MERF-MK

Dr. R. S. Anand Kumar

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
Dr.R.S.ANAND KUMAR

B.Sc (Chemistry) - 1971 (Madurai University) MBBS - 1976 (Madras University) DLO - 1980 (Madras University) MS - 1981 (Madras University) FICS - 1998 MAMS - 2008


PRESENT DESIGNATION:
* Academic Director & Consultant Otolaryngologist - Head & Neck Surgeon, Madras ENT Research Foundation (P) Ltd., Chennai. From 1996 * Faculty – DNB in ENT at Madras ENT Research Foundation from 2001 * Consultant Otolaryngologist - Head & Neck Surgeon, Vaman Clinic, Chennai from 1981. * Director, Madras ENT Research Foundation – Institute of Speech & Hearing Chennai from 2006. * Faculty – Fellowship in Implantation Otology The Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical . University from 2011 * Co-Guide for PhD in Oto Rhino Layrngology Recognized by The Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University from 2012 Honorary Positions - Steering committee Member AOI, South Zone.

WORK EXPERIENCE:
Postgraduate Trainee in Otolaryngology, Institute of Otolaryngology, Madras Medical College, Chennai 1978. Senior House Officer in Neuro-Surgery, Institute of Neurology, Government General Hospital, Chennai 1978. Senior House Officer in Anaesthesia, Government General Hospital, Chennai 1978. Senior House Officer in Radio Diagnosis, Bernard Institute of Radiology, Government General Hospital, Chennai 1978 – 79 Professional Experience * Consultant ENT surgeon for past 33 years * Former Consultant ENT surgeon, Durgabai Deshmukh Hospital, Chennai * Former Consultant ENT surgeon, CSI Kalyani Hospital, Chennai

MEMBERSHIP OF LEARNED SOCIETIES & SCIENTIFIC BODIES:
Life member - The Association of Otolaryngologists of India, 1990 Life member - Indian Society of Otology, November 1992 Life member – Indian Medical Association, 1994. Founder member - Association of Pediatric Otolaryngologists of India, 1994. Founder member – Association of Otolaryngologists of India – Tamil Nadu Chapter, 1997. Fellow, International College of Surgeons – Indian section from February 1998. Founder member – SAARC Association of Otolaryngologists, 1998. Founder member of Cochlear Implant Group of India, 2001. Founder member, AOI South Zone, 2004. Life member of Chennai City Branch, Association of Otolaryngologists of India Treasurer, Association of Otolaryngologists South Zone from 2005 to 2010. Treasurer, Association of Otolaryngologists, Tamil Nadu from 1997 - 2012

SPECIALIZED TRAINING:
* International Otology and Sinus Endoscopy workshop organized by Georgia Ear Institute, Savannah, US in August 1996. * Cochlear Implant Training Workshop under Prof. Graeme Clark at the Australian Bionic Ear and Hearing Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia in October 1996. * 16th International Hands-on Laser workshop in Middlesbrough, Cleveland, UK in October 1999. * International Head and Neck Cancer workshop, Birmingham, UK in October, 1999. * Lasers in ENT - Interaction with Shanghai ENT Hospital, China in May 2002. * Visited House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, USA, November 2006. * Rhinoplasty workshop in Batra Hospital, New Delhi, November 1987. * XIV Temporal bone microsurgery and II Neurotological workshop at G.S.Seth Medical College and KEM Hospitals, Bombay, September 1990. * Endoscopic nasal and sinus surgery course, Chennai Kaliappa Hospital, August 1992. * Live Ear surgery course under Dr. John. J. Shea organized by Indian Society of Otology, Chennai, November 1992. * Indo – US CME programme in Speech and Hearing and Neurotology, Institute of Speech & Hearing, Govt. General Hospital Chennai, January 1993. * Head and Neck surgery workshop at Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, January 1996. * CME program on Ear surgery in Temporal Bone, Govt Stanley Medical College, Chennai, June 1997. * Lateral Skull Base Surgery Workshop at Govt. Stanley Medical College, Chennai in January 1999. * Bone Anchored Hearing Aids Workshop at Basavangudi ENT Centre, Bangalore in August, 2001. * Advanced Otology Workshop organized by Prof. UGO FISCH, FISCH FOUNDATION & ABR DESAI FOUNDATION, in Mumbai, January 2003. * 12th Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Workshop, jointly organized by Seth G.S. Medical College & KEM Hospital with P.D. Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre under Prof. Stammberger, in Mumbai, August 2003 * Advanced Endoscopic nasal and skull base surgery – Current trends, Sundaram Medical Foundation Chennai, February 2005. * Participated BAHA Hands on workshop at Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore, May 2008. * Participated in the Interactive CME on Head and Neck Imaging,- TARGET Chennai, June 2008. * Participated in Hands on Head & Neck workshop at Nagpur August 2008.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:
