Expertise

Training in Aesthetic Surgery (USA, Italy) | Training in Hand Surgery (Zurich, Switzerland) | Fellowship in Craniofacial Surgery (Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, Australia) | Advanced training in Plastic Surgery (Churchill Hospital, Oxford & Wexam Park Hospital, Slough, United Kingdom) | FACS in Plastic Surgery (American College of Surgeons, Illinois, USA) | FRCS (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) | MS in General Surgery (Govt. Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram)| MBBS (Govt. Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram)

• Full Registration to practice Medicine in United Kingdom (1976)
• Full Registration to practice Medicine in India (1968)
• Full Registration to practice Medicine in Oman (1971)

• Member of the British Association of Plastic Surgeons
• Member of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
• Member of the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India
• Overseas Member of the Editorial Board of the Craniofacial Surgery
• Oman’s National Representative for the International Plastic
• Reconstructive,Aesthetic Surgery Association (IPRAS)
• Member of the International Editorial Board of the Indian Journal of
• Plastic Surgery
• Former President of the Association of Plastic Surgery Service, Oman
• Former President of the GCC Plastic Surgeons Association
• Former President of the Oman’s Plastic Surgery Society
• Proficient in English, Hindi, Malayalam, Arabic

2009 – Present – Senior Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Aster- Al Raffah Hospital, Muscat. Oman
2005 – 2012 – President, Association of Plastic Surgeons of Oman
2004 – 2005 – President of the GCC Association of Plastic Surgeons
2004 – present – Advisory Board,”Science India Forum Muscat (Oman Chapter of Vijyan Bharati) for the students of Indian Schools in Oman.
2003 – Present – Post-doctoral examiner (Ph.D), Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Tamil Nadu, India
2001 – Present – Regional Adviser of the Middle East to the SMILE TRAIN, an international plastic surgeon’s charity organisation for the global management of facial clefts with headquarters at New York, USA.
2001 – Present – Member, International Advisory Committee, Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, published from India
2000 – Present – Regional Editor to the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, published from USA
1998 – Present – Permanent Guest Surgeon in Operation Smile, Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.A. Participated in their programmes at
Lampang, Thailand in October 1998
Lanzhou, China in March/April 1999
Quena, Egypt in September 2005
1995 – 2002 – Hospital Director, Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman (Ministry of Health)
1987 – 2000 – Medical Advisor to the Embassy of the United States of America, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
1986 – 2012 – Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman
1986 – 1991 – Active participation in the Managing Committee of the Indian Schools in the Sultanate of Oman as
• Parent Representative
• President
• Member, Board of Directors
1985 – 2012 – Head of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Service, Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman.
1983 – 2012 – Senior Consultant, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Khoula Hospital, Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman.
1981 – 1983 – Senior Specialist, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Khoula Hospital, Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman
1981 – Locum Senior Registrar for a period of three weeks, Department of Plastic Surgery, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
1980 – 1981 – Full Time Resident Trainee in Plastic Surgery (Senior House Officer Equivalent to Registrar), Department of Plastic Surgery, Slough, United Kingdom
1978 – 1979 – Full time Resident Trainee (Senior House Officer), Department of Plastic Surgery, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
1974 – 1978 – Surgical Specialist and in charge of a General Surgery Unit, Khoula Hospital, Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman
1971 – 1974 – Junior Surgeon, American Mission Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
1968 – 1971 – Full Time Resident Postgraduate in General Surgery, Medical College Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
1967 – 1968 – House Surgeon, Medical College Hospital, Trivandrum, India

2009, October – Participant at the Basic and Advanced Medical Officers Diving & Hyperbaric Medicine Course, Royal Navy of Oman – Oct 21-28, 2009.

