Dr. Mayuri Rajapurkar

Consultant-Head & Neck Surgery

A Head and Neck Surgeon with more than 11 years of experience, Dr. Mayuri Rajapurkar specializes in surgical management of cancers that affect the mouth, throat, nasal passages, sinuses, voice box, salivary glands, thyroid gland and skin of the scalp, face and neck, with strong focus on optimising functional and aesthetic outcomes.

Trained at some of the finest institutes in India and the United States, she is an expert in highly advanced procedures like Trans Oral Robotic Surgery (TORS) and Transoral Laser Microsurgery (TLM).

Qualifications

Clinical Research Fellow - Head-Neck Services (Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai) UICC-ICRETT Fellowship (MD Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, USA)

Fellowship in Head - Neck Oncologic & Reconstructive Surgery (Medical University of South Carolina, USA)

MCh in Head Neck Surgical Oncology (Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi)

MS in ENT (Medical College, Baroda) | MBBS

Achievements

Expertise in:

Oncologic surgery for the upper aero digestive tract (UADT) tumours

Conservation Laryngeal Surgery, Laryngectomy - surgery for voice box tumours

Lip, Cheek, Tongue, Palate and Jaw Tumours- Peroral resections, pull-through procedures that avoid/ minimise scars and improve functional & aesthetic outcomes, 3D reconstructions and computer aided cutting guides

Management of orbital tumours

Skull-base surgery for tumours of the paranasal sinuses, anterior skull-base and lateral skull-base

Surgery for salivary gland tumours – parotid gland and submandibular gland, with intraoperative facial nerve monitoring

Thyroid and parathyroid gland surgery

Surgical management of vascular malformations of the scalp, face, neck and UADT

Surgical management of cancers of the skin on the head, face & neck

Transoral Laser Surgery for tumours of the oral cavity, oropharynx, larynx and laryngopharynx

Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS) for tumours of the oral cavity, oropharynx, larynx and laryngopharynx

Local & regional methods for reconstructive surgery to optimise functional and aesthetic outcomes

Free tissue transfer including reconstruction with the use of standard soft tissue and bone flaps

Speech & swallowing rehabilitation with focus on optimizing functional outcomes for all head & neck tumours

Post laryngectomy/alaryngeal speech rehabilitation: tracheo-esophageal punctures and valves/prosthesis

Worked at:

Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA

UICC-ICRETT Fellowship, M D Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, USA

Department of Head-Neck Services, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai

Department of Head & Neck Surgical, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi

Assistant Professor, Department of ENT & Head Neck Surgery, Shri Krishna Hospital, P S Medical College, H M Patel Centre for Medical Care and Education, Gujarat

Research: Role of ceramide synthases in oral carcinogenesis; Tobacco and betel-nut related oral lesions

Six published research articles in peer reviewed journals.

Proficient in English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati