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Dr. Shikhar Sawhney

Assistant Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, School of Medicine, Faridabad.

Qualification: MS, MCh
shikhar.sawhney@fbd.amrita.edu

Bio

Dr Shikhar Sawhney is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Head & Neck Surgery at Amrita Hospital, Faridabad. He is one of the select few in the country to have received training as an MCh in the field. He completed his MBBS from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi after which he went to the prestigious PGIMER, Chandigarh where he completed his MS in ENT. Thereafter, to further super-specialize in Head & Neck Surgery he went on to the coveted Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai where he worked for 5 years with the stalwarts in the field and received his MCh degree. Following his training years, he has worked in Tata Memorial Centre, Punjab and Apollo Hospitals, Lucknow and has gained vast experience in the field.

Apart from being a thorough clinician, Dr Shikhar is a sound academician and has authored various scientific papers in the field of head and neck and oral oncology and is actively involved in numerous scientific meetings and conferences. He has been awarded several times throughout his training period and his professional career for his presentations at national conferences.

Publications
Area of expertise
  • Oral Cancers and premalignant lesions of the oral cavity
  • Thyroid and parathyroid disorders
  • Laryngeal and pharyngeal cancers
  • Neck dissections and neck tumours
  • Sino-nasal and skull base tumours
  • Salivary gland tumours
  • Skin cancers of the head and neck
  • Minimal access transoral laser surgeries
  • Locoregional reconstructive procedures
Qualification
  • MBBS: Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi
  • MS (ENT & Head & Neck Surgery): PGIMER, Chandigarh
  • DNB (ENT):  National Board of Examinations
  • Fellowship, Head & Neck Surgery: Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
  • MCh (Head & Neck Surgery): Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
  • Clinical Observership (Head & Neck): MD Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, Texas, USA
Experience
  • Assistant Professor – Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
  • Assistant Professor – Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Punjab (Unit of Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai)
  • Consultant, Head & Neck Surgery, Apollomedics Super-speciality Hospital, Lucknow
Awards
  • 1st Prize – Best Temporal bone dissection at IAOHNS 2015, Chandigarh
  • 2nd Prize in best poster competition in FHNO 2019, Chennai
  • 1st prize in “Oncologix- surgical planning team quiz” in the head and neck category held in Natcon 2021.
  • Bronze medal in MS examination at PGIMER, Chandigarh in 2016 for outstanding performance
  • 2nd prize in “Best surgical video demonstration” in FHNO 2022, Guwahati for my video titled “Superficial Parotidectomy in a pulsatile parotid tumour”.
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