Dr. Naresh Kumar Panda

About Specialist

Dr. Naresh Kumar Panda is Senior Director of the Department of ENT at Max Hospital, Mohali. Max Healthcare records 37 years as a consultant ENT surgeon at PGIMER, Chandigarh, 20 of them as Head of the Department, and notes that he is a former Dean Academic of PGIMER. His published speciality interests are cochlear implantation and other otological procedures, head and neck surgery including thyroid and parotid surgery, endoscopic sinus surgery and transoral robotic surgery. Max records more than 600 cochlear implant operations over the last 20 years, and more than 425 publications in national and international journals.

Qualifications

• MBBS — MKCG Medical College, Orissa (1982)
• MS (Otolaryngology) — PGIMER, Chandigarh (1987)
• DNB (Otolaryngology) — National Board of Examinations, New Delhi (1987)
• FRCS — Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK (2000)
• FICS — International College of Surgeons (2003)
• FAMS — National Academy of Medical Sciences (2010)
• MFSTEd — Faculty of Surgical Trainers, Royal College of Surgeons, UK (2020)

Key Procedures

• Cochlear implantation and other otological procedures
• Head and neck surgery, including thyroid and parotid surgery
• Endoscopic sinus surgery
• Transoral robotic surgery

Work Experience & Research

• Past President, Indian Academy of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
• Dean, Indian Academy of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, since 2019
• Honorary Fellow, Indian Academy of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, since 2018
• Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and Member of its Faculty of Surgical Trainers
• Fellow, International College of Surgeons
• International Fellow, American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
• Fellow, National Academy of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
• Executive Member, IFOS; former Vice President, Cochlear Implant Group of India
• Founder Member, Foundation for Head and Neck Oncology