Designation

Dr. K.K. Handa
Chairman, ENT and Head & Neck Surgery
Medanta- The Medicity, Gurgaon, India

Profile Snapshot

Dr. Kumud Kumar Handa is a highly acclaimed ENT and Head and Neck Surgeon in India with specialization in Head and Neck cancer surgery.
His expertise in the field of ENT is prominent with the 27 years of experience that he has in the field.
Currently the Chairman of the ENT and Head & Neck Surgery division in Medanta, Dr. Handa had a major role to play in establishing the unit in the year 2009.
His area of interest includes voice surgery, laser surgery, endoscopic sinus surgery, cochlear implant surgery and head and neck surgery. He has helped in the treatment of a number of head and neck cancer patients with different types of cancer surgeries.
He has several firsts to his credit that includes the first laryngeal framework surgery, trans-oral robotic surgery and Botulinum toxin injection for spasmodic dysphonia in India.
He is regularly invited as a faculty as well as a speaker in a number of conferences and workshops held in India and abroad.
Along with his practice, Dr. Handa has also been an examiner for under graduate, post graduate and DNB examinations. He has over 13 years of experience as a faculty of ENT at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi.
He has more than 80 publications to his name that have been published in renowned national and international medical journals.
He is an internationally acclaimed ENT surgeon with memberships of various medical and scientific associations.

Chairman of ENT and Head & Neck Surgery at Medanta- The Medicity, Gurgaon since 2009
Associate Professor of ENT at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi from 2003 to 2009
Assistant Professor of ENT at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, from 1996 to 2003

MBBS from Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, 1988
MS in ENT from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 1993
DNB from National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, 1994
MNAMS from National Academy of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 1995
Senior Resident at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 1996
Commonwealth Teacher’s Fellowship in Laser Surgery from Glasgow Royal Infirmary, UK

Best Otorhinolaryngologist by Times Research Foundation in 2012
Listed in the ENT chapter of Marquis Who is Who in the World in 2009
Kirti Gupta Oration in Phonosurgery, 2009
N K Agarwal Oration in Phonosurgery, 2008
R D Kumar Oration in Laryngology, 2006
President’s Appreciation Award by the Indian Medical Association (South Delhi Branch) in 2005
Bharath Swasthya Samman award by Zee News in 2005

Medical Advisor of the Laryngectomy Club of India
Treasurer and Past Secretary of the Neurotological and Equilibrium Society of India, Governing Body
Founder Secretary, Former President and Former Vice President o f the Association of Phonosurgeons of India,
Member of Governing Body of the Association of Otorhinolaryngologists of India,
Reviewer of the Indian Journal of Pediatrics