep apnoea, insomnia, narcolepsy, sleep walking, night terrors, bed wetting, and parasomnias.

Dr Pang is a fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the American Surgical Modification Task Force. He has published over 25 articles in international peer-reviewed journals and written over 10 chapters in the various American textbooks. He has also been invited as a speaker in the various sleep surgery courses both regionally and in America.

He was the course director for Asia’s first ever sleep surgery course in November 2006. He was the key investigator in a multi-centre trial investigating a new minimally invasive technique for the treatment of OSA. He has also introduced a new modified surgical technique in the treatment of snoring and sleep apnea.

Dr Pang pioneered the first minimally invasive tongue suture surgery in Asia. He is a reviewer for the prestigious ENT journal, the Laryngoscope, the Singapore Medical Journal and the Canadian Medical Journal.

In 1993, Dr Pang was awarded the Pathology Distinction and Margaret Ling Ming Yee Award. He was the first prize recipient of the Young ENT Investigator's Award at the Annual ENT Society Meeting in 2002.

In 2003, he received the Dr Lily Neo/People's Association Appreciation Award.

The following year, Dr Pang received the Ministry of Health, Overseas Specialty Training Program Award. He was under the HMDP, Sleep Surgery Fellowship, under the Mentorship of Professor D.J. Terris, Medical College Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America.

In May 2006, he was awarded the Service Excellence, Star Award, in Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

RESUME

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (Singapore) (May 1994)

Member of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh (June 1999)

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh (June 2000)

Master of Medicine (Otorhinolaryngology) (March 2001)

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (Otolaryngology) (April 2002)

United States of America Medical Licensing Examination, USMLE
(July 1998)

Fellow of the Academy of Medicine (Singapore) (Otorhinolaryngology) (April 2004)

Specialists Registration, Accreditation, Otorhinolaryngology (May 2004)

Fellow American Academy Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (2005)

Fellow, American Academy of Sleep Medicine (2005)

Member, American Surgical Task Force Committee (2005)

Board Director, International Surgical Sleep Society (Asia) (2006)

President, Asean Sleep Surgical Society (March 2008)

Membership and Activities in Professional Organization

(Local)

Member, Singapore Medical Association
(1994 onwards)

Member, Singapore Otolaryngology Society
(1998 onwards)

Member, Youth People’s Action Party
(1994 onwards)

Member, National Cochlear Implant Board Program (1999 - 2003)

Volunteer Doctor, Kim Seng Community Clinic
(1994 - 2004)

Commanding Officer, FAST 1 CSH,
SAF (2003 onwards)

Clinic Tutor, Medical Student Teaching
(1999 onwards)

(International)

Member, Malaysian Medical Association
(2004 onwards)

Reviewer, American Surgical Modification Task Force (2005 onwards)

Reviewer, Canadian Medical Association Journal
(2004 onwards)

Reviewer, Laryngoscope, Otolaryngology Journal
(2005 onwards)

Reviewer, Singapore Medical Journal
(2006 onwards)

Reviewer, Head and Face Medicine
(2006 onwards)

Reviewer, Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery (2008 onwards)

Member, American Academy of Sleep Medicine (2005)

Fellow American Academy Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (2005)

Member, American Surgical Task Force Committee (2005)

Organizing Committee, Sleep, Breathing and Surgery II, Sleep Apnea Symposium, June 2006, Chicago, USA.

