Assistant Editor
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
MS ENT (2009-12) from B.J. Medical College & civil hospital, Ahmedabad, India. Currently working as a Senior Resident in Department of Otorhinolaryngology at AIIMS, Jodhpur, India. DNB in December 2012 session. MNAMS (Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences) in the year 2014. Assisted in 50 Cochlear Implant cases under the able guidance of Dr. Rajesh Vishwakarma, Professor and Head, Dept. of ENT at Cochlear Implant Programme at BJMC, Ahmedabad. Expert Reviewer for JCDR (journal of clinical and diagnostic research). Have independently done Ear surgeries, Thyroid and parotid surgeries, Endoscopic DCR, Endoscopic Septoplasty, FESS, MLS, Tonsillectomy etc. Have assisted in various anterior and lateral skull base surgeries with greater inclination for further development and research in this subspeciality.
ACTIVITIES:
Paper presentations: “Intratympanic steroid therapy in treatment of refractory sudden SNHL: A review of literature” in National Conference of Neuro-otology & Equilibriometric Society of India (NES), 2015. “A review of comparative outcome between microsurgery vs radiosurgery in treatment of vestibular schwannoma” in ISOCON 2014. “Speech Production Skills Assessment after CI Surgery” in CIGICON 2012.
Dissector in “Hands on cadaveric dissection course on anterior skull base surgery” in RAJSCONAOI 2015. Member of scientific and organising committee in Hands-on Cadaveric Dissection Workshop on Anterior & Lateral Skull Base Surgery held at AIIMS, Jodhpur (March 2014). Dissector in “Hands on endoscopic sinus surgery cadaveric dissection course” in AOIKCON 2013. Was trainer in NPPCD at divisional training centres in Ahmedabad district (Gujarat, India). Memberships: European Rhinologic Society- Junior Member Life member: Indian Society of Otology, Neuro-otology & Equilibriometric Society of India and Association of Otorhinolaryngologists of India.
