Education & Training

• MS (ENT) July 2005 (Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, Assam)
• Honorary resident in the dept of Head and Neck at BBCI Regional Cancer Center for Research and Training Guahati-ASSAM. August 2005 to January 2006
• Senior Resident in the dept of Head and Neck at BBCI Regional cancer Center for Research and Training Guahati-ASSAM. January 2006 – June 2007
• MCH Head and Neck oncology May 2010 ( Amrita Institute of
  Medical Sciences and Research; Kochi)

Additional Certificate Courses

• Praful Desai/ UICC fellowship in surgical oncology March-1 to April 30 2007, TMH
• Passed certified course of IAPC in Pain and palliative medicine.
• FHNO travel fellowship to Tata Memorial Hospital

Professional Work & Affiliations

• Specialist consultant in Head and Neck Oncosurgery at
  Central Railway Cancer Institute, Varanasi from 19/04/2010 to 19/04/2011.
• Consultant in head and Neck Oncosurgery at Apollo health city, Hyderabad from 1st May 2011 to 31st Dec 2011
• Senior Head and neck oncosurgeon in leading cancer institute in Chennai from Jan 2012 to Aug 2023.

Publications & Awards

• Thankappan, K., Duarah, S., Trivedi, N. P., Panikar, D., Kuriakose, M. A. and Iyer, S. Vascularised fibula osteocutaneous flap for cervical spinal and posterior pharyngeal wall reconstruction. Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery. 2009. 42, 252-254. [PubMed]
• Trivedi, N. P., Ravindran, H. K., Sundram, S., Iyer, S., Kekatpure, V., Durah, S. and Kuriakose, M. A. Pathologic evaluation of sentinel lymph nodes in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Head & Neck. 2010. 32, 1437-1443. [PubMed]
• Suresh, A., Duarah, S., Hiran, K.R., Sundaram, S., Kekatpure, V., Kuriakose, M.A. Evaluation of molecular markers for the assessment of occult metastasis in lymph nodes in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Oral Oncology,2009, Supplement, Volume 3, Issue 1, Page 106.
• Durah, S., Sharma, M., Salih, S., Kuriakose, M.A., Iyer, S., Functional reconstruction of near total glossectomy defect using composite gastro-omental-dynamic gracilis flaps. Oral Oncology Supplement, Volume 3, Issue 1, July 2009, Page 104
• Battoo, S., Durah, S., Patel, D., Iyer, S., Kuriakose, M.A., Effectiveness of per-oral access in the surgical management of T2-T3 oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma. Oral Oncology Supplement, Volume 3, Issue 1, July 2009, Page 174
• Letters to the editor- Proposal of type VI – Tracheoesophageal fistula associated with a esophageal stenosis/stricture In reference to classification and Management of Tracheoesophageal and Tracheopharyngeal fistulas after Laryngectomy. Laryngoscope. 2008 May
• Letters to the editor- In reference to Impact of second primary on survival in Head and Neck cancer an analysis of 2063 cases. Laryngoscope 2009 Jul 13
• Co Authored chapters in the teaching manual Currents Concepts in Head and Neck Oncology for the Amrita Head and Neck Oncology Teaching Programme- 2009
• 1. Surgical Anatomy and spread of Laryngeal and Hypopharyngeal tumors
• 2. Voice rehabilitation after Laryngectomy
• Sub-investigator for the clinical study Protocol IRX-2 2008-A
• Clinical Research Assistant in the study- Lymphoscintigraphy for the Evaluation of Nodal Metastasis of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Area Of Expertise

• Skull base surgery
• Head and neck cancers
• Thyroid and Parathyroid
• Head and neck reconstructions
• Speech and Swallowing rehabilitation