Organizing Chairman, Singapore’s Sleep Surgery Course, With Prof B Tucker Woodson, Prof David J Terris; 3rd, 4th and 5th Nov 2006

Organizing Chairman, Singapore’s Second Sleep Surgery Course, With Prof B Tucker Woodson, Prof David J Terris; March 2008

Board Director, International Surgical Sleep Society (Asia) (2006)

President, Asean Sleep Surgical Society (March 2008)

Awards

Pathology Distinction/Award 1993

Margaret Ling Ming Yee Award/Medal 1993

Dr Lily Neo/People’s Association Appreciation Award 2003
Minister of Parliament – People’s Action Party

First Prize, Young ENT Investigator’s Award
Paediatric OSA – Is a PSG always necessary?
Annual ENT Society Meeting (2002)

Ministry of Health, Overseas Specialty Training Program Award (2004-2005) HMDP,
Sleep Surgery Fellowship, under the Mentorship of Professor D.J. Terris, Medical College Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Service Excellence, Star Award, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, May 2006

Service Excellence, Silver Award, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Dec 2006

Publications / Projects / Research

1. Amyloidoma of the Nose in a Paediatric Patient
Pang KP, Chee LWJ
Am J Otolaryngol. 2001 Mar-Apr;22(2):138-41

2. Parapharyngeal Space Tumours - 18 year review
Pang KP, Goh CHK, Tan HM
J Laryngol Otol. 2002 Mar;116(3):170-5

3. Complete Branchial Fistula
Ang AHC, Pang KP, Tan LKS
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2001 Nov;110(11):1077-9. Review

4. The Role of EBV serology in NPC - a study of 858 patients
Goh YH, Pang KP, Tan E, Chan KO et al
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery – accepted (in press)

5. A Rare Case of a Migrated Foreign Body
Pang KP, Pang YT
Ear Nose Throat J. 2002 Oct;81(10):730-2

6. Otitis Media with Effusion - an update
Pang KP, Ang AHC, Tan HKK
Med J Malaysia. 2002 Sep;57(3):376-82;
quiz 383. Review.

7. Nasal Septal Abscess - an unusual complication of acute sinusitis
Pang KP, Sethi DS
J Laryngol Otol. 2002 Jul;116(7):543-5

8. Bipolar Clavicular Injuries
Pang KP, Yung SW
Med J Malaysia. 2003 Oct;58(4):621-4

9. Castleman's Disease - a new CT finding
Tan TY, Pang KP, Bala A, Goh CHK, Watford N
Br J Radiol. 2004 Mar;77(915):253-6

10. Pancreatitis leading to Retroperitoneal Fibrosis
Tan HM, J Khoo, Pang KP
Med J Malaysia. 2003 Jun;58(2):286-9

11. Temporal Bone osteoradionecrosis in an NPC patient
Lee BVK, Pang KP, Low WK
Ear Nose Throat J. 2005 Jan;84(1):39-40

12. FB Trachea presenting as Recurrent Croup – a misdiagnosis
Pang KP, Tan KKH
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2004 Aug;130(8):996; diag 998-9

13. Migrated Foreign Body into the Carotid Artery
Pang KP, Tan NG, Chia KH, Tseng GY
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
– in press

14. Kimura's Disease of the Parapharyngeal Space
Goh CHK, Pang KP
ENT Journal – in press

15. Pterygopalatine Lipoma – case report
Pang KP, Samuel Yeak
Archives Otolaryngol Head and Neck Surg
- pending

16. Maxillary Sinus Foreign Body - case report
Pang KP, Siow JK
Medical Journal of Malaysia – in press

17. Paediatric OSA : Is PSG always necessary - 109 cases
Pang KP, Bala A
J Laryngol Otol. 2004 Apr;118(4):275-8.

18. Metachronous Adenocarcinoma of the maxillary sinus
Ang HC, Pang KP, Tan KS
J Laryngol Otol. 2002 Dec;116(12):1044-6.

19. One-Stage Nasal and Multi-level Pharyngeal Surgery for OSA: Safety and Efficacy
JLO, Journal Laryngology Otology – published

20. SleepStrip Device: A Screening for OSA
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
– March 2006 – published

21. Screening Devices in OSA: an Evidence Based Analysis
American J Otolaryngology
- April 2006 – published

22. Identifying Patients Who Need Close Perioperative Monitoring After Upper Airway Surgery for OSA
Journal Laryngology Otology – March 2006

23. Expansion Sphincter Pharyngoplasty – A new Technique for Sleep Apnea Surgery Pang KP, Woodson BT
Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Nov 2007

