S. M. Balaji
S. M. Balaji is a dental and facio – maxillary surgeon from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He is the only Indian to be listed in the Top 10 Dental Scientist. He specialises in repair of cleft palate, rhinoplasty, ear reconstruction, jaw reconstruction, facial asymmetry correction, dental implantology, maxillofacial surgery and Craniofacial surgery.Balaji conducts medical camps in South India, North America, China, Russia, Andamans and Maldives with the support of the governments as the majority of the people cannot afford these surgeries, by finding sponsors for poor patients and also operating free.He is an International Consultant Maxillofacial, Cleft Lip & Palate Surgeon to many countries around the world. He does craniofacial, maxillofacial, cleft lip and palate surgery at Victoria Hospital, Mahe – Seychelles, Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital Mauritius, Vacua Hospital, Mauritius, Indra Gandhi Hospital, Republic of Maldives. Formerly Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon at Apollo Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka.He is also a Cleft Craniofacial Surgeon at G.P Pant Hospital, Andaman Nicobar Islands.He has published papers in journals like International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Implant Dentistry, Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery and Indian Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He recently organised the Indian dental conference in chennai and was the organising chairman of the conference.He was the first Indian to be the President of the 7th World Cleft Lip & Palate Congress held at Republic of Seychelles.He is the author of The Textbook on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, which is currently the country's best seller and the prescribed book to be used by undergraduate and post graduate students.He was the Chairman of the 4th World Congress on Craniofacial Tissue Engineering, the Joint meet of both the European & Asia-Pacific Conferences, that was held in Male, Republic of Maldives. Previously these conferences used to be held in Paris and London.Dr. S.M Balaji was conferred with Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by Dr D Y Patil University, Mumbai, for his contribution to dentistry and craniofacially deformed children.
