Prof. Krishnamurthy Bonanthaya did his post graduate dental studies from Mangalore University and then he obtained his MBBS from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal. He is also a fellow of Royal College of Surgeons of England and Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. He is currently the project director of Smile Train Project treating cleft lip and palate deformities at Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Hospital, Bangalore. He also holds the position of professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery, Bangalore Institute of Dental Sciences, which involves undergraduate and post graduate training and the routine mix of maxillofacial surgical management. He is the editor in chief emeritus of Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery and has numerous publications to his credit.
Dr Elavenil Panneerselvam completed her post-graduation in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery from The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Government Medical University, Chennai, India. She also has a master’s degree in business administration, specializing in hospital management and a fellowship in Aesthetic Medicine. She is an avid researcher with a strong publication profile in journals of international repute. She has also contributed to textbooks on Oral anatomy, Local anaesthesia, Plastic surgery and Pediatric TMJ surgery. An invited speaker in national and international forums, she currently serves as executive editor to the SRM Journal of Research in Dental Sciences and as a reviewer for many specialty journals. Presently, she holds a faculty position at the SRM Dental College (Ramapuram) Chennai as Associate Professor in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. She is also the recipient of the MM Cooper Memorial Award for research from the Indian Society for Anatomists and the Ginwalla Trophy for Best Scientific Presentation, Delegate Category.
Dr Suvy Manuel after his Post graduation from Government Dental College, Trivandrum, University of Kerala in 2002, gained the Diplomate of National Board in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery , Membership from the National Academy of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India and Diploma of Membership in Oral surgery, Royal college of Surgeons ,Edinburgh .
During his tenure in the United Kingdom, he attained the Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons, England. Subsequently he attained the Fellowship in Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. He is the MOMS RCSEd (Diploma of Membership in Oral Surgery) Examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in the Faculty of Dental Examiners, as appointed by the Dental Examinations Committee, RCS Edinburgh.
He is former Professor and post graduate guide at the Kerala University of Health Sciences and is a reviewer for the Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery.
Currently he is attached to the maxillofacial units at Ananthapuri and KIMS Hospitals, Trivandrum, India.Vinay V. Kumar, completed his masters in oral and maxillofacial surgery from Nair Hospital Dental College, Mumbai, India in 2008. He was an ITI Scholar in the Department of Maxillofacial and Plastic Surgery in Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU) Mainz, Germany in 2011; where he went on to complete his Doctorate of Medicine in Dentistry (2013), obtain a practicing license and served as a visiting faculty. He completed the MD and PhD program in Molecular Mechanisms of Regenerative Processes from University of Rostock, Germany in the Department of Experimental Immunology and Proteomics in 2018. He is currently a faculty in the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Dr Anshul Rai, is an Associate Professor in Department of Dentistry, at All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal, MP. He has 46 publications to his credit out of which 20 belongs to prestigious International Journals. He has contributed as a co-author to a Textbook of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery by Dr. Borle. He is a Fellow of Indian Board of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery (FIBOMS) and a fellow of International Board for the Certification of Specialists in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (FIBCSOMS). He is a reviewer for National journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
