Dr Suren Krishnan is a graduate of the University of Adelaide Medical School and an Otolaryngologist, Head and Neck Surgeon trained in the Adelaide Training Program. He received his fellowship in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1993 and was a Fellow at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford , United Kingdom in 1994. On his return from Oxford he was appointed Consultant Surgeon at The Royal Adelaide Hospital in Adelaide, South Australia and in private practice. He is currently Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

He is an examiner in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and is the current Chairman of the Head and Neck subcommittee of the Australian Society of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and was President of the Australian and New Zealand Head and Neck Society in 2007.

Personal Appointments

  • Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery – University of Adelaide.
  • 2008 –  2011: Visiting Professor – Sun Yat Sen University Cancer Centre, Guangzhou, People’s Republic Of China
  • 2007 –  Present: Head of Unit – Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide South Australia.
  • 1995 – 2007: Senior Staff Specialist – Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide South Australia.
  • 1995: Consultant Surgeon in Private Practice – Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery.
    –    Memorial Hospital, North Adelaide.
    –    Central Districts Private Hospital, Elizabeth.
    –    Wakefield Memorial Hospital, Adelaide.
    –    Burnside War Memorial Hospital, Toorak Gardens.
  • 1994: Overseas Fellow / Clinical Lecturer – Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Radcliffe Infirmary Oxford, United Kingdom.
  • 1993: Senior Registrar – Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, South Australia.
  • 1989 – 1992: Advanced Trainee – Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, South Australian Training Programme
    – Adelaide Childrens Hospital
    – The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
    – Flinders Medical Centre
  • 1988: General Surgical Registrar – Lyell MC EWIN Health Service, Elizabeth, South Australia.
  • 1986 – 1987: Basic Surgical Training, Royal Adelaide Hospital
  • 1985: General Practice – Salisbury, South Australia
  • 1984: Basic Surgical Training, Royal Adelaide Hospital
  • 1983: Internship, Royal Adelaide Hospital 

Publications

  1. 2003: LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY AND SENTINEL NODE MAPPING
    ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING
    ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
    BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA MAY 2003
  2. 2002: VOICE AND SWALLOWING OUTCOMES FROM PARTIAL LARYNGEAL SURGERY
    SYMPOSIUM OF THE AUSTRALIAN VOICE ASSOCIATION
    ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA NOVEMBER 2002
  3. 2001: LYMPHATIC MAPPING AND SENTINEL NODE BIOPSY IN THE PATIENT WITH ORAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA
    ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING
    ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
    CANBERRA , AUSTRALIA MAY 2001
  4. 2000: QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER PARTIAL LARYNGECTOMY
    5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HEAD & NECK SURGERY
    SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A. JULY  2000
  5. 2000: ENDOSCOPIC LASER ASSISTED PARTIAL LARYNGECTOMY
    THE ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE
    ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING
    ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
    MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA MAY 2001
  6. 1999: LASER LARYNGECTOMY
    OTOLARYNGOLOGY, HEAD & NECK NURSES GROUP
    4TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, CANBERRA , AUSTRALIA.  MARCH 1999
  7. 1999: MINIMALLY INVASIVE PARTIAL LARYNGECTOMY – A MICROSCOPIC, ENDOSCOPIC LASER TECHNIQUE ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING
    ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
    AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, MAY 1999
  8. 1999: FUNCTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOLLOWING PARTIAL LARYNGECTOMY
    THE TENTH BRITISH ACADEMIC CONFERENCE IN OTOLARYNGOLOGY.
    CAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM.  JULY 1999
  9. 1999: SUPRAGLOTTIC AND VERTICAL PARTIAL LARYNGECTOMY
    THE ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE
    THE 1999 OXFORD ALUMNUS MEETING,
    THE RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY, OXFORD, UNITED KINGDOM JULY 1999
  10. 1998: EVOLVING TECHNIQUES IN PARTIAL LARYNGECTOMY
    TRI NATIONAL CONGRESS IN OTO RHINO LARYNGOLOGY
    STELLENBOSCH, CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA OCTOBER 1998.
  11. 1998: RETROPHARYNGEAL LYMPHNODE DISSECTION ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA MAY 1998
  12. 1998: ENDOSCOPIC PHARYNGEAL POUCH SURGERY ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA MAY 1998
  13. 1998: SUBMENTAL LIPOSUCTION FOR POST RADIATION LYMPHEDEMA ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA MAY 1998
  14. 1997: PARTIAL LARYNGECTOMY – EVOLVING SURGICAL CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUESTHE ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
    BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA MAY 1997
  15. 1996: ENDOSCOPIC STAPLING OF PHARYNGEAL POUCHES
    ANNUAL GENERAL & SCIENTIFIC MEETING
    AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY,
    HEAD & NECK SURGERY
    GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. APRIL 1996
  16. 1995: DEEP LOBE PAROTID TUMOURS –
    THE ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE
    THE 1995 OXFORD ALUMNUS MEETING,
    THE RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY, OXFORD, UNITED KINGDOM JULY 1995