2004, January – A participant in the Certificate Course of Health Professions Education conducted by the Faculty of Medical Education, Arabia Gulf University, Bahrain, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia and the Association of American Medical Colleges, USA at the College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

2002, October – Further updating in Aesthetic Surgery: Face Lift, Blepharoplasty, Rhinoplasty, Breast Reduction, Breast Augmentation and Liposuction with Dr. Giovanni Botti, Director of Villa Bella Aesthetic Surgery Centre, Salo, Lake Garda, Italy

2001, April – Participated in the workshop on Evidence Based Medicine conducted by the Department of Family & Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University under the auspices of the Oman Medical Speciality Board

2001, June – Aesthetic Surgery – attached to Dr. Giovanni Botti, Dr. Giovanni Botti, Director of Villa Bella Aesthetic Surgery Centre, Salo, Lake Garda, Italy

2000, July – A participant at the Core Curriculum Course in Plastic Surgery 2000 at Chicago, Illinois, USA from July 19-23, 2000.

2000, June – Lasers in Plastic Surgery – attached to Mr. Alan Godfrey, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Oxford, United Kingdom

2000, July – Hands-on training in ‘Ultrasonic Liposuction’ attached to Dr. Rolph Muenker, Stuttgart, Germany.

1999, December – Participated in the Workshop on ‘Educating Consultants’ conducted by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK and Oman Medical Speciality Board

1998, January – Ultrasound Assisted Liposuction Workshop conducted by Dr. Jack Fisher at the 12th Annual British Virgin Islands Workshop

1997, May – Basic Life Support (BLS) course and Advanced Life Support (ATLS) course organized by the George Washington University, USA

1996, October – Liposuction and Body Contouring in Cosmetic Surgery – Attached to Dr. Frederick M. Grazer, Newport Beach, California, U.S.A.

1994, May/June – Updating in Cranio Maxillofacial Surgery and Maxillary and Mandibular Osteotomies attached to Mr. David J. David, Head of Australian Cranio-Maxillofacial Unit, Adelaide, Australia

1993, August – Update in Cosmetic Surgery and Liposuction (September 1993) attached to Professor Frederick M. Grazer, California, U.S.A.

1991, October – Update of the Reconstruction of the Ear in Unilateral Microtia, attached to Yoichi Ogino, Emeritus Professor, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan

1989, June/July – Training in Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery attached to Mr. David J. David, Head of the Australian Cranio-maxillofacial Unit, Adelaide, Australia

1988, September – A participant at the XXVI Instructional Course on Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, New Delhi, India

1987, July – A participant at the Tenth Anniversary Flap Dissection Workshop, Department of Plastic Surgery, Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine, Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.A.

1980- 82 – A participant at the Plastic Surgery Instruction Courses attached to the Yearly Summer Conference of the British Association of Plastic Surgeons

1980-81 – A participant at the Yearly Hand Surgery Course, King Edward VI Hospital, Windsor, England

1994 – 2012 Regular teaching sessions to Resident doctors of the Oman Medical Speciality Board

1990 – 2012 Regular teaching sessions to medical students, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

1988 – 2012 Regular teaching session to the Nursing students and Physiotherapists at the Institute of Health Sciences, Wattaya, Oman

1986 – 2012 Clinical Associate Professor at the Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman

1981 – 2012 Teaching of the Junior staff, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Khoula Hospital, Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman.

1974 – 2012 Active participation in the Postgraduate Academic activities, Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman

2015 International Guest Faculty, APSI-ETHICON Instructional Course in Cleft Lip & Palate, Amandeep Hospital. Amristar .India

2013 Visiting Professor to Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India. Conducted a Cleft workshop and Chief Guest of the Convocation for the Fellows.

2012 Visiting Senior Consultant, Plastic Surgeon to SUT Royal Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India and delivered the lecture “Aesthetic Surgery – Current Trends

2012 Guest faculty of the Alveolar Bone Grafting Workshop conducted by Department Oral and Maxillo-facial Surgery, Al Nadha Hospital, Ministry of Health, Oman and delivered a lecture “Global Management of the Cleft from Infancy to Adolescence.

2012 Guest faculty at the All India Plastic Surgeons Conference (APSICON-2012) Lucknow, India and demonstrated the live surgery – Primary Rhinoplasty by Open Approach along with the Repair of the Cleft Lip and delivered the lecture “ Long Term Follow-up of the Primary Rhinoplasty by Open Approach along with the Repair of the Cleft Lip”

2012 Guest faculty of the Rhinoplasty workshop conducted by ENT Department, Al Nadha Hospital, Ministry of Health, Oman and delivered the lecture “ The management of the Cleft Nose Deformity”

2012 President of the organising committee of the “National Plastic, Reconstructive & Craniofacial Surgery, Oman -2012” and delivered the lecture “Repair of Cleft Palate – Evolution and Current Trends.

