Prof. Dr. Kiran M. Bhojwani
Professor,
Faculty of Medicine
Qualifications:
- M.S. Otorhinolaryngology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, M.A.H.E. University (1995)
- M.B.B.S., Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Mangalore University (1991)
Teaching and Research Experience:
- Teaching Otorhinolaryngology to the undergraduate medical students.
- Teaching/Training postgraduates in Otorhinolaryngology for postgraduates.
- Thesis guide for postgraduates & PhD students.
- Member of Board of Studies for undergraduates & postgraduates.
- Member of Medical Education cell.
- Examiner for undergraduate and postgraduate exams.
Major Research Interest
- Head & neck, Otology, Rhinology
Research Experience
Research projects
- Clinical study of complications of chronic suppurative otitis media
- HIV manifestations in otorhinolaryngology
- Clinical study of vertigo
- Voice study of allergic rhinitis –relevant diagnostic tools & long-term treatment modalities rehabilitation following laryngectomy
- A clinical study of flaps in otorhinolaryngology & head & neck surgery –our experience
- A comparative study of hot & cold methods in tonsillectomy
- Management of tinnitus
- Effect of dexamethasone & lignocaine on post-tonsillectomy pain
- A study of rectified and unrectified vestibular evoked myogenic potential
- Nasal mucociliary clearance in rhinosinusitis
- Effect of adenotonsillar hypertrophy on quality of voice in children
- Outcomes of septoplasty in allergic and nonallergic patients
- To evaluate the efficacy of FNAC & USG in differentiating between benign & malignant thyroid nodules
- A study of vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in adults across different ages
Publications
- M Panduranga Kamath, M C Hegde, Kiran M Bhojwani, Suja S, M Dinesh, Muralidhar P M, K Padmanabhan. Histiocytosis of temporal bone. Indian Journal Of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery.2000 July- September. 52(3) 274-276
- M Panduranga Kamath, Ashok B Shetty, M C Hegde, Suja S, Kiran Bhojwani, K Padmanabhan, S Agarwal, Manoj Mathew, M Rajeev Kumar. Presentation and management of neck space abscesses. Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. Vol 5 Pg 270, No 4, Oct- Dec 2003
- Kamath MP, Kiran Bhojwani, Hegde MC, Kamath G, Kumar R. Interesting case of intra-orbital foreign body. Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. Vol 56 No 2, Apr- Jun 2004
- Hedge M C, Kamath M P, Bhojwani K. Benign lesion of larynx. Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. Jan- Mar 2005, 87(1),35-38
- Suja S, Kamath M P, Hegde M C, Bhojwani K, Padmanabhan K, Murthy S T. Accuracy of FNAC thyroid in an endemic goitrous zone. Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. Special issue 2005, Pg 88-92
- Kamath P, Bhojwani K, Prabhu S, Naik R, Ninen PG, Chakravathi V. foreign bodies in the aerodigestive tract- a clinical study of cases in the coastal belt of south India. American Journal Of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery.2006;27:373-377
- Kamath M P, Bhojwani K, Bhatt J, Ninan Geo P, Kumar A. Pleomorphic adenoma.Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. Spl Issue II; 499-500; 2005
- Kamath M P, Bhojwani Kiran, Yeshwanth. Tuberculosis mimicking Kikuchi Disease. ENT Journal. Feb 2006, Vol 85, No 2, Pg 126-127.
- M P Kamath, Gurudutt Kamath, Kiran Bhojwani, Mukhta Pai, Ahmed Shameem, Salil Agarwal. Sino-nasal lymphoma – A case report. Ear, Nose and Throat Journal. Vol 85, No 5, May 2006.
- Kishore Chandra Prasad, Kiran Bhojwani, Vijendra Shenoy, Sampath Chandra Prasad. HIV manifestations in otorhinolaryngology. American Journal Of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery. May – June 2006; 27(3): 179-185
- Kamath M P, Bhojwani K M, Prabhu S, Naik R, Ninan G P, Chakravarthy Y. multifocal tuberculosis of the nose and lymph nodes with pulmonary involvement: a case report. Ear, Nose and Throat Journal. May ;86(5):284-6.
- Kamath M P, Kiran Bhojwani, Kamath S, Mahabala C, Kumar S. Tubercular retropharyngeal abscess. Ear, Nose and Throat Journal. Apr 2007, 86; 236-237.
- Kamath M P, Bhojwani K M, Mahale A, Meyyappan H, Abhijit K. Infratemporal fossa abscess: a diagnostic dilemma. Ear, Nose and Throat Journal. May 2009:88(5) E23.
- Kamath M P, Hegde M C, Sreedharan S, Bhojwani K, Vamadevan V. Role of estimation of arterial blood gases in the management of stridor. Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surger.. Apr – Jun 2010;62(2):125 – 130.
- Sreedharan S, Sonali Ullal, Kamath MP, Hegde MC, Bhojwani K, Arathi A, Vishwas KV. Solitary nasal mass: An unusual diagnosis. American journal of otolaryngology. July- Aug 2011;32(4); 358- 59.
- Sreedharan S, Kamath M P, Hegde M C, Bhojwani K, Arathi A, Waheeda C. Giant mucocele of the maxillary antrum- A case report. Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. Jan – Mar2011; 63(1)87-88.
- Kiran Bhojwani, Mahesh Chandra Hegde, Arathi Alva, Vishwas K V. Papillary carcinoma in a lingual thyroid. Ear, Nose and Throat Journal. July 2012;91:7.
