P. GANESAN ADAIKAN
Dr. P Ganesan Adaikan, PhD, DSc, ACS (USA) is an
associate professor and head of section of reproductive pharmacology / sexual
medicine in the department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, National University
of Singapore and clinical sexologist, National University Hospital, Singapore.
He is a world renowned expert in the field of male
and female sexual dysfunction and is recognized for his pioneering
contributions to the physiopharmacology of penile erection and pharmacological
treatment for erectile dysfunction; his eminent work in identifying nitric
oxide releasing pathway and the use of Prostaglandin E1 for the
treatment and management of the condition had paved way for the use of drugs
such as Viagra, Cialis and Levitra. Prof Adaikan’s basic investigation of
mechanism and the physical causes of impotence had also led NUS to file for a
U.S. patent for a compound in the treatment of priapism, for which a Singapore
patent has already been awarded. His current focus of research is on tissue engineering
in this field and on female sexual dysfunction.
He has won several international awards including
the prestigious Ginestie Prize in 1986 in Prague from the International Society
of Impotence Research (ISIR) and the Benjamin Henry Sheares Memorial Lecture
award and gold medal. Dr Adaikan has published more than 150 scientific
articles in leading peer-reviewed international journals. He has delivered more
than 300 invited lectures and presentations around the world on sexual health
concerns.
He established the sexual dysfunction component in
the Andrology clinic in 1986 to address and manage sexual health concerns in
men at the National University Hospital, Singapore and has been coordinating
treatment of erectile and ejaculatory problems in men and female sexual
dysfunctions and is actively involved in couple therapy.
His
current significant positions in international societies include:
President-Elect (2002-2004), President (2004-2006),
International Society for Sexual and Impotence Research (ISSIR; now renamed as
International Society for Sexual Medicine - ISSM). He is also in the Permanent
Scientific Committee, President’s Committee and the Future Sites Committee
(Chairman) of ISSIR and in the editorial board of International Journal of Impotence
Research: Journal of Sexual Medicine and other international journals.
Prof Adaikan is the
immediate past President of Asia-Oceania Federation for Sexology (AOFS) and the
Society for the Study of Andrology and Sexology, Singapore (SSASS). He is the
Founder Executive Committee member of the Asia-Pacific Society for Impotence
Research (APSIR, now known as Asia Pacific Society for Sexual Medicine - APSSM)
and represents the Asia-Pacific region in many international and scientific
bodies.
Prof Adaikan was the organizing Chairman/President
of the VI World Meeting on Impotence (1994) and the 7th Asian
Congress of Sexology (2002) in Singapore. He is also a consultant and resource
speaker for organizations and industries on sexual health issues.
INTERNATIONAL / CONTINENTAL AWARDS
·
Outstanding ‘Indian-Outside India
Award’: bestowed by the Organising
Committee of the First Asia Pacific Conference of Sexology in Mumbai, India in
November 2004
·
American Medical Systems
(AMS) – Excellence in Impotence Research Best Paper Award (1997) at the VI Asia
Pacific Meeting on Impotence at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
·
First ‘Recognition Award’
(1994) by the Asian Federation of Sexology for “unparalleled contribution in
the field of basic and clinical research in erectile dysfunction”, New Delhi, India
·
Benjamin Henry Sheares
Memorial Lecture Award and Gold Medal (1987) by the Singapore Society of
Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Singapore
·
Prestigious Ginestie Prize
and Diploma (1986) for the best research contribution in the world by the
International Society of Impotence Research at the II World Meeting on
Impotence in Prague, Czechoslovakia
·
French Government Exchange
Programme Fellowship (1985) for collaborative research and training at the
Centre for Study and Research on Impotence, Paris, France
·
Moynihan Prize and Medal, British
Surgical Society (1973), United Kingdom
CHAIRMAN OF THE JUDGING COMMITTEES
FOR PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL AWARDS / PRIZES FOR SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS
·
Chairman, Judging Committee for
the Female Sexual Dysfunction Award at the XI World Meeting on Impotence,
Buenos Aires, Argentina (2004)
·
Chairman, Judging Committee for
the Best Innovative Research (Tanagho) Award at the VIII World Meeting on
Impotence, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1998)
·
Chairman, Judging Committee for
the Best Paper Award at the VI Biennial Asia-Pacific Meeting on Impotence,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1997)
·
Chairman, Judging Committee for
the Ginestie Award at the VII World Meeting on Impotence, San Francisco, USA (1996)
·
Member, Judging Committee for the
Ginestie Award at the III World Meeting on Impotence, Boston, USA (1988)
PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES /
SOCIETIES / MEMBERSHIP
1.
