Dr. Praveen Basker
Brief Profile:
Dr. Praveen Basker completed his MS (ENT) in 2016 and secured a Gold Medal in the university examination. He has worked for several years in the Department of ENT at CMC Vellore, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship in paediatric ENT in a premier child institute of Karnataka – IGICH Bengaluru, recognised by Rajiv Gandhi University, where he specialised in complex paediatric airway surgeries and cochlear implant surgeries.
After completing his fellowship, he pursued an obsevership program in paediatric ENT at Perth Children”s Hospital, Australia. He can perform both general ENT procedures as well as complex paediatric ENT surgeries related to airway and hearing loss.
Educational Qualifications:
- MBBS – Vinayaka Mission Medical College, Vinayaka Mission University, Puducherry (2010)
- MS – Otorhinolaryngology – Aarupadai Veedu Medical College, Vinayaka Mission University, Puducherry (2016)
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology – Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Rajiv Gandhi University (2022)
- Observership in Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology – Perth Children”s Hospital, Australia (2023)
Awards:
- Gold Medal in MS (Otorhinolaryngology) (April 2016)
- First Prize for Best Consultant Poster Presentation on Word Hearing Day, Christian Medical College (2019)
- Second Prize for Pathology Quiz Competition (2007)
Areas of Specialisation:
Niche Procedures:
- Paediatric Cochlear Implantation
- Paediatric Airway Surgeries
- Airway Reconstructions
- Neonatal Tracheostomy
- Laryngo-tracheo-bronchoscopy
- Supraglottoplasty
- Epiglottopexy
- Laryngeal Cleft Repairs
- Paediatric Airway Dilatation
- Paediatric Foreign Bodies
- Choanal Atresia Repair
General ENT Procedures
Audio Vestibular Clinic Tests and Manoeuvres:
- Dix-Hallpike Test
- Modified Epleys Manoeuvre
- Barbeque Manoeuvre
- Semonts Manoeuvre
- Supine-Roll Test
- Brandt-Daroff Positional Exercises
- Vestibular Rehabilitation Exercises
- Lifetime Member of Indian Society of Otology (since 2018)
- Association of Otolaryngologists of India (2023)
- Poster Presentation – Anatomy and Physiology of Hearing and CI-World Hearing Day, CMC Vellore (2019) Vellore, India
- Poster Presentation – Congenital Absence of Incus presenting as Conductive Deafness (ISOCON 2018) Mysore, India
- Award Paper – Tuberculosis Otitis Media in the Right Ear with Right-Sided Pulmonary Fibrosis as Post Tuberculous Sequelae (A Rare Case Report) – South Zone (2014) Bangalore, India
- Award Paper – A Rare Case Report Nocardia Infection of the Middle Ear Cavity in an Immunocompromised Patient (TNAICON 2014)
- Airway Assessment of Neonates by Rigid Bronchoscopy in a Tertiary Care Centre – 2023
- Lokesh Kumar, Praveen Basker, Shashikant Anil Pol. Extraarticular Trismus Management by Versatile Inferiorly-based Nasolabial Flap. MedPulse International Journal of ENT. July 2021; 19(1): 01-03.
- Penubarthi, Lokesh Kumar & Pol, Shashikant & Basker, Praveen. (2021). Chapter 20: Pediatric Tracheostomy, Nova Science Publishers, USA. October 2021
- Kumar PP, Somashekhar A, Basavaraja GV, Sanjay KS, Fathima A, Basker P. Pediatric Tracheostomy Decannulation: A Prospective Study at a Tertiary Care Centre. J Pediatr Crit Care 2023;10:24-9.
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