24. Modified CAPSO – a new Technique for Treating Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Pang KP, Terris DJ
Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Nov 2007

Current Ongoing Projects

1. Syphilitic labrynthitis - 35 patients prospectively collected

2. Cochlear Dysplasia - case report, quiz case of the month

3. Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome – prospective review of UARS, and effectiveness of Radiofrequency palate/ CPAP treatment

4. Nasal Septal Fungal Abscess - pending

5. Muller-Friedman Prognostic Grouping System: To Aid Patient Selection for UPPP
Submitted, JLO, Journal Laryngology Otology

6. Surgical Treatment of OSA: A Strict Surgical Philosophy
Submitted, Am J Otolaryngology

7. Proteomic Analysis in OSA Patients

8. Severity of OSA: Is there any Correlation with Clinical Examination?

9. Modified Cautery Assisted Palatal Stiffening Procedure (Modified CAPSO): A New Method of Treatment Snoring/OSA.

Textbook/Chapter (International)

Pang’s Expansion Pharyngoplasty (American Journal July 2007)
Dr Pang invented a new technique known as the Pang’s Expansion Pharyngoplasty, for the treatment of snoring and sleep apnea. He conducted a Randomized Controlled Trial in Singapore and United States of America and found this surgery to be very effective.

Modified Cantery Assisted Palate Surgery (American Journal May 2007)
Also known as the Anterior Palatoplasty, Dr Pang invented this surgery for patients with snoring and sleep apnea. The results have been very impressive and successful.

Tongue Suspension
Dr Pang introduced this technique into Asia in May 2004, he also travels all over the region teaching this technique.

Geriatric Simple Snoring to Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
by Kenny P. Pang, Amy Blanchard, David J. Terris

Surgical Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
by Kenny P. Pang, Amy Blanchard, David J. Terris

Chapter in Geriatric Otolaryngology textbook
Co-author Professor David Terris
Edited by Prof Mark Wax, 2006
published Chapters 39 and 41

Pillar Implant Technique, Kenny P. Pang, David J. Terris. Atlas of Sleep Surgery, 2006

Snoreplasty Technique, Kenny P. Pang, David J. Terris. Atlas of Sleep Surgery, 2006.

Multi-level Pharymgeal Surgery for Sleep Apnea, Kenny P. Pang, David J. Terris. Sleep Apnea Surgery. Edited by Michael Friedman. 2006

Lateral Pharyngoplasty, Kenny P. Pang. Operative Techniques in Sleep Surgery. B. Tucker Woodson. 2006

Cautery Assisted Palatal Stiffening Operation. Snoring and OSA. Michael Friedman. 2006

Evidence Based Medicine in Otolaryngology – OSA. Pang KP, BT Woodson. 2007

• American Academy – ORL Meeting, New York September 2004

• Medical College Georgia Research Grant Application – SleepStrip validation study – July 2004

• Medical College Georgia Research Grant Application – Watch_PAT validation study
– Dec 2004

• Medical College Georgia Research Grant Application – Proteomic Analysis in OSA patients
– August 2004

• Medical College Georgia Research Grant Application
– Tolerability of Apneon Magnetic Implants in OSA patients – April 2005

• Sleep Surgery Course – Atlanta, October 2004
Course Directors: Prof Samuel Mickelson, Prof BT Woodson, Prof DJ Terris

• Masters of Otolaryngology, Rhinology, Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Course
– Course Director: Prof Fred Kuhn. Medical College Georgia, Augusta, October 2004

• Masters of Otolaryngology, Otology/Neuro-otology Surgery Course
– Course Director: Prof Darrell Brackmann. Medical College Georgia, Augusta, November 2004

• Masters of Otolaryngology, Transnasal Esophagoscopy (TNE) Course
– Course Director: Prof Gregory Postma. Medical College Georgia, Augusta, March 2005

