About
Dr Gowthaman Ilambarathi is an ENT consultant and rhinoplasty surgeon based in Chennai, India, with a focused interest in aesthetic and functional rhinoplasty, facial plastic surgery, endoscopic ear surgery, otology and functional endoscopic sinus surgery.
He completed his medical and postgraduate training in otorhinolaryngology, followed by the MRCS ENT qualification from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. His advanced rhinoplasty training includes a dedicated fellowship under Dr Virendra Ghaisas in Pune and an exclusive six-month Advanced Rhinoplasty Fellowship under Prof. Enrico Robotti in Bergamo, Italy. His training has shaped an approach based on detailed anatomical assessment, structured surgical planning, and contemporary preservation and structural rhinoplasty techniques.
Dr Gowthaman currently practices at IGENT ENT Day Care Centre and serves as a visiting consultant at THANC Hospital in Chennai. He has been invited as faculty at national rhinoplasty conferences and has contributed as a dissector for courses conducted by the Association of Rhinoplasty Surgeons of India and FRCS International Training. He was also part of the Full Circle Bergamo to Istanbul Rhinoplasty Course in 2024.
His academic interests include preservation and hybrid concepts in primary and secondary rhinoplasty, advanced imaging, surgical photography, piezoelectric surgery and systematic evaluation of rhinoplasty outcomes. He co-authored the original research article Preservation Concepts in Secondary Rhinoplasty with Prof. Enrico Robotti and colleagues, published in Facial Plastic Surgery by Thieme, and is a recipient of the KKR Gold Medal in Temporal Bone Dissection.
He is an Executive Board Member of the Rhinoplasty Society of India and is also a member of the Association of Rhinoplasty Surgeons of India, Rhinoplasty Society of Europe and Indian Society of Otology.