DR. SHARAN NAIDOO IS A MAXILLOFACIAL AND ORAL SURGEON BASED IN PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA. HE IS DUAL QUALIFIED IN DENTISTRY AND MEDICINE AND HAS OVER 13 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS A SPECIALIST IN ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY. FOLLOWING HIS SPECIALIST TRAINING, HE COMPLETED A TWO-YEAR FELLOWSHIP IN CLEFT LIP AND PALATE SURGERY;
DR NAIDOO IS IN FULL-TIME PRIVATE PRACTICE AT MEDICLINIC MIDSTREAM HOSPITAL, PRETORIA, WHERE HE PRACTICES THE FULL SCOPE OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY. HE ALSO SERVES AS A PART-TIME CONSULTANT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA’S FACIAL CLEFT DEFORMITY CLINIC, WHERE HE IS INVOLVED IN THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CLEFT LIP AND PALATE AND OTHER CRANIOFACIAL CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION, HE SERVES AS A DIRECTOR OF CURE DAY CLINIC MIDSTREAM AND MEDICLINIC MIDSTREAM HOSPITAL;
HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE OF MAXILLOFACIAL AND ORAL SURGERY OF SOUTH AFRICA, PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIETY OF MAXILLOFACIAL AND ORAL SURGEONS, A SENATE MEMBER OF THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION IN ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, AND HONORARY SECRETARY OF AOCMF SOUTH AFRICA. HIS PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS INCLUDE CLEFT LIP AND PALATE SURGERY, CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY, AND SURGICAL EDUCATION.