Balakrishnan D. Dr.

Chennai Area, India, Tamilnadu India

Professor of ENT & HOD Audiology at SRM Medical College

Medical / Health Care / Pharmaceuticals

D. Balakrishnan BSc MBBS, DLO, MS, PhD is an ENT surgeon. He obtained BSc Botany (university I rank) in 1971. His had his entire medical education in Madras Medical College. His PhD is on Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in children. He became a teacher in his alma mater and continued teaching in various medical colleges. For 6 years, he served as an ENT specialist in Libya and Saudi Arabia. In 1980, as a Senior Research Fellow with ICMR, he took part in a countrywide survey on prevalence & aetiology of hearing loss. The findings from this study still remain relevant. In 1982, he studied the increased occurrence of stuffy nose and sneezing in the Kalpakkam atomic reactor area. He determined t...