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He is an alumni of Prestigious BMC&RI, Bangalore. Gold medallist in MBBS, KSHEMA, Mangalore. He has Post-Doctoral Fellowships in

1) Clinical Rhinology,
2) Rhinology and Anterior skull base Surgery.

Dr. Santhosh Kumar has served as a consultant ENT surgeon at several hospitals in Hyderabad and Bangalore such as Kamineni Hospitals, Century Super Speciality Hospitals, MAA ENT Hospitals and Pristyn Care. Currently, he is a Chief Consultant ENT surgeon in  Trident Cares ENT Super Speciality Centre, St Philomenas Hospital, Apollo spectra, Brookefield, Rainbow Children’s Hospitals and Columbia Asia Manipal Hospital.

Specialties offered by him are as follows

  • Endoscopic surgeries (Nose & Sinuses, Anterior Skull Base, Ear & Eye)
  • Microscopic surgeries (Ear, Throat)
  • Pediatric ENT  
  • Navigation Assisted Surgeries
  • Robotic Laser Assisted Surgeries
  • Coblation Surgeries
  • Balloon Sinuplasty
  • Snoring & Sleep surgeries
  • General ENT surgeries

Clinical focus:Diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the 

  • Nose and Sinuses including Nasal Allergies, Inflammatory diseases, Acute and Chronic sinusitis, Fungal sinusitis, Nasal polyposis, Deviated nasal septum, Disorders of the sense of Smell, Nasal injuries and Fractures and Benign and Malignant tumors. 
  • Special clinical focus on pathologies affecting the Anterior skull base such as Cerebrospinal fluid leakage, Olfactory area tumors, Pituitary tumors.
  • Orbital conditions such as Chronic dacryocystitis, Orbital cellulitis/Abscess, Thyroid Ophthalmopathy, Optic nerve decompression.
  • Sleep related breathing disorders such as Snoring, OSA (Sleep Apnea) for both adults and children 
  • Ear conditions such as acute & chronic infections (ASOM, CSOM, Otomycosis), Hearing loss, Tinnitus, Vertigo.
  • Foreign body in Ear, Nose & Throat.

He has various publications & presentations at National and International level. Has been the organizer, operating faculty (in-house) in national & international surgical workshops.

Professional Associations

  • All India Rhinology society(AIRS)
  • Association of Otolaryngologists of India
  • Indian  Medical Association
  • AOI Karnataka

Articles published:

1. A Prospective, Comparative Study of Outcomes of PrimaryEndoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy With and Withoutmitomycin-CSanthosh Kumar Prabhakar, Ravishankar. C, H. S. Satish, Y. Mounika Reddy, Nithyashree. J
IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS)
e-ISSN: 2279-0853, p-ISSN: 2279-0861.Volume 14, Issue 1 Ver. II (Jan. 2015), PP 29-33

2. A Case of Nasal Tuberculosis MimickingMalignancy
Borlingegowda Viswanatha, Mary Bibiana Harsha, Santhosh Kumar Prabhakar FCM Volume 1, Issue 2 Apr. 2014 PP. 9-11 www.edinwilsen.org/journal/fcm © Edinwilsen Press

3. A Unique Case of Invasive Fungal Sinusitis Mimicking CavernousSinus Thrombosis
Borlingegowda Viswanatha, Maliyappanahalli Siddappa Vijayashree, Mary Bibiana Harsha,
Santhosh Kumar Prabhakar, Glen Edwin D’Souza, Nisha Krishna
Research in Otolaryngology 2014, 3(2): 16-19, DOI: 10.5923/j.otolaryn.20140302.02

4. Multiple Middle Ear Osteomas: Case Report and Review of Literature BorlingegowdaViswanatha,MaryBibianaHarsha,SanthoshKumarPrabhakarFCM volume 1, Issue 2 2014PP.

5. Our Experience In Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy In 203Patients
Ruchi Rajput, ravishankar c, Santhosh kumar, Research in Otolaryngology 2015, 4(1): 10-12 DOI: 10.5923/j.otolaryn.20150401.03

6. A Comparative Study of Outcomes of Dacryocystorhinostomy with andwithout Silicone Stenting
Yalaka Jayapal Reddy, Y. Mounika Reddy, Santhosh Kumar PIOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) e-ISSN: 2279-0853, p-ISSN: 2279-0861.Volume 14, Issue 7 Ver. VI (July. 2015), PP 82-85

Dr. Mounika is an alumni of BMC & RI Bengaluru and CMC, Vellore. She is one among the very few who has fellowship in ‘Implantation Otology’.

She has worked as a consultant in MAA ENT hospitals, KOTI ENT hospital Hyderabad. She has special interest in Congenital Deafness screening and Cochlear Implant, Middle Ear and Lateral Skull Base Surgeries. She has many credits as a research paper author in National and International journals.

Dr. Bhanu Pratap is an alumni of Manipal University & JNMC Belgaum. He has fellowship in Otology and Cochlear Implant.

He has worked as a consultant in Century hospitals, MAA ENT Hyderabad and reputed hospitals in Lucknow. He has special interest in Middle Ear, Lateral Skull Base Surgeries and Cochlear Implant. He has been part of many charitable camps for the unaffordable patients and as part of a deafness screening programme in the pediatric population.

Dr. Sourabh is an alumni of Manipal University & BMC & RI Bangalore. He has worked as resident in AIIMS, Delhi.

He has worked as a consultant in Delhi & Bangalore. He has special interest in Head and Neck surgery.

Dr. Nithya is an alumnus of  BMC & RI Bangalore, Manipal Bangalore.

She has worked as a consultant in Apollo clinic and  Philomena’s Bangalore. She has a special interest in Ear and Comprehensive surgeries .

Dr. Kamal is an alumni of MRMC Gulbarga, BMC & RI Bangalore.

He has worked in ESI, Apollo Indraprastha Delhi. He has special interest in Endoscopic Ear surgeries.

Dr. Sataksi is an alumni of BMC & RI Bengaluru. She is one among the very few who has fellowship in Head & Neck Surgery.

She has worked as a consultant in Singapore, Delhi and Bangalore. She has a special interest in Head & Neck Onco Surgeries. She has many credits as a research paper author in National and International journals.