International
Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM): President (2004-2006); President-Elect
(2002-2004).
2. Asia-Oceania Federation for Sexology - First Vice
President (94-96), President Elect (1996-2002), President (2002-2004) and
immediate past President (2004-2006).
3. Asia-Pacific Society for Sexual Medicine - Executive
Committee – Representing Singapore: 1987 to date. Also in the Website Committee of the Society
4. Society for the Study of Andrology and Sexology,
Singapore (SSASS): He is the founder of this society. His positions include
Past-President (2003-2005), President (1999-2003) and Vice President
(1997-1999). This society is affiliated to the International Society of
Andrology and World Association for Sexology.
5. World Association for Sexology – Member and in the
Scientific Committees of its World Congresses since 1987.
6. International Advisory / Scientific Committees to
several Asian and World Congresses.
7.
Registered member, American Board of Sexology
8.
Member, Obstetrical and gynaecological society of Singapore
9.
Member,
International Society for the Study of the Aging Male
10. Member, Sexual Medicine Society of North America
11. Fellow, Institute of Biology, UK (1987-)
12. Executive committee member (1987) and member,
Singapore Planned Parenthood Association
·
Journal of Sexual Medicine - since the inauguration
in 2004 (USA)
·
International Journal of Impotence Research: journal
of sexual medicine – since the inauguration in 1989-2004 (USA)
·
Journal of the British Association for Sexual and
Relationship Therapy, since 2002 (UK)
·
Asia Pacific Journal of
Pharmacology - since the inauguration in 1985 (Singapore)
·
Asian Journal of Andrology
- since the inauguration in 1999 (China)
·
Current Sexual Health
Reports - since the inauguration in 2004 (USA)
·
Included in the
International Directory of Distinguished Leadership (1990) and selected as
Professional of the Year in Science and Research by American Biographical
Institute, North Carolina, USA
SERVICE TO
PROFESSION/INDUSTRY
·
Advisor and consultant to
pharmaceutical industry
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
·
Published journal articles:
150
·
Conference papers presented
and published: 205
(Over 160 invited State of the Art, Plenary and Symposium
lectures around the world)
·
Chapters in Books: 22; Invited Editorial
Comments: 2
·
Editorial Board of
International and Regional Journals: 5
Over the years, his intensive research in the field
of Sexual Medicine has led to the following discoveries:
·
Discovery of non-adrenergic,
non-cholinergic neurotransmission and various receptors (1978), establishment
of hypothesis on the autonomic control of penile erection and identification of
nitric oxide as the neurotransmitter of erection and mediator of cGMP pathway
in the human penis (1991)
·
Pioneer identification of
the mechanism of action in the corpus cavernosum and clinical use of PGE1
for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. This has been an important drug in
the management of impotence (by intracavernous and intraurethral routes) around
the world
·
Discovery of the use of
pro-endogenous agent(s) for treatment of priapism (patented by INTRO, National
University of Singapore).
He is RESEARCH SUPERVISOR at the National University
of Singapore for several PhD, MD, MSc and clinical MSc students.
RESEARCH
GRANTS
He has been awarded eight scientific research
grants amounting to S$1,229,771/- in the recent years, that include international
industrial invitation for drug testing / clinical trials and research on male
and female sexual dysfunction.
VI World Meeting on Impotence
(1994), Singapore (1st in Asia) Chairman of the Congress, Chairman of
Scientific Programme and Editor, Proceedings of the meeting. (Singapore was
chosen as the venue for the world meeting as a part of the international
recognition for his contributions in this field). He was the organizing president of the 7th Asian Congress of
Sexology (November 2002) under the auspices of the AOFS. More than 400 participants
from 30 countries attended this congress. Since 1993, he has organised (1-2 days) annual training courses for
doctors in Singapore and the Asian region on male and female sexual dysfunction
(XI symposia to date).
CLINICAL SERVICES
His relentless scientific pursuit
in the area of erectile dysfunction resulted in the establishment of Male and
Female Sexual Dysfunction section in the Andrology clinic of the department at
the National University Hospital in 1986, which is fully functional.