London Sleep Surgery | Course Director

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
Member, Chapter Sleep Physicians, Academy of Medicine Singapore
Associate Editor, Journal Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery
Honorary Member, International Master in Innovations & Excellence, Upper Airway Surgery, Sleep Apnea, Italy

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.

¹ 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 10 successful courses in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. 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 10 international sleep surgery courses in Singapore in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.

Founder of ASEAN Sleep Surgical Society

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Clinical Director of Asia Sleep Centre

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Founder of Asia Sleep Surgical Guild

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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)
Associate Editor, Journal Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery (2025 onwards)

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