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Dr. Prof Ameet Kishore
Dr. (Prof) Ameet Kishore

Dr. (Prof) Ameet Kishore

MBBS, FRCS (Glasgow), FRCS (Edinburgh), FRCS (ORL-HNS)

Senior Consultant Surgeon & Professor - Otolaryngology, Neurotology & Cochlear Implant Surgery

Co-Founder, Managing Trustee – ICHF

Dr. Ameet Kishore is a Senior Consultant and Professor of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery based in New Delhi, with over three decades of specialist experience in otology, neurotology, hearing implants, and paediatric ENT. He leads the Cochlear Implant Programme at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital (with a personal series of over 2000 cochlear implants) and directs Adventis ENT, Head Neck & Cochlear Implant Clinics. Trained in India and the UK, he combines a high-volume surgical practice with an active record in research, teaching, and international collaboration.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Cochlear implantation & auditory brainstem implants (ABI)
  • Otology, neurotology & lateral skull base surgery
  • Bone-anchored hearing aids (BAHA) & middle-ear implants (Vibrant Soundbridge)
  • Endoscopic sinus, nasal & anterior skull base surgery
  • Paediatric otolaryngology, including complex airway management
  • Head, neck & voice surgery
  • Clinical training & professional development for ENT surgeons

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Performed 2,000+ cochlear implant procedures since establishing the Apollo Hospital programme in 2005
  • Led one of India's first independent Auditory Brainstem Implantation programmes (paediatric & adult)
  • Designated mentor surgeon for new cochlear implant programmes across India
  • Co-founder & Managing Trustee, I Can Hear Foundation (NGO, est. 2015)
  • Organised & hosted CIGICON 2022 (19th Annual Conference, Cochlear Implant Group of India), New Delhi
  • Close to 40 peer-reviewed publications, 15+ book chapters
  • Several hundred invited lectures, orations & workshops across India, Europe, the US and Asia

CURRENT APPOINTMENTS

  • Senior Consultant & Professor, Otolaryngology & Neurotology — Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi (since 2005)
  • Director & Chief Consultant — Adventis ENT, Head Neck & Cochlear Implant Clinics, Delhi NCR (since 2010)
  • Co-Founder & Managing Trustee — I Can Hear Foundation (since 2015)

EDUCATION & TRAINING

  • Consultant & Hon. Senior Lecturer, Glasgow Royal Infirmary / University of Glasgow (2002–2005)
  • FRCS (ENT), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (1995)
  • FRCS (ENT), Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (1995)
  • FRCS (ORL-HNS), Intercollegiate Board in Otolaryngology, UK (1999)
  • Higher Surgical Training in ENT, West of Scotland; UK
  • MBBS, Armed Forces Medical College, University of Pune, India (1990)

SELECTED RECOGNITION

  • Dr. Joe V. Desa Memorial Oration, AOICON (2025)
  • BENT Oration, South Zone & Karnataka State AOICON (2022)
  • Delhi AOI Oration, AOI Delhi State Conference (2022)
  • AOI Gold Medal for Best Consultant Paper (2011)
  • Silver Medal for the best paper presentation, Annual Conference of NES, New Delhi (2001)
  • Scottish Otolaryngological Society Prize for the best Registrar presentation (1999)
  • Anil Chadha Memorial Medal in Otorhinolaryngology (1990)
  • Ashok Kumar S. Patel Memorial Medal in Pharmacology (1989)

AFFILIATIONS

President Elect, Cochlear Implant Group of India;  Member, Indian Academy of OHNS; Member Indian Society of Otology, Member, European Academy of Otology & Neurotology; Member, British Association of Paediatric Otolaryngology; Member, Association of Otolaryngologists of India; Fellow, Middle East Academy of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery.