Head of ENT, Head & Neck Surgery, Artemis Hospitals, Gurugram
Daytime OPD at Artemis Hospitals six days a week. Evening clinic at 3 Senses ENT, South City 2, four days a week.
| Monday | 1:30 – 4:00 pm |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 11:30 am – 2:00 pm |
| Wednesday | 1:30 – 4:00 pm |
| Thursday | 10:30 am – 1:30 pm |
| Friday | 1:30 – 4:00 pm |
| Saturday | 11:30 am – 2:00 pm |
| Sunday | Not available |
| Monday | 6:00 – 8:00 pm |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | Not available |
| Wednesday | 6:00 – 8:00 pm |
| Thursday | 6:00 – 8:00 pm |
| Friday | 6:00 – 8:00 pm |
| Saturday | Not available |
| Sunday | Not available |
Timings can change during conferences and surgical lists, so please call or WhatsApp before you travel. Overseas patients can start with an online video consultation.
Families travel to us from across India, the Middle East and Africa. These are some of them, on the day they went home.
Patients have come from Oman, Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Sudan, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and many more countries.
Everyday ENT problems, and the complicated airway and voice cases that other centres refer on.
Narrowing of the voice box and windpipe (laryngotracheal stenosis), vocal cord paralysis, and children who live with a tracheostomy tube. I have performed more than 150 airway reconstructions, including several firsts in India.
Tonsils and adenoids, glue ear, noisy breathing in babies, recurrent colds and coughs.
Sleep studies, drug-induced sleep endoscopy and surgery for adults and children.
Sinusitis, polyps, blocked nose and allergy, with endoscopic surgery and balloon sinuplasty.
Ear infections, sudden hearing loss, vertigo and tinnitus, including endoscopic ear surgery.
Thyroid swellings, neck lumps and screening for throat and mouth cancer.
Fibre-optic swallowing assessment (FEES) and treatment, including after cancer therapy.
Some of the operations that made the news, and made a difference to one family each time.
A minimally invasive way to open a narrowed airway in children, first performed in the country by Dr Shashidhar and later presented internationally.
India's first paediatric laryngotracheal reconstruction using an alar thyroid cartilage graft, rebuilding the windpipe with the child's own cartilage.
The Times of India, Muscat DailyThe world's largest series of patients cured of haemolacria, a rare condition that causes bleeding from the eyes and skin. The story was filmed by Discovery Channel.
Hindustan Times, Daily MailIndia's first long-segment slide tracheoplasty combined with reconstruction of the whole length of the trachea.
ET HealthWorldA retired Army officer was choking on a piece of kebab lodged in his airway. An innovative technique removed it and saved his life.
The Times of India, Zee NewsDr Shashidhar led the team that removed a steel rod from a construction worker's head and neck. The patient recovered with no neurological damage.
ANI, The Times of India, Dainik Jagran
Lead faculty for the DNB ENT postgraduate programme at Artemis Hospitals, national examiner, and an invited teacher of airway surgery in India and abroad.
Airway workshops and live surgery in Kathmandu, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Raipur, Vadodara and Sirsa. Faculty at the IFOS World Congress, Istanbul 2026.
of 462 patients on Practo recommend Dr Shashidhar
“Their efforts truly transformed our despair into relief and gratitude.”
“Being able to breathe freely now is like being born again.”
“Exceptionally talented, highly qualified and so humble, is what Dr. Shashidhar is.”
“Dr. Shashidhar knows his job very well and is very humble, patient with kids.”
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