Dr. Venkatakarthikeyan Chokkalingam received his medical degree from T…read morehanjavur 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.read less