Dr. K.K Handa is presently working as the Director, ENT and Head Neck Surgery. He has about 21 years experience in the specialty. Prior to this he was working as Associate Professor, Department of ENT, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He worked there as faculty member from 1996 to 2009. He is currently the President of Association of Phonosurgeons of India and was the founder Secretary of the same. He is among the foremost voice and laser surgeons in the country. His expertise includes head neck surgery, endoscopic sinus surgery, otology including cochlear implants, sleep medicine and robotic surgery.

Medical Qualification

• DNB National Board of Examination, New Delhi 1994

• M.N.A.M.S. National Medical Academy, New Delhi 1994

• MS (ENT) PGIMER, Chandigarh 1993

• Senior Residency PGIMER, Chandigarh 1993-199

• MBBS AFMC, Pune 1984 - 1988

Department Institute

Division of ENT & Head Neck Surgery

Expertise

• Voice disorders

• Phonosurgery

• Head and Neck Surgery

• Lasers

• Endoscopic sinus surgery

• Sleep medicine sialology

• Otology

• Skull base surgery

• Cochlear implants

Doctor's Experienc

• Medanta - The Medicity Director - ENT and Head Neck Surgery Since November, 2009

• Dept of ENT AIIMS, New Delhi; Associate Professor 2003 - 2009

• Commonwealth Fellowship in Lasers and Laryngology Royal Infirmary, Glasgow UK 2004

• Dept of ENT, AIIMS New Delhi; Assistant Professor 1996 - 2003

Memberships & Certifications

• 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, Indian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology

• Member Foundation of Head and Neck Oncology

Awards & Accomplishments

• 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 held in Bhubaneswar For the best video presentation 2007

• Dr R.D Kumar Oration Work in Laryngology 2006

• President's Appreciation Award By IMA South Delhi branch for services rendered 2005

• First prize for the video presentation Videostroboscopy For Jaiswal video competition at the Annual conference of Association of Otolaryngologists of India, Chandigarh 2001

• Delivered Oration Phonosurgery Work in Phonosurgery 2001

• British Academic Conference Fellowship For the BACO conference held in Cambridge, Great Britain 1996

• AOI Travel Fellowship Outstanding ENT Surgeon 1995-96

• Khosla Gold Medal For the paper on Sensorineural hearing loss in unsafe CSOM in children" at the AOI North chapter, Chandigarh 1995

• Runners Up in the Annual Quiz For the North West zone AOI at AIIMS , New Delhi 1994

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

• First prize At the SP Pamra Essay contest held by Delhi Medical Association 1989

Publications

• 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. Clin Otolaryngol. 2007 Jun;32(3):201-3 2007

• Thyroxine replacement therapy reverses sleep-disordered breathing in patients with primary hypothyroidism. Sleep Med Jan;7(1):55-61. Epub 2005 Sep 28 2006

• Prediction of obstructive sleep apnea in patients presenting to atertiary care center. Sleep Breath. 2006 Sep ; 10(3): 147-54. 2006

• Validation of the modified Berlin questionnaire to identify patients at risk for the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome Indian J Med Res . 2006 Sep ; 124(3) : 281-90. 2006

• Malignant mesenchymal tumor arising from cherubism J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2004 Jun;62(6):744-9 2004

• Preoperative diagnosis of allergic fungal sinusitis Laryngoscope 2003Apr: 113(4): 688-94 200

• Extraanasopharyngeal angiofibroma arising from the nasal septum International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology; 58, 163-166. 200

• Fire during the use of Nd-Yag laser. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology ; 60 (2001), 239-242. 2001

• Osteogenic sarcoma of the temporal bone American Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, vol 18, No 3 ; pp 220-223

• fungal sinusitis ; clinicopathological characteristics Mycoses 1996 ; 39 ; 1-5. 1996

• Sensorineural deafness in unsafe CSOM in the pediatric age group Indian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck surgery; 48(2) : 125-130. 1996