Dr. Prasanna Suresh Hegde

Dr. Prasanna S. Hegde is an experienced Rehabilitation Council of India certified Speech-Language Pathologist and Audiologist with over 9 years of experience. He is currently the Program Director and Clinical Lead of the Department of Deglutology and Speech-Language Pathology at HCG Cancer Centre, Bengaluru, specialising in neurorehabilitation, clinical establishment, and head and neck onco-rehabilitation. Dr. Prasanna has completed an MBSImp Certification and Foundation Course from Langmore FEES and takes pride in providing personalised care and attention to every patient he attends.

Qualification: Bachelors (Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology), Masters (Speech-Language Pathology)
Specialities: Speech and Swallow Therapy
Locations: HCG Cancer Center - KR BLR
Experience: 9 years

Area of Expertise

Dr. Prasanna S. Hegde is a Rehabilitation Council of India certified Speech-Language Pathologist and Audiologist with over 9 years of experience.
Program Director and Clinical Lead of the Department of Deglutology and Speech-Language Pathology at HCG Cancer Centre, Bengaluru.
Expertise in neurorehabilitation, clinical establishment, and head & neck onco-rehabilitation.
Has managed more than 2000 cases so far.

Medical Breakthroughs

Recipient of the ‘Young Investigator Award’ for the Innovation Category at AOCNR 2020.
Published 3 letters to editors, 2 original research articles, 1 case report, and 1 review article on neuro- and onco-rehabilitation.
Task force member of the Indian Federation of Neurorehabilitation (IFNR).
Executive Council Member of Indian Speech and Hearing Association – Bengaluru Chapter.
Founding General Secretary of Society for Feeding and Swallowing Disorders.
Delivered over 20 invited talks and conducted multiple masterclasses on speech and swallowing rehabilitation.
Conducts a 1-year fellowship program on Onco-deglutology and an online certificate course on onco-deglutology and Videofluoroscopy.
Leads capacity-building ECHO programs on dysphagia.

Awards & Accolades

Completed MBSImp Certification and Foundation Course from Langmore FEES.

Research & Publications

Factors affecting 100cc Water Swallow Test. Journal of Indian Speech and Hearing Association. Under publication (2020).
Intolerance to pungent spices among patients receiving radiation and chemotherapy for head and neck cancers. Oral Oncol. 2020;102:104517.
Evaluating the Psychometric Properties of the Kannada Version of EAT 10. Dysphagia (2020).
Gustatory dysfunction in non-oral irradiation for head and neck cancers [published online ahead of print, 2020 Mar 16]. Oral Oncol. 2020;104642.
Automatic Classification of Volumes of Water Using Swallow Sounds from Cervical Auscultation, ICASSP 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 1185-1189.

Dr. Prasanna Suresh Hegde

Dr. Prasanna Suresh Hegde