* R.S.Anand Kumar, Kiran Natarajan. Speech Disorders in Children. Indian journal of Practical Pediatrics Vol.1, No.1, pg 45-50, Apr – Jun, 1999 Sathiya Murali, R.S.Anand Kumar,* Mohan Kameswaran, Endoscopic Laser Arytenoidectomy In Bilateral Abductor Paralysis, Annals of Endocrine Surgery Vol.7, No.7, pg 34 – 35, Nov. 2002 Sathiya Murali, Mohan Kameswaran,R.S.Anand Kumar,* Kiran Natarajan Efficacy of KTP/532 Laserization Combined with Intraluminal Ultraflex Stent for Tracheal Stenosis, Asian Journal of Ear, Nose and Throat Vol. 1, No. 1, pg 36-46 Jan-Mar, 2003 * Mohan Kameswaran, Kiran Natarajan, R.S.Anand Kumar, George Thomas, Sathiya Murali Unusual Presentation of a Giant Glomus Tumor Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery Vol. 55, No.3, pg 196 – 199, July – Sept 2003. * Mohan Kameswaran, M.C.Vasudevan, R.S.Anand Kumar, Jawahar Nagasundaram, Kiran Natarajan, S.Raghunandhan Auditory Brainstem Implantation: The First Indian Experience Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery Vol. 57, No.1, pg 58 – 63, Jan – Mar 2005. * M.Kameswaran, R.S.Anand Kumar, S.Murali, K.Natarajan, V.Krishnan Cochlear Implantation in Ossified Cochlea - MERF Experience Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery Vol.57, No. 4, pg 327-329, Oct - Dec 2005. * Mohan Kameswaran, R.S.Anand Kumar, Sathiya Murali, S.Raghunandhan, Jeeth Jacob KTP-532 Laser in the Management of Rhinosporidiosis Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery Vol.57, No. 4, pg 298-300, Oct - Dec 2005. * Mohan Kameswaran, R.S.Anand Kumar, S.Raghunandhan, Kiran Natarajan, Sathiya Murali Management of Laryngotracheal Stenosis - The MERF Experience Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery Special Issue –II, pg 459-462, 2005. * Mohan Kameswaran, R.S.Anand Kumar, Sathiya Murali, S. Raghunandhan, P Vijaya Krishnan Primary Nasal Tuberculosis – A Case Report Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Vol. 59, No. 1, pg 87-90, Jan – Mar 2006. * Mohan Kameswaran, R.S.Anand Kumar, Kiran Natarajan, Dilip Raghavan, Jawahar Nagasundaram, Jeeth Isaac Jacob Cochlear Implantation in Multi-Handicapped Patients: The MERF Experience Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery Vol 58, No. 2, pg 168-171, Apr – Jun 2006 * Mohan Kameswaran, Dilip Raghavan, R.S.Anand Kumar, Sathiya Murali Surgical Management of Trismus due to Oral Submucus Fibrosis – Lysis of Fibrotic Bands with the KTP-532 Laser Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery Vol. 58, No. 3, pg 229-31, Jul - Sept 2006. * Mohan Kameswaran, R.S.Anand Kumar, Kiran Natarajan, K.Karthikeyan, Jawahar Nagasundaram, Sathiya Murali Laryngeal Thrush: MERF Experience Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery Vol. 58, No. 4, pg 329-31, Oct – Dec 2006 * Mohan Kameswaran,R.S.Anand Kumar, Sathiya Murali, S.Raghunandhan, K.Karkhikeyan. Cochlear Implantation in Branchio-Oto-Renal Syndrome – A Surgical Challenge Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery Vol. 59, No.3, pg 280 -3, July - Sept 2007. * Raghunandhan.S, Mohan Kameswaran,R.S.Anand Kumar, Anoop Kumar Agarwal, Mohammod Delwar Hossain. A Study of Complications and Morbidity Profile in Cochlear Implantation: The MERF Experience. Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, published 'Online First' on 15th December, 2011 (DOI 10.1007/s12070-011-0387-3). * S. Raghunandhan, P. Vijaya Krishnan, Sathiya Murali,R.S.Anand Kumar, Mohan Kameswaran. Endolymphatic Sac Tumour: A Neoplastic Cause for Meniere's Syndrome. Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, published Online First™ on 26th December, 2011 (DOI: 10.1007/s12070-011-0395-3). * Vijayakrishnan. P, Raghunandhan. S,R.S.Anand Kumar, Mohan Kameswaran. A Rational Approach to the Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, published Online First™ on 22nd February, 2012 (DOI 10.1007/s12070-011-0381-9). * S.Raghunandhan, Anoop Kumar Agarwal, Kiran Natarajan, Sathiya Murali,R.S.Anand Kumar, and Mohan Kameswaran. Effect of Intravenous Administration of Steroids in the Management of Sudden Sensori-Neural Hearing Loss: Our Experience. Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, published Online First™ on 25th February, 2012 (DOI: 10.1007/s12070-012-0506-9). * Anoop Kumar Agarwal, Raghunandhan. S, R.S.Anand Kumar, Mohan Kameswaran. A Clinical Study of Surgical Outcomes in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. Indian Journal of Sleep Medicine (IJSM), 2011; Vol.6, No.2, pg: 54-61 (Print ISSN: 0973-340X), and published Online on 4th June, 2012 (Online ISSN: 0974-0155).

