Subramaniam Krishnan received his Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Singapore and went on to complete his postgraduate studies at University College London (MSc and PhD in Neurological Science). He is a Senior Fellow of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FDSRCS) and an elected Fellow of the International College of Dentists (FICD), Academy of Medicine of Malaysia (FAMM) and Academy of Sciences, Malaysia (FASc). He is also a Commonwealth Medical Fellow and recipient of two Academic Links and Interchange Scheme (ALIS) awards for collaboration with University College London. His primary research focus has been on Experimental Neurology and Teratology (Basic Sciences), and Alveolar Bone Loss Mechanisms (Clinical); these research programmes were funded by local and international agencies (University of Malaya, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, The Wellcome Trust (UK), China Medical Board- Rockefeller Foundation, Commission of European Communities (EU), The Heiser Program (USA) and The National Institute of Dental Research (USA). He served at the University of Malaya for thirty- two years, having been appointed as Chair-Professor of Anatomy at the age of forty until his retirement. He was then invited by MAHSA University to serve as Professor of Anatomy. During his academic career, he served as Visiting Professor to University of Massachusetts Medical School and the Medical University of Graz and Visiting Research Fellow at University College London. His was the Associate Editor of Clinical Anatomy (Wiley), and currently serves on the International Editorial Advisory Panel for the Journal Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy (Springer). He was a Member of the Governing Council of the International Brain Research Organisation (IBRO), Member of The Federation of Asian and Oceanic Neuroscience Societies (FAONS) and FDI Consultant to the Working Group on Clinical Testing Protocols in collaboration with the World Health Organisation.