Areas of expertise:

• Laryngology – Voice and Airway Disorders

• Otology and Neurotology

• Lateral Skull Base Surgery

• Phonosurgery and Microlaryngeal Surgery

• Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS)

• Cochlear Implant Surgery

• Head and Neck Surgery

Education & Training:

• Fellowship (Laryngology) – Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai,

• Fellowship (Otology) – Jindal Institute of Medical Sciences, Haryana

• DNB (Otorhinolaryngology) – National Board of Examinations, New Delhi

• M.S. (Otorhinolaryngology) – Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore

• MBBS – Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Karnataka

Awards & Accolades:

• 1st prize in ‘Dr M.V.Kirtane E-poster award session’ at the 15th Workshop on Phonosurgery held on 13th and 14th November 2021, conducted online.

• Title: Impact of COVID-19 on voice: A preliminary study.

• 2nd prize in ‘Dr M.V.Kirtane poster award session’ along with cash prize at the 13th Workshop on Phonosurgery held from 23rd to 25th August 2019 at Bombay Hospital. Title: ‘Understanding Laryngeal amyloidosis- A 5 year review of cases’

• 2nd prize in ‘Dr R.A.F Cooper Memorial Award’ for the ‘BEST – PAPER’ presented in Award Session for CONSULTANTS at MENTCON 2017, Maharastra State ENT Conference held at Mumbai from 15th to 17th Dec, 2017. Title: Assessment of hearing loss in patients receiving Chemo-radiotherapy in adjuvant setting for head and neck malignancy.

• 6th Prize in Infectious Diseases Quiz in Kasturba Medical College, Manipal in 2010.

• 3rd prize in Medical Quiz conducted by Sri Manakula Vinayakar Medical College in 2009.

• HSC examination passed with distinction in 2006.

• SSC examination passed with distinction in 2004.

Memberships:

• Otorhinolaryngologists of India (AOI), Mumbai

• Association of Phonosurgeons of India (APSI)

Academics & Research:

• Nerurkar N, Gupta VK, Chitnis T, Sarkar A. Phonotraumatic Lesions. Int J Head Neck Surg. 2022 May 21;12(4):131–43.

• Nupur Nerurkar, Trishna Chitnis, Vani Krishana Gupta et al “A 10-year study of the etiopathogenesis of cysts with a study of seromucinous glands in vocal folds”. The Laryngoscope, DOI: 10.1002/lary.28206.

• Nupur Nerurkar, Trishna Chitnis, Vani Krishana Gupta et al “In response to Letter to the editor regarding: A 10-year study of the etiopathogenesis of cysts with a study of seromucinous glands in vocal folds”. The Laryngoscope, DOI: 10.1002/lary.28375.

• Gupta VK, Bhat M, Rao VV, Surendra V. Assessment of Hearing Loss in Patients Receiving Chemoradiotherapy in Adjuvant Setting for Head and Neck Malignancy. Ann Otol Neurotol. 2020;3(01):16 22.

• Nilam U. S, Dharmishtha R. K, Anjali T, Muniram P, Vani K. G. A Rare Presentation of Gradenigo’s Syndrome. J Otolaryngol Rhinol [Internet]. 2020 Nov 5;6(4).

• Sathe Nilam Uttam, Gupta Vani Krishana, Srinivas Anup and Chiplunkar Dhanashree. 2020. “Isolated myocysticercosis of left masticator space: a case Report”, International Journal of Current Research, 12, (02), 10421-10424.

• Mehta M, Gupta VK, Pandurangi A, Mehta N. Simultaneous Bilateral Facial Nerve Paralysis in a 4-Year-Old Child: A Rare Occurrence. Ann Otol Neurotol [Internet]. 2019 Sep 23;2(02):76–80.

• Vani, K G and Aravind L R., 2015. A rare case of scalp myasis associated with osteomyelitis of the skull bone. International Journal of Recent Scientific Research, Vol 6, issue 9, pp. 6092-6094

• Mahesh, T B., Vani, K.G., Vinay, V R., Vishak, S. and Akhilesh, P M. 2014. Prospective study to assess the incidence of otitis media in patients receiving concurrent chemo-radiation for head and neck malignancies. Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences, 3(51), pp.11898-11902

• Completed dissertation on “Study to assess hearing loss in patients receiving adjuvant chemo-radiotherapy for head and neck malignancy” in 2016.