Medaviate

Dr. K. K. Handa

Experience: 35+ years

Education: DNB, MNAMS, MS(ENT), MBBS

Department: ENT

Specialization: ENT, Head and Neck Surgery

Hospital:  Medanta Hospital Gurgaon, India

INTRODUCTION:

At Medanta, Dr. K.K. Handa serves as the Chairman of ENT and Head Neck Surgery. In this field, he has over 32 years of expertise. Since Medanta’s founding in 2009, he has led the department of ENT and head and neck surgery. Before that, he served as Senior Resident at PGIMER Chandigarh and Associate Professor in the Department of ENT at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi for 13 years as a faculty member. He was the founding secretary of the Association of Phono-surgeons of India and served as its president previously. He is one of the nation’s best laser and voice surgeons. His areas of specialization include head and neck surgery, laryngology, voice surgery, endoscopic sinus surgery, laser surgery, cochlear implants, and microscopic ear surgery. He was also the Commonwealth teachers fellowship for Training in Lasers, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, U.K. in 2004.

Experience

  • Renowned laryngologist, voice surgeon and cochlear implant surgeon
  • 27 years of experience in the speciality
  • Former Associate Professor at AIIMS, Delhi

Specialization and Expertise

  • Laryngology
  • Voice Surgery
  • Cochlear Implants
  • Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
  • Head and Neck Surgery
  • Microscopic Ear Surgery

Milestones Achieved

  • Bharath Swasthya Samman Award by Zee News, 2015.
  • Times Research Foundation, “Best Otorhinolaryngologist,” 2012.
  • Marquis World’s Who’s Who, Work in field of ENT, 2009.
  • Kirti Gupta Oration, Work in Phonosurgery, 2009.
  • Delivered NK Agarwal oration, “Phonosurgery Past Present and Future, Work in Phonosurgery, 2008.
  • First prize in Annual Conference of Association of Phonosurgeons of India, Best video presentation, 2007.
  • Dr R.D Kumar Oration, Work in Laryngology, 2006.
  • President’s Appreciation Award, IMA South Delhi, 2005.
  • British Academic Conference Fellowship, BACO Conference, Cambridge, UK, 1996.
  • AOI Travel Fellowship, Outstanding ENT Surgeon, 1996.
  • Silver Medal, First Order in the MS (ENT) examination, 1993.