Dr Urvashi Singh

Experience

MARCH 2024 TILL PRESENT
CONSULTANT
DEPARTMENT OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, HEAD AND NECK SURGERY
Prashanth Multispeciality Hospital, Kolathur, Chennai, India
Gericare Multispecialty Hospitals, T.Nagar, Chennai, India

JANUARY 2024 TILL PRESENT
CONSULTANT
DEPARTMENT OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, HEAD AND NECK SURGERY
Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai, India
Lifeline Hospitals, New Avadi Road, Chennai, India

NOVEMBER 2023 TILL PRESENT
CONSULTANT
DEPARTMENT OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, HEAD AND NECK SURGERY
Dr Mehta’s Hospital, Chetpet, Chennai, India

SEPTEMBER 2021 TILL OCTOBER 2023
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR & ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT
DEPARTMENT OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, HEAD AND NECK SURGERY
Sri Ramachandra Institute Of Higher Education & Research, Chennai, India
• Clinical responsibilities -
o Involved with management of patients attending the departmental outpatient clinic that caters to approximately 100-150 patients daily.
o Performing outpatient procedures like rigid/flexible scopies, videonystagmography, stroboscopy and F.E.E.S (functional endoscopic evaluation of swallowing).
o Responsible for diagnostic work-up, treatment and monitoring of in-patients.
o Independently performing various E.N.T. related surgeries ranging from tonsillectomy, endoscopic endonasal surgeries, otological surgeries (tympanoplasty, mastoidectomy +/- ossicular reconstruction), laryngeal procedures, head and neck surgeries like thyroidectomy and E.N.T. related emergencies.
o In-charge of Speech and Swallowing Clinic conducted weekly in the out-patient department
• Teaching responsibilities -
o Clinical training of under-graduate students posted in the department and post-training clinical assessment.
o Mentoring and supervising post-graduate trainees in outpatient clinics and operative procedures.
o Conducting daily rounds along with post-graduate trainees and active discussion of evidence based management protocols.
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• Academic activity -
o Active participation in departmental research activities and conducting various observational prospective/retrospective studies.
o Principal investigator for completed department project “PTH as a predictor for postoperative hypocalcemia following thyroidectomy”
o Principal investigator for ongoing department project (institutional funded) “olfactory outcomes following middle turbinate resection in endoscopic trans-sphenoidal pituitary surgery”
• Administrative skills –
o Departmental coordinator of C.R.R.I (Compulsory Rotatory Resident Intern) related activities.
o Departmental clinical coordinator for N.A.B.H assessment (National Accreditation Board of Hospitals & Healthcare Providers)
o Member of Medical Credentialing Committee
o Member of Patient Safety Committee
o Departmental clinical coordinator of Clinical Audits conducted in Sri Ramachandra Hospital.

JULY 2018 – AUGUST 31ST 2021
Senior Resident & Associate Consultant

AUGUST 2017 TO JULY 2018
SENIOR REGISTRAR
DEPARTMENT OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, SKULL BASE, HEAD AND NECK SURGERY
Apollo Speciality Cancer Hospital, Teynampet, Chennai, India
• Key member of the Head and Neck team and performed diagnostic and pre-operative work-up of patients diagnosed with head and neck neoplasms.
• Involved in management of a wide-range of head and neck cancers mainly oral and oropharyngeal malignancies, neck nodal diseases, salivary gland tumours, thyroid swellings, nose/paranasal sinus malignancies, anterior and lateral skull base neoplasms.
• Assisted varied and complex onco-resection surgeries coupled with or without reconstruction using pedicled/free-flaps.
• Vigilant post-operative assessment and monitoring, including critical post-free flap reconstructive surgeries.
• Close interaction and regular case discussions with inter-departmental physicians such as radiologists, pathologists, radiation and medical oncologists, in order to provide a holistic cancer treatment.
• Regular member of multi-disciplinary tumour board involving radiologists, pathologists, onco-surgeons, radiation oncologists and medical oncologists.
Apollo Speciality Cancer Hospital, Chennai, is a JCI, NABH accredited and ISO certified tertiary referral centre and a part of a national conglomerate – Apollo Cancer Institute – situated in major cities all over India. It’s a 300 bed multi-speciality centre with a dedicated chemotherapy and stem cell transplant ward; equipped with 64 SLICE- PET CT scan system, Cyber-knife, True Beam STx radiotherapy, and brachytherapy

APRIL 2014 TO JUNE 2017
POSTGRADUATE TRAINEE
DEPARTMENT OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, HEAD AND NECK SURGERY
Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Chennai, India

FEBUARY 2011 TO MAY 2011
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
DEPARTMENT OF ACCIDENT & EMERGENCY
Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre, Chennai, India

DECEMBER 2009 TO DECEMBER 2010
MBBS INTERNSHIP
Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, India