Dr. Karthikeyan.B MBBS, MS (ENT&HNS), FHNO, Fellowship in Lateral Skul…read morel Base Surgeries
Consultant Head & Neck Surgical Oncology & Lateral Skull Base Surgeon
Dr. Karthikeyan Balasubramanian is a head and neck surgical oncologist at VIMS Hospital, Salem. His expertise encompasses head and neck cancer cases, specifically in the niche area of lateral skull base tumors, laser-based and open voice conservation surgeries. He is a visiting consultant at Mayo Hospital, Lucknow and Max 7 Hospital, Bihar. He holds head and neck cancer fellowships from the globally renowned Prince Aly Khan hospital, Mumbai, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, U.S.A. He also holds a lateral skull base fellowship from Gruppo Otologico, Italy, one of the best centers for lateral skull base surgeries in the world. He has the distinction of having trained under Dr. Sultan Pradhan, one of the foremost authorities in head and neck oncological surgeries and under Dr. Mario Sanna, who is the only holistic lateral skull base surgeon in the world. Having trained under two of the most prominent names in head and neck tumors, he has been nominated as one of the instructors for the World Skull Base Diploma in Lateral Skull Base Surgery, a pioneering course that will train surgeons from around the world. He is an acclaimed author in various international journals and has co-authored several chapters in the ‘Atlas of operative otorhinolaryngology and head and neck surgery.’read less