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No-1, Ist Cross Street, Off. II Main Road, Raja Annamalaipuram, Chennai – 600 028.
Phone : + 91 44-24 311 411 / 412 / 413 / 414 / 415
24 hrs Emergency ENT Care
Directors
Prof. Mohan Kameswaran
Professor Mohan Kameswaran, is the Managing Director & Senior Consultant of Madras ENT Research Foundation Private Limited, Honorary Distinguished Professor, The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University & Honorary Professor, Department of ENT, SRM Medical College Hospital & Research Centre, Chennai. Read more
Mrs. Indira M. Kameswaran - Executive Director
Mrs. Indira M. Kameswaran, M.A is the Executive Director and inspiration behind Madras ENT Research Foundation Private Limited - (MERF). The entire conception and execution of the institution was her brainchild. She is the face MERF presents to the corporate world. She heads the finance department of MERF and supervises the day-to-day functioning of the hospital and also supports the conduct of various social and academic activities. She also co-ordinates the Cochlear Implant program at MERF.
She was the Founder Correspondent of MERF Institute of Speech & Hearing. She started the Institute in 2006 because of her deep and abiding commitment to the cause of deafness as she has been for years struggling for this cause along with her husband Prof. Mohan Kameswaran. She has been a direct witness to the dearth of qualified personnel in the field of Audiology and Speech-language pathology in the country. Having travelled and lived overseas for many years, she was also aware of the international needs in the profession. She has interacted with several Audiological Institutions overseas, and was very keen to foster interactive educational programs with Institutes of repute across the world.
She started the first University approved Degree Course in 'Post Graduate Diploma in Auditory Habilitation' in collaboration with leading centers in the United States of America and Australia.
She was the mother figure for the Institute from its inception, and was directly and personally involved in every facet of the Institute’s development until she handed it over to MERF Institute of Speech & Hearing (P) Ltd in 2018.
She is the Secretary of Madras ENT Research Foundation Charitable Trust, which sponsors free treatment for needy and indigent patients. Through her activity at the Hospital and in collaboration with the Institute, she organizes free treatment and therapies for patients from Down's Syndrome Association of Tamil Nadu & Spastic Society of India, to name a few. She also looks into the conduct of free camps & community related social service activities.
In short Mrs. Indira M. Kameswaran is an embodiment of an able administrator, an educationist, philanthropist and a social activist – all combined in one.
Prof. Dr. R. S. Anand Kumar - Academic Director
Prof. R. S. Anand Kumar, is Senior ENT consultant and Academic Director of Madras ENT Research Foundation (P) Ltd, Chennai & Senior Consultant ENT surgeon in the city of Chennai, since 1981 with nearly 43 years of experience in the field. Read more
Dr. Madhavan Jagannath - Administrative Director
Dr. Madhavan Jagannath, MD, passed his MBBS from JNMC, Belgaum and MD from KMC, Hubli, has more than 40 years experience in the field of Anaesthesiology, and heads the Department of Anaesthesiology. His present interest is in the management of anaesthesia in patients for Cochlear Implants for deaf children and Laser surgeries. To his credit he has anaesthetized the maximum number of cases of Cochlear Implants, the highest in the country. He is also the first to anaesthetize the first Brain Stem Implant in Chennai, along with his team which was first of its kind in South East Asia.
He has taken part as a faculty member in many national and international conferences.
He has a vast exposure and knowledge regarding the management of anaesthesia for laser surgeries. He has been a mentor for many anaesthetists in India and abroad for to teach them the knowledge and art of anaesthesia technique for Laser Surgery.
His inputs in the field of Anaesthesia was recognized by The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, which awarded him the "Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012".