2011 Guest faculty of the Kerala Plastic Surgery Conference, Trichur, Kerala, India and delivered the following lectures
– Vacuum Assisted Closure
– Global Management of the Cleft from the infancy to adolescence

2011 President of the Organising Committee “ National Plastic, Reconstructive & Craniofacial Surgery , Oman – 2011 “ and delivered the lecture Global Management of the Cleft from infancy to adolescence.

2011 Guest Surgeon to the Royal SUT hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala and delivered a Lecture “ Aesthetic Surgery – Recent Advances.”

2011 Guest faculty of the NABICON ( National Burns Conference , Chennai, India and delivered an oration – “Development of Burn Care in Oman”

2010 Guest faculty of the Pan-Arab Plastic Surgeon’s Conference, Doha, Qatar Dec.11-14 and delivered the following lectures
– Primary Rhinoplasty by open approach along with the repair of the cleft lip and its long term follow-up
– Repair of the Cleft palate – Evolution and Current Technique

2010 Guest faculty at the 6th Congress of the Syrian Association for Aesthetic, Reconstructive and Burn Surgery SAARBS , Damascus, Syria Oct. 28 – 30
Delivered the following lectures :
– Repair of Cleft Palate Evolution and Current Technique.
– Management of Palatal Fistula
– Reduction Mammoplasty by Superior Pedicle Technique.
– Primary Cheilo Rhinoplasty by Open Approach and its long term follow up
– Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
– An Operation of choice for the Plastic Surgeon

2010 Guest faculty at the North Zone All India Plastic Surgeons Conference (North Zone APSICON – 2010) Amritsar, Punjab, India Sept. 23 – 25.
– Cleft workshop of Primary Rhinoplasty and demonstrated “ Primary Rhinoplasty with the repair of the Bilateral Cleft Lip by Open Approach.
– Delivered the following lectures:
– Global Management of the Cleft from infancy to adolescence
– Primary Cheilorhinoplasty by Open Approach and its long term follow-up.

2010 Guest faculty at the Indocleftcon-2010 in Delhi, India – April 23 – 25, 2010, and delivered the following lectures:
– Repair of the cleft palate – Evolution and Current Technique.
– Primary Cheilorhinoplasty by Open Approach and its Long Term follow up

2010 Guest faculty at the National Conference of Dermatology, Al Nahda Hospital, Muscat, Oman, and delivered lecture on
– Management of the Primary Skin Cancer – Plastic Surgeon’s perspective.

2010 President of the National Conference of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Oman 2010, 3rd & 4th Feb.

2009 Guest faculty at the International Congress of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS), Nov. 29 – Dec. 03, New Delhi, India
Delivered lectures on:
– Long term follow up of the primary Rhinoplasty along with the repair of cleft lip
– Parotidectomy: an operation of choice for the Plastic Surgeons

2009 Guest faculty at the All India Plastic Surgeons Conference (APSICON 2009), Chennai, India – August 2009
Delivered lectures on
– Parotidectomy, an operation of choice for the plastic surgeons
– VAC (Vacuum Assisted Closure) – recent advances in wound management)

2009 Conducted the Workshop on primary Rhinoplasty along with the repair of the cleft lip with a guest lecture – Specialist Hospital, Kochi, Kerala, India, May.

2009 Guest faculty at the Kerala Plastic Surgery conference and the Workshop on Hand Surgery, Calicut, Kerala, India – May
Delivered lectures on
– Repair of flexor tendons
– Management of finger tip injuries
– Primary Rhinoplasty along with the repair of the cleft lip by open approach

2009 Guest faculty at the 11th Pan-Arab Plastic Surgeon’s conference at Tripoli, Libya – May
Delivered lectures on
– Repair cleft palate – evolution and current technique
– Superior pedicle Reduction mammoplasty

