• CURRENT POSITION : DIRECTOR SNORING & SLEEP APNEA CLINIC, ALLERGY-IMMUNOLOGY CLINIC, SMELL DISORDER CLINIC & CONSULTANT ENT SURGEON, DEPARTMENT OF ENT,HEAD & NECK SURGERY, APOLLO HEALTH CITY, JUBILEE HILLS, HYDERABAD.(from APRIL 2022)
• HEAD & CHIEF ENT CONSULTANT AT “THE ENT CLINIC”, TARNAKA, SECUNDERABAD, FROM JULY 2023 TO DATE.
• SENIOR CONSULTANT ENT, HEAD & NECK SURGEON, DURGABAI DESHMUKH HOSPITALS, VIDYANAGAR, HYDERABAD(FEB 2022 – JULY 2023)
• SENIOR REGISTRAR & TUTOR AT PGIMER, CHANDIGARH (2019- 2022)

Certifications:

• SILVER MEDAL (FIRST ORDER), MS OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, PGIMER, CHANDIGARH, NOV 2023.
• COMMENDATION CERTIFICATE & AWARD FOR DUTY & SERVICE DURING COVID ASSOCIATED MUCORMYCOSIS, PGIMER, CHANDIGARH, 2021.
• 1ST PRIZE IN RESIDENT QUIZ AT 1ST NATIONAL ROBOT ASSISTED HEAD-NECK WORKSHOP & ADVANCED ENT SURGICAL UPDATE, PGIMER, INDIA, APRIL 2017.
• BEST DISSECTOR AWARD AT 4TH HANDS ON CADAVERIC HEAD AND NECK DISSECTION COURSE, FHNO, 2017.

• RATHOD R, VIRK RS, NAYAK G. PLASMA ABLATION_ASSISTED ENDOSCOPIC ENDONASAL TRANSPTERYGOID APPROACH TO SPHENOID LATERAL RECESS CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEAKS: TECHNIQUE AND OUTCOME. WORLD NEUROSURG (2021)
• RATHOD R, BAKSHI J, PANDA NK, VERMA R, BHATTACHARYA A, BAL A. CAN SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY PREDICT VARIOUS LEVELS OF ECHELON NODES IN ORAL CANCERS? INT ARCH OTORHINOLARYNGOL 2020; 24(02): E125-E131. 
• RATHOD ET AL. ESSENTIAL OIL NEBULISATION IN MILD COVID-19(EONCO): EARLY PHASE EXPLORATORY CLINICAL TRIAL. JOURNAL OF AYURVEDA AND INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE 13 (2022) 100626.
• RATHOD R, ARORA K, CHETTUVATI K, ABRAHAM S, ANGRISH P, SHARMA V, ET AL. TELE-OTOLARYNGOLOGY AT A TERTIARY CARE CENTER IN NORTH INDIADURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN: A VALIDATED PATIENT FEEDBACK QUESTIONNAIRE BASED STUDY. INDIAN J OTOLARYNGOL HEAD NECK SURG.
• RATHOD ET AL. HEMITHYROIDECTOMY IN PAPILLARY THYROID CANCERS: A PROSPECTIVE, SINGLE INSTITUTIONAL SURGICAL AUDIT AND CONTEMPLATING ON THE CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF 2015 AMERICAN THYROID ASSOCIATION GUIDELINES. INDIAN J OTOLARYNGOL HEAD NECK SURG. 
• MEHTA A, RATHOD R, ARORA K, VIRK RS, HAGE N, BASOTIA A, ET AL. ENDOSCOPE ASSISTED COMBINED DRAINAGE OF SINO-ORBITAL ABSCESS: TECHNIQUE REVISITED. INDIAN J OTOLARYNGOL HEAD NECK SURG.
• KUMAR A, HEGDE N, KUMARAVEL J, MOHINDRA R, SONI RK, RATHOD R, ET AL. COMPARISON OF MASTER TWO-STEP EXERCISE STRESS TEST VERSUS SIX-MIN WALK TEST IN PATIENTS TESTED POSITIVE FOR SARS-COV-2. J FAMILY MED PRIM CARE 2022;XX:XX-XX.
• VIRK RS, KUDAWLA K, BANSAL S, RATHOD R, BEHERA S. CORRELATION OF SITE AND SIZE OF TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION AND MIDDLE EAR AIR SPACE VOLUME WITH MAGNITUDE OF HEARING LOSS . ANN OTOL NEUROTOL. 2019; 02(01): 10-15.
• PATRO SK, PANDA NK, RATHOD R. PATIENT RELATED LONG TERM OUTCOME MEASURES AFTER MASTOID SURGERY IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE OF NORTH INDIA: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS. INDIAN JOURNAL OF OTOLOGY, OCTOBER, 2022.
• RATHOD R, CHAUDHARY N, HOSUR B, BANSAL S. EARLY PRESENTATION OF TRAUMATIC PSEUDOANEURYSM OF DEEP LINGUAL ARTERY AS A MASSIVE ORAL BLEED. BMJ CASE REP 2021;14:E240928. 
• RATHOD R, CHATTERJEE S, DAMODHARAN N, PATRO SK. AN INFECTED THIRD BRANCHIAL POUCH CYST PRESENTING WITH ACUTE STRIDOR IN AN INFANT. INDIAN J OTOLARYNGOL HEAD NECK SURG. 
• MEHTA A, RATHOD R, AHUJA C, SINGH M, VIRK RS. HEMORRHAGE IN ONODI CELL LEADING TO TRAUMATIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY. CRANIOMAXILLOFAC TRAUMA RECONSTR. APRIL ,2020
• MEHTA A, RATHOD R,VIRK RS, ET AL. REVERSAL OF VISION LOSS AFTER TRAUMATIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY.BMJ CASE REP 2020;13:e238461. doi:10.1136/bcr-2020-238461.
• SGPGI NEUROSURGERY. THE OPERATIVE ATLAS OF NEUROSURGERY, VOLUME 1. 1ST ED. NEW DELHI: THIEME PUBLISHER;
• 2020. 3.9 ENDOSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC ASSISTED EXCISION OF A PETROUS APEX CHOLESTEATOMA;P.131-146.