Professor  Dr. Alok Thakar MS, FRCSED

Professor of Otolaryngology & Head Neck Surgery

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. 110029  

Education and Training-  M.B.B.S (AIIMS);     M.S.(Otolaryngology- AIIMS);    D.N.B.(Otolaryngology)

                                          D.L.O. (London)          F.R.C.S.(Edinburgh)

• Fellow, Neuro-otology and Skull Base Surgery, Aintree University Hospital, UK. (2003)

• Specialist Registrar, Liverpool/ Merseyside rotation, U.K.                                     (1995-1997)

 Special Interests- Neuro-otology and Skull Base Surgery, Vertigo; Head and Neck Oncology  

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Significant Honours and Awards-  

INTERNATIONAL COMMONWEALTH FELLOWSHIPUK 2003, training in Neuro-Otology and Skull Base Surgery.  

UICC INTERNATIONAL CANCER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FELLOWSHIP(2007) awarded by the UICC (International Union Against Cancer for training at Kiel, Germany on “Trans-oral CO2 Laser Surgery for Laryngeal and Hypopharyngeal Cancers”  

INDO-US   SCIENCE  AND  TECHNOLOGY  FOUNDATION  TRAVEL   GRANT  (IUSSTF)     (2010) to visit the University of Pennsylvania and to observe and train in TRANS-ORAL ROBOTIC SURGERY.  

NATIONAL SHAKUNTALA AMIR CHAND PRIZE(2002) by the Indian Council of Medical Research (National Award) for Excellence in biomedical research. Awarded for “Treatment Strategies in Head-Neck Cancer : Optimizing Cure and disability limitation”.

NES GOLD MEDAL AWARD by the Neuro-otological and Equilibriometric Society of India for Original Research contribution to Neuro-otology (2000-2001).

KAMANI CHARITY TRUST PRIZE by All India Institute of Medical Sciences for the Best Postgraduate Student in ENT, 1990.  

Significant Nominations / Elected Positions

• President, Neuro-Otological & Equilibriometric Society of India (NES), 2011-2012.
• Treasurer, Skull Base Surgery Society of India 2012-2015
• Honorary Secretary, Foundation for Head Neck Oncology, 2013-2015
• Honorary Secretary, Neuro-Otological & Equilibriometric Society of India(NES),1999-2001, & 2001- 2003
• Honorary Vice President, Otorhinolaryngologic Research Society of AIIMS (ORSA), 2011
• President-elect, Neuro-Otological & Equilibriometric Society of India (NES), 2009-2011.

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• Editorial Board member, JOURNAL OF ENT MASTERCLASS, UK. 2010-2013.
• Editorial Board Member, THE OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIST, UK.      2010- .
• Editorial Board Member, OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY CLINICS- AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, 2011-. 
• Editorial Board Member, INTERNATIONAL ONLINE JOURNAL OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, 2009- .
• Editorial Board Member , OTOLOGY INDIA (Journal of the Indian Society of Otology ), 2002-2004
• Section Editor, Image of the week, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAD & NECK SURGERY.

• Member- National workshop on Curriculum planning for Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery.
• Expert member, Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India for development of

PUBLICATIONS & RESEARCH  

Research Impact

One publication included in the YEAR-BOOK OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY & HEAD- NECK SURGERY (2001).

Authored a chapter in Scott-Brown’s Textbook of Otolaryngology -7th edition ( The most widely read textbook of ENT in the world)

Publications in the highest impact Otolaryngology, Skull Base , and Head-Neck Journals, including the Laryngoscope, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Skull Base, Head-Neck, Annals of Otolaryngology, European Archives of Otolaryngology, Plos One, Journal of Laryngology and Otology, Clinical Otolaryngology , Acta Ophthalmologica

Four publications included by ENT NEWS in their selection of significant abstracts selected from the world-wide literature.

Cited by international publications on 326 occasions ( ISI Citation Index database search- December 2012. Also referenced in Textbooks. 

Recent Significant Invitations / Presentations

Invited International Faculty,

• American Academy of Otolaryngology & Head-Neck Surgery (AAOHNS), Vancouver, 2013
• -Instructional Course –Minimizing surgical recurrences in Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma

• British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology( BACO), Glasgow, 2012 .

• -Instructional Course - TransOral Laser Microsurgery for Advanced Cancers of the Larynx and Hypopharynx 

• 1st Congress of Confederation of European Otolaryngology & Head-Neck Surgery (CEORLHNS), Barcelona, 2011. ---

  -  Guest Lecture (Cricothyroid Approximation) &

  -  Instructional Course ( Optic Nerve Decompression)

• British Academic Conference of Otolaryngology (BACO), Liverpool, 2009 .

  -  Instructional Course ( Optic Nerve Decompression)

   

• Head-Neck Festschrift, Royal college of Surgeons of England, London, 2009 .

  -  Surgical Treatment of Intracranial Angiofibroma.

• Numerous South Asian Meetings- 2004 Colombo, 2006 Delhi, 2006 Khatmandu, 2008 Dacca, 2011 Khatmandu

National Guest Orations

• Prof. SuryaNarayan Guest Oration (2010), South Zone Branch of Asscn of Otolaryngologists of India.
• ML Bhatia Guest Lecture ( 2012) Uttar Pradesh Branch of Asscn of Otolaryngologists of India.
• Dr. Ashok Arora Oration (2011), Haryana Branch of Asscn of Otolaryngologists of India.
• Prof. C DAS ORATION (2008) North-Eastern Branch of Asscn of Otolaryngologists of India.
• Dr. N K Agarwala Oration (2006), Guwahati,
• AOI GUEST ORATION (2006) Rajasthan Branch of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India.
• Dr. G S GREWAL ORATION (2004) Indore State Branch. Asscn. of Otolaryngologists of India.