• Multi-Center Trial, Palatal Pillar Implant for the Treatment of OSA
– Co-Investigators: Dr Regina Walker, Dr D Levine, Prof DJ Terris, Dr Kenny Pang.
Medical College Georgia, Augusta, July 2004 to June 2005

• Multi-Center Trial, Tolerability of Apneon Magnetic Implants for the Treatment of OSA
– Co-Investigators: Dr Lionel Nelson, Prof DJ Terris, Dr Kenny Pang.
Medical College Georgia, Augusta, April 2005

• Masters of Otolaryngology, Minimally Invasive Thyroid/Parathyroid Surgery Course
– Course Director: Prof David Terris and Prof Robert Sofferman.
Medical College Georgia, Augusta, April 2005

Invited Speaker (International)

Dr Pang has been invited to many Regional & International Courses as a keynote speaker.

• Invited Speaker – "Screening Devices in Obstructive Sleep Apnea"
– Sleep Disorders Course
– Medical College Georgia, Georgia, USA (August 2005)

• Invited Speaker – "What’s New in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive
Sleep Apnea"
– Porubsky Symposium,
– Medical College Georgia,
Georgia, USA (June 2005)

• Invited Speaker – Sleep Surgery Mini-seminar, Palatal Surgery in OSA
– Asean ORL Congress 2005,
Indonesia (August 2005)

• Invited Speaker – Sleep Surgery Mini-seminar, Tongue Base Surgery in OSA
– Asean ORL Congress 2005,
Indonesia (August 2005)

• Invited Speaker – Sleep Surgery Mini-seminar, Pillar Implants in OSA
– Asean ORL Congress 2005,
Indonesia (August 2005)

• American Academy ORL Annual Meeting,
Los Angeles, USA
– Comparison of the SleepStrip with the polysomnography (September 2005)

• American Academy ORL Annual Meeting,
Los Angeles, USA – Modified CAPSO Technique
– Mini-seminar in Palatoplasties,
with BT Woodson, M. Friedman, DJ Terris
Expert Panel (September 2005)

• Invited Speaker – Palatal Surgery in OSA, Asean Rhinologic/ Sleep Surgery Symposium
– Malaysia, (December 2005)

• Invited Speaker – Tongue Base Surgery in OSA, Asean Rhinologic/ Sleep Surgery Symposium
– Malaysia, (December 2005)

• Invited Speaker – Palatal Pillar Implants in Sonring and OSA. Asean Rhinologic/ Sleep Surgery Symposium
– Malaysia, (December 2005)

• Invited Speaker – Sleep Surgery Mini-seminar, Pillar Implants in OSA – Shanghai, China ORL Congress 2006, China (April 2006)

• Invited Speaker – Sleep, Breathing and Surgery II, Expansion Sphincter Pharyngoplasty in OSA – Chicago, USA ORL/Sleep Congress 2006, USA (June 2006)

• American Academy ORL Annual Meeting, Toronto, Cananda – Expansion Sphincter Pharyngoplasty Technique
– Pang KP, BT Woodson (September 2006)

• American Academy ORL Annual Meeting, Toronto, Cananda – Watch PAT device as a diagnostic tool for OSA – Pang KP, Terris DJ (September 2006)

• Invited Speaker - Sleep Surgery / OSAHS Symposium, Expansion Sphincter Pharyngoplasty in OSA
– Shanghai, China ORL Congress 2006,
China (November 2006)

• Invited Speaker - Sleep Surgery / OSAHS Symposium, Screening Devices in OSA
– Shanghai, China ORL Congress 2006,
China (November 2006)

• Invited Speaker - ENT Congress -
International Sleep & Rhinology Meeting
- Sleep Surgery in OSA. Kaula Lumpur,
Feb 2007 (Malaysia)

• Invited Speaker - ENT Congress -
International Sleep & Rhinology Meeting -
Transnasal Oesophagoscopy (TNE).
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 2007 (Malaysia)

• Invited Speaker - Course Director - International Sleep & Rhinology Meeting
- Sleep Surgery Workshop. Kuala Lumpur,
Feb 2007 (Malaysia)