- Natashya H Rent, Kiran M Bhojwani, Jayashree S Bhat, B Unnikrishnan. Tinnitus:characterization of associated hearing loss and modalities of treatment. Indian Journal of Otology, Oct 2013;Vol.19 Issue 4,182-185
- M Panduranga Kamath, Kiran M Bhojwani, Ajay M Bhandarkar, Radha M Pai, Natashya H Rent. Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia of Root of Nose: a rare phenomenon. JCDR/Mar 2014/6511,4140
- M Panduranga Kamath, Kiran M Bhojwani, Mahabala Chakrapani, Katura P Vidyalakshmi, K P Vishnuprasad. Meliodiosis of Salivary Glands with coexisting diabetes: Management of a difficult case. Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, Jan 2014, Vol 93, No.1
- D Deviprasad, Ashok Shetty, M Panduranga Kamath, Kiran Bhojwani, Marium Kuriakose Supriya. Neck Swelling: unusal manifestation of Pott’s spine. Egyptian Journal of Ear ,Nose & Throat & Allied sciences 2014
- Kamath Panduranga, Vijendra S Shenoy, Kiran Bhojwani,Arathi Alva, Vishnuprasad, Sowjanya Gandala. Tuberculosis Of Head & Neck in India: down but not dead. Journal of Mycobacterial Diseases, Mar 2014 Vol 4, Issue 2. 1000148
- Panduranga Kamath, S.Vijendra Shenoy, Vishnu Prasad, Kiran Bhojwani, Radha Pai, Neethu Mary Mathew. Inverted papilloma of atypical origin with unusual extention into the oropharynx. Journal of Cancer Research & Therapeutics, online, Sept. 2014
- Kaushlendra kumar, Kiran M. Bhojwani, Jayashree Bhat, Nimalka Maria Sequeira. Measuring Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials using 2 different procedures. International Journal of Speech & Language Pathology & Audiology, 2014, 2:132-137.
- Suja Sreedharan, Urmila Khadilkar, Devi Prasad, M.Panduranga Kamath, Kiran Bhojwani, Arathi Alva. Clinical, biochemical & cytomorphological study on Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Indian Journal of Medical Sciences, Jan-Feb. 2015; vol140 (6) : 729-735. M.
- Panduranga Kamath, S.Vijendra Shenoy, Suja Sreedharan, Kiran Bhojwani, Sujith Mammen, Nazeem Majid. Role of electronystagmography in Balance disorder: A clinical study. Indian Journal of Otology, July 2015; vol 21 (3) : 201-208.
- Kaushlendra kumar, Kiran M. Bhojwani, Jayashree Bhat, B.L. Thashmi. Test Retest Reliability of Ocular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential. International Journal of Speech & Language Pathology & Audiology, 2015, 3: 78-81.
- Kaushlendra kumar, Jayashree S. Bhat, Nimalka Maria Sequeira, Kiran M. Bhojwani. Age effect on air conducted ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential. Audiology Research. Aug. 2015, vol 5: 121; 65-68
- Bhojwani K.,Kini J., Karthik M. et al. Squamous cell carcinoma of thyroglossal duct cyst. Journal of Evolution of Medical & Dental Sciences. 2016;5(20)00:00,Dot:10.14260/jemds/2016/3.
Selected latest publications:
- Natashya H Rent, Kiran M Bhojwani, Jayashree S Bhat, B Unnikrishnan. Tinnitus:characterization of associated hearing loss and modalities of treatment. Indian Journal of Otology, Oct 2013;Vol.19 Issue 4,182-185
- Kaushlendra kumar, Kiran M. Bhojwani, Jayashree Bhat, Nimalka Maria Sequeira. Measuring Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials using 2 different procedures. International Journal of Speech & Language Pathology & Audiology, 2014, 2:132-137.
- Suja Sreedharan, Urmila Khadilkar, Devi Prasad, M.Panduranga Kamath, Kiran Bhojwani, Arathi Alva. Clinical, biochemical & cytomorphological study on Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Indian Journal of Medical Sciences, Jan-Feb. 2015; vol140 (6) : 729-735. M.
- Panduranga Kamath, S.Vijendra Shenoy, Suja Sreedharan, Kiran Bhojwani, Sujith Mammen, Nazeem Majid. Role of electronystagmography in Balance disorder: A clinical study. Indian Journal of Otology, July 2015; vol 21 (3) : 201-208.
- Kamath Panduranga, Vijendra S Shenoy, Kiran Bhojwani,Arathi Alva, Vishnuprasad, Sowjanya Gandala. Tuberculosis Of Head & Neck in India: down but not dead. Journal of Mycobacterial Diseases, Mar 2014 Vol 4, Issue 2. 1000148
- Kaushlendra kumar, Kiran M. Bhojwani, Jayashree Bhat, B.L. Thashmi. Test Retest Reliability of Ocular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential. International Journal of Speech & Language Pathology & Audiology, 2015, 3: 78-81.
- Bhojwani K.,Kini J., Karthik M. et al. Squamous cell carcinoma of thyroglossal duct cyst. Journal of Evolution of Medical & Dental Sciences. 2016;5(20)00:00,Dot:10.14260/jemds/2016/3.
Positions held
| Institution/ Organisation | Designation | Role | Tenure |
| Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore | Professor | Head of Dept. | July 2014 |
| Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore | Additional Prof. | July 2010- July 2014 | |
| Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore | Associate Prof. | Jan 2002-June 2010 | |
| Melaka-Manipal Medical College, Melaka, Malaysia | Associate Prof. | Jan 2001-Dec 2002 | |
| Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore | Associate Prof. | Oct 2000-Dec 2001 | |
| Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore | Assistant Prof. | Aug 1995-Oct 2000 |