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DR GAURAV MEDIKERI


Program Director - Skull Base Surgery
Medikeri's Superspeciality ENT Center
India
EDUCATION
  • Surgical fellowship – St. Paul’s Sinus centre, Vancouver, Canada - 1st September 2019 to 1st August 2020
​                 1-year surgical fellowship in Rhinology & anterior skull base surgery
  • Surgical fellowship – Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool, UK - 1st August 2018 – 31st July 2019
                1-year surgical fellowship in Rhinology & anterior skull base surgery
  • Surgical fellowship – Shimmian Rhinoplasty Clinic, Seoul, Korea May 2014 - Nov 2014
                6-month fellowship in Rhinoplasty & facial cosmetic surgery
  • Surgical fellowship - Jain ENT hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan
  • Surgical fellowship in Endoscopic sinus surgery September 2013 to April 2014
  • JJM Medical College, Davangere, India May 2010 – May 2013
  • Cleared Masters in Surgery in Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery with 69.4%.
  • Awarded Gold Medal for securing highest marks in ENT final exams by Bangalore ENT Trust.
  • Obtained 1st rank in ENT in Rajiv Gandhi University of health sciences.
  • St. John’s Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore, India April 2008
  • Pursued Medical Internship for a period of 9 months
  • JSS Medical College, Mysore, India April 2007
  • Graduate Bachelors in Medicine and Bachelors in Surgery MES College, Bangalore, India
  • Graduated from Pre-University Board May 2002
  • National Public School, Bangalore, India March 2000
  • Graduated from Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) Examination

PUBLICATIONS
  • Primary extracranial meningioma of the naso-ethmoid- a rare case report- Gujarat journal of Otorhinolaryngology & head & neck surgery (Gujarat J Otorhinolar Head Neck Surg) 2011 8(3)
  • Jain, S. & Medikeri, G., (2015). Complete endoscopic resection of an ossifying fibroma involving the skull base & orbit with superolateral extension upto the lateral orbital wall. Ceylon Journal of Otolaryngology. 4(1), pp.36–39.
  • Surgical Techniques for correction of nasal tip depressed scars – Journal of American medical academy (JAMA- Facial plastic surgery 2015:17(6):1-8. doi:10.1001/jamafacial.2015.0911
  • Single stage surgery using rib for infected cases of alloplastic rhinoplasty – Approval pending – Journal of American medical academy (JAMA- Facial plastic surgery)
  • The seesaw technique for correction of vertical Alar discrepancy – Plastic & reconstructive surgery- Hyun, S. M., Medikeri, G. S., & Jung, D. H. (2015). The Seesaw Technique for Correction of Vertical Alar Discrepancy. Plast Reconstr Surg, 136(3), 488–491.
  • Adjunctive techniques to improve access of the endoscopic pre-lacrimal recess approach to the maxillary sinus, orbital floor and infratemporal fossa.
  • Quality of life changes following three-dimensional printing of prosthesis for large nasal septal perforations – our experience of 13 patients
  • Medikeri G, Javer A. Optimal Management Of Allergic Fungal Rhinosinusitis. J Asthma Allergy. 2020 Sep 11;13:323-332. Doi: 10.2147/Jaa.S217658. Pmid: 32982320; Pmcid: Pmc7494399.
  • Arora S, Hemmige Vs, Mandke C, Chansoria M, Rawat Sk, Dravid A, Sethi Y, Medikeri G, Jariwala Sp, Puius Ya; Mycotic Infections In Covid-19 (Munco) Network. Online Registry Of Covid-19-Associated Mucormycosis Cases, India, 2021. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021;27(11):2963-2965. Doi: 10.3201/Eid2711.211322. Epub 2021 Sep 29. Pmid: 34586056; Pmcid: Pmc8544967.
  • Kumar Gg S, Deepalam S, Siddiqui A, Adiga Cp, Kumar S, Shivalingappa Ss, Acharya Uv, Goolahally Ln, Sharma S, Andrew D, Hosmani P, Nair S, Medikeri G, Rao Rm, Agadi Jb, Kumar S, Adoor G, Sharma S, Hegde R, Saini J, Kulanthaivelu K. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19)-Associated Rhino-Orbito-Cerebral Mucormycosis: A Multi-Institutional Retrospective Study Of Imaging Patterns. World Neurosurg. 2022 Jun;162:E131-E140. Doi: 10.1016/J.Wneu.2022.02.107. Epub 2022 Mar 4. Pmid: 35257953; Pmcid: Pmc8895714.
  • Wrote a Chapter on Complications in Endoscopic skull base surgery – Editor : Dr. Narayan Jayashankar.
  • Wrote a Chapter on Training in Frontal sinus surgery in the Textbook – Atlas of Frontal sinus surgery – Editor: David Lobo. ISBN 978-3-030-98127-3
  • Wrote a Chapter on Imaging in Cochlear implant surgery – Yet to be Published.
  • Paper presentations at various conferences.

