INTRODUCTION:

More than 34 years of rich clinical experience in the field of otorhinolaryngology Trained at PGIMER Chandigarh and worked as Assistant Professor at AIIMS, Delhi. Dr. Aru Chhabra Handa completed her post-graduate studies in ENT at PGIMER, Chandigarh, after graduating from Amritsar Medical College. She has received training in all common and urgent head and neck, ear, nose, and throat operations. She has worked in the ENT sector for more than 34 years. She worked as Assistant Professor at AIIMS, New Delhi and also has rich clinical experience from working at different places like PGI, Chandigarh, Safdarjung Hospital, Moolchand Hospital and Holy Family Hospital, New Delhi. She has expertise in managing different types of sinusitis together with fungal sinusitis and is expert in endoscopic nasal, sinus and allied surgeries including CSF leak repair, functional and cosmetic Rhinoplasty. She is skilled in Microscopic Ear surgery with hearing reconstruction, stapes surgery and managing Neuro-ontological Disorders. She has experience in managing head and neck Glandular surgeries along with Sia endoscopy for salivary duct stones and other salivary gland pathologies. She has special interest in managing Nasal allergies and paediatric Otorhinolaryngology. She has more than 40 publications in various international and National journals along with book chapters. She has presented papers, been a panellist and invited guest faculty in various CMEs, workshops and Conferences. She has been organizer and Co-Organizer for CMEs, workshops and Conferences.

Experience

• Rich clinical experience spanning over 33 years in the field of otorhinolaryngology.
• Trained at PGI Chandigarh and worked as Assistant Professor at AIIMS.

Specialization and Expertise

• Microscopic Ear Surgery
• Hearing Reconstruction and Stapes Surgery
• Sialendoscopy
• Glandular Head and Neck Surgeries
• Orbital Surgery
• Paediatric ENT
• Nose and Sinus Diseases
• Endoscopic nose sinus and allied skull base surgeries
• Functional and Cosmetic Rhinoplasty
• Nasal Allergy

Awards/Academic Achievements

• Contributed to book chapters on various ENT topics, 2020.
• Participated in a variety of conferences and workshops in 2022 as a speaker, guest faculty member, and panellist.
• Organized a number of conferences and seminars in 2019.
• The work “Para Nasal Mycoses; Problems in diagnosis and management” won the I.S. Gupta Gold Medal for best paper at the All-India Rhinology conference, which took place in January 1998 at LHMC, New Delhi.
• Given the IMA South Delhi branch’s President’s recognition award in 2008 for services completed.
• Authored around 40 articles for national and international journals in 2020.