Vertigo Clinic

Full Time Consultant- ENT Surgeon & Voice Consultant

Qualifications

DNB (ENT) - P.D.Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Center, Mumbai.
MBBS – Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Navi Mumbai - Maharashtra University of Health Sciences.

Biosketch

Dr. Kashmira Chavan is working as a Full Time Consultant at Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital.
She has worked at reputed institutions like P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai in the past.

Dr. Chavan is experienced in managing all kinds of ear conditions such as ear infections, tinnitus, vertigo and hearing restoration. She specializes in Cochlear Implants and all other ear surgeries. She treats conditions such as rhinitis, nasal blockage, sinusitis and other diseases of the nose and sinuses and performs endoscopic sinus and skull base surgeries. Dr. Chavan also manages the Voice & Swallowing Clinic at Dr. L H Hiranandani Hospital and treats patients with a wide variety of problems including vocal nodules/cysts/polyps, laryngopharyngeal reflux, vocal cord paralysis, spasmodic dysphonia and other voice and swallowing disorders. She has received advanced training in vocal cord surgical procedures. She manages pediatric patients and treats conditions such as tonsillitis, enlarged adenoids, thyroid and other neck swellings.

Dr. Chavan has completed a ‘Fellowship in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery’ at the P.D. Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai. She is trained in ‘Cochlear Implants’ at P.D.Hinduja National Hospital, Mumbai and at NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, USA. She has also acquired training in ‘Laryngology & Voice Disorders’ at NYU Langone Medical Center,New York, USA and in Management of ‘Obstructive Sleep Apnea’ at Montefiore Medical Center, New York, USA.

Dr. Chavan is actively involved in research activities and has published a number of articles in medical journals and authored several book chapters. She has won numerous awards for presentations at national conferences and gives lectures at national and international venues. She is also a faculty member at various training workshops for ENT surgeons and audiology professionals.

Full time Consultant - Neurology

Qualifications

MBBS, DNB (Gen. Medicine), DNB (Neurology)

Biosketch

Dr Nilesh Vijay Chaudhary is working as a Full Time Neurologist with Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital.

He is dynamic neurologist and keenly interested in providing best neurology care for acute brain stroke, headache and vertigo, epilepsy, movement disorders and other nerve and muscle diseases.

He has experience of managing neurology cases from last 10 years, he has worked in various neurology departments across India including Jehangir hospital (Pune), KEM hospital (Mumbai), MIMS hospital (Calicut) and CARE hospital (Hyderabad). He has done his neurology training with eminent professor and neurologist Dr JMK Murthy in Hyderabad.

His special area of interest is acute brain stroke management –thrombolytic therapy and Neurocritical care.
 

He has got best paper award for stroke thrombolysis study in regional conference in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, also he was observer in department of neurology MGH Boston 2013.

Full time Consultant - Ent Surgeon and Head & Neck surgery

Qualifications

MBBS – J. J.M Medical College in 2001.
MS – Government medical college (Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences), Mysore in 2005

Biosketch

Dr Ravikiran Vernekar is working at Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital as a full time consultant in the department of ENT and Head & Neck surgery since October 2010.

After completing his post graduation, he joined Goa medical college after receiving specialized training in ear surgery. He underwent training under world renowned ENT surgeon Dr. A. Mahadevaiah.

He also has a very high success rate in treating patients with headache, especially sinus headache and allergic conditions of nose. Apart from conventional ENT surgeries, he has a good experience in Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS), voice related surgery and microscopic ear surgeries.

He has attended many conferences and workshops, few among them are International course on functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) & anterior skull base surgery in 2005; 1st Amrita comprehensive head & neck cancer teaching program in 2005 held by Amrita institute of medical sciences, Kochi; 5th Annual oncology workshop “ONCOSURG – 2010” in Tata memorial hospital.

He conducts Vertigo clinic in Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital.