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DR KENNY PANG |
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Place of Practice |
Asia Sleep Centre |
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Practice Address |
Orchard Paragon Medical Center Tel: (65) 6836 0060 |
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Practice Website |
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Specialty |
Consultant ENT Surgeon | |
Qualifications |
MBBS (S'pore), MRCS(Edinburgh), FRCS(Edinburgh), FRCS(ENT)(Ireland), M Med (ORL), FAASM (USA) |
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About Dr Pang
Dr Kenny Pang, an ENT specialist 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 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 ENT doctor 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.
Specialized Services
Sleep Disorders:
• Snoring & Sleep Apnea
• Parasomnia
• Night Terrors
• Sleep Paralysis
• Grinding Your Teeth
• Insomnia
• Bedwetting
• Sleepwalking
• Hypnogogic Hallucination
• REM Behaviour Disorders
Sinus Allergy Diseases:
• Nasal Allergy
• Nasal Polyps
• Sinusitis
• Nose Bleeding
ENT Diseases:
• Paediatric ENT
• Nose/Sinus Problems
• Allergy in ENT
• Ear/Hearing Problems
• Voice/Throat Problems
• Head & Neck Surgery
Thyroid Diseases:
• Thyroid Cancer
• Thyroid Surgery
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)
• President, International Sleep Academy (March 2009)
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, International Sleep Academy (March 2009)
Publications
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 B – 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