PROMOTION OF MEDICAL EDUCATION & CME:
* As an Academic Director, was instrumental in developing Madras ENT Research Foundation (P) Ltd, which is an internationally accepted center for Cochlear Implantation. * Faculty - All India Otological Microsurgical Workshop at Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute (Deemed University) November 1995. * Faculty - Head & Neck Surgery Workshop held at Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum in January 1996. * Faculty - SkullBase and Head & Neck Workshop at Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute (Deemed University) May 1996. * Treasurer of the South Zone Conference of AOI at Chennai, March 1997. * Faculty - CME program on Ear Surgery in Temporal Bone at Stanley Medical College, Chennai June 1997. * Organized 1st Otological Micro-Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai August 1997. * Responsible for initiating and organizing AOI Tamilnadu State Branch – Inaugural Conference held at Yercaud October 1997. * Organized 2nd Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai December 1997. * Organized 3rd Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai March 1998. * Organized 1st All India Workshop in Audiology for ENT Surgeons at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai March 1998. * Organized 4th Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai August 1998. * Organized 1st Pediatric Cochlear Implant Workshop in Association with Cochlear Corporation, Melbourne, Australia at Madras ENT Research Foundation, August 1998. * Organized 5th Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai December 1998. * Organized 6th Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai March 1999. * Organized 7th Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai August 1999 * Organized 2nd All India Workshop on Pediatric Cochlear Implantation at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai August 1999. * Organized 8th Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai December 1999 * Organized KTP 532 Laser in ENT - Live Surgery Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai December, 1999. * Organized 9th Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai March, 2000. * Organized workshop on Auditory–Verbal Approach and Cochlear Implants in the Education of the Hearing Impaired, Sponsored by The Clarke School for the Deaf, Chennai & Instituut Voor Doven, Netherlands, at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, March, 2000. * Faculty - FESS 2000 (Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Workshop) organized by Maruti Hospital, Trichy July, 2000. * Organized 10th Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai August, 2000. * Organized 3rd All India Workshop on Paediatric Cochlear Implantation at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai October, 2000. * Organised KTP 532 Laser in ENT - Live Surgery Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, November, 2000. * Faculty & Coordinator of Laser Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai December 2000. * Organised 11th Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai December, 2000. * Faculty- FESSRMC – 2001 organised by Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute (Deemed University), Chennai, January 2001. * Organized 12th Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, March, 2001. * Faculty - All India Hands–on Temporal Bone Workshop – 2001 organized by Dept of ENT & Head & Neck Surgery, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute (Deemed University), Chennai, April 2001. * Organized 1st All India Cochlear Implant - Contour Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, May 2001. * Organized 13th Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, August, 2001. * Faculty - International Laser workshop at Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute (Deemed University) August 2001. * Organized the 14th Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, October, 2001. * Faculty - Live Laser Surgery in Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery at Govt Koti Hospital, Hyderabad November, 2001. * Faculty - Live ENT Surgical Workshop organized by A.O.I Madurai & Dept. of ENT, Govt. Rajaji Hospital, Madurai Medical College, at Madurai November, 2001. * Faculty - Live ENT Workshop organized by Maruti Hospital, Trichy, December, 2001. * Organized 15th Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, December 2001. * Organized Workshop on Recent Developments in Cochlear Implants at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, February, 2002. * Faculty - Laser ENT Surgery – Live Workshop, Tilak Hospital, Trichy, February, 2002. * Organised 16th Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, March 2002. * Faculty - FESSRMC 2002 Workshop at Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute (Deemed University), Chennai, April 2002. * Faculty - Laser Surgery Workshop organized by Nova ENT Centre, Hyderabad, June 2002. * Faculty - Live Surgery Workshop organized by AOI & Singari ENT Hospital, Vijayawada, July, 2002. * Organised 2nd All India Audiology workshop for ENT Surgeons at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, July 2002. * Organised 3rd All India Live Laser Surgery Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, July 2002. * Organised 17th Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, August 2002. * Organizer and Honorary Treasurer of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India South Zone & VI Tamilnadu State Conference, Chennai, September, 2002. * Faculty - Live Surgery Workshop organized by AOI & GEM Hospital, Tirunelveli, September, 2002. * Organized 18th Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, December 2002. * Organised All India Live Surgery FESS Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, March 2003. * Organised 