Dr. K. K. Handa

Renowned laryngologist, voice surgeon and cochlear implant surgeon

27 years of experience in the specialty

Former Associate Professor at AIIMS, Delhi

Dr. K.K Handa is the Chairman of ENT and Head Neck Surgery at Medanta. He has more than 32 years of experience in the specialty. He has been heading the Department of ENT and head neck surgery since inception of Medanta in 2009. Prior to that he was working as Associate Professor, Department of ENT, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and was a faculty member there for 13 years and was also the Senior Resident in PGIMER Chandigarh. He is the former President of Association of Phono-surgeons of India and was the association’s Founder Secretary. He is among the foremost voice and laser surgeons in the country. His expertise includes laryngology, voice surgery, laser surgery, cochlear implants, endoscopic sinus surgery, microscopic ear surgery and head and neck surgery. He was also the Commonwealth teacher’s fellowship for Training in Lasers, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, U.K. in 2004

• Senior Residency PGIMER, Chandigarh 2006

• Commonwealth Fellowship for Training in Lasers Glasgow Royal Infirmary, U.K. 2004

• DNB National Board of Examination, New Delhi 1994

• MNAMS National Medical Academy, New Delhi 1995

• MS(ENT) PGIMER, Chandigarh 1993

• MBBS AFMC, Pune 1988

• Best Otorhinolaryngologist, Times Research Foundation, 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, U.K, 1996

• AOI Travel Fellowship, Outstanding ENT Surgeon, 1996

• Silver Medal, First Order in the MS (ENT) examination, 1993

• Bharath Swasthya Samman Award by Zee News, 2015

• Organising Chairman, World Phonocon 2017

• Former president Association of Phonosurgeons of India

• Past Vice President Association of Phonosurgeons of India

• Founder Secretary Association of Phonosurgeons of India

• Member Governing Body of Association of Otorhinolaryngologists of India 2002

• Member Governing Body of Association of Otorhinolaryngologists of India 2009

• Treasurer and past secretary Neurootological and Equilibrium Society of India

• Medical Advisor Laryngectomy Club of India

• Member Indian Society of Otology

• Member Indian Society of Rhinology

• Reviewer Indian Journal of Pediatrics,

• Member Foundation of Head and Neck Oncology

• Indian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology

• Organizing Chairman, World Phonocon

• Clin Otolaryngol : How We do it: A technique for the orientation of endoscopically resected laryngeal specimens; Clinical Otolaryngology A technique for the orientation of endoscopically resected laryngeal lesions, 2007

• Sleep Med : Thyroxine replacement therapy reverses sleep-disordered breathing in patients with primary hypothyroidism , 2006

• Sleep Breath : Prediction of obstructive sleep apnea in patients presenting to atertiary care center, 2006

• Indian J Med Res : Validation of the modified Berlin questionnaire to identify patients at risk for the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, 2006

• J Oral Maxillofac Surg. : Malignant mesenchymal tumor arising from cherubism , 2004

• Laryngoscope : Preoperative diagnosis of allergic fungal sinusitis , 2003

• International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology : Extraanasopharyngeal angiofibroma arising from the nasal septum, 2001

• International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology : Fire during the use of Nd-Yag laser , 2001

• American Journal of Otorhinolaryngology : Osteogenic sarcoma of the temporal bone, 1997

• Mycoses, : fungal sinusitis ; clinicopathological characteristics, 1996

• Indian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck surgery : Sensorineural deafness in unsafe CSOM in the pediatric age group , 1996