⭐ Founder✓ Verified ENT Surgeon✈️ DGCA Approved

Dr. Amod Kumar

Founder, KHARATE · Senior ENT Surgeon & Sleep Medicine Specialist

35+ years of clinical practice. 8,000+ sleep surgeries performed. Trained at AIIMS and Stanford. Now reaching 5M+ people every month through medical content on Instagram, YouTube, and The Gut Feel Show.

35+Years Practice

100K+IG Followers

5M+Monthly Reach

8,000+Surgeries

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👨‍⚕️ The Story

Dr. Amod Kumar is one of India's most experienced ENT surgeons, with 35+ years of clinical practice focused on sleep-disordered breathing, kharate, and Obstructive Sleep Apnea. After training at AIIMS New Delhi and completing a Fellowship in Sleep Surgery at Stanford, he returned to India to build what is today a leading sleep medicine practice in the NCR.

Over three decades, Dr. Amod watched thousands of patients arrive too late — with advanced OSA, cardiac complications, or worse. He noticed the pattern: men ignoring their kharate for years while their wives and children worried in silence. That frustration became Kharate — a platform to help Indian families identify the risk before the damage is done.

In 2024, Dr. Amod started sharing clinical knowledge on Instagram. Within 18 months, he crossed 100,000 followers — not through ads, but because real people recognised their reality in his reels. His mission: make sleep medicine accessible, clear, and culturally fluent for the Indian audience.

🎓 Credentials & Training

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MBBS & MS (ENT) — AIIMS New Delhi1984 · 1989

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Fellowship in Sleep SurgeryStanford School of Medicine, 1995

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Indian Society of Sleep ResearchActive Member since 2002

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DGCA-Approved Sleep EvaluatorFor pilot & cabin crew FDTL compliance

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Indian Academy of OtorhinolaryngologySenior Fellow

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Regular speaker — AIIMS, ISSR, ASASleep Medicine conferences

📅 Career Milestones

1989

Graduated MS (ENT) from AIIMS New Delhi

Among top 3 in batch. First exposure to sleep-disordered breathing research.

1995

Stanford Fellowship in Sleep Surgery

One-year fellowship focused on UPPP, tonsillectomy for OSA, and pediatric sleep apnea.

2002

Founded Kumar ENT & Sleep Centre, Gurgaon

Scaled to a 6-bed accredited polysomnography lab by 2015.

2018

DGCA Panel Approval

Accredited evaluator for aviation FDTL and sleep clearance.

2024

Launched @dramodkumar9 on Instagram

Crossed 100K followers in 14 months. 5M+ monthly reach.

2026

Co-founded KHARATE with Prranav Vashistha

The platform: consumer screening + verified doctor marketplace + content engine.

📱 Latest on InstagramFollow @dramodkumar9

▶ 2.1M · ❤️ 18K

"Aapke husband kharate lete hain? Watch this."

▶ 1.4M · ❤️ 14K

"He was 42. Fit. OSA took him in his sleep."

▶ 890K · ❤️ 7.2K

"Sleep test at home vs clinic — which is right?"

📰 Press & Media

Dr. Amod has been featured in national media and podcasts for his sleep medicine work:

The Gut Feel ShowThe Times of IndiaIndia TodayHT CityFeminaYourStoryANIHindustan Times