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* [http://www.aiims.edu/director%20speech/Colombo-finalResearchandinnovation-Deka.pdf ''' Research and Innovation in Medicine : Challenges and Opportunities ; Speech delivered by Prof. R. C. Deka, Director, AIIMS, New Delhi at te 30th Annual Anniversary of Academic sessions of Postgraduate Institute of Medicine (PGIM), University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka on 27th April, 2011 ''']. |
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* [http://www.aiims.edu/director%20speech/Director's%20Speech%2038th%20Convocation%2001-10-2010.pdf ''' 38th AIIMS Annual Convocation (1st October, 2010 ) address by Prof. R. C. Deka, Director, AIIMS, New Delhi''']. |
* [http://www.aiims.edu/director%20speech/Director's%20Speech%2038th%20Convocation%2001-10-2010.pdf ''' 38th AIIMS Annual Convocation (1st October, 2010 ) address by Prof. R. C. Deka, Director, AIIMS, New Delhi''']. |
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* [http://www.aiims.edu/director%20speech/Convocation_speech-mlcu-deka.pdf ''' 3rd Convocation of Martin Luther Christian University, Shillong (30th August, 2010)Convocation Address by Professor Ramesh C. Deka''']. |
* [http://www.aiims.edu/director%20speech/Convocation_speech-mlcu-deka.pdf ''' 3rd Convocation of Martin Luther Christian University, Shillong (30th August, 2010)Convocation Address by Professor Ramesh C. Deka''']. |
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| Born | October 1, 1948 Assam |
| Nationality | India |
| Alma mater | Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) ;All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India |
| Known for | First Bilateral Cochlear Surgery in India |
| Awards | Life time Achievement Award on the Health Summit 2010 Rashtriya Ratan Award Bharat Gaurav Award One of the Top 100 Most Trusted People in India' (Reader's Digest Survey of 2010 : Who do you trust, India ? ) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Otorhinolaryngology |
| Institutions | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India |
Prof. Ramesh C. Deka ( रमेश सी डेका ; born October 1, 1948 in Assam) is a renowned ENT specialist and the Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, which is globally recognized as the premier Medical Institute of India. Prof. Deka is one of the pioneers of cochlear implant surgery in India and has performed the country's first bilateral cochlear implantation surgery.
Work
An accomplished ENT surgeon and a reputed teacher, Prof. Deka has performed over 300 cochlear implant surgeries, including 200 in children, with excellent results.
He is an expert in endoscopic sinus and laryngeal/voice surgery. He has published more than 200 research papers in national and international journals.
He has also contributed chapters in several Indian and foreign books. Seven books, including three leading text books, published abroad, contain citation of Dr. Deka's works in the field of otology, audiology, facial palsy, evoked potential, neurotology, rhinology and laryngeal cancer.
Education
Prof. Ramesh C. Deka obtained his MBBS degree from the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in 1969 and his MS (ENT) from AIIMS in 1973.
Professional career
Prof. Deka joined the faculty position in AIIMS in 1981. Prior to this, he worked as a faculty in Kasturba Medical College, Manipal where he was reader and head of the department of ENT (1976–1979) and in Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry (1979–1981).
He received his training in 1977-1978 in otology, neurotology and microsurgery of the ear under Prof. G.E. Shambaugh Jr. and Prof. George A. Sisson at Northwestern University, Chicago, USA. Dr. Deka has also undergone training in otology under Prof. Nager at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland and under Prof. JA Kirchner at Yale University Medical Center, New Haven, Connecticut, USA in head & neck surgery.
He has conducted neurophysiological studies on inner ear with Prof. David Lipscomb at University of Tennessee, Knoxville during his fellowship in USA (1978).He has also been keenly associated with community health programmes during his 37 years of experience in teaching, patient care and research. He had undergone training in neurotology under Prof. C.F. Claussen in Wurzburg University & Neurotology Institute, Badkissingen, Germany in 1984. In 1994, on a WHO fellowship, he worked with Prof. David W. Kennedy in the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center and learned functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS).
Prof. Deka also worked with Prof. Robert Jackler, Prof. R. Schindler, Prof. H. Dedo and Prof. R. Kaplan in the area of head & neck surgery, neurotology and skull-base surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. In 1996, he went to Australia to undergo training in cochlear implant surgery at the Melbourne University and the Bionic Ear Institute, Melbourne.
Awards and honors
For medical services and research
- Life time Achievement Award on the Health Summit 2010 (World Congress on Drugless therapies) by the International Association of Educators for World Peace (Affiliated to United Nations, ECOSOC, UNDPI, UNCED, UNESCO, UNICEF), The Global Open University Nagaland (TGOUN), Confederation of Indian Universities (CIU), The Educational Standards and Testing Council of India (TESTCOIN), and the School of Oriental medicine (SOM)
- Chairman, Indian Academy of Otolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery (2002–2010)
- President, Association of Otolaryngologists of India (2002–2003).
