Dr. Venkatakarthikeyan Chokkalingam received his medical degree from Thanjavur Medical College and did his Post graduation in Otolaryngology from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India. He was awarded the Kamani Charity Trust prize for the best Postgraduate Student in Otorhinolaryngology and also received the Diplomate of the national Board for the practice of Otorhinolaryngology from the national Board of examinations. After working as a clinical Fellow for 3 years, research fellow in inner ear/cochlear implant research for 1 year, he worked as a Faculty for 7 years and completed his tenure as an Associate Professor ENT from AIIMS. As a faculty, he was a visiting fellow for transoral laser surgery at Southampton General Hospital, United Kingdom and also worked as a Specialist ENT surgeon at Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dr. Chokkalingam joined the Neurotology and Skull base fellowship program at the Department of Otolaryngology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine as a fellow. Now he is a Consultant ENT-Head & Neck, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery in Apollo Hospitals Chennai.

MBBS, MS, DNB,Chennai, India

MS(AIIMS), DNB FELLOWSHIP(USA)

• Associate Professor of ENT-Head & Neck (Formerly) at AIIMS, New Delhi
• Fellowship in Neurotology(Cochlear Implant) and Skull base surgery (USA)
• Trans Oral Laser surgery training (UK)
• Trans Oral Robotic Surgery training (USA)
• Working in Apollo Hospitals since last Assignment.

• Kamani Charity Trust Prize for the Best Post Graduate Student in Otorhinolaryngology at AIIMS, New Delhi 2001
• Diplomate of the national Board for the practice of Otorhinolaryngology in 2003
• Surgical demonstrator of ENT Live surgical procedures and Organizing Secretary in “RHINOFESS” - Live surgical workshop and CME on Rhinoplasty and FESS in 2007,
• Surgical workshop and CME in Otology in 2008,
• Surgical workshop on skull base surgery- Pre AOI Delhi conference in 2009 and “Larynx & Hypopharynx”- Head & Neck Cancer- Conference & Live workshop in 2009 at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
• Table Demonstrator for the World Federation of Neurosurgical societies, microsurgery & Endoscopic skull base cadaver workshop in 2007
• The first ENT surgeon from India under the International Fellowship Program to receive the Advanced Fellowship in Neurotology and skull base Surgery at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida, USA (2012- 2014)