About Me:
Dr (Prof) Ameet Kishore is a graduate of the AFMC (Pune) and was awarded the medal for ENT. He obtained his higher surgical training in ENT Surgery in the UK and attained Fellowships of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh as well as the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.He has received special training and experience in Microscopic Ear surgery, Neuro-Otology, Cochlear Implants, Endoscopic Sinus Surgery and in Paediatric ENT at various centres in UK, Europe and USA.He was trained at the National Centre for Cochlear Implantation (UK) since 1995 and thus has extensive experience in management of deafness and in cochlear implantation. He set up and is the lead surgeon for the cochlear and hearing implant programme (for children and adults) at Apollo Hospitals. He has over 1800 cochlear implant recipients in this programme.His team is particularly experienced in management of complex cochlear situations and is the only active programmed in North India for Auditory Brainstem Implantation.This programme also provides Bone Anchored Hearing Aids (BAHA), Bone bridge and Vibrant Sound bridge middle ear implants as options for patients with hearing loss.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
- M.BB.S. Armed Forces Medical College, Pune 1990
- F.R.C.S.(ENT) Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons, Glasgow 1995
- F.R.C.S.(ENT) Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh 1995
- F.R.C.S. (ORL – HNS) Intercollegiate Board in Otolaryngology, UK 1999
TREATMENT & SERVICES EXPERTISE
- Cochlear Implants,
- Paediatric & Adult ENT,
- Neurotology,
- Microscopic and Endoscopic Surgery,
- Balloon Sinuplasty
- International experience of 14 years
- Leads a large Cochlear and Hearing Implant Programme with approx 1000 recipients
- Multiple Fellowship programmes overseas Academic achievements
TRAINING AND CONFERENCES
- 2005 – 2016 Senior Consultant in Otolaryngology & Neurotology Clinical Coordinator for Dept. of ENT at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Sarita Vihar
- 2005 – 2016 Director & Chief Consultant at Adventist (Advanced ENT Service)
- 2010 – 2016 Senior Consultant in Otolaryngology & Neurotology Lead Cochlear Implant Surgeon at Apollo Spectra Hospital, Kailash Colony
- 2002 – 2005 Consultant Otolaryngologist & Honorable Senior Lecturer Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery at Glasgow Royal Infirmary University Hospital (U.K)
- 1995 – 2002 Specialist Registrar in Otolaryngology at West of Scotland Hospitals (U.K)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
- Cochlear Implant Group of India (Hon Secretary)
- Indian Society of Otology
- Association of Otolaryngologists of India
- Neurotological – an Equilibriometric society of India
- European Academy of Otology & Neurotology
- British Association of Paediatric Otolaryngology