Head and Neck Cancer clinic, Adyar

Dr. Karthikeyan Balasubramanian is a head and neck surgical oncologist at VIIMS Hospital, Salem. Hisexpertise encompasses head and neck cancer cases, specifically in the niche area of lateral skull basetumors, laser based and open voice conservation surgeries. He is a visiting consultant at Mayo Hospital,Lucknow and Max 7 Hospital, Bihar. He holds head and neck cancer fellowships from the globallyrenowned Prince Aly Khan hospital, Mumbai and Memorial Sloan Kattering Cancer Center, New York,U.S.A. He also holds a lateral skull base fellowship from Gruppo Otologico, Italy, one of the best centersfor lateral skull base surgeries in the world. He has the distinction of having trained under Dr. SultanPradhan, one of the foremost authorities in head and neck oncological surgeries and under Dr. MarioSanna, who is the only holistic lateral skull base surgeon in the world. Having trained under two of themost prominent names in head and neck tumors, he has been nominated as one of the instructors forthe World Skull Base Diploma in Lateral Skull Base Surgery, a pioneering course that will train surgeonsfrom around the world. He is an acclaimed author in various international journals and has co-authoredseveral chapters in the ‘Atlas of operative otorhinolaryngology and head and neck surgery.’