P. Vijaya Krishnan
He graduated from Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli in 2000 and obtained his DLO from Madurai Medical College, Madurai in 2004. He qualified the Diplomate of National Board Exams from National Board of Examinations, New Delhi in 2007. He is a Consultant ENT surgeon at Madras ENT Research Foundation and a teaching faculty in MERF & MERF Institute of Speech and Hearing.
His interest is in the field of Implantation Otology, Sleep Disorders and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and he heads this department. He is a member of the World Sleep Society. He has organized Many Live Surgical Workshop on Obstructive Sleep Apnoea. As a Joint Secretary, he has conducted the 63rd Annual National Conference of Otolaryngologists of India AOICON2011 at Chennai. He has conducted the First National Conference on Snoring and Sleep Disorders IASSACON2013 at Chennai and First National Conference of Indian Academy of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (IAOHNS2014).
He has had special training in Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders, at Euro Sleep Clinic, Bergen, Norway. He has presented many papers in the International World Sleep Congress.
He has conducted Instructional courses on Sleep Apnoea in International Federation of Otorhinolaryngology IFOS2013, Korea and also in the 5th International World Sleep Congress at Valencia, Spain. He has been invited as an Instructor for the Hands-on Training and Cadaver Dissection course for OSA at Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. He has been invited as a Faculty to participate in Panel Discussions and to deliver Guest Lectures in various National and International conferences.
He is the only Indian as the International Scientific Committee member in World Congress on Sleep Medicine and is the Founder Secretary of Indian Association of Surgeons for Sleep Apnoea (IASSA), Indian Academy of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (IAOHNS), Indian Society for Facial Trauma, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery of Otorhinolaryngologists (ISFARO).
He is the reviewer of various International journals like International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology and is an Editorial Board member of Austin's International Journal of Sleep Disorders.
Current Position
Consultant at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai and Heads the Dept. of Snoring & Sleep Apnoea
Teaching faculty, MERF Institute of Speech and Hearing, Chennai, Theory & Clinical teacher in ENT for undergraduate students - BASLP Course.
Post graduate teacher & thesis coordinator for DNB (ENT) postgraduate students, at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai - NBE Accredited Institute
