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Chairman, Balaji Dental & Craniofacial Hospital - MDS, MFDS, RCPS (Glasgow), PhD, DSc
Dr. Balaji is an acclaimed oral and maxillofacial surgeon with 28+ years of experience. He's performed more than 20,000 surgeries including rehabilitation of over 1000 syndromic children with complex surgeries. He's particularly known for cleft lip and palate surgeries. He has introduced many innovations into cleft repair surgery. These innovations have become accepted the world over by leading cleft surgeons. Dr SM Balaji is also a decorated biomedical scientist of repute. His research work has won recognition from the Indian Association of Biomedical Scientists. He has been a member of the Indian Council of Medical Research too. He has done groundbreaking research in the field of reconstructive surgery. His work on bone morphogenetic proteins has won him the Brammaiah Sastri award. Dr SM Balaji has also won the highest scientific “Prof David Precious Award. The award was for his research work on protein-guided tissue engineering for cleft surgery. This was at the 12th World Cleft and Craniofacial Congress in Leipzig, Germany. The world renowned Cranio-maxillofacial surgeon, Prof Kenneth Salyer presented this award. This is the highest award of the acclaimed International Cleft Lip and Palate Foundation (ICPF).
Dr. BC Roy Award (highest award in medical category in India)
Won the highest scientific “Prof David Precious Award"
Editor-in-Chief of the “Annals of Maxillofacial Surgery”
Executive Editor of the “Indian Journal of Dental Research”
Won the coveted “Dr. Ginwallah Rolling Trophy” twice
Outstanding Surgeon Award
Dr. Brammiah Sastri Memorial Award
Global Pioneer in CranioMaxillofacial Surgery Award
Craniofacial Research Fellowship Award
Pakistan Dental Association's Humanitarian Award
Applaud from the President of India (Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam)
Young Scientist Award
Best Medical Book Award
National Award of Excellence
Order of Good Times (from Lt. Governor of Halifax, Canada)
Won the “Modus Award of Merit” at the 6th Asian Conference on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Tokyo.
Cleft Lip and Palate Surgeries
Face Reconstruction Surgery
Facial Asymmetry
Craniofacial Deformities
TM Joint Surgery
Orthognathic Surgery
Hemifacial Microsomia
Dentoalveolar Surgery
Salivary Gland Surgery
Restorative Dentistry
Dental Implants
Pediatric and Geriatric Dentistry
Authored a best seller “The Textbook on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery”
Won the “Best Paper Award” at World Cleft congresses at Zurich, Halifax and Goteborg.
Won the “Gold Medal” for best paper at the 4th Asian Conference on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery