Dr. Purushothaman P. K

Brief Profile

Dr. Purushothaman P. K is an Ear, Nose, and Throat surgeon with extensive experience in the field of endoscopic sinus surgery, endoscopic skull base surgery, endoscopic ear surgery, and endoscopic laryngeal surgery. He underwent a Clinical Fellowship in Neuro otology and Lateral skull base surgery at Gruppo Otologica (Italy) and an Observational fellowship in Endoscopic skull base surgery ( Adelaide and Pittsburgh).

His special interests include Rhinology, Endoscopic skull base surgery, and Endoscopic ear surgery, also being an international teaching faculty in the field of Endoscopic skull base surgery.

Clinical Expertise

• Micro ear surgery for deafness, discharging ear, and facial nerve paralysis.
• Functional endoscopic sinus surgery.
• Minimally invasive endoscopic skull base surgery for conditions like Pituitary adenoma, Clival chordoma, Craniopharyngioma, Anterior craniofacial resection, Petrous apex cholesterol granuloma, CSF leaks, and meningocele.
• Endoscopic orbital surgery.
• Phono surgery.
• Head and neck and skull base surgery for tumours of the larynx, nasal cavity, sinuses, ear, soft tissue tumours, and tumours of the salivary gland.

Affiliations and Memberships

• He is a member of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India and the Indian Society of Otology.

Research and Publication

Experience

• He was a visiting scholar in the Department of Otolaryngology, Pittsburgh.
• He participated in the Visiting Physician Programme at St Vincent Medical Centre, House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, California.
• He has also undergone training in TMJ surgery in Leipzig, Laryngeal Reinnervation surgery in Rouen, Rhinoplasty in Singapore; Facial Plastic, Singapore and Slovenia;
• Conventional skull Base surgery, Sweden and Florida; Sleep Surgery, Singapore, and so on.