2009 Guest faculty at the 4th Middle East Plastic Surgeon’s Conference at Dubai – March 23 – 27
Delivered lectures on
– Global management of the cleft from infancy to adolescence
– Primary Rhinoplasty along with repair of cleft lip with long term follow up

2009 President of the National Conference of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Oman 2009, 8th – 9th Feb. 08 & 09, Delivered a lecture on
– Global management of the cleft from infancy to adolescence

2009 Guest faculty at the 3rd Al Nahda, Septorhinoplasty Course, conducted by the
Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery and Communicative
Disorders, Al Nahda Hospital, Muscat, Oman – Jan. 13 & 14
Delivered a lecture on Rhinoplasty in Cleft lip nose deformity

2008 Guest faculty at the 5th Conference of the World Cleft and craniofacial Anomalies organised by the World Craniofacial Organisation – Sept. 21 – 26, Dallas, Texas, USA
a) Live surgery of the repair of the cleft lip with primary rhinoplasty by open approach
b) Guest lecture for the repair of the unilateral cleft lip with primary rhinoplasty with open approach
c) Guest lecture for the repair of the bilateral cleft lip with primary rhinoplasty by open approach
d) Presentation regarding cleft and craniofacial services in the Sultanate of Oman

2008 Visiting Consultant to Baby Memorial Hospital, Calicut, Kerala, India and conducted a Cleft Workshop – June 10-14

2008 Guest speaker at the GCC Conference of Plastic Surgeons, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 11-14
Delivered lectures on
– Primary Rhinoplasty by open approach along with the repair of the cleft lip
– Orticochia Pharyngoplasty

2008 Guest speaker at the Pan Arab Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons Conference, Kuwait – April 21-24
Delivered lectures on
– Global management of the cleft from infancy to adolescence
– Primary Rhinoplasty by open approach along with the repair of the cleft lip

2007 Guest speaker at the 6th Asian Pacific Cleft Lip & Palate Congress at Goa, India, Sept. 2-5,
Delivered lectures on –
– Primary Rhinoplasty by open approach along with the repair of the cleft lip
– Management of palatal fistula

2007 Guest Speaker at the Operation Smile meeting at Norfolk, Virginia, USA, June
Delivered lectures on
– Repair of cleft palate – evolution and current trends
– Primary Rhinoplasty by open approach along with the repair of cleft lip

2007 Lecture on Burns at the A&E Seminar, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman – March 27-29
Delivered lecture on Management of Burns

2007 Guest Lecture on Aesthetic Surgery at the CME Meeting, Al-Nahda Hospital, Oman – April

2007 Guest faculty for the Symposium on Cleft & Palate, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – March

2007 President of National Conference of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Oman – Feb. 18 & 19

2006 Guest Faculty at the National Conference of the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India at Hyderabad, India – Nov. 20-24
Delivered lectures on
– Tissue expansion
– Primary rhinoplasty by open approach along with the repair of the cleft lip

2006 Guest Faculty at the South Africa Plastic Surgery Conference at Drakensburg – Oct. 22-26

2006 Guest Faculty at the Pan Arab and 6th GCC Association of Plastic Surgeon’s conference, Bahrain – April 11-14

2006 Guest Faculty at the International Conference of the Indian Society of Cleft and Craniofacial anomalies, Guwahati, India – March 20 – 26

2006 As President of the National Conference of Plastic and Reconstructive surgery, Oman – Feb. 15 & 16

2005 Participant in the International Conference on ‘Update of Septicaemia by the use Xigris’ at Beirut, Lebanon, September 13-14

2005 Guest Faculty for the Tenth International Congress on Cleft Palate and Related Cranio-Facial Anomalies at Durban, South Africa from Sept. 4-8,
Delivered a lecture on ‘Simultaneous open tip Rhinoplasty along with the primary repair of cleft lip with a follow up of 265 patients’

2005 Guest Faculty for the 9th Asian Pacific Congress of International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery at Mumbai, India from 19 to 23 March 2005
Delivered a lecture on ‘Simultaneous open tip Rhinoplasty along with the primary repair of cleft lip with a follow up of 265 patients’

