Department of ENT (Otorhinolaryngology)

Details about ENT Department and it's staff.

Department of ENT (Otorhinolaryngology)

The Department of ENT in J.J.M.Medical College was started in 1968 by Late DR.V.VEERANNA. at Chigateri General Hospital. The department grew with Joint effort by eminent ENT Professors like Dr. V.T.GANGAL , Dr. NELVIGI, Dr.M.SHANKAR ,Dr.K.R.MRUTHYNJAYA,Dr.P.MARULAIAH, Dr.S.M.SIDDALINGAPPA.

In the year 1985, a new ENT unit has been started in the BAPUJI HOSPITAL The number of P.G’s admissions per year has been increased from Two to Eleven.

Currently the Department is headed by Dr.K.P.BASAVARAJU,with Ten other Eminent Teaching Faculty. The Department consists of Five units, Three unit in Bapuji Hospital, and Two units in Chigateri District Hospital. The department is well equipped to conduct all modern surgeries and U.G & P.G. Teaching programme.

Our Awards and Ranks:

Dr. U.P.SANTOSH has bagged DR.C.M.GURUMURTHY GOLD MEDAL for Teaching Faculty at Karnataka State ENT Conference in 2013 held at K.M.C,MANIPAL.
U.P.SANTOSH has bagged DR.C.M.GURUMURTHY GOLD MEDAL for Teaching Faculty at Karnataka State ENT Conference in 2018 held at M.I.M.S., MANDYA,
Dr. ABHINAV KUTHIYALA P.G. in ENT has bagged GOLD MEDAL for Case presentation at Karnataka State ENT Conference in 2017 held at SNMC BAGALKOT.

Facilities in ENT Department:

The Department of ENT is well equipped to treat all ENT problems.
Our department have Twelve Eminent Teaching faculty, a well qualified Audiologistwith equipments to do all audiological Test’s like PTA, Impedence Audiometry,OAE and BERA, in air conditioned sound proof room.
In OPD our department is having six ENT examination units at Bapuji Hosital and Endoscopy room to do flexible Nasopharyngoscopy and single chip Storz camera to do Diagnostic Nasal Endoscopy.
ENT Department is also having Air conditioned Seminar room with Audio-visual LCD Projector equipment for Post-graduate and Under-graduate Teaching.
Our department also having well equipped Temporal bone Lab and FESS Lab to train Post-Graduates.
In ENT OT our department is having all the necessary equipments to do all Modern ENT Surgeries like Micro ear surgeries, Endoscopic sinus surgeries, Micro laryngeal surgery and Head and Neck surgeries. We have two ZESS operating Micro scope with Micro motor, Storz (spice) camera with storz Endoscopes and Microdebridor to do Endoscopic sinus Surgeries.
In OPD we are having allergy clinic with facilities to do SPT allergy testing And also Vertigo clinic equipped with VNG Equipment

Details of CME Programs:

AOIKCON – 2020 STATE LEVEL VIRTUAL CONFERENCE HELD ON Held on 30-DEC- 2020 for P.G. Paper Presentation
CME AND GUEST LECTURE ON ALERGY AND WORK SHOP ON SKIN PRICK TEST By DR. PRIYA VENKATESH Asso.Professor SSIMS & RC Davanagere held on 12-Nov- 2021
38TH KARNATAKA STATE ENT CONFERENCE 2021 AOI –Davanagre chapter department of Otolaryngology J.J.M.MEDICAL COLLEGE and SS INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES & RC,Davanagere HELD ON 18th & 19th Dec – 2021
CME ON BPPV & VESTIBULAR MIGRANE AND WORK SHOP ON VNG TEST BY DR. SRINIVAS DORASALA Held on 03-FEB – 2022
CME ON Coblation in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology AOI –Davanagre chapter department of Otolaryngology J.J.M.MEDICAL COLLEGE and SS INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES & RC, Davanagere Held on 15-03-2023