About The Department
- Well Qualified Teaching Faculty with enthusiasm and subject orientation delivering patient care for the diseases of ear, nose and throat, head and neck and their medical and surgical management.
- Diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopies for visual learning experience.
- Hearing and audiology services: Newborn hearing screening, hearing evaluation, behavioural analysis, speech therapy.
- Speciality clinics focusing on headache, vertigo, allergy and oncology.
Vision
To Deliver Affordable And Excellent Healthcare Services And Patient Care, And Academics And Research Innovation In Areas Of Otorhinolaryngology.
Mission
To Offer Quality Treatments And Procedures Related To ENT And Audiology Health Services To Patients By Combining Technological Medical Advancements With Compassionate Professional Care.
To Maintain The Highest Level Of Integrity, Transparency And Ethics.
To Ensure Maximum Clinical Exposure And Surgical Opportunity To Postgraduate And Undergraduate Students
To Facilitate Research Work Regarding Advancements In The Field Of ENT.
History
- UNDERGRADUATES: YEAR OF 2013
- POSTGRADUATES: YEAR OF 2020
- Two PG seats were sanctioned in Year 2020 and recognized on March 17th 2023
Residency Programme
- Dr. Divyashree M, Passed out – 2022, 64.57 %
- Dr. Akshaya Sundarie, Passed out – 2023, 71.57 %
- Currently we have six residents pursuing M.S. ENT, with two passed out postgraduates with 100% pass percentage.
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
Completed Publications
- A Study On Comparison Of Graft Uptake Rate And Hearing Improvement Between Dry And Wet Type Of Mucosal Chronic Otitis Media.
- Clinical Profile Of Patients With Chronic Otitis Media (Mucosal) Attending Tertiary Care Hospital
- Vicarious Presentation Of Bleeding Nasal Masses.
- Olfactory And Gustatory Dysfunction Post Covid 19 Vaccination (Covishield)
- Assessment Of Hearing Loss Associated With Headphone Usage Among Medical Students Using Pure Tone Audiometry.
Ongoing Publications
Academic Programmes
| SL.NO | Event | Date | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | World Hearing Day | 03-03-2023 | Dr. N Shivashankar, Retd Dean NIMHANS BASLP, MASLP, Phd Speech Language Pathologist. Dr. Pradeep Yuvaraj, BASLP, MASLP, Phd Aud |
| 02 | World Deafness Week | 20-10-2023 | Mrs. Radhika Poovaiah BASLP, MASLP, ABA |
| 03 | World Tinnitus Week | 6-12th February 2024 | UG Poster Competition Tinnitus Awareness Programme |
| 04 | World Voice Day | 16-04-2024 | UG Poster Competition Quiz Competition Voice Care Awareness |
Speciality Clinics:
In-Patient Services
Our department has a 15 bedded male and 15 bedded female ward with facilities for post operative care like daily dressing and management of conservative cases.
Providing care for acute and chronic disease conditions.
Minor OT:
- For Minor Procedures Under Sterile Precautions.
- Diagnostic And Therapeutic Nasal Endoscopy, Laryngoscopy And Otoendoscopy.
- Caloric Test, Dix Hallpike Maneuver, Epleys Maneuver
- Skin Prick Test
Audiology and Speech Services:
- Pure Tone Audiometry
- Impedance Tympanometry
Oto Acoustic Emission - Hearing Aid Trial
- Tinnitus Retraining Therapy
Speech therapy - Auditory Verbal Therapy
- Applied Behavioural Analysis
Museum:
Well equipped with gross formalin preserved head and neck specimens, microbiology slides and histopathology slides.
Library:
With the latest editions of international and national author textbooks and journals.
Future Plans:
- Plan for CME:
- World Allergy Day – Awareness Programme
- To Improve In Patient And Out Patient Numbers
- Rhinoseptoplasty Surgeries In Co-Ordination With Plastic Surgery
- Head & Neck Oncology In Co-Ordination With Tumour Board
- Plan For Immunotherapy For Allergy Treatment.
- To Reach More People And Spread Awareness By Conducting Camps At Various Places In Tumkur District.
| Sl.No | Name | Designation | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Shivakumar K L | Professor & HOD | MS |
| 2 | Dr. Ashwini S Doddamani | Assoc.Prof | MS |
| 3 | Dr. Chidananda D R | Assoc.Prof | MS |
| 4 | Dr. Sowmya Santhosh | Asst Prof | MS |
| 5 | Dr. Harmanpreet Kaur | Asst Prof | DNB |
| 6 | Dr. Savitha Balakrishna | Asst Prof | MS |
| 7 | Dr. Divyashree M | Senior Resident | DLO, MS |
| 8 | Dr. Satish K U | Senior Resident | MS |
| 9 | Dr. Meghana Janardhan | Senior Resident | MS |
| 10 | Dr. Yashopoornashree H C | Senior Resident | MS, DNB |
Dr. KL Shivakumar
Professor and Head of Department
Dr. Ashwini Doddamani
Dr. Ashwini Doddamani,
Associate Professor
Dr. Sowmya Santhosh
Assistant Professor
Dr. Divyashree M
Senior Resident
Dr. Satish K U
Senior Resident
Mr. Yadunandan
Mr. Yadunandan
Audiologist and Speech Therapist
Providing Services Related To Speech, New Born Screening, Hearing Evaluation, Behavioural Analysis, Tinnitus Therapy.