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| caption = Dr. Santosh Kumar Kacker receiving Lifetime achievement award.
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| occupation = [[Otorhynolaryngology|Otorhynolaryngologist]]
| yearsactive = Since 1963
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]
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'''Santosh Kumar Kacker''' is an Indian [[Otorhynolaryngology|otorhynolaryngologist]] and a former director of the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi|All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi]].<ref name="Keeping yourself busy is key">{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/wellness/on-the-fitness-track/article1-936710.aspx | title=Keeping yourself busy is key | newspaper=Hindustan Times | date=27 September 2012 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> He graduated in medicine in 1960 and completed his post graduate degree (MS) in [[Otorhynolaryngology]] from the present day [[King George's Medical University]], Lucknow, in 1963 to start his medical practice. He also secured the fellowship of the [[Royal College of Surgeons of London]] in 1968.<ref name="Expert profile">{{cite web | url=http://doctor.ndtv.com/expert/ndtv/expertid/232/Dr_(Prof)_Santosh_Kacker.html | title=Expert profile | publisher=Doctor NDTV.com | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>

Kackar is a member of the expert panel of the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] (ICMR) and the Association of the Otorhynolaryngologists of India.<ref name="Association of the Otorhynolaryngologists of India">{{cite web | url=http://aoicon2016.com/Registrations/RegistrationList | title=Association of the Otorhynolaryngologists of India | publisher=Association of the Otorhynolaryngologists of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621043113/http://www.aoicon2016.com/Registrations/RegistrationList | archive-date=21 June 2015 }}</ref> and chairs the ''Committee for developing aids for the Handicapped''.<ref name="Expert profile" /> A former honorary surgeon to the [[President of India]],<ref name="Expert profile" /> he has published his medical research findings as original research articles<ref name="Nasal septal deviation: Effective intervention and long term follow-up">{{cite journal | url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01655876/12/1 | title=Nasal septal deviation: Effective intervention and long term follow-up |author1=Mukhesh Sooknundun |author2=Santosh Kumar Kacker |author3=Rajesh Bhatia |author4=R.C. Deka | journal=International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology |date=November 1986 | volume=12 | issue=1 | pages=65–72 | doi=10.1016/S0165-5876(86)80059-3| pmid=3818192 }}</ref> and medical papers<ref name="ECAB Invasive Meningococcal Disease">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-OK4BwAAQBAJ&q=Santosh+Kumar+Kackar&pg=PP7 | title=ECAB Invasive Meningococcal Disease | publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences | author=Swati Y. Bhave | year=2014 | pages=118 | isbn=9788131239568}}</ref><ref name="ECAB Dizziness and Vertigo across Age Groups">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=79-4BwAAQBAJ&q=Santosh+Kumar+Kackar&pg=PP3 | title=ECAB Dizziness and Vertigo across Age Groups | publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences | author=N N Mathur (Editor) | year=2015 | pages=94 | isbn=9788131239520}}</ref> in many peer reviewed journals.<ref name="A note of spongostan lining of mastoidectomy cavity">{{cite journal | url= https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03047313 | title=A note of spongostan lining of mastoidectomy cavity |author1=R. N. Misra |author2=Santosh Kumar Kacker |author3=Subhash Chandra Misra | journal=Indian Journal of Otolaryngology |date=September 1964 | volume=16 | issue=3 | pages=103–114 | doi=10.1007/BF03047313| doi-broken-date=31 May 2021 }}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1986.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> Retiring from the post of the Senior Consultant at Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, New Delhi,<ref name="Expert profile" /> he continues his practice from home and attends to surgeries at charitable hospitals.<ref name="Keeping yourself busy is key" />

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>Rajasekhar1961 at 19:51, 5 July 2021