"Padmashree awardee Prof. (Dr) J. M. Hans has done pioneering work in the field of cochlear implant surgery and has done more than 3000 cochlear implants surgeries in his center, centers around the country and in SAARC countries with 100% surgical results till date. He is visiting cochlear implant surgeon to the states of Chhattisgarh, Andhra-Pradesh, Madhya-Pradesh, PGI Chandigarh and many other centres in the country, to perform CI surgeries for the hearing handicap. He is Advisor Cochlear Implant Surgeon to Pingalwara Trust, Amritsar. Apart from doing all surgeries for Deafness including Auditory Brain Stem Implants, he specialises in Tracheal Surgery, Cosmetic Surgery of the nose, Endoscopic Surgery of Trachobronchus and Oesophagus etc."