- President, All India Rhinology Society (2001–2002).
- Invited Distinguished faculty, AOI Conference, Lucknow (6 January 2006)
- International faculty, International Symposium on Skull Base Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA; 28–30 January 2006.
- International faculty, 25th Congress of the Politzer Society's meeting, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2005
- Distinguished faculty, 2nd International ENT Conference, Dhaka, Bangladesh; 18–21 November 2005
- Chaired a scientific session at the 4th International Voice conference at Pune,2006
- International faculty for 10th ARSR Meeting Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 2–3 December; 2005
- Chairman, Indian Academy of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery 2004-2008
- Chairman of the Regional Consultation Meeting of WHO for SEA regional countries on Colombo for Prevention and Control of Deafness, 2004.
- Guest speaker and a Jury member for awarding Young doctors in Saint Petersburg, Russia in the International Academy of ORL-HN Surgery-2008.
- Invited to participate in the Bi-Regional Forum on People-Centered Health Care -Meeting of WHO, held in Manila in July, 2008
- Invited Distinguished faculty at the 11th Congress of IRS at Sydney, 2005.
- Faculty as well as on the international Advisory Committee of the Asian research symposium in Rhinology (ARSR), 2004 -2008.
- Fellow of American Academy of Otolaryngology (FAAO) since 2004
- Felicitated by the parents of the patients on completion of 100 successful CI in children, in 2006.
- Fellow, International Medical Sciences Academy (FIMSA) since 2007.
- Invited Faculty in at the 16th World Congress of the International Society for Laser surgery and Medicine (16th ISLSM) at Tokyo, Japan in 2005
- Dr. C. Das Oration (Two times) on Rhinoplasty at NE Zone AOI Conference, at Gauhati, Assam (1994 & 2002)
- Guest speaker in SAARC-ENT congresses in Dhaka (1998), Kathmandu, Nepal (2000), Colombo (2004), New Delhi (2006) and in Dhaka (2008)
- National Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the International Asian Research Symposium in Rhinology (ARSR) held at Mumbai in 2004
- Invited leader from India in the board of governors at the international academy leaders' forum meeting at the American academy of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck surgery (AAOHNS) conference- 2004, New York, USA.
- Best ENT Services Award by Jammu ENT Society (2000) by Chief minister of J&K, Hon'ble Shri Farooque Abdullah
- Chairman, Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (1994-1996 for 3 years)
- Member, Governing body, Association of Otolaryngologists of India (1993–94)
- Member, Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Otolaryngology
- President, Neuro-otological Society of India (1993–1994)
- Vice-President, Neuro-otological Society of India (1991–1992)
- General Secretary, Neuro-otological Society of India (1982–1990)
- Treasurer, Neuro-otological & Equilibriometric Society of India (1981–82)
- Honorary Secretary, Association of Otolaryngologists of India, Delhi (1985–86)
- President, Association of Otolaryngologists of India, Delhi (1988–89)
- G.D. Birla Oration Award, Srinagar, 1991 by the Kashmir University for outstanding contribution in the field of audiological medicine and evoked potentials
- N.E.S. India Research Award (Gold Medal) for work on "Auditory brainstem-evoked potentials in Ménière's disease" by the Neuro-otological & Equilibriometric Society of India in 1984-85
- Dr. RA.F. Copper (Gold Medal) Award of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India for work on whole organ serial sections on laryngeal cancer in 1975, which provided a new direction to therapy and surgical management of laryngeal and laryngopharyngeal cancers
Sociocultural and civilian awards
- One of the Top 100 Most Trusted People in India' (Reader's Digest Survey of 2010 : Who do you trust, India ? )
- Rashtriya Ratan Award, January 1999, by Vishwa Jagriti Mission, a world renowned Sociocultural organization for his scientific contribution especially for his pioneering work in Cochlear implant surgery in India and services to the deaf people.
- Bharat Gaurav Award for outstanding medical services
- Best Citizen Of India Awarded by International Publishing house in 2007.
Editorial Board Member
- Acta Otolaryngologica (Sweden)
- Otology and Neuro-otology (USA)
- Otolaryngoloy & HN Surgery, USA
- Pakistan Journal of Otolaryngology(Pakistan)
- Editorial chief, India Journal of Otology; & Vertigo view Point.
Contribution to Cochlear implant Surgery Facility at AIIMS
Prof. Deka has developed the Cochlear Implant Facility at the ENT department AIIMS with research/ rehabilitation activities for patient care and research in this field. The facility facilitates clinical research work and rehabilitation works in this group of patients with bilateral profound deafness both in children and adults. So far over 300 Cochlear implants surgeries have been done under this facility successfully, which is largest number among the government setups in India.
Recently, Nucleus 5, a modern, state-of-art fifth generation cochlear implant, was implanted in the ear of a three year old hearing impaired child at AIIMS, which is considered to be a breakthrough in cochlear implant design and technology. .
