FACULTY

Dr. Dan Hanson graduated from the University of Sheffield Dental School in 2003 and moved to Australia in 2006. He developed an interest in early interceptive orthodontics and later discovered the importance of functional breathing in treatment stability. In 2012, after overcoming sleep apnoea with the Buteyko Method, he became a certified Breathing Educator and worked with Dr. Chris Farrell at the Myofunctional Research Company (MRC). Dan has lectured globally on Myobrace and breathing dysfunction and co-founded Myofocus Australia, The Tongue Tie Institute, and The Gold Coast Tongue and Lip Tie Clinic. He has performed over 10,000 laser frenectomy procedures. In 2023, he co-founded The Myofunctional Space, integrating pre-orthodontic and breathing therapy. He also runs BreathCoachEducation.com and BreatheHealthRetreats.com, training health professionals and individuals in functional breathing and leadership. Additionally, he is a senior facilitator at The Rites of Passage Institute, guiding transformational programs.

Dr. Darick Nordstrom, creator of OraLase and ALF Therapy, has transformed dental sleep medicine and integrative healthcare. A graduate of the University of Southern California’s Dental School (1979) and an Omicron Kappa Upsilon honoree, he pioneered cranially compatible dental orthopedic appliances, including the ALF series, and introduced osteopathy-dentistry synergy for complex cases. Dr. Nordstrom has lectured globally and published extensively, influencing appliance designs widely used in dental sleep medicine today. As a thought leader for the ALF Therapy Community, his work continues to advance interdisciplinary care, emphasizing innovation and collaboration in craniofacial orthopedics and functional dentistry.

In 1998, Dr. Donny graduated from the University of Melbourne, Australia, as a general dentist. His first exposure to Orofacial Myofunctional Orthodontics was in 2001. He pursued further education in the fields of Dentofacial Orthopedics and Orthodontics, Oral Restrictions, and Orofacial Myofunctional Postural Airway Orthodontics, since 2002 onward, from various multidisciplinary experts of orthodontists, dentists, speech pathologists, osteopaths and chiropractors. Since 2014, he has also been lecturing internationally in Indonesia, Japan, Australia, USA and Malaysia. Nowadays he educates as part of Myofocus Education, which he co-founded with Dr. Dan Hanson. Together, they also co-created the Myofocus Take Off Algorithm, which is the first ever system of delivering Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy using individualized algorithmic prescriptions. They currently have over 170 different prescriptions to train patients in correcting their orofacial dysfunctions. Dr. Donny is a Fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantology, a Fellow of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, and a Fellow of the International Academy of Dental Facial Esthetics. He has also received his Post Graduate Diploma in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics from the London Dental Institute in the United Kingdom. As an airway centric myofunctional dentist, he operates two centres in Melbourne, and has now restricted his practice to Early Intervention Orofacial Myofunctional Dentistry, within the scopes of Dentofacial Orthopedics, Orthodontics, Dental Sleep Medicine, and Tethered Oral Tissues. His youngest patient so far was 2 days old, and his oldest was 74 years old.

Genevieve Keating is a neurodevelopmental chiropractor; she has dedicated her career to understanding the healthy development of babies and children. Her PhD is in Early Childhood Development, and she is a fellow of the Australasian Institute of Chiropractic Education’s Paediatric committee. She is in full-time family practice and is an internationally recognized presenter to chiropractors and allied health professionals. In this presentation, she will discuss an evidence-based approach to the care of infants and children.

Dr. Jahendran, a distinguished Otorhinolaryngologist, earned his Master’s degree from the National University of Malaysia in 2004. From 2004 to 2011, he served as a Lecturer & Consultant ENT surgeon at the university’s teaching hospital. Presently, he practices at Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur, where his focus has transitioned from nose-related conditions to sleep- related breathing disorders since 2016. Driven by a passion for airway health, he embraced airway orthodontics, evolving into a pioneer of an integrative approach to breathing and upper airway health. Dr. Jahendran, a committed advocate of education, has not only excelled as a practitioner but also assumed leadership roles, including the presidency of the Malaysian Society of Otorhinolaryngologists Head and Neck Surgeons. His influence extends to the formation of the College of Otorhinolaryngologists Head and Neck Surgeons under the Academy of Medicine Malaysia. Dr. Jahendran’s organizational contributions include noteworthy events like the Inaugural Asean Sleep Congress in 2012, Asian Research Symposium in Rhinology in 2016, and the annual ENT Summit. Recently, he spearheaded the Integrative Airway Summit in 2022, with plans for another edition in 2025. His dedicated work centers on the integration of multiple specialties to promote airway health and functional breathing

Keisuke Inoue, DDS, Ph.D., is the President of the Nippon Pediatric Oral Development Society, a society with over 1,000 members. He specializes in pediatric orthodontics and preventive dentistry, advocating ORT orthodontics to support oral development and overall health. As a leading expert in the field, he is dedicated to advancing oral health through interdisciplinary collaboration and education, shaping the future of pediatric oral care.

