Dr. Prankur Verma

Consultant

ENT and Head & Neck Surgery

Experience: 6+ Years

About

Dr. Prankur Verma is a certified head and neck oncosurgeon with 6 years of experience in this field. He has been an alumnus of AIIMS Delhi and has worked in reputed institutes including CMC Vellore and GMCH Chandigarh. He has been treating head and neck cancers using latest equipment and techniques including minimally invasive approaches. He is expert in surgical excision of tumours upfront or after chemo or radiotherapy as per internationally accepted protocols; and is capable of reconstructing the resulting defects using plastic surgical techniques and flaps.

Medical Registration

UPMC 73565, MCI 20-000885

Education

MS ENT (AIIMS Delhi)
DNB
Fellowship in Head and Neck Surgery (CMC Vellore)

Experience

Well-versed in oral oncology and reconstruction.
Salivary gland operations
Surgeries for benign and malignant tumours of the neck and face
Worked at various reputed institutes, including AIIMS Delhi, GMCH Chandigarh, CMC Vellore, and LLRM Medical College, Meerut.

Area Of Interest

Oral Oncosurgery
Salivary Gland Tumour Surgery
Thyroid Surgeries
Laryngectomies
Maxillectomy

Research And Publication

Verma P, Sikka K, Verma H, Thakar A, Mitra DK, Saurabh A, Singh G. Intracellular cytokine expression in invasive fungal sinusitis and its impact on patient outcome. J Laryngol Otol. 2022;136:861–865. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215122000561
Kajal S, Quadri JA, Verma P, Thota R, Sikka K, Pandey S, Thakar A, Verma H. Estimation of Serum Levels of Heavy Metals in Patients with Chronic Invasive Fungal Rhinosinusitis Before the COVID-19 Era: A Pilot Study. Turk Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2022;60(1):29–35.
Kajal S, Naeem SS, Gupta P, Kairo AK, Ahmed A, Verma P, et al. Sinonasal mucormycosis and liposomal amphotericin B: A quest for dose optimization. Indian J Pharmacol. 2022;54:90–96.
Riju J, Verma P. Posterior Belly of Digastric Muscle is not Always an Intern’s Friend, During Neck Dissection. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-023-04359-z
Verma P, Sikka K, Verma H, et al. Factors Impacting Outcome and Prognosis of Invasive Fungal Sinusitis: How Vital is Iron Metabolism? Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024.
Verma P, Riju J, Ramalingam N, et al. Extracranial Head and Neck Schwannomas: A Single Centre Retrospective Experience of 97 Cases. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024.
Phagocyte oxidative dysfunction in invasive sinonasal aspergillosis. Prankur Verma MS, Kapil Sikka MS, DNB, Hitesh Verma MS, Alok Thakar MS, FRCS(Ed), Dipendra K. Mitra PhD, Divya Kamboj PhD, Abhinav Saurabh PhD.

Thesis Projects

Evaluation of various clinical and immunological parameters in predicting the outcomes of sinonasal and skull base invasive fungal diseases.
Predictive value of near-infrared reflectance spectrometry in identifying nodal metastases in oral squamous cell cancers: A prospective observational study.