Development of educational and training materials for rehabilitating Cochlear Implantees in India and abroad
Prof. Deka has helped many other centers in India in developing the facility of doing Cochlear implant surgery and rehabilitation of the deaf persons, such as in Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh ; Railway Hospital, New Delhi, Army & RR Hospital, New Delhi. Dr Deka has also provided leadership, along with his highly qualified team of audiologists and speech therapists to deal with the cochlear implantee support in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal.
Guest lectures
Prof. Deka delivered guest lectures as an invited faculty and distinguished visiting professor at leading centers/ institutions in Australia, France, USA, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Republic of Korea, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Riyadh (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), Dubai (UAE) and Russia. He has also given guest lectures and orations in a large number of national and international conferences, seminars, and symposia.
Prominent Indian Orations
Prof Deka has given over 25 orations in different places such Dr. LH. Hiranandani oration from Himachal AOI, Dr. LH. Hiranandani Oration from Gauhati University, Assam, Dr N.L Hiranandani Oration from Pediatric ORL society of India, Bangalore & Mumbai (twice), Dr. D. Ram Oration, from Bihar/Jhharkhand state AOI, MERF Oration from Tamil Nadu AOI/APOI, AOI Oration Bihar,Patna Bihar AOI Oration-Muzaffarpur, Delhi AOI Oration, Andhra AOI Oration, AOI/IMA Hyderabad Oration, Mumbai AOI Oration, Gujarat AOI Oration, Ahmedabad, Northwest AOI Oration, Dharamshala, KG. Medical college (Lucknow) Oration, Haryana AOI Oration, Rohtak, M.P. AOI Oration, Bhopal, Orissa AOI Oration, Cuttack, Jammu AOI-Oration, Cochin oration MERF-Chennai AOI oration, U.P.AOI-Oration, Allahabad, North-west AOI-PGI, Chandigarh, Guwahati-AOI Oration¬Maligaon, Assam. ISHA-Oration Puri, Sankar-Madhav medical college-Oration (2008).
Prestigious Speeches
- Research and Innovation in Medicine : Challenges and Opportunities ; Speech delivered by Prof. R. C. Deka, Director, AIIMS, New Delhi at te 30th Annual Anniversary of Academic sessions of Postgraduate Institute of Medicine (PGIM), University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka on 27th April, 2011 .
- 38th AIIMS Annual Convocation (1st October, 2010 ) address by Prof. R. C. Deka, Director, AIIMS, New Delhi.
- 3rd Convocation of Martin Luther Christian University, Shillong (30th August, 2010)Convocation Address by Professor Ramesh C. Deka.
- Director’s Speech on the 64th Independence Day of India (15th August 2010).
- Director’s Speech to the Delegates of the 4th Biennial Meeting of Asia-Oceania Organization on Genital Infections and Neoplasia (AOGIN-2010).
- Address delivered by Prof. R. C. Deka on 15th March 2010 at Varanasi , BHU , at the Inaugural function of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of IMS-BHU.
- Address delivered by Prof.R. C. Deka on 26th February 2010 to the delegates of the 10 Annual Conference of Indian Society of Extracorporeal Technology
- Address made by Prof. R.C.Deka to the delegates of the 55th Annual Meet of the Assam Sciences Congress at Gauhati University auditorium, on 15th February, 2010
- Speech of Prof. R.C. Deka, as Chief Guest at 7th Convocation of BPKIHS-University, Dharan, Nepal on 22nd Jan.2010
- Director's Speech: 37th AIIMS Annual Convocation, November 16, 2009
- Director's Speech to New MBBS Students at AIIMS on August 01, 2009
References
- http://www.aiims.edu/
- http://www.aiims.edu/aiims/aboutaiims/aboutaiims-DIR.htm
- http://www.aiims.ac.in/
External links
- http://www.aagmc.com/eventprofile.php?Event_ID=52&username=&status=&q=event
- http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/indian-education-system-is-faulty-says-aiims-director-at-amity-seminar/430321/
- http://www.thehindu.com/health/policy-and-issues/article612012.ece
- http://expressbuzz.com/cities/chennai/tb-among-migrant-workers-on-the-rise-aiims-head/203891.html
- http://www.hindustantimes.com/Improved-AIIMS-device-aids-hearing-filters-noise/Article1-557718.aspx
- http://www.ptinews.com/news/715705_AIIMS-introduces-new-user-friendly-cochlear-implant
- http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rc-deka-appointed-the-new-aiims-director/87296-3.html
- http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_rc-deka-to-be-new-director-of-aiims_1184217
- http://www.indiaedunews.net/Medical/R.C._Deka_named_AIIMS_director_7674/
- http://news.oneindia.in/2009/03/10/dr-r-c-deka-appointed-aiims-director-for-next-five-years.html
- http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?655696
- http://newsofap.com/newsofap-7505-25-readers-digest-survey-list-of-top-100-most-trusted-people-in-india-newsofap.html