Awards & Achievements

ENT-Lab

Department of ENT
Head & Neck Surgery
Started in 1994

gmch-Surgery

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Sr.No. AWARDS :
1 Prof. Arjun Dass has participated as National Advisor and presented a paper at SH 2030 World Congress 2015 (Ist World Congress on Ear and Hearing Care) w.e.f. 12th to 14th February, 2015 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India.
2 Second prize in Badminton (Doubles) among the faculty of GMCH-32. Chandigarh (2013-14)
3 Three prizes in sports events 2014-15
4 Dr. Surinder K Singhal was awarded best paper for the paper title :Value of Autofluorescence in the Diagnosis of Fungal Infections of Paranasal Sinuses in International Journal of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences in April 2016.
5 Dr. Surinder K. Singhal, went for fellowship in Sinus Skull Base Surgery at University of Adelaide, South Australia in October 2015
6 Awarded Junior Consultant Award for best paper presentation at All India Rhinology Society Conference at Bareilly held on 30th Nov –Ist December, 2015.
7 Dr. Mohit Bhutani, Sr. Resident won the 2nd prize at Resident Paper Session at PGIMER, Chandigarh.
Sr.No. ACHIEVEMENTS RELATED TO DEPARTMENT OF ENT
1 The Department of ENT Head and Neck Surgery was started in the year 1994. Since then, this department has progressed by leaps and bounds in terms of patient care, academic activities and organization of various health camps.
2 The number of patients and clinical load of the department has increased considerably over the period of time. There has been a quantum jump in the no. of patients attending ENT OPD from 30546 in 2010 to 45228 in 2015.
3 The department has two functional operation Theatre which are running simultaneously besides emergency OT. These operation Theatres are fully equipped with major equipment like ENT Treatment Units, Head Lights, Nasal endoscopes, Video Otoscopes, Microscopes, Video Laryngoscopes, Micro Motor Drill, Stroboscope, Facial Nerve Monitor, BERA and Impedence Audiometers.
4 The department has also got Temporal bone Lab and speech and rehabilitation unit.
5 Postgraduate course in MS (ENT) was started in the year 2008 but since 2014, intake of PG students has increased from one to two students per year.
6 The Dept. of ENT, GMCH was chosen to launch the pilot project of the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Deafness in the year 2007.
7 Dr. Arjun Dass has been nominated as member of the Advisory Committee of HIHT University, Dehradun.
8 Dr. Arjun Dass has been appointed as a member of the Expert Committee by University Grants Commission to review the functioning of Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha (Maharashtra) a deemed to be University on 22nd – 24th July, 2009.
9 Dr. Arjun Dass has been appointed as Expert Committee member by University Grants Commission towards the evaluation and assessment of the research papers submitted by College Teachers concerning travel grant assistance to attend International Conferences abroad.
10 Dr. Nitin M. Nagarkar who has been working here, is now appointed as Director at AIIMS, Raipur, from 2012 for 5 years.
11 It was for the first time in the history of Govt. Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh that Dr.Arjun Dass and his team performed a successful Cochlear Implant surgery on 03.03.2012 on patient Armaan, 3 year male child who was suffering from profound Sensorineural hearing loss since birth. Now, the child speaking few words after rehabilitation.
12 The Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry of Social justice and empowerment, Government of India has started a program to provide cochlear implantation in ADIP Scheme (2014-2015) to children suffering from congenital/post lingual B/L Sensorineural hearing loss having poor background. The department of ENT had applied to get the necessary approval to be recognized as a centre for cochlear implant surgery. The Ministry has recognized this institution as one of the centre under ADIP scheme.
13 Dr. Arjun Dass and his team has performed a surgical procedure of excision of tracheal Stenotic segment and end to end Anastomosis. This surgical procedure performed first time in GMCH and is new to GMCH.
14 Dr. Arjun Dass was speaker at the CDE on the topic of level of neck nodes staging & management of neck in oral cancer on 06/07/2016 as part of Silver Jubilee Celebration of Govt. Medical College & Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh.
15 Dr. Arjun Dass was a panelist on panel discussion on various clinical scenarios.
16 Otolaryngologist of India, Bihar & Jharkhand branch at Darbhanga Medical College, Leharia Sarai, Bihar on 24th April, 2010
17 Dr. Surinder Kr. Singhal conducted live surgery at “FESS Workshop” on 29th August 2010 at Central Hospital, Gandhinagar, Ranchi under the aegis of AOI, Bihar and Jharkhand State Branch
18 Dr.Surinder K Singhal, Associate Professor went to Rawanda, South Africa for a Medical Mission by Rotary International for the patients and voluntary services from 21st April to 3rd May, 2012.
19 First Cochlear Implant Surgery was performed by Dr. Arjun Dass in the department of ENT.
20 The Department of ENT procured High Difinition Endovision Camera System for endoscopy sinus surgery. The equipment has been installed for the benefit of the patients.
21 Dr. Surinder K. Singhal went for fellowship in Sinus Skull Base Surgery at University of Adelaide, South Australia in October 2015.
22 Dr. Surinder K. Singhal, Speaker at the CDE on updates in oral cancer & reconstruction surgery on 6/7/2016 as part of Silver Jubilee Celebration of Govt. Medical College & Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh.
23 Dr. Surinder K Singhal was awarded best paper for the paper title : Value of Autofluorescence in the Diagnosis of Fungal Infections of Paranasal Sinuses in International Journal of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

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