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Dr. Shikhar Sawhney

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

Qualification: MS, MCh
shikhar.sawhney@fbd.amrita.edu
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Research Interest: Head & Neck Oncology

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.

Education
  • 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
Research Talks Delivered
  • Analysis of Protease activated receptor expression in AFRS patients – at IAOHNS Kolkata 2016
Invited Talks
  •  Speaker in FHNO Webinar on “Role of Radioactive Iodine in the post-operative management of Differentiated Thyroid Cancers” organized in April 2020.
  • Speaker in Webinar organized by Indian Dental Association on “Surgical Management of Oral Submucous Fibrosis” in October 2021.
  • Invited video presentation at Pahalgam in KASOCON 2022 on “Superficial Parotidectomy” in May 2022.
  • Invited talk on “Recent advances in management of neck in oral cancers” in MPMMC case presentation series organized by TMC, Varanasi in May 2022.
  • Invited talk at Oral Cavity Mastercourse at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai on “Pre-operative optimization of oral cancer patients” in July 2022
  • Invited faculty as a panelist on “Management of indeterminate thyroid nodules” at the 2nd Head & Neck update and cadaveric dissection course organized by the Department on Otolaryngology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur in June 2023
  • Invited talk at AOICON – UP chapter at Agra in July 2023 and on “Approach to a thyroid nodule”
  • Invited video presentation at Indian Society of thyroid Surgeons ISTS July 2024 on “Intraoperative identification of parathyroid glands in thyroid surgery”
  • Invited video presentation at FHNO 2025, Bengaluru on “Central compartement neck dissection”
Membership
  • FHNO
  • ISTS
  • APTS
Awards
  • International Travel grant for paper presentation at Korean society of Head & Neck Oncology meeting in November 2024.
  • 2nd prize in “Best surgical video demonstration” in FHNO 2022, Guwahati for my video titled “Superficial Parotidectomy in a pulsatile parotid tumour”.
  • Stood 1st in the batch in MCh examination at Tata memorial hospital in 2020
  • Stood 1st in the batch in MS examination at PGIMER, Chandigarh in 2016 and was awarded the bronze medal.
  • 1st prize in “Oncologix- surgical planning team quiz” in the head and neck category held in Natcon 2021.
  • 2nd Prize for best clinical poster in FHNO 2019, Chennai
  • 1st prize in temporal bone dissection in IAOHNS 2015, Chandigarh
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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