Mohan Kameswaran
| Mohan Kameswaran | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupation | Otorhinolaryngologist |
| Known for | MERF Institute of Speech and Hearing |
| Spouse(s) | Indira Kameshwaran |
| Awards |
Padma Shri Indo-Australian Award for Meritorious Service GoK Award for Excellence Rotary For The Sake of Honour Award Shri Shyam Lal Saxena Memorial Award Tamil Nadu Scientist Award |
| Website | Official website of MERF Institute of Speech and Hearing |
Mohan Kameswaran is an Indian otorhinolaryngologist, medical academic and the founder of MERF Institute of Speech and Hearing, a Chennai-based institution providing advanced training in audiology and speech-language pathology. He is one of the pioneers of cochlear implant surgery in India and a visiting professor at Rajah Muthiah Medical College of the Annamalai University and Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai. He has many firsts to his credit such as the performance of the first auditory brain stem implantation surgery in South and South East Asia, the first pediatric brain stem implantation surgery in Asia, the first totally implantable hearing device surgery in Asia Pacific region, and the first to introduce KTP/532 laser-assisted ENT surgery in India. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2006, for his contributions to Indian medicine.
Kameswaran was born in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu and graduated in medicine from Madras Medical College in 1976. He continued his studies at the Institute of Otorhinolatyngology, Chennai to secure a post graduate specialization (MS) in otorhinolaryngology in 1981, after which he obtained the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCS). Later, he worked at the King Saud University, Saudi Arabia as the ENT Professor for a while. In 1996, he established Madras ENT Research Foundation (MERF) and, ten years later, the MERF Institute of Speech and Hearing (MERF-ISH) in 2006 at Mandavelli, a suburban town of Chennai. The institution, has in-patient facility for ENT related treatment and conducts courses such as Bachelor of Audiology And Speech Language Pathology (BASLP), Master of Audiology And Speech Language Pathology (MASLP), and Post Graduate diploma courses, in addition to offering research facilities leading to PhD, in affiliation with Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University. He is associated with the Rajah Muthiah Medical College as a visiting professor and the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University as an adjunct professor.
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