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
  1. Invited faculty at the 5th FESS & rhinoplasty hands on workshop held at TU teaching hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal on 5th January 2014 – delivered a lecture on fundamentals of rhinoplasty, performed live surgical demonstration (FESS) & rhinoplasty cadaver dissection.
  2. Invited faculty at the AOICON 2014 All India conference held at JSS medical college & hospital, Mysore from 9th to 12th January 2014– Delivered a lecture on “Complications in Endoscopic sinus surgery”.
  3. Invited faculty at Haryana state conference 2014 – performed live surgical demonstration – FESS & inverted papilloma.
  4. Presented a paper on “Comprehensive endoscopic sinus surgery” at the 11th Middle East otolaryngology update held in April 2014 at Dubai. Was chosen among the top 150 papers to be presented from the eastern world.
  5. Invited faculty at the 3rd cochlear implant surgical workshop organized by Medikeri’s superspeciality ENT center held in Bangalore – delivered lecture on “How to read a CT temporal bone?”
  6. Invited faculty at the 9th SAARC ENT congress held in Sri Lanka from 9th to 12th October 2014 – delivered 4 lectures on endoscopic sinus surgery & rhinoplasty.
  7. Invited faculty at the CME on Radiology in ENT held in Columbia Asia hospital in Bangalore on 2nd November 2014 – Delivered lecture on radiological anatomy of the temporal bone.
  8. Invited faculty for a rhinoplasty surgical demonstration workshop held on 5th November 2014 at Jain ENT hospital, Jaipur, India – Performed live surgical demonstrations.
  9. Invited faculty for Rajasthan state conference on 13th & 14th of December 2014- to speak on “Management of the deviated nose” & as a panel member for “Optimizing results in FESS”.
  10. Organizer for a cadaver dissection workshop on anterior & lateral skull base surgery held in MIMER medical college, Talegaon, Pune in March 2014.
  11. Organizer for a surgical demonstration workshop on endoscopic sinus & skull base surgery held in August 2014 at Jain ENT hospital. Also, performed surgical demonstration (FESS).
  12. Co-authored a chapter on “Complications of Endoscopic sinus surgery” in a text book edited by Dr Milind V Kirtane on Endoscopic sinus surgery.
  13. Invited speaker for the All India Conference at Raipur in January 2015 – spoke on “Management of deviated nose” & panelist for “Optimizing outcomes in FESS”
  14. Invited speaker to address the AOI Thane meeting to speak on “Virtual ESS – the importance of a CT scan for ESS” & “The role of septal surgery in ESS” at Bhumkar ENT center, Thane on 12th April 2015.
  15. Invited speaker to address the ENT & Radiology departments on “Reading a temporal bone CT scan” at Narayana hrudayalaya on 21/05/2015.
  16. Invited faculty to CME by the ENT department of Mandya Institute of medical sciences to speak on Virtual ESS – the role of CT in endoscopic sinus surgery on 30th may 2015.
  17. Invited speaker to address the ENT & Radiology departments on “Virtual ESS – the role of CT in endoscopic sinus surgery” at Narayana hrudayalaya on 04/06/2015.
  18. Invited speaker at the Alembic CME on “One airway one disease” at Eagleton resorts Bangalore on 04/07/2015.
  19. Joint organizing secretary for the 33rd AOIKCON – Karnataka State ENT conference from 18th to 20th September 2015.
  20. Organizing secretary of workshop on endoscopic sinus surgery- “FESSTIVAL 2016” held at Mahaveer Jain hospital with Dr Richard Harvey as faculty for live surgical demonstration where Dr Gaurav also demonstrated live surgery in March2016.
  21. Did a three-week observership in Rhinology with Dr Richard Harvey at St Vincent’s hospital in Sydney, Australia from the 10th to 28th of February 2017.
  22. Invited speaker at the continued medical education programme held by Rainbow children’s hospital in March 2017 – spoke on newer modalities of management of paediatric OSA.
  23. Invited speaker at the event – FOOTSTEPS IN ENT – a programme directed to teach residents taking their board exams organized in Mumbai, India on April 30th 2017– spoke on “How to read a CT scan of the nose & paranasal sinuses?”
  24. Did a week long observership at the Aintree University hospital in Liverpool with the department of Rhinology with Dr Samuel Leong & Dr Andrew Smith from 1st to the 7th of July 2017.
  25. Live surgical demonstration at Jain ENT hospital for the 7th ENT conclave organized by ALKEM Labs- operated a case of Rhino sinusitis with polyposis (FESS) on the 19th of August 2017.
  26. Invited speaker to the rhinology senate at Hotel Sahara star in Mumbai on the 10th December 2017 – spoke on Salvage surgery of the frontal sinus – 2-year outcomes.
  27. Invited Faculty as a Tutor to Supervise & Demonstrate Cadaveric Endoscopic Sinus & Skull Base Dissection Along with Prof. H Stammberger At Lokmanya Tilak Hospital in Mumbai on the 5th & 6th Of December 2017.
