Welcome to the Asia Sleep Surgery Courses
Sleep Medicine & Sleep Surgery
This website is dedicated to teaching, education, awareness and advancement in the field of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Surgery.
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Introduction
Sleep is often taken for granted. The average human sleeps around 6-8 hours per night, making sleep one third the day, hence, we spend one third of our life sleeping.
This course encompasses sleep pathophysiology, sleep breathing, airflow dynamics, upper airway evaluation, PALM scales, sleep diagnostics, nasal airway pathologies, various palate phenotypes, extensive palate surgeries, tongue reduction, ablative and stimulative techniques. Robotic tongue surgery is also included.
Course Topics & Categories
- Why We Sleep? Evolution of Sleep
- Pathophysiology of OSA
- Sleep Medicine - PALM score
- Merging Sleep Medicine and Sleep Surgical Anatomy
- Sleep Diagnostics - Polysomnogram and Screening Devices (WatchPAT)
- Upper Airway Evaluation, Cephalometry, MRI
- Drug Induced Sleep Endoscopy (DISE)
- Cine MRI
- Is the Nose Crucial in OSA?
- Palate Phenotypes
Our Mission Statement
To aid and guide sleep doctors and sleep specialists interested in the field of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Surgery.
To encourage sleep doctors to reach out and engage in more clinical research and evidence based medicine.
Our Specialist
Dr Kenny Pang
An Innovative Surgeon
"Dr Pang pioneered a method of surgery which makes the throat cavity larger, thereby helping patients with snoring problems gets a good night's sleep." — SPH, The Straits Times
- Member European Academy of Sleep Medicine
- Board Member, Italian Sleep Disorders Board
- Founder, Asean Sleep Surgical Society
- Commanding Officer, FAST 1 CSH, SAF
- Member, National Cochlear Implant Board Program
- Member, Singapore Otolaryngology Society
- Founder, International Sleep Academy
- Founding Member, International Surgical Sleep Society (Asia)
