Personalised Care
Global Expertise
With over 20 years of experience and advanced training, I strive to provide exceptional ENT, Head & Neck, and Neurotological care to my patients.
My work has been recognized by leading news outlets, and my extensive experience spans across premier referral hospitals and specialized daycare centers in India and abroad.
Qualifications
M.B.B.S. – PSG Medical College
M.S (ENT) – Madurai Medical College
Head & Neck Surgical Trainee – AIMS, Cochin
Fellow in Head & Neck Surgery and Oncology – Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo
Fellow in Otology & Neurotology – University of Cincinnati, Ohio
EXPERTISE & ACHIEVEMENTS
- One of the youngest to join the MS
- Visiting Scholar at UCSF.
- First Head and Neck Fellow at AIMS,
- First collaborative Head & Neck Fellow at RoswellPark Cancer Institute.
- First Indian to earn a fellowship in Otology & Neurotology from the University of Cincinnati.
- Among the few Indian Otolaryngologists with dual US clinical fellowship degrees.
- Performed the first cochlear implant surgery at a teaching hospital in Karnataka.
- Performed the first implantation otology in a daycare
- Published extensively in internationally acclaimed peer-reviewed medical and engineering journals.
- Presented exemplary clinical work on international podiums
- Written book chapters and contributed to
- Pioneered reverse medical tourism, undertaking high-risk surgeries and training doctors in resource-limited countries.
- Featured in Discover Bangalore’s “Faces in the the Crowd.”
- Editorial board member of patient resource sites in India and USA.
- Regularly invited as faculty and speaker at national and international conferences.
- Recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award.
- Honored for medical contributions, awarded Best ENT Surgeon by NDTV Profit.
- One of the first National Mentors for Atal Innovation Mission.
- Holder of numerous intellectual property
- Performed hundreds of complex procedures integrating cutting-edge technologies.
- Expertise in head and neck cancer surgeries, ensuring functional preservation.
- Specialized in treating tumors and cerebrospinal fluid leaks with precision.
- Skilled in cochlear implants and bone-anchored hearing aids for auditory restoration.
- Expertise in revising failed surgeries, including thyroid and skull base procedures.
- Trained at Roswell Park Cancer Institute & University of Cincinnati, incorporating global best practices.
- Conducted high-risk surgeries in Iraq & Tanzania, improving medical access in resource-limited areas.
- Pioneered LASER surgeries, Balloon Sinuplasty, Coblator techniques, and minimally invasive thyroid surgeries.
- Trained medical students, residents, and international surgeons, fostering skill development.
- Expertise in handling complications from previous surgeries performed by others.
- Expertise in microsurgeries and otology
- Conducted numerous hands-on workshops for Otolaryngology trainees.
- Actively contributed to patient education through news and electronic media.
- Featured in leading print and television media for expertise in cancer, skull base surgeries, and otology implantations.