He graduated from Madras Medical College in 1977 with distinction and obtained his DLO and MS in 1981 from the same Institution.
He has been a recipient of the ‘PADMA SHRI’ National Award from the Former President, His Excellency Late Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam, Government of India in recognition of his distinguished and exceptional service in the field of Medicine in 2006. He has also been a recipient of the prestigious award from Medical Council of India ‘DR. B.C.ROY AWARD FOR THE YEAR 2008’ for the development of specialties in different branches in medicine from the Former President of India, His Excellency Shri. Pranab Mukherjee in 2016.
He is one of the pioneers of Cochlear Implant Surgery in India and has Mentored and was responsible for starting Cochlear Implant surgery in 45 centers in India, and in 7 centers overseas including Sri Lanka, Armed Forces Hospital in Bangladesh, Nigeria & Nepal. He is the FIRST Surgeon in South and South East Asia to have performed the Auditory Brainstem Implant and the FIRST Pediatric Brainstem Implant in Asia, January 2009. He is also the FIRST surgeon in Asia Pacific region to have performed the Totally Implantable Hearing Device surgery.
He is also the Founder President of Indian Academy of Oto Rhino Laryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. He is also Founder of Indian Association of Surgeons for Sleep Apnoea and Tamil Nadu Association of Otorhinolaryngologists of India.
He has written various journals and chapters in books and Edited a textbook on ENT Diseases in a Tropical Environment & two operative manuals - one on Temporal Bone Surgery and the other on Skull Base Surgery.
He studied undergraduate from KAP Viswanathan Govt Medical College, Trichy and Post-graduation in ENT from Madras Medical College, Chennai. He is much interested in Endoscopic surgeries. He travelled across the world to get training from eminent surgeons in their field. He trained in Rhinology under Prof. Daniel Simmen from Switzerland, Endoscopic thyroidectomy under Prof. Tran N Luong from Vietnam, Endoscopic Sinus surgery under Prof. Heinz Stammberger from Austria, Endoscopic Ear Surgery under Prof. In Seok Moon from South Korea and Endoscopic Skullbase surgery under Prof. Peter Hwang, Stanford university, USA.
He along with Prof. Simmen’s team coined a new classification for Endoscopic Prelacrimal Approach. He got a sponsored fellowship (only Indian) from European Rhinology Society, Travel grant award from Seoul, South Korea and received many awards for paper presentation in various conferences. He has published several articles in various journals and contributed chapters in books. He was a teacher for Postgraduate students in Otorhinolarygology. He is the editor in chief for a famous international book on 100 Complications of Otorhinolaryngology & Skullbase surgery by esteemed THIEME Publishers, youngest Indian to do so.
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