DR. KEVIN BOYD is a board certified Pediatric Dentist in Chicago who holds an M.Sc. degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics. He teaches in the Pediatric Dentistry residency training program at Lurie Children’s Hospital and also serves as a dental consultant to the Lurie Sleep Medicine service. Dr. Boyd is an adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Arkansas mentoring PhD research, and also serves as a Visiting Consulting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania's Museum of Archeology and Anthropology where he is collaboratively exploring a hypothetical relationship between changed dietary practices since the Industrial Revolution and diminished human dentofacial development. He lectures worldwide on the topics of Early Childhood Malocclusion (under age 72 months), pediatric sleep-breathing hygiene and Evolutionary Oral Medicine/Darwinian Dentistry.

After graduating with a degree in Dentistry with honours in 1998 (University of Sydney), Dr Manish went on to complete a degree in Medicine in 2005 (University of Sydney). With a special interest in craniofacial pain and sleep disorders, Dr Manish has also completed a Masters in Medicine in Sleep Medicine (University of Sydney). Over the past 20 years, he has set up special clinics in TMD and Sleep Management and provides a wholistic medical and dental approach to patients with these disrders.

Rama Krsna is an associate professor in the Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery at the National University of Malaysia. He holds significant leadership positions, including country representative for the AO Foundation. He is also a life member of the Malaysian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and a founding committee member of the Malaysian Dentofacial Sleep Society. Additionally, AP Dr Rama Krsna heads the Orthognathic Division and is the Head Of Programme for the Master’s training program in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the National University Of Malaysia. He serves as an advisory panel to the International Dental Sleep Malaysia Society and Is a panel of many clinical practice guidelines for at the national level. His research and surgical expertise concentrate on orthognathic and restorative sleep surgical medicine. He actively contributes to developing national clinical guidelines for sleep-related issues and the multidisciplinary management of sleep disorders. His practice is recognized as one of the leading centers for virtual surgical planning and patient-specific implants in orthognathic and sleep surgery. Under his leadership, the orthognathic division has become one of Malaysia's primary referral centers for complex skeletal and sleep surgeries.

I am a Speech Pathologist with 4 decades of clinical experience across a wide range of communication and upper airway disorders. I have worked in diverse clinical settings in Australia and London. Currently, I operate a Private Practice in Canberra, servicing referrals from medical and dental specialists, for patients of all ages. The integration of upper airway and orofacial myofunctional science into traditional speech pathology work allows a unique approach to managing disorders of function of the upper airway, including breathing, swallowing, chewing, phonation, resonance, speech and airway patency for breathing during sleep. I have a special interest in early identification of craniofacial growth anomalies in non-syndromic children, airway obstruction in sleep disorders and concomitant orofacial and oropharyngeal dysfunctions. Recently, acknowledgement of the role of myofunctional therapy in the management of sleep disordered breathing, hails a new era of relevance for work in the upper airway, and affirmation of my chosen clinical direction. I believe there has never been a more important time for medical and dental colleagues to work as a team with significant health morbidities of sleep disorders in all ages now widely known. Professional membership of: Australasian Sleep Association, Sleep Health Foundation, International Pediatric Sleep Association, World Sleep Society, The Laryngology Society of Australasia, Speech Pathology Australia, American Academy of Physiological Medicine and Dentistry, American Academy of Cranio-Facial Pain, The Australian Voice Association, Academy of Applied Myofunctional Science, International Functional Association.

Dr. Srinivas Kishore Sistla serves as the Director of ENT and Sleep Apnea Services at AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad. An alumnus of Manipal Academy of Higher Education, he holds an MBBS and an MS in ENT. With over two decades of experience, his specialties include snoring and obstructive sleep apnea management, airway reconstruction, minimally invasive sinus surgery, and skull base surgery. Dr. Sistla has 23 high-index journal publications and has delivered invited talks at international conferences, including AAOHNS and IFOS. He is also the Immediate Past President of the Indian Association of Surgeons for Sleep Apnea, actively contributing to advancements in ENT.