Dr. K. K. Handa
Experience: Over 37 years
Medanta – The Medicity
Gurugram, India
Introduction
Dr. K. K. Handa is the Chairman of ENT and Head & Neck Surgery at Medanta. Patients reach him when the voice stops working properly, hearing loss crosses the point where hearing aids help, sinuses stay blocked despite years of medications, and sleep apnea makes nights dangerous.
About Dr. K. K. Handa
Dr. K. K. Handa has thirty-seven years of experience treating everything from vocal cord problems that silenced singers to cochlear implants. He did MBBS from the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. MS in ENT from PGIMER Chandigarh, where he won the Silver Medal of the First Order. He has an academic career built on teaching, research, and operating on the most complex cases a government tertiary centre can throw at you.
During his AIIMS years, he set up the country’s first dedicated voice clinic. Before that, voice disorders were an afterthought in ENT departments. Patients with vocal cord nodules, polyps, or paralysis had nowhere specific to go. He uses robotic platforms for severe sleep apnea surgery, which very few ENT surgeons in India offer. Has been at Medanta since the hospital opened its doors in 2009 and has shaped the entire ENT department from day one.
Qualifications
- MBBS — AFMC, Pune.
- MS (ENT) — PGIMER, Chandigarh (Silver Medal).
- DNB (ENT) — National Board of Examinations.
- MNAMS — National Academy of Medical Sciences.
- Commonwealth Fellowship in Lasers — Glasgow Royal Infirmary, UK.
Awards & Recognition
- Chairman ENT at Medanta since 2009.
- Former Associate Professor at AIIMS, New Delhi, for 13 years.
- Established India’s first voice clinic at AIIMS.
- Best Otorhinolaryngologist — Times Research Foundation (2012).
- Bharath Swasthya Samman Award — Zee News.
- Khosla Gold Medal.
- Founder, Secretary, and past President of the Association of Phono-surgeons of India.
- Member Voice Foundation of India and Indian Society of Otology.
Specialities & Expertise
- Phonosurgery and laser vocal cord surgery
- Laryngeal framework surgery for cord paralysis
- Cochlear implant surgery
- Microscopic ear surgery
- Functional endoscopic sinus surgery
- Head and neck tumors and thyroid surgery
- Robotic sleep apnea surgery
Patient Experience & Approach
Voice professionals whose voices failed came to Dr. K. K. Handa after other ENT doctors had only advised rest. Parents of deaf children appreciated the candid cochlear implant discussion regarding hearing outcomes and necessary therapy. Sleep apnea patients who failed with CPAP found robotic surgery offered as a genuine solution when masks were ineffective.