Bopanna B. Ballachanda

Internationally known for his publications (Books, chapters, and articles) in scientific and professional journals, Dr. Bopanna Ballachanda taught at Purdue University and the University of New Mexico before joining Texas Tech and the University of Texas at Austin as Adjunct faculty. The founder of Premier Hearing Centers in the southwest United States, Dr. Ballachanda, holds a doctoral degree in auditory neurophysiology from the University of Texas-Dallas, and memberships in many professional and scientific societies.

Dr Bopanna B. Ballachanda Phd

He was the first foreign born audiologist in the USA/first Indian to be elected to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Audiology (2007 -2010)

Family

Father

Ballachanda Chengappa Belliappa

Mother

Ballachanda ( Puliyanda ) Kamakshi

Spouse

Ballachanda ( Kambeyanda )  Naina

Children

• Tanek
• Jyothi

Education:    

School

St Anne’s school Virajpet

Graduation

BS: Audiology and Speech Pathology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, University of Mysore, India, 1973

Post Graduation 

MS: Audiology, University of Texas – Dallas, Callier Center for Communication Disorders, 1982

Doctorate

PhD: Auditory Neurosciences, University of Texas – Dallas, Callier Center for Communication Disorders, 1988        

Author

Books

• Audiology Basics – 2007
• Human Ear Canal – 2013

Career

Employment

• Was a specialist of Speech and Hearing at the Sabah Hospital in Kuwait
• Academician in Purdue University, Indiana 
• Associate Professor of Audiology and an adjunct Associate Professor of Surgery in the Department of Otolaryngology in the Midwest.
• He was the first foreign born audiologist in the USA/first Indian to be elected to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Audiology (2007 -2010)
• Served as President of the New Mexico Speech-Hearing Association and on the Senate of the University of New Mexico. After 7 more years of teaching at the University of New Mexico,

Entrepreneur 

With the help of his wife, Naina who is a CPA he opened his first clinic in July of 2003 in Santa Fe, NM. Another 7 years later they had the opportunity to purchase a group of clinics in Arizona and Texas, They owned 16 clinics in New Mexico, Arizona and Texas; he and his wife owned and ran the clinics together. 

In 2014 he sold all his clinics and ventured into entrepreneurship. He felt the need to serve the audiology community and opted to be on the ballot for the board of directors of the American Academy of Audiology and currently one of the board of directors of the Academy (Second time). The intent to be on the board was mainly to understand the current issues in audiology and lay a foundation for better future for audiologists.  He is currently running for the President Elect to be a leader who can change the current landscape of audiology and a betterment for our collective future, he says. In addition to his speaking and consulting engagements he is a co-owner of indoor football team called Duke City Gladiators in Albuquerque, co-owner of a Hotel in Albuquerque, and a restaurant in Albuquerque, called Safari Grill.