2005 Guest Faculty of the Annual Conference of the Egyptian Society of Plastic Surgeons at Cairo, Egypt and Nile Cruise Workshop on ‘Cosmetic Surgery’ from 15 to 18 February 2005
Delivered guest lectures on:
Global protocol management of the cleft – multi-disciplinary team approach
Simultaneous open tip Rhinoplasty along with the primary repair of cleft lip with a follow up of 265 patients Over-inflation of the tissue expansion techniques

2005 2nd International Conference of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (5th Conference of the GCC Association of Plastic Surgeons) and International Live Workshop on Cleft and Palate – organised by the Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Khoula Hospital at Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, from Jan.29 to Feb.03, 2005
Delivered lectures on
Global protocol management of clefts – multi-disciplinary team approach
Cleft nose deformity – an overview
Simultaneous open tip Rhinoplasty along with the primary repair of cleft lip with a follow up of 265 patients

Guest lecture to medical students of Oman Medical College, Sultanate of Oman
Delivered a lecture on ‘Medical Ethics’

Guest Lecture at the 7th National Conference of Dermato-Surgery & Cosmetology, Sultanate of Oman
Delivered a lecture on ‘Liposuction’

2004 Guest Lecture at the 3rd National Conference of Cleft and Craniofacial Anomalies, Chandigarh, India
Delivered a lecture on ‘Primary open tip Rhinoplasty with the repair of cleft lip with a follow-up of 265 patients’

Guest Lecture at the International Workshop on Corrective Nasal Surgery and 9th National Scientific meeting of Otolaryngologies, Head and Neck Surgeons of Sultanate of Oman in collaboration with the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Khoula Hospital
Delivered a lecture on ‘Cleft lip nasal deformity’

2004 Guest Lecture at the National Conference of Facial Plastic Surgery at Amritha Hospital, Cochin, Kerala, India
Delivered a lecture on
– Over inflation in tissue expansion technique’ ‘Primary open tip Rhinoplasty with the repair of cleft lip with a follow up of 265 patients’

2004 Guest Lecture at the 3rd Middle East International Conference of Plastic Surgery & Laser Congress, Dubai
Delivered a lecture on ‘Parotidectomy – an operation of choice for the plastic surgeons’

2003 Guest Lecture at the CME meeting, Al-Nahda Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
Delivered a lecture on ‘Tissue expansion’

2003 Visiting Professor to the Saliba’s Institute, San Diego, California, USA for a workshop on ‘The role of Heparin in the management of burns’ under the guidance of Dr. Michael Saliba in Nov. 2003.

2003 A participant at the 5th Asian Pacific Cleft lip and palate conference, Sept. 29 to Oct. 02, 2003, Seoul, Korea.
Delivered a lecture on ‘Technique and follow up of Primary Open rip Rhinoplasty along with the repair of cleft lip’

2003 A Guest Faculty for the Cleft Lip Workshop at the King Faisal Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in March 2003
Demonstrated the technique of ‘Open tip Rhinoplasty along with the repair of cleft lip’, which was shown by telecast to the audience.
Delivered Guest Lectures:
• Global management of the cleft problem from infancy to adolescence
• Primary open tip Rhinoplasty with the repair of the cleft lip
• Dynamic pharyngoplasty – Orticochea pharyngoplasty

2002 Visiting Professor to Providence Hospital, Southfield, Detroit, USA, Sept. 30 to Oct. 05, 2002
Delivered a lecture on Primary Rhinoplasty along with the repair of cleft lip

2002 Guest Faculty in the Second World Cleft Conference, Munich, Germany, 14th to19th September 2002
Delivered a lecture on Long Term Follow up of the Open tip Rhinoplasty along with the primary repair of cleft lip with a follow-up of over 200 patients
Guest Faculty in the Annual Conference of the Association of TamilNadu, Chapter of Plastic Surgeons held at Kodaicanal, Tamilnadu, India.

2002 Visiting Professor to the Department of Plastic Surgery, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India
Delivered lectures to the Regional Society of Plastic Surgeons, and to the Postgraduates in Plastic Surgery and conducted workshops in cleft surgery

2002 Visiting Professor to the Department of Plastic Surgery, SUT Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India to deliver lectures, conduct clinics and perform operations.

