Padmashri Prof. Dr. MOHAN KAMESWARAN
Padmashri Prof. Dr. MOHAN KAMESWARAN
‘Award Holder for Excellence of Services’
-by Subbu
Professor Mohan Kameswaran, Managing Director & Senior Consultant of Madras ENT Research Foundation, is the Visiting Professor of Rajah Muthiah Medical College Hospital, Annamalai University, Chidambaram and at Sri Ramachandra Medical University, Chennai.
He has been a recipient of the ‘PADMA SHRI’ National Award by the Government of India in recognition of his distinguished and exceptional service in the field of Medicine in 2006. He was also awarded the prestigious ‘Indo-Australian Award’ for Meritorious Service by the Indo-Australian Association, and ‘For the sake of Honour Award’ by Rotary club of Madras Esplanade in 2006.
He was the recipient of ‘Award for Excellence of Service’ in appreciation of contribution to Pioneering Cochlear Implant Program in Srilanka, by the President of Srilanka, in 2006, ‘Award for Service’ from Vidya Jyothi Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Srilanka in 2006 and Conferred ‘Award for Excellence’ in appreciation of outstanding contribution towards the Cochlear Implant Group of India, by His Excellency, the Governor of Kerala, in 2006.
He was awarded the ‘Shri Shyam Lal Saxena Memorial Award 2005-2006’ by the National Academy of Medical Sciences for the best-published work in the field of bio-medical engineering by bio-medical scientists. He is the only Indian to be elected as a Member of the Governing Body-Asia-Pacific Cochlear Implant Board, in 2007.
He was conferred the prestigious ‘Tamilnadu Scientist Award-2007’ by the Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, Government of Tamil Nadu in 2008 and was also conferred ‘Doctor of Science (Honoris–Causa)’ by The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University in 2008. He is one of the pioneers of Cochlear Implant Surgery in India and was responsible for starting Cochlear Implant surgery in many cities in India, Sri Lanka & Nepal.
He is the FIRST Surgeon in South and South East Asia to have performed the AUDITORY BRAIN STEM IMPLANT and the FIRST PAEDIATRIC BRAINSTEM IMPLANT in Asia, January 2009. He is also the FIRST surgeon in Asia Pacific region to have performed the TOTALLY IMPLANTABLE HEARING DEVICE surgery.
He graduated from Madras Medical College. He got his MS from Madras Medical College, Chennai and his Fellowship at the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. He has received several gold medals in his undergraduate and postgraduate days.
Along with general ENT Surgical work, he has focused on Cochlear Implants, Laser Surgery, Endoscopic Sinus Surgery and Skull Base Surgery. He is a pioneer in cochlear implant surgery and has the distinction of doing the first Contour Cochlear Implant & Freedom implant in the country. He is the first surgeon in India & South East Asia to have performed the Auditory Brain Stem Implant.
He was also the first to introduce the KTP/532 laser in ENT surgery in India, this being the most advanced laser in the world. He has more than 75 publications in major international journals. He is an outstanding teacher and has been duly recognized by the Royal College of Surgeons for which he is an overseas tutor. He has worked as a professor of ENT in King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. He is the first Indian ENT surgeon to have been invited as a Guest Faculty by the prestigious British Academy Conference in 2006.
He has also conducted several workshops for the benefit of the Post Graduate students in ENT, including advanced techniques in ENT surgery. He also has to his credit a textbook on ‘Tropical Diseases in ENT’. He is a Doctor with a social consciousness & conducts free ENT camps in several parts of rural India. He has mentored ENT surgeons who hold positions of distinction in various parts of the country.
Prof. Mohan Kameswaran was elected as an Executive Board Member of the International Federation of Otorhinolaryngological Societies (IFOS), in the recently concluded XIX WORLD CONGRESS OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY held from June 1 to 5, 2009 at São Paulo, Brazil.
The first Indian elected to the executive board of the Politzer Society in the recently concluded meet of Politzer Society of London Sept 3 to 5, 2009
Madras ENT Research Foundation
Madras ENT Research Foundation is a tertiary referral center catering to patients from all over India and abroad. This institute has state-of-the-art facilities in the field of Ear, Nose, Throat Diseases & Head and Neck Surgery. Madras ENT Research Foundation (MERF) is the brainchild of Prof. Mohan Kameswaran, who started it in the year 1996.
Beginning with an initial bed strength of a mere 6 beds, MERF has today grown by leaps and bounds, into one of the biggest and best ENT hospitals in the country and in this part of Asia. Today MERF has expanded into a hi-tech 30 bedded hospital with all advanced diagnostic & therapeutic facilities under one roof. MERF is centrally located at Raja Annamalaipuram, Chennai, India.
MERF has been in the forefront of the Cochlear Implant scenario in India with a series of more than 350 implants till date. Today MERF has one of the largest Cochlear Implant clinics not only in India, but in the whole of South Asia. In 2005, The first Auditory Brain-stem Implantation in South Asia was performed at this institute and in the current year MERF accomplished the feat of performing the First Pediatric Auditory Brainstem Implantation in Asia. The first series of totally implantable Hearing Devices in this part of the world were also performed successfully at MERF last year.
MERF has been active in introducing lasers in the field of Otorhinolaryngology. MERF is one of the first centers in India to introduce the KTP/532 laser, the most advanced ENT laser system in the world. Today, MERF has one of the largest series of laser operations anywhere in the world. ENT Specialists from all over India & abroad are regularly trained in the intricacies of various realms of ENT & Head–Neck Surgery, by the highly qualified & vastly experienced faculty of our institution.
More than its quantitative growth over the past decade, what has been immensely gratifying for the entire MERF family today, is the qualitative growth which has been acquired due to dedicated hard work with an unrelenting commitment to excel. Today MERF has facilities, which can be the envy of many ENT centers in the most advanced countries of the world.
MADRAS ENT RESEARCH FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST
Not content with providing world-class service to the affluent, Madras ENT Research Foundation has felt the need to make its services available to the economically deprived sections of society.
Madras ENT Research FoundationCharitable Trust was formed with this goal in mind and is rendering yeoman service. Over 450 major surgeries have been done under the patronage of this trust amounting to a total of Rs.39 lakhs in the year 2004-2005 alone. This has been possible due to the contributions from our well wishers and patients. Contributions to this Charitable Trust are exempt from income tax under section 80 G. Under the auspices of this trust, Madras ENT Research Foundation regularly conducts rural ENT camps and surgery is done free of charge.
The trust has also started MERF Institute of Speech & Hearing, which is affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Open University. The Institute is also planning to start a PG Diploma in Auditory Habilitation with the help of International Institutions.
Milestone for MERF
First Totally Implantable Hearing Aid in Asia-Pacific Region carried out in MERF
The first three cases of Totally Implantable Hearing devices ( Invisible Hearing Aids) were performed in MERF on 22nd, 23rd and 24th July 2008. These operations were first-of-its-kind in South, South-East Asia and Asia-Pacific region. The operations were performed on 3 patients:
1. A young girl 21 years old
2. A 26 year old software engineer
3. A 35 year old man who is an accountant
All 3 had improved hearing on the table. The device called Envoy Esteem 2, manufactured by Envoy Company, based at St.Pauls, Minnesota, USA. The surgery is delicate and involves attaching piezoelectric crystals placed over the head of the stapes bone.
What is remarkable about the device is not only that the entire device is concealed under the scalp skin, but the quality of sound is far superior to any other device and approximates to natural hearing.
The device is presently used for adults over the age of 18 with moderate to severe hearing loss.
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