Dr. P Ganesan Adaikan, PhD, DSc, ACS (USA) is research professor and head of section of sexual medicine and clinical sexologist in the department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, National University Hospital, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
He is a world renowned expert in the field of ED and is recognized for his pioneering contributions to the physiopharmacology of penile erection and pharmacological treatment for ED. He has won several international awards including the prestigious Ginestie Prize (1986) in Prague and Emil Tanagho Prize (2006) in Cairo from the International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM), American Medical Systems–Excellence in Impotence Research Best Paper Award (1997) from the Asia-Pacific Society for Sexual Medicine (APSSM) and the Benjamin Henry Sheares Memorial Lecture Award and Gold Medal (1987) from the Obstetrical and gynaecological society of Singapore.
Dr Adaikan has published more than 150 scientific articles in leading peer-reviewed international journals. He has delivered more than 400 invited lectures and presentations around the world on sexual health concerns.
Prof Adaikan is the immediate Past President of International Society for Sexual Medicine. He is also the chairman of the Permanent Scientific Committee of ISSM and in the editorial board of the Journal of Sexual Medicine and several other international journals. Prof Adaikan is the Past President of Asia-Oceania Federation for Sexology and Society for the Study of Andrology and Sexology, Singapore which he founded in 1997. He is also the Founder-Executive Committee member of APSSM (1987) and he represents the Asia-Pacific region in many international and scientific bodies.
Dr Adaikan established the sexual dysfunction component of the Andrology clinic in 1986 to address and manage sexual health concerns at the National University Hospital, Singapore and has been involved in the treatment of erectile and ejaculatory problems in men and sexual disorders in women.
Prof Adaikan was the organizing Chairman/President of the VI World Meeting on Impotence (1994) and the 7th Asian Congress of Sexology (2002) held in Singapore. As the president of ISSM, he was the co-chair of the 12th World Congress of Sexual Medicine held in Cairo, Egypt in September 2006. He is also a consultant and resource speaker for organizations and pharmaceutical industries on sexual health issues at international level.