Dr. Vasanthi Anand M S

Dr Vasanthi Anand M S is a senior and highly experienced ENT Surgeon in Bengaluru. With 33 years of experience, she is currently associated as a:

• Senior Consultant at Rainbow Children’s Hospital, Bannerghatta Road
• Consultant at Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Hospital, Vasanth Nagar
• Consultant at Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Hospital, Banashankari

She is an Associate Professor in ENT with 20 years of academic experience. She has been exclusively performing Cochlear Implant surgeries since 2014 and has successfully completed more than 300 Cochlear Implant surgeries.

The youngest patient operated on by her was an 8 month old infant. She has also managed and operated on several complex cochlear anomalies with good clinical outcomes.

Her areas of expertise are:

1. Cochlear Implantation
2. ENT care for children
3. Management of inner ear anomalies
4. Thin cochlear nerve cases
5. Cochlear Implantation
   
6. Children with inner ear anomalies
   
7. Thin cochlear nerve

Dr Vasanthi Anand completed her MBBS from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum in 1993, followed by her:

• MS in ENT from Government Medical College, Bellary in 1998

She has actively contributed to academic and clinical research and has authored a paper titled: Management of Exposed Cochlear Implants: A Report of Two Cases

She has been recognised with muliple awards including:

• First Cochlear Implant Surgeon to be empanelled in Karnataka by the Ministry of Social Justice and Youth Empowerment for Cochlear Implantation Surgery in 2015
  
• Initiated and supported a free Cochlear Implantation project through the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka, under SAST, at a pediatric institute and government hospital in Karnataka
  
• Award for Woman of Distinctive Vocation on 5 May 2018
  
• Award for Swasthya Seva Durandhara on 28 December 2015

She is an active member of: 

• Association of Otolaryngologists of India (AOI)
  
• AOI Karnataka State Chapter
  
• AOI South Zone 
  
• Cochlear Implant Group of India (CIGI)
  
• Women Otolaryngologist of India (WOI)

With her fluency in English, Hindi, and Kannada, Dr Vasanthi Anand ensures clear communication and a comfortable environment for patients and their families, especially while managing sensitive pediatric ENT and cochlear implant cases.