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He received the Dr.P.V.Cherian endowment prize for being the best out going student in M.S.(ENT)
for the year 1983-84.
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He received Dr.K.K. Ramalingam’s gold medal for the best paper by a post graduate student
in South zone conference in the year 1983.
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The first ever Endoscopic Sinus surgery in Chennai was done by him at Chennai Kaliappa Hospital
in the year 1990.
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The first ever Endoscopic Optic Nerve decompression and Orbital Decompressin in India was done by
him in 1992.
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The first ever Endoscopic plugging of CSF rhinorrhoea, in South India was done by him in 1994.
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The first ever Endoscopic Hypophysectomy (Removal of Pituitary tumour) in Chennai was done by
him in 1995.
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He has 18 research papers presented in various national and international conferences.
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He has delivered 31 guest orations in various national and international
conferences.
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He has 6
publications in various journals.
He has
been a moderator 4 times in various panel discussions
He has
been a panelist 12 times in various panel discussions
He has
conducted 32 workshops as a guest and host faculty.
He was
invited to demonstrate on cadaver twice in national conferences.
His
video on “ Endoscopic Tear sign & Dacryocystorhinostomy” won a
bronze medal in the World
congress of Otorhinolaryngology in Sydney,
Australia in the year 1997.
He won a
gold medal for a video on “Endoscopic Reconstruction of CSF
fistulae” in the IX World
Congress of International Rhinologic
societies held in Washington DC, USA, in September 2000.
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He has
the largest number of Endoscopic DCRs in the country to his credit.
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Today,
70% of his work is related to Endoscopic surgery.
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He is
the founder , member and secretary of the Sinus Endoscopic Society
of India(SESI).
Currently he is a consultant at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai and
Director, Sinus and Nose Hospital,
a unit of Make Medical
Technologies Pvt. Ltd, at Chennai.