Dr. Rohit Udaya Prasad

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Qualifications & Education:

• MS (ENT) – Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Medical College, Raipur
• MBBS – M.S. Ramaiah Medical College and Teaching Hospitals, Bengaluru
• Mentor-Certified Advanced Training in Cochlear Implant Surgery – Dr. Hans Center for ENT, Hearing Care & Vertigo, New Delhi
• Anterior skull base surgery - working with prominent neurosurgical teams in Delhi & Bengaluru

Areas of Expertise:

• Cochlear Implant & Bone Conduction Implant Surgery
• Otology, Micro-ear surgery, Endoscopic ear surgery 
• Rhinology & Anterior Skull Base Surgery
• Laryngology
• Pediatric ENT
• All Routine ENT Procedures

Professional Experience:

• Lead Consultant – ENT & Cochlear Implants, Vikram Aura Hospital, Bengaluru
• Lead & Senior Consultant – ENT, Hearing Implantology & Anterior Skull Base Surgery, Aster RV Hospital, Bengaluru
• Consultant – ENT & Cochlear Implant Surgery, Dr. Hans Center for ENT, Hearing Care & Vertigo, New Delhi
• Visiting Consultant – Pediatric ENT & Cochlear Implants, Madhukar Rainbow Children’s Hospital
• Visiting Consultant – ENT & Cochlear Implants, Fortis CDoc, Metro Hospitals NCR, SCI International Hospital, Saket Smart City Hospital, Venkateshwar Hospital

Workshops:

• Cochlear Implant Surgeon Workshop – MED-EL, Innsbruck, Austria
• Temporal Bone Workshop – Advanced Bionics, Jakarta, Indonesia
• Cochlear Implant Surgeon Workshop – Cochlear Clinical Skills Institute, Macquarie University, Sydney
• Skull Base & Rhinoplasty Workshop – SAIMS Hospital
• Temporal Bone Workshop – Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital Research Center

Conferences & Presentations:

• AOICON – 2012, 2013, 2014
• CIGICON – AIIMS (2014), Jaipur (2015), Kochi (2016)
• Poster & oral presentations in cochlear implant surgical techniques
• Surgeon for cochlear implant live surgery demonstrations – PGIMER Chandigarh & AOICON
• Faculty – AOICON 2023, AOICON 2024, CIGICON 2023, CIGICON 2024

Clinical Programs & Contributions:

• Leads Cochlear Implant Program at Aster Hospitals, Bengaluru
• Karnataka Cochlear Implant Program mentor (2023–present)
• Cochlear Implant Program under Bal Shravan Yojna, Government of Chhattisgarh
• Performed cochlear implant surgeries under ADIP Scheme
• Performed cochlear implant surgeries funded by Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund

Achievements:

• Gold Medalist – Physiology (MBBS)
• Rani Kanaka Memorial Award – Physiology
• Among the youngest surgeons in India to perform Cochlear Implant Surgery using VERIA Technique (at age 29)
• Independent experience of performing 400+ cochlear implant surgeries

Research & Publications:

• Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma of lateral pharyngeal wall—A case series with literature review. Gujarat Journal of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Nov 2012.
• Synchronous squamous cell carcinoma larynx and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma neck—A case report. National Journal of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Feb 2013.
• Videostroboscopy study of larynx in primary school teachers. National Journal of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, May 2014.
• Successful pregnancy and delivery in a rare case of pentalogy of Fallot with right aortic arch and absent left pulmonary artery. Indian Journal of Clinical Practice, Oct 2009.
• Collagen Dressing in Canal Wall Down Mastoidectomy – A Comparative Study.
• Cochlear Implant Surgery by the Veria Technique—How and Why? Our Experience from 1400 Cases, Hans JM, Prasad R.

Community Contributions:

• Cochlear implant surgeries for pediatric patients under Bal Shravan Yojna
• Cochlear implant surgeries under ADIP Scheme by the Government of India
• Cochlear implant surgeries for patients supported by PMNRF

Languages Known:

English, Kannada, and Hindi