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Dr. Kartik Anil Parelkar

Dr. Kartik Anil Parelkar
Researcher
Gomati Appartment
Mumbai
India

Biography :

• Completed the State University Fellowship course at Indorewala ENT Hospital & Research Centre, Nashik. • First in M.S. Otorhinolaryngology post-graduate exam (2016), in Grant government medical college and Sir J.J group of hospitals, Mumbai and fifth in the state of Maharashtra - Awarded the certificate of Merit. CURRICULUM VITAE • D.N.B. ENT completed in 2017 • M.B.B.S., completed from Terna Sahyadri Hospital and Research Centre and Navi-Mumbai Municipal Corporation Hospital, in Feb 2013

Research Interest :

• Collecting data and working on research topic regarding epithelial migration in patients undergoing type 1 tympanoplasty with tensor fascia lata graft at the Indorewala ENT Hospital, Nashik. • Dissertation on “ Comparative study of full thickness vs partial thickness tragal cartilage graft in tympanoplasty”, May 2016. It is an ongoing study for which I am still collecting data in the form of pure tone audiograms and assessing the graft take-up rates. I have also planned to obtain Impedance audiometry in my post-operative cases. • Study on “ Intratympanic steroid injections for tinnitus”, 30 cases of medically refractory tinnitus were given intratympanic injections of dexamethasone or normal saline endoscopically and the results were assessed.