19th Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, March 2003. * Organised 20th Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, August 2003. * Member, Organising Committee, VII Tamilnadu State Conference at Tanjore, September, 2003. * Organized 21st Otological Microsurgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, December 2003. * Faculty - Live Surgical Workshop on Laser Surgery in Laryngeal Lesions at the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of Annamalai University at Rajah Muthiah Medical College & Hospital, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, February 2004. * Organized 22nd Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, February 2004. * Faculty - CME Program & Live Surgical Demonstration organized by Harvey Clinic, Rajapalayam, April 2004. * Organized 23rd Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, July 2004. * Organised Audiology Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, July 2004. * Organised Basic ENT Workshop Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, August 2004. * Organising Secretary, Cochlear Implant Group of India – 2nd National Conference, Chennai, October 2004. * Organized 24th Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, November 2004. * Faculty - TEMFESS 2004 organized by Department of ENT and Head & Neck Surgery, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute (DU), Chennai, November 2004. * Organised 25th Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, February, 2005. * Faculty 5th All India Live ENT Surgical Workshop organized by Maruti Hospital, Trichy, February 2005. * Organised Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Workshop at Madras ENT Foundation, Chennai, April 2005. * Organised 26th Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, July 2005. * Panelist, Cochlear Implant Panel, AOI, South Zone and IX Tamilnadu & Pondicherry States ENT Conference, Pondicherry, September 2005. * Organised 27th Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, December 2005. * Speaker – Symposium on Sleep Apnoea, 58th Annual Conference of AOI, Lucknow, January 2006. * Faculty - TANFESS 06 - Hands on Cadaveric Dissection & Live Endoscopic Surgery Workshop organized by Dept of Otorhinolaryngolgy and Anatomy, Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur, January 2006. * Organized 28th Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, Feb 2006. * Faculty - Live Surgery Workshop organized by Maruti Hospitals, Trichy, March 2006. * Faculty - Live Surgery Workshop organized by Dr. Soundar ENT Nursing Home, Pattukottai, May 2006. * Organised Current Status of ENT at Madras ENT Research Foundation, June 2006. * Organized 29th Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, July 2006. * Faculty – Cochlear Implant Workshop, Tilak Hospitals, July 2006. * Faculty - Otoneurology and Audiology workshop and Vth Henrietta Siebers Batts Oration on Endolymphatic Sac Decompression and Cochlear Implant Surgery, CMC Vellore, December 2006. * Organized workshop on Advanced Phonosurgery and Laser Endolaryngeal Surgery, at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, December, 2006. * Organized 31st Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, February 2007. * Organized the First Clinical-Audiological meet at Madras ENT Research Foundation, March 2007. * Organized International Update on Electrophysiology at Madras ENT Research Foundation, March 2007. * Organized 1st Clinical-Pathological meet at Madras ENT Research Foundation, April 2007. * Organized Clinical-Audiological meet at Madras ENT Research Foundation, May 2007. * Organized Clinical-Pathological meet at Madras ENT Research Foundation, June 2007. * Organized Multi-Disciplinary Symposium on "Tobacco and Health" commemorating The World Anti-Tobacco Day along with IMA - Poonamalle high road branch, at Madras ENT Research Foundation, June 2007. * Organized 32nd Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, July 2007. * Organized Clinical - Audiological meet at Madras ENT Research Foundation, July 2007. * Organized Clinical - Pathological meet at Madras ENT Research Foundation, August, 2007. * Organized Clinical – Audiological meet at Madras ENT Research Foundation, September 2007. * Panelist, Current status of Cochlear Implant, 11th Annual Conference of Tamil Nadu, Trichy, September 2007. * Organized 33rd Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, November 2007. * Organized "Recent advances in Brainstem and Cochlear implants" at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, November 2007. * Organized 'Live Surgical Workshop on Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome' at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, December 2007. * Organized 34th Otological Micro Surgical Workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, February 2008. * Guest Faculty at "Tamil Nadu FESS Workshop" at Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur, July 2008. * Faculty member in the 35th Otological Micro Surgical Workshop Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, July, 2008. * Organized "Model OSCE Examination" at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, August 2008. * Organized 'Cochlear Implant' Live surgical and hands on workshop along with Cochlear Corporation at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, August 2008. * Organized "6th All India Cochlear Implant Workshop" – Concurrent Workshops for Surgeons, Audiologists & Auditory Habilitationists, at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, September 2008. * Organized 'Live Surgical Workshop on Balloon Sinuplasty 08' at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, October 2008. * Organized "36th Temporal Bone Workshop" at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, July 2008. * Organised 'Advanced Phono Surgery Workshop' Concurrent Workshop for Surgeons & Speech Pathologists