Graduate of Medical College, Chengalapattu, Madras University of 1986 Batch and took his Post Graduation in 1996 from Calicut Medical College. He worked as a Lecturer in ENT at Trichur Medical College from 1990 to 1994 and Assistant Professor at Medical College from 1994 to 1998. He is interested in Otoneurology, Otology, Head, and Neck Surgery. After joining the Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences in 2000, he was instrumental in starting the State’s first ever Cochlear Implant programme. He was trained in Cochlear Implantation in Bionic Ear Research Institute. He is renowned for performing the highest number of paediatric implantation.

Dr. Manoj is one of the third persons in India to be invited for the VISTA (Visiting Implant Specialist to Australia) seminar held in Melbourne and Sydney. He has presented papers at various conferences in India and abroad, notably at the SAARC Conference at Sri Lanka and International Cochlear Implant Conference at Spier, Cape Town, South Africa and Asia Pacific conference on Cochlear Implant and related Sciences at Hong Kong. He is an invited faculty for temporal bone dissection courses at various Institutes in the country, notably Madras ENT Institute and Research Foundation. Sree Ramchandran Medical College, Porur and Amritha Institute of Medical College at Kochi. He has performed Cochlear Implant Surgery on the youngest child to be implanted in India at 10 months. He is keenly interested in the treatment of vestibular disorders and surgical management of vertigo. He is a trained Microvascular Surgeon and has performed the first free flap microvascular anastomosis at Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences.

Dr. Manoj is the National Secretary of the Cochlear Implant Group of India and Organizing Chairman of the 2006 Annual Conference of the Cochlear Implant Group of India held at Calicut. His is also a keen Head and Neck Surgeon, having had special training at the Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore. He has a large series of Total and Partial Laryngectomies who have been effectively rehabilitated through Tracheo oesphageal Puncture. He was responsible for starting the State’s first Laryngectomy Club.

Graduated from Medical College Calicut in 1991. She has specialized in the field of Physical Medicine and Rehabitilation from the same college. She worked in National Hospital, Calicut and later as Head of Department, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences, Calicut (2001-2006). Her area of interest includes Cerebral Palsy and Pain Management.

Graduated in 1999 from Calicut Medical College. Post Graduation from Kasturba Medical College, Bangalore 2002-2005. Presented papers at National Conferences held in Patna (2002), Culcutta (2004), Bombay and National head & neck surgery Conference in New Delhi (2004) and at South Zone conferences in Vishakhapatnam (2004) , Thrissur (2003), Attended Otology workshop in Bombay (2002) and Temporal Bone Workshop held in Manipal, 2004 and at MERF, Chennai in 2006, Karnataka State Conference -Mysore (2004) and Kerala State Conference - Manjeri (2005).

First runner up in South Zone Conference Quiz Competition held at Vaishakh in 2005. Won gold medal for poster presentation in the same event. Three papers accepted in International Journals.

Sasidharan P completed his Post-Graduation in Audiology from All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Manasagangothri, Mysore, Karnataka, India in 1995. He worked as Assistant Professor in the Department of Audiology at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal and joined the present team in 1998. He underwent advanced training in Cochlear Implantation from the Bionic Ear Research and Training Institute – Australia, Medel Medical Electronics – Innsbruck and Advanced Bionics – Spain. He is a member of the Indian speech and Hearing Association, Rehabilitation Council of India, Cochlear Implant Group of India, Indian Speech and Hearing Association – Kerala State Branch and Fellow of the Academy of General Education (FAGE). Currently he is the president of the Indian Speech & Hearing Association – Kerala State Branch.

Mrs. Shabeena completed her post graduation in Audiology and Speech pathology from Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for Hearing Handicapped, Mumbai in 1998. She underwent advanced training in Cochlear Implantation from the Bionic Ear Research and Training institute, Melbourne, Australia in 2004.Life member of cochlear implant group of Inida . She also underwent advanced training in paediatric hearing aid fitting in switzerland in 2006. She has got several scientific papers to her credit. She is a life member of the Indian Speech and Hearing Association, Cochlear implant Group and Kerala Speech and Hearing Association.