2002 Delivered the prestigious ETHICON ORATION and also as a Guest Faculty at the National CME in Burns & Plastic Surgery 2002 at Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

2000 Participated in the workshop on Evidence Based Medicine conducted by the Department of Family & Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University under the auspices of the Oman Medical Speciality Board

Visiting Professor to the Craniofacial Unit, S.D.M. College of Dental Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, India in June
Delivered lectures and demonstrated the operative technique of cleft surgery to the postgraduates and the staff of the Craniofacial Unit.

Guest Speaker at the 9th International Congress on Cleft Palate and Related Craniofacial Anomalies held at Goteborg, Sweden from 25th to 29th June. Presented the following paper:
‘An audit of the open tip Rhinoplasty along with the repair of cleft lip at the age of three months with a follow up of 164 cases’

A faculty member at the ‘Surgical Update’ conducted by the Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman on 1st March 2001. Delivered a lecture on: Tissue Expansion”.

2001 A faculty member at the ‘Research Day’ conducted by the Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman on 28th February. Delivered a lecture on: “Open tip Rhinoplasty in cleft patients, and other research activities of the Plastic Surgery. Department”
A faculty member at the 5th Annual Congress of the Pan-Arab Association of Burn & Plastic Surgery from Feb. 20-23, 2000 in Dubai, UAE.
Delivered the following Guest lectures:
– Surgical technique of open tip rhinoplasty along with the repair of cleft lip at the age of three months in cleft lip and palate patients
– What’s an ideal cleft palate repair?
– Craniofacial surgery for non-traumatic lesions

A faculty member at the First Qatar International Conference for Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons from Oct. 23-26, in Doha, Qatar
Delivered the following Guest Lectures:
– Urethral Advancement and Glanuloplasty Incorporated (UAGPI)
– A Procedure for repair of distal penile hypospadias
– A clinical experience of over inflation in tissue expansion technique.

1999 A faculty member at the 4th GCC Conference of the Association of Plastic Surgeons from Nov. 1-2, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Delivered the following Guest Lectures:
An audit of the technique of open tip Rhinoplasty along with the repair of lip in cleft lip and cleft palate patients, based on the follow up of 102 patients during the last five years.
Single stage repair of hypospadias using vascularised preputial flap – A10 year review.

1999 A faculty member of the 12th Annual British Virgin Islands Workshop in Plastic Surgery
Delivered two guest lectures:
– A Review of the Single Stage Repair of Hypospadias done at the Department of Plastic Surgery, Khoula Hospital since 1990
– An assessment of the results of “Open tip Rhinoplasty along with the repair of the cleft lip in cleft lip palate patients based on 69 patients operated at the Department of Plastic Surgery, Khoula Hospital since 1995

1998 A participant in the 2nd International Interdisciplinary Congress on Craniofacial and Skull Base Surgery from January 20-24, 1998, at Cancun, Mexico
Paper presented: “Open tip Rhinoplasty along with the repair of cleft lip in cleft lip and palate patients”.

Guest Faculty at the Annual Surgical Update of Sri Uthrodam Thirunnal Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Delivered a lecture on ‘Recent advances in wound cover’.

1977 A participant in the 8th International Congress of Cleft Palate and related Craniofacial anomalies, September 7-12, 1997 in Singapore.
Paper presented: “Open tip Rhinoplasty along with the repair of cleft lip in cleft lip and palate patients”.

Visiting Professor to the Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Centre, Porur, Madras, TamilNadu, India and inaugurated the Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic and delivered the following lectures:
Protocol management of cleft lip and Palate
Open tip Rhinoplasty along with the repair of cleft lip at the age of three months

Visiting Professor to the Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Delivered a lecture about ‘Tissue Expansion in clinical practice’
Guest Faculty in the GULFPLAST 97 (3rd Congress of GCC Association of Plastic Surgeons) held at Manama, Bahrain from 3rd to 6th Nov.
Paper presented: “Open tip Rhinoplasty at the time of lip repair in cleft lip and palate”
A participant in Advances in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery The Cutting Edge, Symposium, October 1-5, 1996 at the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, U.S.A.