at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, December 2008. * Faculty member Temporal Bone Workshop at Tanjore January 2009. Organised "37th Temporal Bone Workshop" at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, February 2009. * Organized 'World Anti Tobacco Day Commemorative Multi Disciplinary Symposium' at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, June 2009. * Guest Faculty, at the 'Global ENTCON2009' organized by Department of ENT, Global Hospitals & Health City, Perumbakkam, Chennai, July 2009. * Organised "38th Temporal Bone Workshop" at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, July 2009. * Organizing Treasurer "AOI-5th South Zone & 13th Tamil Nadu State Conference" at Chennai, October 2009. * Organised "39th Temporal Bone Workshop" at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, November 2009. * Organised "International Course on Research Methodology & Presentation skills' at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, December 2009. * Organised "40th Temporal Bone Workshop" at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, February 2010. * Organised "41st Temporal Bone Workshop" at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, July 2010. * Organised "42nd Temporal Bone Workshop" at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, November 2010. * Organised "43rd Temporal Bone Workshop" at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, February 2011. * Organised "7th All India Cochlear Implant Workshop" at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, February, 2011. * Organised "44th Temporal Bone Workshop" at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, July 2011. * Organised "45th Temporal Bone Workshop" at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, November 2011. * Organized "All India Live Surgical Workshop on Sleep Apnoea" at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, December 2011 * Organized "International Workshop on Advanced Otology" at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, January 2012 * Organized "46th Temporal Bone Workshop" at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, February 2012. * Organized "All India Neurotology Update-2012" at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, March 2012. * Organized 'Cochlear Implant Workshop' at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, April 2012. * Organized "47th Temporal Bone Workshop" at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, July 2012. * Organized "48th Temporal Bone Workshop" at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, December 2012. * Organized "49th Temporal Bone Workshop" at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, February 2013. * Faculty " All India Live Surgical Workshop Under IASSA at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, February 2013 * Organized "50th Temporal Bone Workshop" & Live Surgical Workshop Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, July 2013. * Organized "51st Temporal Bone Workshop" Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, December 2013. * Organized "52nd Temporal Bone Workshop" Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, February 2014. * Faculty "1st Temporal Bone Workshop" Anand Hospitals Coimbatore March 2014.

CONFERENCES ATTENDED
International First SAARC ENT Congress, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 1998. XVII - IFOS World Congress of ENT surgeons, Cairo, Egypt, October 2002. * Chairman, Vestibular symposium, Fourth SAARC ENT Congress, Colombo, Srilanka, August 2004. * Invited Speaker on 'Developing a Rational Approach in the Management of Sleep Apnoea' at the XIX ENT WORLD CONGRESS IFOS 2009, Sao Paulo, Brazil. * 'ABI 2010 – State of the art Symposium on Brainstem Auditory Implants Workshop' organized by Uppsala University at Uppsala, Sweden, June 2010. * 11th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and other Implantable Auditory Technologies at Stockholm, Sweden, June 2010. * All-Russian Congress on Cochlear Implantation with International Partnership at Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 2010. * Hearring Meeting at Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 2010. * 12th Asia Oceanic ORL-HNS Congress, Auckland, New Zealand, March 2011. * 8th Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implant and Related Sciences, Daegu, Korea, October 2011. * 9th International Conference on Cholesteatoma and Ear Surgery, Nagasaki, Japan 2012. * Academic meeting in Mexico City, Mexico – November, 2012. * 29th Politzer Society meeting Antalya November - 2013 8th Asia Pacific conference on Cochlear Implants and related sciences, November 2013 Hydhrabad, India. International conference on Cochlear Implants and related sciences, June 2014 Munich, Germany. National * South Zone ENT Conference, Bangalore, August 1979. * Southern regional conference at Hyderabad, September 1980. * 38th Annual conference of AOI, Madras, Jan 1986. * 40th Annual Conference of AOI, Udaipur, February 1988. * Regional Conference of AOI, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry and CME on Septorhinoplasty, Chennai, September 1988. * 42nd Annual conference of AOI, Pune, February 1990. * Inaugural conference of the Indian Society of Otology, November 1992. * Inaugural conference of APOI at Kolar, Karnataka, October 1994. * 2nd National Conference, APOI, Madras, August 1995. * 48th Annual conference of AOI, Cuttack, January 1996. * AOI South Zone Conference, Chennai, March 1997. * 43rd Annual Conference of International College of Surgeons, Indian Section, Mount Abu, September 1997. * 44th Annual Conference of International College of Surgeons, Indian Section, Chennai September, 1998. * Inaugural Conference of AOI - Tamil Nadu, at Yercaud, October 1997. * AOI South Zone Conference, Bangalore, July 1998. * 2nd Annual Conference of AOI, Tamil Nadu, Trichy, September 1998. * The Sinus Endoscopic Society of India Conference, Chennai, December 1998. * Annual conference of AOI, Cochin, January 2000. * 4th Annual conference of AOI - Tamil Nadu at Erode, September 2000. * VII APOICON Conference & XIII Annual Conference of the North Eastern Branch of the AOI, Imphal, October 2000. * 53rd Annual Congress of AOI, Chandigarh, January, 2001. 