New Advances in Rhinoplasty

Balwant Singh Gendeh

Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur

Dr. Balwant Singh Gendeh is a senior consultant ENT surgeon with a sub-specialty interest in rhinology (allergy, sino-nasal diseases, endoscopic sinus, anterior and ventral skull base surgery, and functional and cosmetic nasal surgery). He was an ENT registrar at the Royal Infirmary, Middlesbrough, UK, in 1993, and a JW Fulbright scholar, University of Pittsburgh, USA, in 1997. During his Fulbright experience, he also worked at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP), Philadelphia, USA, and St. Joseph’s Hospital, Chicago, USA, with a sub-specialty interest in rhinology and aesthetic nasal surgery. Dr. Gendeh retired after thirty-eight years of government service as a consultant ENT surgeon at the National University of Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC) in 2014. Currently, he is a visiting professor at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, UKMMC, and a resident ENT consultant at Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur. He is an executive member of numerous national and international bodies including board chairman of the Malaysian American Commission on Educational Exchange (MACEE). He was elected as a diploma of the Fellowship Academy of Medicine Malaysia (FAMM) in 2000, an international fellow of the Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery in 2004, a fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (FASc) in 2016, and a fellow of Malaysian Scientific Association (FMSA) in 2017. He has written ninety-three scientific papers and edited/co-edited eight books and seven book chapters.