Otorhinolaryngology (ENT)

Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) – Head and Neck surgery is a branch that deals with the medical and surgical management of ear, nose and throat ailments including head and neck conditions and cancers. This branch also deals with conditions involving the skull base (tumors, infections and trauma ).

The department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery came to its existence on 19th March 2013 when Dr. Saurabh Varshney joined as Professor & Head in the department.

The ENT Department strives to offer the most innovative and updated treatment to the patients. Our experts diagnose ENT disorders using the latest methods and technologies.It provides comprehensive care to patients with diseases of the ear, nose, throat and head and neck, the anatomic limits being the dura above and the pleura below.

Vision

Department is committed to be the most preferred and comprehensive hospital through clinical excellence, patients centricity and ethical practices to meet the health care needs of the community.

Mission

Our mission is to provide highly specialized medical care in a setting that always puts patients’ needs first.

Faculty

Name & Qualifications	Designation	Areas of Interest	Email ID / ORCID ID / Research-gate Page
Dr. Saurabh Varshney	Professor & Head	Clinical :- Research :-	saurabh.ent@aiimsrishikesh.edu.in
Dr. Manu Malhotra	Professor & Head	Clinical :- Research :-	manu.ent@aiimsrishikesh.edu.in
Dr.Madhu Priya	Additional Professor	Clinical :- Research :-
Dr. Amit Kumar Tyagi	Additional Professor	Clinical :- Research :-	amit.ent@aiimsrishikesh.edu.in
Dr.Amit Kumar	Associate Professor	Clinical :- Research :-
Dr.Abhishek Bhardwaj	Associate Professor	Clinical :- Research :-	abhi04stanley@gmail.com

Photo	Name & Qualifications	Designation	Areas of Interest	Email ID / ORCID ID / Research-gate Page

Services

Services Available in the department:

Outpatients department:
- General OPD:
  - All ENT and Head and Neck Services
  - Schedule- day and consultant wise
- Specialty Clinics
  - Which kinds of disorders are catered to in general OPD Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck surgery provides all services with modern state-of-art equipment. The sophisticated outpatient department houses a Minor OT, endoscopy & microscopy room, VNG room, endoscopy and stroboscopy room and full fledged ENT clinics which caters to about 200 outpatients daily from north indian states of India. The Audiology and Speech unit is equipped to carry out basic comprehensive audiometry, tympanometry, Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry (BERA), ASSR, hearing aid trial and provides support for the cochlear implant program.
  - Schedule- day and consultant wise
- IPD: 24 Beds (C 4 ; Block C )
- Procedures (Diagnostic and/or Therapeutic) offered by the department:
  - Advanced diagnostic procedures in OPD (as- Videostroboscopy, VNG etc.)
  - Micro ear surgeries including cochlear implantation
  - Endoscopic surgeries
  - Endoscopic skull base surgeries
  - Endoscopic Procedures- Bronchoscopy, Oesophagoscopy, Laryngoscopy, GI endoscopy.
  - Head and neck oncosurgery
  - Laser assisted surgeries
  - Surgery for snoring and sleep apnea
  - Phonosurgeries
  - Diagnosis and treatment of nasal allergy
  - Diagnosis and treatment of vertigo and headache.
  - Surgeries offered / assisted for other surgical departments (Neurosurgery/ Plastic Surgery/ CTVS etc.)
  - Temporal bone Laboratory- We have fully equipped – 4 stations temporal bone lab for dissection of temporal bone for the training of the residents.

Milestones of Department:

Date	Milestone	Facility / Services
19.03.2014	Department started
27.05.2014	E.N.T. OPD services started	06 Days a week
30.12.2014	E.N.T. IPD services started	Separate ENT ward
20.06.2014	E.N.T. OT services started	Performing- Micro Ear surgery, Micro Laryngeal surgery(MLS), Endoscopic Sinus surgery (FESS), besides all routine E.N.T. & Head neck surgeries
06.08.2014	E.N.T. Audiology Laboratory started	Pure Tone Audiometry (PTA), Tympanometry and Oto Acoustic Emission (OAE- TEOAE screening), BERA with ASSR
12.05.2016	Cochlear Implant Programme started	First Cochlear Implant Surgery performed on 12.05.2016 under ADIP scheme
01.07.2016	Post graduate course MS (ENT)	Started with 2 MS (ENT) candidates (July 2016)
06.11.2016	1st CME on Premalignant Conditions of Oral Cavity
28.04.2018	4 Station Temporal Bone Lab started	sanctioned under National Programme of Prevention & Control of Deafness (NPPCD).GoI

Statistics

Courses & Short term Trainings

Name of the course	Curriculum	Duration of course	Present number of students	Objectives/ brief description of the course
MBBS		1 year	100
MS (ENT)		3 year	11

Name of the course	Curriculum	Duration of course	Present number of students	Objectives/ brief description of the course

Research

Projects

Title	Site-Investigators	Principal Investigator	Collaboration, if any (Department and institute)	Funding Agency	Projects Status
Effect of Electro Magnetic frequency (EMF) on auditory system of mobile users	Dr. Saurabh Varshney		SERB – DST		Ongoing
Uttrakhand Thyroid Surgeries Registry (UTSR)	Dr. Saurabh Varshney		UCOST		Ongoing

Projects (Extramural)

Title	Site-Investigators	Principal Investigator	Intramural/ Extramural	Collaboration, if any (Department and institute)	Funding Agency	Projects Status

Projects (Intramural)

Title	Site-Investigators	Principal Investigator	Intramural/ Extramural	Collaboration, if any (Department and institute)	Funding Agency	Projects Status

Collaboration

Collaboration for	Collaboration with Department and institute	Services offered/ work undergoing in collaboration
Clinical	DST, SERB, UCOST	Extramural Research Projects

Collaboration for	Collaboration with Department and institute	Services offered/ work undergoing in collaboration

Expansion plan

To develop a dedicated center for head and neck cancer.

Comprehensive Cochlear Implant centre

Outreach Rural Services- The department plans to provide a comprehensive ENT service at the rural areas of Uttarakhand and nearby states of north India.

Audiology & Speech Language courses – DHLS/BASLP/MASLP/Ph.D

SPECIALITY CLINICS

- Voice Clinic
  Services will include diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of patients with voice /speech disorders. Speech/language assessments and therapy, dysphagia testing with therapy and augmentative alternate communication therapies for those who cannot speak.
- Skull base Clinic
  A multidisciplinary team approach to plan and perform surgery for tumors of the skull base. The utilization of innovative approaches will enable the resection of otherwise difficult to approach lesions.
- Sleep Clinic/ Lab
  A multidisciplinary team approach to investigate, diagnose, plan treatment and perform surgery for obstructive sleep apnea