Ear, nose, throat and skull base
Dr. (Prof.) Sampath Chandra Prasad Rao
Program Lead - Skull Base Surgery, Consultant - ENT, Head & Neck Surgeon, Cochlear Implantologist
- Practises at
- Manipal Hospitals, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru
- Role
- Heads the department
About Dr. (Prof.) Sampath Chandra Prasad Rao
Dr. (Prof.) Sampath Chandra Prasad Rao leads the Skull Base and Hearing Implantology programme at Manipal Hospital Bengaluru. His profile records a two-year fellowship in skull-base surgery and hearing implantology in Italy, further European training, and work across skull-base surgery, cochlear implantation and head-and-neck oncology.
Field of expertise
- Skull Base Surgery
- Hearing (Cochlear) Implantology
- Head & Neck Oncosurgery
Fellowships and memberships
- Skull Base Surgery, European Academy of Neurotology and Gruppo Otologico, Italy
- Joint European Diploma in Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, Université Paris Diderot, France
- Fellow, European Board of Examinations and UEMS
- Fellow, American College of Surgeons
- Fellow, European Academy of Otology & Neurotology
Awards and achievements
- Health Excellence Award 2023 for ENT - Head & Neck Onco Surgery, Times Group
- Ten Outstanding Young Indian Award, JCI India, 2008
- Multiple national and international orations and skull-base research awards, per the profile
Qualifications
- MBBS
- MS
- DNB
- FEB-ORLHNS
- FACS
- FEAONO
Languages spoken
- English
- Kannada
- Hindi
- Italian
- Tulu
Published work
- More than 150 peer-reviewed publications, 40 textbook chapters and three textbooks, per the profile
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Source: Consultant profile sheets supplied to us by Manipal Hospitals, read on 20 August 2026.
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