The Department of ENT Gauhati Medical College and Hospital was first established in the year 1960 headed by then Principal Prof. S.N Sarma MS (ENT). The Department was then started with 30beds in Panbazar and thereafter shifted to Bhangagarh. Since then the Department has been sincerely rendevouring service both to patients and teaching of PG and UG students.

The department presently comprises of 60 beds with two units out of which there are 32 male beds and 28 female beds. It is efficiently run by eleven faculty members headed by Prof. (Mrs.) Kalpana Sharma. There are well equipped OPD and OT premises with tumor, vertigo and deafness clinic attached to OPD. We have state of the ort audiological set up offering all audiological procedures including BERA and OAE.

Presently the department is conducting all types of major surgeries of ear, nose, throat and Head & Neck Surgeries including cochlear implant under “snehasparsa” scheme. The Department has regularly organized CME, seminar and live Surgical workshop for the benefit the post graduate students.

HOD (chronologically)

Sl. No. Name Period(from-to)
1 Dr. Gautam Kr. Nayak

Faculties

Sl. No. Designation Name Qualification Reg. No Photo
1 Professor and Head Dr. Gautam Kr. Nayak MS 10787 photo
2 Professor Dr.Kalpana Sharma MS, DLO 10477 photo
3 Professor Dr. Gautam Kumar Pathak MS 9595 photo
4 Associate Professor Dr. Kum Kum Bora MS 16579 photo
5 Assistant Professor Dr Arup Kakati MS 18758 photo
6 Assistant Professor Dr Dipjyoti Barman MS 18383 photo
7 Registrar Dr Rizwana Begum MS 21921 photo
8 Registrar Dr Jahnavi Devi MS 22026 photo
9 Registrar Dr Pallavi Das MS 23723 photo
10 Registrar Dr Sunita Das MS photo

Courses

PG Students

Sl. No. Year Name Contact Details

OPD Services
  1. Patients treatment on OPD basis
  2. Emergency OPD case management
  3. Audiometry (PTA and typanometry)
  4. BERA
  5. Speech therapy
  6. Vertigo clinic
  7. Hearing aid trial
  8. Tumour clinic

Indoor Services
  1. Patients’ treatment with separate male and female ward.
  2. Patient examination and dressing room, demonstration room for undergraduate clinic.
  3. Seminar room for holding regular seminar, journal club and case presentation.
  4. Well equipped library with recent journals.
  5. Temporal bone lab for PG teaching.
  6. Doctor’s duty room.

Operation Theatre

 Apart from general and regular surgeries, Micro-ear surgery, skull base surgery, head & Neck oncosurgery, Endoscopic surgeries, laser surgery and facial & cosmetic surgeries also done.
  1. Cochlear implant recently started in 2014 under “Snehasparsha”, 9 children were already implanted
  2. We are holding S Kumar oration every 2 yrs delivered by National or International eminent ENT Surgeon under Gauhati University.
  3. 25th silver jubilee NEBAICON organized in 2012, November.
  4. Regular workshop on cochlear Implant, Coblation & Laser surgery.
  5. Regular CME, Interdepartmental CME on various ENT & allied subjects.