Dr. Keshavanand Konwar

Profile

Dr. Keshavanand Konwar Consultant, ENT– head & neck, skull base surgeon is associated with Siu-Ka-Pha Hospital. He has done MS in ENT from Gauhati Medical College. He has vast experience in ENT, Head & Neck, and Skull base surgery and has done over 3000 surgeries in this field.

After Post graduation, he was associated with Fortis Hospitals, Delhi, and Max Hospitals, Delhi for 8 years. He has been invited as a guest faculty in the Neuroendoscopic Live Surgery Workshop held at Manipal Hospitals, Vizag. He has given a live surgical demonstration, and lectures on various topics on endoscopic sinus surgery and endoscopic anterior skull base surgery. Besides this, he has organised various Instructional Courses on Temporal Bone Dissection and Cochlear Implant surgery.

He has been invited as a guest faculty for a live surgical demonstration by Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh for the first ever Tracheal reconstruction to be done in the NE region in January 2011.

He has been performing Endoscopic Anterior skull base surgeries routinely. He has a keen interest in Airway disorders in children and adults and has been performing various procedures related to airway management. Also, he is performing Endoscopic sinus surgery and endoscopic otological procedures, Endoscopic Minimally Invasive approach to Skull Base Surgery, Sleep-related Breathing disorders in children, and Head and neck surgeries benign and malignant.

He has been also working on various modalities of treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome.

Work Experience

He has vast working experience with various prestigious institutions as a consultant-ENT (head and neck) and skull base surgeon like Pratiksha Hospital, Guwahati, Al Salam Hospital, Goalpara, Assam, Agile Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, Ayursundra Superspeciality Hospital, Betkuchi, Guwahati, Max Hospital, Saket, New Delhi, Fortis Flt. Lt. Rajan Dhall Hospital, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, Swagat Endolaparoscopic and Minimal Access Surgery Institute, Guwahati, Gauhati Medical College.

Awards & Achievements

He was invited as Operating faculty for the first ever Tracheal reconstruction to be done in the NE region on January 2011.

He was also Invited as Operating Faculty in The First Neuroendoscopic Live Surgery Workshop held at Manipal Hospitals, Vizag on 23rd June 2013.

Research & Publications

He has attended many conferences, and workshops and published various presentations in many journals.

Conference and Workshops

• VII regional Workshop on Head & Neck Oncology held on 18-19 Nov. 2005 at Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati in collaboration with The Foundation for Head & Neck Oncology (FHNO).
• XVIII Annual Conference of North-Eastern branch of The Association of Otolaryngologists of India held on 22-23 Oct. 2005 at Shillong, Meghalaya. All India Otorhinolaryngology Conference held in Hyderabad, January 2005.
• 58th National level AOICONin Lucknow in January 2006.
• Temporal bone and Cochlear Implant workshop presented by Prof. R. C. Deka (Dean-AIIMS) at Gauhati Medical College, 2006.
• Regional level conference NEBO ICON in Kaziranga in November 2006.
• Coordinated and member of organising committee of Live workshop on LASER assisted airway surgery By Dr. S. Narne from Padua University, Italy held at Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi on 25th Oct 2009.
• Coordinated and member of organising committee of 10th Practical endoscopic – head & neck surgery workshop Conducted by Dr. Sanjay Sachdeva with international faculties Dr. S. K. Kaluskar (Ireland) and Dr. S. Narne (Spain) on 26th 0ct. 2009 at EISE, Kirti Nagar, New Delhi.
• Coordinated and member of organising committee of International Micro ear Surgical Workshop and Cochlear Implant program Conducted by Dr. Sanjay Sachdeva and Dr. Sharad Maheswari with international faculty Dr. Pedro Claros, Barcelona, Spain on 14th and 15th Feb. 2011 at MAX hospital, Saket and Patparganj, New Delhi.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Asian Journal of Oncology – ‘Impact of early dysphagia intervention on swallowing function and Quality Of Life (QOL) in head and neck cancer patients treated with Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT). or Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) with or without surgery/chemotherapy.’, Year: 2015 | Volume: 1 | Issue: 1 | Page: 37-43.
2. International Journal of Phonosurgery & Laryngology – ‘Endoscopic Transtracheal approach for transbronchial surgery: Our experience with this novel technique. The year 2020, pages 40-45.