• Invited Speaker - Indonesian ENT Annual Meeting - Sleep Surgery and OSA.
Surabaya, July 2007 (Indonesia)

• Invited Speaker - Indonesian ENT Annual
Meeting - Sleep Surgery Workshop.
Surabaya, July 2007 (Indonesia)

• Invited Speaker - ASEAN ENT Meeting
- Sleep Surgery and OSA.
Hanoi, August 2007 (Vietnam)

• Invited Speaker - ASEAN ENT Meeting
- Sleep Surgery Workshop.
Hanoi, August 2007 (Vietnam)

• Invited Speaker - American Academy ENT Meeting - Advanced Sleep Surgery and OSA.
Washington DC. September 2007 (USA)

• Invited Speaker – Malaysian ENT Meeting – April 2008

• Invited Speaker – Bandung ENT/Sleep/Sinus Conference – July 2008

• KeyNote Speaker – Australia ENT/Upper Airway Conference – August 2008

• Invited Speaker - American Academy ENT Meeting - Advanced Sleep Surgery and OSA. Chicago, Sept 2008 (USA)

• Invited Speaker – ENT Conference – Sri Lanka Oct 2008

• Invited Speaker – ENT/Sleep/Sinus Meeting – Hong Kong Nov 2008

• Invited Speaker – ENT/Paediatric Airway Meeting – Taiwan Dec 2008

Invited Speaker (Local)

• Invited Speaker – Tan Tock Seng Hospital – Recent Advances in Treatment of OSA,
Singapore (August 2005)

• Invited Speaker – Recent Advances in Treatment of OSA
– ENT Society Invite, Singapore (August 2005)

• Invited Speaker – Surgical Treatment of OSA
– Singapore Dental Association Invite, Singapore (October 2005)

• Invited Speaker – Sleep Surgery Symposium,
National Health Group Annual Scientific Meeting, Oct 2006

• Invited Speaker – Tyco/Covidien Sleep Training March 2008 and July 2008

Media Publicity

• August 2005, Channel 5, Good Morning Singapore, Channel News Asia
– Minimally Invasive Tongue Suspension Suture

• August 2005, Straits Times Newspaper,
Mind Your Body - Minimally Invasive Tongue Suspension Suture

• September 2005, TODAY Newspaper
– Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Surgery

• October 2005, Radio 93.8 Live, Deborah deSouza, Body and Soul, Obstructive Sleep Apnea

• November 2005, Radio 93.8 Live, Stanley Leong, The Living Room, Voice Care

• December 2005, CNBC Prime Time News, Sleep Disorders and Sleep Health

• January 2006, Radio 93.8 Live,
Deborah deSouza, Body and Soul,
Obstructive Sleep Apnea

• February 2006, Channel 8, Chinese Zao An
Ni Hao, Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Surgery

• May 2006, Straits Times Newspaper
WatchPAT service in TTSH

• Jan 2007, Business Times Newspaper
– Pacific Sleep Centre launch

• Feb 2007, Straits Times Newspaper
– Difficult Hiccups

• March 2007, Straits Times Newspaper
– Sleep Disorders and High Blood Pressure

• April 2007, Straits Time Newspaper
– Swallowing the Tongue

• May 2007, Straits Times Newspaper
– Ear Infection

• May 2007, Straits Times Newspaper
– Medical Sleep Spa

• May 2007, Straits Times Newspaper
– Nip in the Bud - Cotton Buds in ENT

• July 2007, Straits Times Newspaper
– Watch Your Food - Food Allergy

• August 2007, Straits Times Newspaper
– Singaporean Finds New Cure in Sleep Apnea

• Nov 2007, Straits Times Newspaper
– Pillow Does Not Aid Snoring

Volunteer

Dr Kenny Pang has been a volunteer at the Kim Seng Community Clinic for the poor from 1994 to 2003, where he ran free night clinics for the poor.