Aneesh gained tremendous experience from working in five healthcare systems in the world. This has given an understanding of the challenges faced by the patients and healthcare workers in the five countries.

Currently working at Barwon University Teaching Hospital and St John of God in Geelong, Australia. His work includes consultation and surgical treatment of routine Ear Nose Throat problems including paediatric ENT and major head and neck surgeries including thyroid and salivary gland diseases. He has a special interest in surgery of skin cancer of the head and neck, and facial plastic reconstruction.

Working in India with immense workload and under severe constraints from financial, technological and human resource perspective was a great learning experience. The complexity of management of advanced head and neck cancer and severe complications from ear, nose and throat infections were learned early in his career. Successfully treating and helping patients and their families from very low socio-economic background were hugely satisfying.

United Kingdom gave a different perspective to patient care. Training was focused on the practice of Evidence Based Medicine on all aspects of Ear, Nose and Throat diseases. This helped to consolidate his clinical knowledge and surgical skills and taught him how to apply this to individual patient.Teaching also focused on confidentiality, professionalism, ethics, patients’ rights and clinical governance. Training also helped to improve management and leadership skills.

Working in Canada helped to understand the challenges of a big nation. Patients had to travel several hours to see the specialist. He learned several methods of managing this complex problem. After learning resection of complex head and neck cancers from Liverpool, fellowship gave confidence in reconstruction of huge defects. Here Aneesh learned micro vascular and facial plastic reconstruction. An interest in cosmetic reanimation for facial palsy started at this point.

After completion of training, he worked as an ENT consultant at Lincoln County Hospital, UK. Had amazing experience working with great colleagues and patients and their families in a small town.

Aneesh has then worked in New Zealand for 11 years. He started and developed the head and neck cancer surgery department at Palmerston North Hospital. Having started Thyroid MDT at Palmerston North in 2014, Aneesh has been the chairman of the MDT since then. He has held several leadership roles including the Clinical Director of ENT departmentand Chairman of the Head and Neck MDT at Palmerston North Hospital.