Arpan Saha

• Mentored junior residents and provided constructive feedback on performance, helping them enhance their clinical skills.
• Enhanced patient satisfaction through effective communication, empathy, and active listening to address concerns and provide tailored care.
• Implemented quality improvement initiatives to optimize patient care processes, resulting in better service delivery.
• Continuously updated clinical knowledge through continuing medical education courses and attending conferences or seminars related to the field of expertise.
• Performed surgical procedures when required, adhering to aseptic technique guidelines and maintaining patient safety at all times.
• Performed duties at general emergency and carried out emergency measures as and when necessary.

Successfully executed duties and responsibilities in OPD, emergency & OT procedures.

1. OPD Procedures Performed: Nasal endoscopy and suction clearance, endonasal electrocauterization of bleeding vessel, otomicroscopy and suction clearance of foreign body and wax, indirect and direct laryngoscopy, suturing of various wounds in face and head & neck area, dressings of ear and neck cases, incision & drainage of abscesses like submandibular and peritonsillar abscess, intralesional injections, syringing of wax,etc.

2. Emergency Cases Managed: Nasal bleeding, tracheostomy, Post-tonsillectomy bleeding, foreign body removal from aero-digestive tract (Rigid bronchoscopy and oesophagoscopy), sudden SNHL, suturing of lacerated wounds, etc.

3. OT Procedures:

As first surgeon-

a. Ear surgeries: Myringotomy and grommet insertion, Tympanoplasty (endoscopic and microscopic), Mastoidectomy (canal wall up and canal wall down), Stapes surgery, Excision of preauricular sinus, Endolymphatic sac decompression, etc

b. Nasal surgeries: Septoplasty (conventional and endoscopic), FESS, Excicion and cauterization of nasal mass (angioma, polyp, rhinosporidiosis), Endoscopic medial maxillectomy, Endoscopic DCR, etc.

c. Trans-oral surgeries: Oral biopsy, Tonsillectomy, Adenoidectomy (conventional and coblation-assisted)

d. Head & Neck Cancer surgeries: Thyroidectomy (hemi and total), Parathyroidectomy, Thyroglossal cyst excision, Excision of branchial cleft cyst, Parotidectomy, Submandibuar gland excision, Lymph node excision, Glossectomy, Modified radical neck dissection, etc.

e. Tracheo-laryngeal surgeries: Microlaryngeal surgeries (for vocal polyp and cyst), Direct laryngoscopy and biopsy, Tracheostomy, etc.

As second surgeon-

a. Surgery for JNA

b. Lateral rhinotomy and total maxillectomy

c. Rhinoplasty procedures

d. Extended FESS (DRAF, Orbital and Optic nerve decompression, CSF leak repair, hypophysectomy)

e. Total laryngectomy

k. Mandibulectomy

l. Head and neck reconstruction with flap, etc.

Telemedicine duties at SSKM & IPGMER Hospital

Independant classes taken for undergraduate students and tutorial sessions taken for postgraduate students.