Our Specialist
Dr Kenny Pang
Dr Kenny Peter Pang
Ear, Nose & Throat Consultant | Otorhinolaryngologist
MBBS MRCS(Edinburgh)(UK), FRCS(Edinburgh)(UK),
FRCS(Ireland)(OTO), Masters Medicine (ORL), FAMS (Singapore)
- Founder, ASEAN Sleep Surgical Society
- Founding Member, International Surgical Sleep Society
- Member, American Academy Sleep Medicine
- Member, Singapore Sleep Society
- Member, World Sleep Society
- Board Member, Italian Sleep Disorders Board
- Member, British Association of Sleep Surgeons
- Member, European Academy of Sleep Medicine
- Fellow, Academy Medicine Singapore
Inventor Pang's Expansion Pharyngoplasty1
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.
“Dr Kenny Pang invents new surgery, Pang’s Expansion Pharyngoplasty that is effective in treating snoring and sleep apnea.”
– The Straits Times, August 2007
Fifteen-year meta-analysis of Expansion Pharyngoplasty showed very effective success rates.
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Published in the American Journal July 2007 & the European Journal July 2023
ENT Specialist, Dr Kenny 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. Dr Pang also did a Fellowship with Prof Tucker Woodson at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA. Dr Pang also did a Fellowship with Prof Claudio Vicini, in Forli, Italy.
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 70 articles in international peer-reviewed journals and written over 20 chapters in the various American textbooks. He has also been invited over 80 occasions, as a speaker in the various sleep surgery courses both regionally and internationally.
He was the course director for Asia’s first ever sleep surgery course in November 2006, and subsequently Asia Sleep’s 9 successful courses in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2022, 2023 and 2024. 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. Dr Pang also trained with Sleep Surgeon, Prof Tucker Woodson, Medical College Wisconsin, MCW, Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.
In 2011, Dr Pang was invited to Forli, Italy to teach his Expansion Pharyngoplasty technique and also trained in Robotic Surgery with Prof Claudio Vicini and Dr Filippo Montevecchi, Italy.
Dr Pang was the invited Section Editor for the American Current Otorhinolaryngology Journal, on the latest advances in Sleep Apnea Surgery, published in July 2021.
Modified Cautery Assisted Palate Surgery
/ Anterior Palatoplasty
Published in the American Journal July 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.
Course Director
Dr Kenny Pang was the Course Director and Chief Organizer of 9 international sleep surgery courses in Singapore in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Founder of 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 ENT Specialists from the Region & USA.
Clinical Director of Asia Sleep Centre
Dr Kenny Pang is the Clinical Director of Asia Sleep Centre, located at 290 Orchard Road, Paragon #18-04, Singapore. He attends to all forms of Sleep Disorders, ENT conditions, Head & Neck and Thyroid Disorders.
Founder of Asia Medical Healthcare Holdings
Dr Kenny Pang is the founder of Asia Medical Healthcare Holdings.
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 ent doctors in his Mini-Fellowships available in his Sleep Centre for ENT/Dental/Respiratory specialists
Doctor Volunteer
Dr Pang volunteered at Kim Seng Community Clinic from 1995 to 2003, where Dr Pang received the Dr Lily Neo, Member of Parliament, People’s Association Appreciation Award for his volunteer efforts.
Author
- Dr Pang is the author of Singapore's "Handbook of ENT & Sleep Disorder"
- Dr Pang has written over 20 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 70 scientific research papers and clinical trials in the various International Peer-Reviewed Journals
- Dr Pang's second edition sleep book - "Sleep Matters"
- Dr Pang has recently published his Second Edition Sleep Matters, after the First Edition, Sleep Solutions were sold out.
- Dr Pang's latest 4th edition Sleep & Snoring Matters book just released in 2021
- Dr Pang has published, as Chief Editor, an International Sleep Surgery Textbook for doctors and specialists titled "Advanced Surgical Techniques in Snoring & Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Education
- 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)
- 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)
- Founding Member, International Surgical Sleep Society (Asia) (2006)
- Founder, Asean Sleep Surgical Society (March 2008)
- Founder, International Sleep Academy (March 2009)
- Board Member, Italian Sleep Disorders Board (2011)
- Member, British Association of Sleep Surgeons (2018 onwards)
- Member European Academy of Sleep Medicine (2019 onwards)
Local Memberships
- 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)
- Fellow, Academy Medicine Singapore
International Memberships
- 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
- Founding Member, International Surgical Sleep Society (Asia) (2006)
- Founder, International Sleep Academy (March 2009)
Awards
- Pathology Distinction/Award 1993
- Margaret Ling Ming Yee Award/Medal 1993
- Dr Lily Neo/People's Association Appreciation Award - 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
Research
- 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, 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
