Dr. Krishna Shama Rao

HOD & Consultant- Craniofacial & Aesthetic Surgeon with 37+ years of experience

• Dr Krishna Shama Rao is a highly skilled and well known Craniofacial Surgeon with and experience of more than 37 years in this fields.
• His areas of experties are cranial deformity surgery, facial cosmetic surgery, obstructive sleep apnoea surgery and regenerative medicine etc.
• He He is highly regarded in the medical community for his contributions to textbooks on operative maxillofacial and oral surgery and craniofacial anomalies in paediatric dentistry, which are published in prestigious indexed journals of craniomaxillofacial surgery, neurosurgery, and maxillofacial surgery. His groundbreaking work in the field of craniofacial anomalies has improved the lives of countless children and adults.
• One of the 12 surgeons awarded the Medal of Honour in Cranio Maxillofacial Surgery worldwide, he is a surgeon. 
• He has attended various International conferences like the World Cleft Congress, International Congress of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, American Society of Plastic Surgeons Conference,USA as an International Guest Faculty.

Education

• BDS– Bombay University (1980)
• MDS-Mangalore University (1985)
• FDSRCS (UK) (1990)
• MBBS – MAHE University (1996)
• FRCS (Ed.,UK) (1999)

Professional Experience

• Head & Professor
  Department of Oral & Craniofacial Surgery
  CKS Teja Dental College
  Tirupati
• Professor & Director (1995-2007)
  Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Craniofacial
  Surgery Medical Sciences Complex, Deralakatte
  Mangalore
• Associate Professor(1991–1995)
  Department of Maxillofacial Surgery
  Padmashree Hospital & Research Center
  Mangalore
• Registrar (1988 – 1991)
  Dept .of Maxillofacial Surgery
  Royal London Hospital
  Whitechapel, London
• Assistant Professor (January 1987 – December 1987)
  Oraland Maxillofacial Surgery
  College of Dental Surgery, KMC, Manipal
• Lecturer (1985– 1986)
  Oraland Maxillofacial Surgery
  College of Dental Surgery, KMC, Manipal
• Tutor (1983-1984)
  Oraland Maxillofacial Surgery
  College of Dental Surgery, KMC, Manipal
• Resident Medical Officer (1981–1982)
  BARC Hospital, Mumbai

Achievment

• President of the Indian Society for Cleft Lip Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies (2007-2008)
• First Hon. Editor – Cleft Journal of Indian Society for Cleft Lip, Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies
• Advisor WHO – Panel on Global strategies for prevention of Cleft Lip, Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies
• Set up the first Smile Train Cleft Center in India since August,2000. (Around 800 cleft surgeries were performed each year)
• Set up the first Craniofacial Centre in 2001, supported by Cleft Children International, Zurich, Switzerland, under the Presidentship of Prof.HermannSailer, MD, DDS, Ph.D
• Awarded grants by Cleft Lip and Palate Association of London, UK, for developing International Standards of treatment for cleft patients