About Us
The Otorhinolaryngology Department, popularly known as the ENT
Department, has been relentlessly growing in quality and strength. ENT has
emerged as a vital specialized branch that deals with the Surgical and Medical
care of all patients irrespective of the demographic variations. The field of ENT
has diversified enormously with the advent of sophisticated instruments and
improved imaging techniques.
In fact, the NAAC team of inspectors, as far back as March 2006,
observed that the department has been doing commendable work. However, the
ENT Department had a humble beginning in 1988-89 with basic infrastructure
to treat ENT diseases and to train just 100 under graduate students. It has been a
steady and giant-paced gallop on the path of progress ever since then. The
Otorhinolaryngology Department, along with the institution, was affiliated to
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Karnataka till 2010-11, and then
onwards to Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research, a
Deemed-to-be University, in Kolar.
The Department is renowned all over the country for its excellence in
Head and Neck Oncosurgery and has patient input not only from the state of
Karnataka but also from adjoining states, distant parts of the country and a few
international places. In addition to routine ENT surgeries the department
regularly performs Head and Neck cancer surgeries with reconstructions,
extensive ear surgeries, advanced Endoscopic Sinus and Skull base surgeries,
Management of airway foreign bodies and emergencies in children. The
Department has a reputation for providing quality patient care with practices on
par with the global standards and strives to train its residents in standard
practices while honing their overall surgical skills.