Faculty & Staff

Qualification/ Education

• MRCS PART A (September 2025)
• Master of Surgery (MS) Otorhinolaryngology (May 2020 – May 2023)                         Father Muller Medical College Hospital, MangaloreAffiliated with Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Karnataka, India
• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery – MBBS -(August 2014- March 2020)

           St. Johns National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore;

           Affiliated with Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Karnataka, India

Experience

• Senior Resident, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, St John’s Medical College 

(September 2023 till present)

• Independent outpatient and inpatient management of ENT cases
• Assisted and performed elective and emergency ENT surgeries
• Active involvement in Allergy Clinic: skin prick testing and allergen immunotherapy
• Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
• Junior Resident, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Father Muller Medical College Mangalore - May 2020 – May 2023
• Resident Medical Officer, Fathima Mission Hospital; Kozhuvanal, Kottayam, Kerala, 

(March 2020 till May 2020)

• Managed medical emergencies and elective minor surgical procedures
• Provided acute and inpatient care in a secondary care hospital

Fellowship & Membership

• Association of Otolaryngologists of India (AOI)
• Association of Otolaryngologists of Karnataka (AOI – K)

Other formal training/certification

• Attended Endoscopic Base of Skull Surgery (EBOSS 2.0) in Trivandrum Jan 30th to February 1st 
• Completed the Certificate Course in Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery on 26th to 27th September at IMMAST accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
• Completed the 11th Hands on Temporal bone dissection workshop at Bangalore Medical College, Karnataka, India, 14th and 15th June 2025
• Attended the Clinical Reasoning Workshop – Faculty Development Program – 11th December 2024
• Attended the CME – Mastering Airway Allergy management, Allergy Diagnostics and Allergen Immunotherapy, Bangalore 19th January 2025
• Attended the Cadaveric Hands-on Workshop on Head and Neck surgeries at Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry, January 2023
• Basic Life Support (BLS) completed 28 th June 2019 and January 15th 2021
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support ACLS 20th January 2021
• Completed the Certificate Course in Assessment and Management of Vertigo and Balance disorders (January to June 2026) by Yenepoya Medical College in association with the Neuro Otological and Equilibriometric society of India.
• Attended ‘Patient Experts in Airways and Respiratory Leadership Course (PEARL)’ by the European Forum for Research and Education in Allergies and airway disease (EUFOREA) – 17TH April 2026

Awards and Recognitions

• Pioneers Award for Excellence in Teaching for the year 2024-25 
• First place – Best Research Paper, Heinz Stammberger Resident and Young Otolaryngologist award at the 20th Annual Meeting of Middle East Academy of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Dubai (April 11-13, 2025).
• Second place, Dr. Sandra Nisha Award for Postgraduate Paper presentation, at Association of Otolaryngologists of India's 74th Annual National Conference (AOICON     2023), Jaipur.
• First place, medical Poster presentation at QRIOSITY - National level PG and UG conference, KIMS, Bangalore 12th – 15th April, 2018 
• First place, Poster presentation, Indian Association of Pediatrics - Neocon and EBNEO 2017, The Xth National Conference of Neonatology Chapter of Indian Academy of Peaditrics (IAP) & IVth International Conference of Society of Evidence Based Neonatology (EBNeo) at Hyderabad     International Convention Centre.
• ‘Biju Mercy Siju prize in reflective narratives in medical practice for Undergraduate and Postgraduates’, SJNAHS, 2017.
• First in Reflective Narrative writing programme of Division of Health and Humanities, SJRI, 2016.
• Certificate of Merit in PSM, Ophthalmology, University Examinations -December 2018.
• Certificate of Merit, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Pathology, Forensic Medicine - University Examinations -December 2017.
• Certificate of Merit in Physiology, Anatomy, Biochemistry for performance in University Examinations - June     2016.