By David Fabry and Jackie Clark

This article is a part of the March/April 2017, Volume 29, Number 2, Audiology Today issue.

We recently had the opportunity to visit with Shelly Chadha, MBBS, MS, PhD, medical officer, WHO Program for Prevention of Deafness and Hearing Loss. Dr. Chadha is a native of India. She was trained as an otolaryngologist at the University of Delhi, India, and subsequently undertook doctoral studies in public health at the same university.

Prior to joining WHO in 2011, she was working as a professor of otolaryngology at the Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi, India. She also served as a member of the national committee for development of the National Program for Prevention and Control of Deafness in India. Dr. Chadha will provide the Keynote Address at the Academy’s Opening General Assembly at AudiologyNOW!® 2017 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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