Dr. Sharad Bhalekar is an ENT specialist in Navi Mumbai with 30 years of practice. He is a consultant at Apollo Hospitals, Belapur, and director of Sharada ENT Hospital, and has been a consultant at Grant Medical College, the JJ Group of Hospitals and KEM Hospital in Mumbai.He completed his MBBS at Seth G S Medical College, Mumbai, in 1996 and his MS in ENT at Grant Medical College, Mumbai, in 2000. He has been registered with the Maharashtra Medical Council since 1998. He is a life member of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India and the Society of Teachers of Otolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery, secretary of the Association of Otolaryngologists of Navi Mumbai Raigad, and served on the editorial board of the Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery in 2016–17.His work covers ear microsurgery, eardrum repair and ruptured eardrums, reconstructive middle ear surgery, congenital ear problems, ear reconstruction and otoplasty, ear wax removal, hearing assessment, nasal endoscopy, functional endoscopic sinus surgery, nasal and sinus allergy care, nosebleeds, tonsillitis and throat and voice problems. He consults in English.