  28. Invited faculty to speak on “management of the deviated nose” at the global rhinoplasty update on the 27th January 2018.
  29. Invited faculty to speak on “How to read a temporal bone CT scan” at the 4th International cochlear implant workshop on 23rd February 2018 organized by Medikeri ENT research institute trust.
  30. Invited faculty to speak on “how to read a CT scan PNS” at a CME programme organized by Zydus Cadilla on the 7th March 2018.
  31. Invited faculty at the centre of excellence for minimal access surgical training on the 9th & 10th of march 2018 in Mumbai to speak on stepwise approach to endoscopic sinus surgery, the elusive frontal sinus & how to read a CT PNS. Also, was a tutor to students for dissection.
  32. Organized & administrated “The skull base interface meeting” where interesting cases were discussed with regards to skull base cases on the 3rd of September 2018 held at Alder Hay Children’s hospital, Liverpool, UK.
  33. Cadaver dissection done for balloon sinuplasty organized by Entellus at Guildford, UK on the 4th & 5th of September 2018. Demonstrated anatomy of frontal sinus, Maxillary sinus, eustachian tube & use of balloons on these cadavers.
  34. Presenting our work at the North of England meeting held in Liverpool on the 19th of October 2018 – “Outcomes of 3D printed septal buttons in patients with septal perforations”.
  35. Presented a paper at the ‘International Symposium of rhinosinusitis & nasal polyposis’ for which an award was presented in November 2018.
  36. Invited speaker at the ‘International Symposium of rhinosinusitis & nasal polyposis’ held in Bangalore – Spoke on “Inside out of an inverted papilloma”. Was well appreciated by Prof. David Kennedy himself.
  37. Invited to conduct a panel on “Nuances in endoscopic sinus surgery – Optimizing outcomes”. Panellists included known names such as Dr Amin Javer.
  38. Invited speaker at “The Liverpool Rhinoplasty course” - 17th & 18th Jan 2019. Spoke on Incisions, approaches & soft tissue elevation in rhinoplasty. Also helped participants train with Cadaver dissection as faculty.
  39. Case presentation – “Unusual presentation of cavernous sinus thrombosis” at the skull base interface meeting held on the 6th June 2019 at Alder Hey hospital Liverpool.
  40. Invited faculty at “The Liverpool sinus anatomy cadaver course” – 17th & 18th June 2019. Spoke on the management of inverted papillomas & also taught various procedures to participants on the cadaver.
  41. Cadaver dissection done at the “Wessex advanced Rhinology course” in Southampton, UK with Mr P J Wormald as the guest of Honour. Did all Sinus & skull base approaches (Sagittal & Para median approaches) until transodontoid approach.
  42. Invited faculty at the Indian academy of Otolaryngology on the 26th November 2021 – Delivered 2 Lectures – Radiology of the skull base and was a panelist for a Discussion on Frontal sinus surgeries.
  43. Invited faculty to lecture on “Radiology for hearing implants” on 11th November 2021 by All India Institute of Speech and hearing, Mysore.
  44. Successfully conducted a cadaver dissection course as Course director for Advanced skull base surgery on the 26th and 27th of November 2021.
  45. Invited faculty to the 11th Pan Arab Rhinology Basic and advanced Functional endoscopic sinus surgery course held in Dubai from 10th To 15th of Jan 2022. Delivered 5 Lectures and was part of 2 panel discussions.
  46. Conducted Live Surgical Demonstration of a Skull base – Sino-nasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma to an Audience of 800 odd online viewers on the 20th of July 2022.
  47. Invited Faculty to the Centre of Excellence for Minimal Access Surgical Training at Mumbai to demonstrate Cadaver model dissection and speak on “Complications in Endoscopic sinus surgery” and “Steps of FESS” on the 12th and 13th of August 2022
  48. Invited Faculty for a panel discussion on Complications in Endoscopic sinus surgery by Dr. Milind V Kirtane at Mumbai on the 14th of August 2022 – ENT Conclave
  49. Invited speaker at the IFOS 2023 Meeting to be held in Dubai from 17th to 23rd January 2023, which is a Prestigious Global ENT Meeting.
  50. Program Director of Endoscopic Skull base surgery at HCG Group of Hospitals. 
  51. Awarded as the BEST YOUNG ENT SURGEON by the AOI Karnataka branch on the 14th of October 2022 at the South Zone ENT conference in Mangalore.
  52. Did a live Surgical demonstration and the Karnataka edition of the ENT conclave at Atria on the 9th of October 2022.

INTERVIEWS AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:
  • Given many interviews on Suvarna TV, Udaya TV and an Exclusive Interview with Barkha Dutt – an Internationally renowned Journalist.
  • An exclusive article has been published about Dr. Gaurav Medikeri in the Khaleej Times – Saudi Arabia’s largest selling Newspaper for his role in helping Mucor mycosis patients during the second wave of COVID where he has successfully treated more than 180 patients with a survival rate of 94%.​