A participant at the Second Pan Arab Plastic Surgeon’s Conference, Cairo, Egypt
Paper presented : ‘Tissue Expansion’.

Guest Faculty at the G.C.C. Plastic Surgery Conference, Kuwait
Presented a paper about ‘Hypospadias’

1993 Visiting Professor in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (August 1993) to the Milton S. Hershy Medical Centre, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, attached to Professor Ernest Manders

A participant at the Sixth European Course in Plastic Surgery and Eurosurgery, London, U.K.
A Faculty Member of the Second Thiruvananthapuram Plastic Surgery Course, Kerala, India
Papers presented:
Flaps in General: Facio-cutaneous, Muscle and Musculo-cutaneous flaps’
Repair of Hypospadias
Tissue Expansion

1992 Faculty Member of the XXVII National Conference of the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India, Bombay, India
Paper presented: ‘Single stage repair of Hypospadias’

1992 President of the Organising Committee of the International Conference of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
Paper presented: ‘Tissue Expansion’

A participant at the Third International Tissue Expansion Symposium, Sapporo, Japan
1991 A participant at the First International Congress of Japanese and Korean Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo, Japan
Paper presented : Clinical application of Tissue Expansion, Experience in Oman”

1991 Visiting Surgeon to the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo, Women’s Medical College, Tokyo, Japan attached to Professor Takeshi Hirayama
A participant at the 8th International Congress on Burn Injuries, New Delhi, India and chaired the scientific session on ‘Burn Infection’.
Paper presented: ‘Epidemiology of Burn Injuries in Oman’

1988 A participant at the Second International Tissue Expansion Symposium, Marseilles, France

1988 Guest Lecturer at the Annual Conference of the Specialist’s Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Presented : ‘Surgical Management of Head and Neck Cancer’

1988 Guest Lecture at the Conference of Medical Students, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman
Presented :
‘Development of Medical Service in Oman from 1970’
‘Clinical Aspects of Embryology’

1987 Visiting Surgeon to the Massachusetts General Hospital and Shriner’s Burns Institute, Boston, U.S.A. attached to Dr. John D. Constable, Consultant Plastic Surgeon
A participant at the IX International Congress of Plastic Surgery, New Delhi, India

1987 Guest faculty a the National Cardiovascular Symposium, Ministry of Health and Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman
Presented : ‘Management of Cardiovascular Trauma in Oman’

Guest faculty at the Update on Hand Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery in Leprosy, Medical College Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Presented :
‘Examination of the Injured Hand’
‘Skeletal injuries of the Hand’

1986 Guest Surgeon to the Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery and Burns in Duisburgh – Buchholz Hospital, W. Germany attached to Dr. Karl-Adolf Brandt, Consultant Plastic Surgeon

A participant at the Post Congress meeting of the 3rd Congress of Federation of Societies for Surgery of Hand, Singapore

A participant of the 5th Mediterranean Congress of Chemotherapy, Cairo, Egypt

A participant in the National Congress of Burn Injuries, Tokyo, Japan

A participant in the Yearly Hand Surgery Conference, Derby, United Kingdom

1984 Guest Surgeon to the Department of Microsurgery and Peripheral Nerve Surgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland attached to Dr. Victor Meyer Organiser and Lecturer at the National Symposium of the Management of Burns, Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman
Presented : ‘Burn Injuries in Oman’

Guest faculty at the Aseatic Plastic Surgery Conference, Bangkok, Thailand
Presented : ‘Gluteus Maximus Myocutaneous Flaps for the repair of Sacral and Ischial Pressure Sores’

1983 Guest Surgeon to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, St. Lawrence Hospital, Chepstow, South Wales, United Kingdom

1981 Guest faculty at the National Symposium on ‘Management of the Children with Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate, Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman

1981 President of the National Symposium of the ‘Management of Hand Injuries’, Ministry Of Health, Sultanate of Oman.
Papers presented:
‘Management of Finger Tip Injuries’
“Management of Tendon Injuries’

1981 Guest faculty at the National Trauma Symposium, Ministry of Health,
Topic: ‘Management of Acute Hand Injuries’

1979-‘81 A participant of the Yearly Conferences of the British Association of Plastic Surgeons