Sleep in Children and Adolescents – What Every Parent Needs to Know

Dr Daniel Goh Yam Thiam
Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics,
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine,
National University of Singapore
Senior Consultant, Division of Paediatric Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep,
Department of Paediatrics, Khoo Teck Puat – National University Children’s Medical Institute,
National University Hospital

Dr Daniel Goh completed medical studies at the National University of Singapore and trained in Paediatrics in Singapore. He went on to complete a Fellowship in Paediatric Pulmonology and Sleep at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Centre (US).

Dr Goh’s interest is in childhood respiratory conditions, including childhood asthma and allergies, sleep habits and practices in children across different cultures, sleep-related breathing disorders and paediatric bronchology, fiberoptic bronchoscopy and vaccinology.

Dr Michael Lim Teik Chung
Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics,
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine,
National University of Singapore
Senior Consultant, Division of Paediatric Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep,
Department of Paediatrics, Khoo Teck Puat – National University Children’s Medical Institute,
National University Hospital

Dr Michael Lim graduated from Imperial College School of Medicine, London and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (UK) and the College of Chest Physicians (US). Dr Lim is dually-accredited in Paediatrics and Paediatric Respiratory Medicine in the UK, and has specialist accreditation in Paediatric Medicine in Singapore.

Dr Lim has published in the fields of paediatric pulmonology, sleep, and critical care medicine. His main clinical interests are in childhood respiratory illnesses and sleep medicine.

Dr Mahesh Babu Ramamurthy
Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics,
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine,
National University of Singapore
Head & Senior Consultant, Division of Paediatric Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep,
Department of Paediatrics, Khoo Teck Puat – National University Children’s Medical Institute,
National University Hospital

Dr Mahesh Babu Ramamurthy is the head and Senior Consultant of the Division of Paediatric Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep. His clinical interests include childhood respiratory conditions, including asthma and allergies, flexible paediatric bronchoscopy and sleep studies.

He has been a co-ordinator and member of the consensus committee in framing the National Guidelines for Bronchial Asthma in Children, the National Guidelines for Rational Therapy of Respiratory tract infection in children and the National Guidelines for diagnosis and management of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in children, in India. He delivered two oration lectures and at least 300 lectures as Guest speaker and invited faculty in various National conferences and Forums in India. Dr Mahesh was also involved in the setting up of the first Paediatric Sleep Lab in India.