22. 14th World Congress of the International Society for Laser surgery and Medicine, Chennai, August 2001. * 5th Annual conference of AOI- Tamil Nadu, at Kanyakumari, September 2001. * 6th Annual conference of AOI- Tamil Nadu and South Zone Conference, Chennai, September 2002. * 7th Annual conference of AOI - Tamil Nadu State, Tanjore, September 2003. * 1st Cochlear Implant Group of India conference, Mumbai, November 2003. * 10th Annual Conference of APOICON 2004, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, February 2004. * 2nd National Conference of The Cochlear Group of India, (CIGI) Chennai, October 2004. * 8th Annual Conference of AOI – Tamil Nadu at Madurai, November 2004. * South Zone and 9th Annual Conference of AOI - Tamilnadu & Pondicherry, at Pondicherry, September 2005. * 57th Annual Conference of AOI, organized by King George Medical College and AOI Lucknow Branch, Lucknow, January 2006. * 10th Annual conference of AOI - Tamil Nadu, at Ooty, September 2006. * 2nd South Zone and 24th AOI- Karnataka State Conference at Belgaum, October 2006. * 11th Annual conference of AOI - Tamil Nadu at Trichy, September 2007. * 3rd South Zone ENT Conference at Trivandrum, Kerala, October 2007. * 5th CIGI Conference at Pune, November 2007. * 59th Annual Conference of AOI, Agra, January 2008. * 12th Annual conference of AOI - Tamil Nadu at Mahabalipuram, September 2008. * 4th South Zone ENT Conference at Hyderabad, Andra Pradesh, October 2008. * 6th CIGI Conference at Bangalore, November 2008. * 61st Annual Conference of AOI, Jaipur January 2009. * CME on 'World Anti Tobacco Day Commemorative Multi Disciplinary Symposium' at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, June 2009. * Treasurer of the "AOI-5th South Zone & 13th Tamil Nadu State Conference" at Chennai, October 2009. * 62nd Annual Conference of the AOI, AOICON-2010 at Mumbai, January 2010. * 6th South Zone & 28th Karnataka State ENT Conference, Mysore, October 2010. * 8th Annual Conference of Cochlear Group of India, CIGICON 2010, organized by Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, November 2010. * Organising Treasurer, 63rd AOICON 2011, Chennai, January 2011. * 7th Southzone Conference Calicut Kerala, October 2011. * Organising Treasurer, 52nd NAMSCON Chennai October 2012. * 10th CIGICON Ahamedabad November 2012. * 'Otoneurosurgical workshop-Crossing the Dural barrier' organized by Institutes of Neurology & Otorhinolaryngology at Madras Medical College and Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Chennai, December 2012. * Organized "FIRST All India Conference IASSA" Chennai, February 2013 * Organized 2nd National Conference of the Laryngology & Voice Association – 'Laryngology Update 2013', August 2013. * Organized 9th Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants and Related Sciences Hyderabad- November 2013. * 66th AOICON Mysore – January 2014. * Organized "SECOND All India Conference IASSA" Calicut, February 2014

SCIENTIFIC PAPERS PRESENTED:
INTERNATIONAL Endoscopic Management Of Tracheal Stenosis with KTP/532 Laser and Tracheal Stents at IFOS – World Congress of ENT surgeons, Cairo, Egypt. October 2002. Endoscopy of The Cerebello Pontine Angle, at 4th SAARC ENT Congress, Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 2004. * Rational Approach to the Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome at IFOS – World Congress of ENT surgeons, at Sau Paulo, Brazil, 2009. NATIONAL * Presented a paper titled "Bacteriology in Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media and role of Doxycyline" in South Zone conference of AOI in Hyderabad, September 1980. * "Role of Serratiopeptidase in sinusitis" 42nd Annual Conference of AOI, Pune, February 1990 * Chairperson for free paper session in All India AOI Conference, Cochin in 2000. * Guest Speaker on "Application of KTP Laser in Paediatric Airway at the VII APOICON Conference & XIII Annual Conference of the North Eastern Branch of the AOI, Imphal, October 2000. * Presented paper on "Management of bilateral abductor palsy – retrospective analysis of 20 cases" at 14th World Congress of the International Society for Laser surgery and medicine, Chennai, August 2001. * Guest speaker in "Endoscopy in ENT"at IMA Kerala State Conference Trivandrum in Nov 2001. * Guest lecture on BAHA at Audiology for ENT surgeons at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai in July 2002. * Guest speaker on "Sinusitis - Modern Approach" organised by USV pharmaceuticals Chennai in Nov 2002. * Guest speaker on "Implantable Hearing Aids" in Audiology workshop at Madras ENT Research Foundation, July 2003 * Chairperson for CME programme - Annual conference of Tamil Nadu State AOI, Sept 2003. * Guest Speaker on 'Sleep Apnoea', at the 58th Annual Conference of AOI, organized by King George Medical College and AOI Lucknow Branch, Lucknow, January 2006. * Chairperson, Live Surgical workshop, 11th Annual conference of AOI, Tamil Nadu at Trichy, September 2007. * Panelist, "Current status of Cochlear Implants", 11th Annual conference of AOI, Tamil Nadu at Trichy, September 2007. * Guest Speaker on 'Recent advances and the rational approach in the management of Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome", 52nd NAMSCON, Chennai, 2012.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Tutor - National Board of Examinations at Madras ENT Research Foundation since Jan 2001 Conducted mock OSCE for DNB students at Madras ENT Research Foundation, August 2004 Conducted mock OSCE for DNB students at Madras ENT Research Foundation, July 2005 Conducted mock OSCE for DNB students at Sundaram Medical Foundation, July 2006 Conducted mock OSCE for DNB students at Madras ENT Research Foundation, July 2009 Conducted mock OSCE for DNB students at Madras ENT Research Foundation, April, 2011 Conducted mock OSCE for DNB students at Madras ENT Research Foundation, June 2012 Conducted mock OSCE for DNB students at Madras Medical College, march 2014

COUNTRIES VISITED FOR ACADEMIC MEETINGS:
* USA - Attended International Otology workshop organized by Georgia Ear Institute, Savannah, US in Aug 1996. * Australia - Attended the Cochlear Implant Training Workshop under Prof.Graeme Clark at the Australian Bionic Ear and Hearing Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia in October 1996. * Bangladesh - Attended first SAARC ENT Congress, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Feb, 1998. * UK - Attended International Laser workshop and Head and Neck cancer workshop in UK in October 1999. * China- Interaction with Shanghai ENT Hospital for Lasers in ENT in May – 2002 * Egypt - Presented paper on 'Endoscopic Management of Tracheal stenosis with KTP /532 laser and tracheal stents' in IFOS – World Congress of ENT surgeons, Cairo in October 2002. * USA – Los Angels –House Ear Institute – November 2006. * Brazil – Sao Paulo, IFOS World Congress, 2009. * Korea – Deagu, 8th APSCI, 2011. * Japan – Nagasaki, Cholesteatoma 2012. * Mexico –Mexico city, 2012 * Turkey- Antalya, Politzer Society 2013. *Munich, Germany CI International Conference 2014
SPECIAL SERVICE IN RURAL AREAS / COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Conducted several free Rural ENT Camps in Tamil Nadu. Organising and conducting free charitable clinics in & outside Chennai catering to the underprivileged section of the society. * Participated in a free "ENT Surgical Camp" conducted by Lions Club of Vellore in June 1978. Participated in an "ENT and General Health Camp" held at Nochikuppam, conducted by Lions Club of Marina Beach in Oct 1978. Participated in an "ENT and General Health Camp" conducted by Lions Club of Kumbakonam in January 1980. * Participated in ENT Camp organized by Lions Club of Madras, Nandambakkam, August 1980. * Participated in Comprehensive Health Camp organized by Lions Club of Madras, Beasant Nagar, Chennai, February 1981. * Conducted a Free Hearing Checkup Camp for the Senior Citizens on the 1st Deafness Prevention Day, at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai under the Association of Otolaryngologists of India in Nov 1998. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, March 1999. Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, April 1999. Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, May 1999. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, June 1999. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, July 1999. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, August 1999. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, October 1999. * Conducted a Free Hearing Checkup Camp for Senior Citizens on the Deafness Prevention Day, at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai under the Association of Otolaryngologists of India in Nov 1999. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, December 1999. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, April 2000. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, June 2000. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, August 2000. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, September 2000. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, October 2000. * Conducted a free ENT camp organized by Lions Club, Podaturpet in October 2000. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, December 2000. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, February 2001. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, March 2001. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, April 2001. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, May 2001. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, June 2001. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, July 2001. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, September 2001. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, October 2001. * Conducted a free ENT camp organized by Lions Club, Podaturpet in October 2001. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, December 2001. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, February 2002. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, March 2002. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, May 2002. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, June 2002. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, July 2002. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, August 2002. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, September 2002. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, October 2002. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, December 2002. * Conducted a Free ENT Camp organised by Lions Club, Podaturpet, in February, 2003. * Participated in Surgical Camp at Trichy in February 2003. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, February 2003. * Conducted a Free ENT Camp organised by Lions Club, Kancheepuram, in March, 2003. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp, Pattukottai, March 2003. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp, Pattukottai, May 2003. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, June 2003. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, July 2003. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, August 2003. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, September 2003. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, October 2003. Thanthai Periyar's 125 B'day Multispeciality Consultation Camp, Vepery, Chennai, September 2003. * Conducted a Free ENT Camp organised by Lions Club, Podaturpet, in November, 2003. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, November 2003. * Conducted a Free ENT Camp organised by Lions Club, Kancheepuram, in December, 2003. * Organised "Deafness Awareness Camp" at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, December 2004. * Conducted a Free Camp organised by Madras ENT Research Foundation, Villivakkam, Chennai, December 2004. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, February 2004. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, March 2004. * Conducted a Free ENT Camp organised by Lions Club, Manavala Nagar, Thiruvallur, March, 2004. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp, Pattukottai, April 2004. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, May 2004. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, June 2004. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, August 2004. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, September 2004. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, October 2004. * Conducted a Sight First Seminar & Camp organised by Lions Clubs International District 324-AA, Kanchipuram, October, 2004. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, November 2004. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, January 2005. * Conducted a Free Camp organized by Madras ENT Research Foundation, Perambakkam, Chennai, February 2005. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, February 2005. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, March 2005. * Conducted a Free Screening Camp organized by Madras ENT Research Foundation in collaboration with Dr. Kumaraswamy Welfare Centre, Kanyakumari, April 2005. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, May 2005. * Conducted a Free Surgical Camp organized by Madras ENT Research Foundation in collaboration with Dr. Kumaraswamy Welfare Centre, Kanyakumari, June 2005. * Conducted a Free Hearing Assessment Camp at Madras ENT Research Foundation, Chennai, July 2005. * Conducted a Free ENT Camp in collaboration with Lodge Accountants No: 194, at Sacred Heart Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Mogappair, Chennai, August 2005. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp, Pattukottai, August 2005. * Conducted a Free ENT Camp at Thiruvallur in collaboration with Thiruvallur Lions Sangam, September 2005. * Conducted a Free ENT Camp in collaboration with Thirupathur Santhana Nagar Lions Sangam, Thirupathur Malaigal Nagar Lions Sangam and, Thirupathur Santhana Nagar Leo Sangam, District 324-A4, September 2005. * Conducted a Free ENT Camp in collaboration with Lions Club of Arakkonam Junction, Arakkonam, October 2005. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, February 2005. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, March 2005. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, May 2005. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, June 2005. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, August 2005. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, September 2005. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, October 2005. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, December 2005. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, January 2006. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, March 2006. * Conducted a Free Screening & Surgical Camp organised by Madras ENT Research Foundation in collaboration with Dr. Kumaraswamy Welfare Centre, Kanyakumari, May 2006. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, May 2006. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, July 2006. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, September 2006. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, December 2006. * Conducted a Free ENT Camp organised by Lions Club, Podaturpet, in January, 2007. * Conducted surgical camp, Pattukottai, March 2007. * Conducted a Free Screening and Surgical Camp organized by Madras ENT Research Foundation in collaboration with Dr. Kumaraswamy Welfare Centre, Kanyakumari, May 2007. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp , Pattukottai, May 2007. * Conducted a screening and free ENT camp for civil supplies CID personnel in May – June 2007. * Conducted Screening & Surgical camp at Pattukottai, July 2007. * Conducted Screening & Surgical camp at Pattukottai, September 2007. * Conducted free ENT camp organized by Kanchipuram Hellen Keller Lions Club and Lions club of Little Kanchi, September 2007. * Conducted ENT camp at Saibaba Temple , Mylapore, Chennai November, 2007. * Conducted surgical camp at Sounder ENT Hospital at Pattukottai, Nov 2007. * Conducted free ENT Screening Camp Organised by Lions Club of Podaturpet, December 2007. * Conducted Screening and Surgical Camp, Pattukottai, December 2007. * Organized surgical camp, Sounder ENT Hospital at Pattukottai, March 2008. * Organized surgical camp, Sounder ENT Hospital at Pattukottai, May 2008. * Organized surgical camp, Sounder ENT Hospital at Pattukottai, July 2008. * Conducted a Free ENT Camp organised by Parasparam Trust, Bathalagundu, September 2008. * Conducted free ENT Screening Camp Organised by Lions Club of Podaturpet, September 2008. * Organized surgical camp, Sounder ENT Hospital at Pattukottai, October 2008. * Organized surgical camp, Sounder ENT Hospital at Pattukottai, February 2009. Conducted camp at Arakonam Govt. High school, organized by the Lions Club of Arakonam, February 2010 Conducted free ENT Screening Camp Organised by Lions Club of Podaturpet, December 2011 Conducted camp at Arakonam Govt. High school, organized by the Lions Club of Arakonam, March , 2012 Conducted free ENT Screening Camp Organised by Lions Club of Podaturpet, December 2012 *Conducted free ENT Screening Camp Organised by Lions Club of Podaturpet, September 2013