Gain Hands-on Experience

• Prof. Alok Thakkar and Prof. Chirom Amit Singh (Head and Neck Surgery, Head and Neck reconstruction and Dysphagia management in cancer patients).
• Prof. Subramania Iyer, Prof. Krishnakumar Thankappan and Dr. Deepak Balasubramanian (Head and Neck Surgery, Head and Neck Reconstruction, especially free flap reconstruction and Dysphagia management in Head and Neck cancer patients).

Ensure Effective Interventions

• Trained to perform diagnostic procedures like Nasal Endoscopy, Nasopharyngoscopy, Laryngoscopy, Transnasal esophagoscopy, and Bronchoscopy, including endoscopy guided biopsies.
• Performed 1000+ neck dissections including selective neck dissection (SOHND, Extended SOHND, PLND, AJC), comprehensive neck dissection (including MND type 1-3 and radical neck dissection) and central compartment neck dissection.
• Performed 1200+ Head and neck surgeries and 180+ different types of locoregional and free flap reconstructions, including detailed surgical excel sheets has been maintained, glad to scan and share particulars if needed.
• Trained in Dysphagia Management in Head and Neck cancer patients, including exposure of FEES and video fluoroscopy.

Providing Quality Treatment Solutions

• Minimally invasive surgeries like Head and Neck robotic and Laser surgeries.
• Wide local excision of tumors (Glossectomy and composite resections).
• Mandibulectomies, including marginal and segmental mandibulectomy) and mandibulectomy.
• Infratemporal fossa clearances.
• Lateral oropharyngectomy, including radical tonsillectomy.
• Transoral laser microsurgery, including laser cordectomy.
• Laryngectomy (supracricoid laryngectomy, near total laryngectomy and wide field laryngectomy).
• Total laryngopharyngectomy.
• Maxillectomies like alveolectomy, infrastructure maxillectomy, superstructural maxillectomy, total maxillectomy, extended total maxillectomy with or without orbital exenteration, open as well as endoscopic medial maxillectomy.
• Thyroidectomies like hemithyroidectomy, total thyroidectomy with or without tracheal resection & anastomosis, and parathyroid gland surgeries.
• Parotidectomies like extracapsular dissection, conservative superficial parotidectomy, superficial parotidectomy, total parotidectomy, extended total parotidectomy with or without nerve reconstruction.
• Submandibular gland surgeries.
• Neck dissections, including selective neck dissections (SOHND, Extended SOHND, PLND, AJC), comprehensive neck dissections (MND type 1-3 and radical neck dissection) and central compartment neck dissections.
• Adequate exposure in operating carotid body tumors, vagal paragangliomas and other neural tumors (neurofibroma, schwannoma and ganglioneuromas) of parapharyngeal space.
• Temporal bone cancer surgeries (lateral temporal bone resection, subtotal temporal bone resection) and anterior skull base tumors surgeries.
• Skin cancer surgeries of the head and neck region.
• Locoregional flaps reconstruction (infrahyoid myocutaneous flaps, supraclavicular flap, deltopectoral flap, nasolabial flap, forehead flap, paramedian forehead flap, pectoralis major myocutaneous flap).
• Free flap reconstruction / microvascular reconstruction (free fibula osteocutaneous free flap, radial free forearm fascio-cutaneous flap and anterolateral free flap).
• Split thickness Skin grafting or full thickness skin grafting procedures.
• Emergency procedures, such as emergency tracheostomy, external carotid artery ligation, haematoma exploration and thrombectomy and redo microvascular anastomosis.

The Memberships of Dr. Thakur

• Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery
• Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology
• Life time member of “Foundation for Head and Neck Oncology” and “Asia Pacific Society of Thyroid Surgery”

Presentations & Lectures of Dr. Thakur

• Giant Cervico-pectoral Schwannoma: Oral presentation, Delhi AOI conference July 2018.
• Synchronous Second Primary in Head and Neck Cancer: Oral presentation at FHNO 2019 Chennai.
• Video Presentation: “Endoscopic Hemithyroidectomy” Terris approach at FHNO 2020
• Poster presentation: “Prognostic implication of perineural invasion in oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma: A retrospective cohort

study” at FHNO 2020.

Attending Various Conferences

• “Asia Pacific Society of Thyroid Surgery-2022” (as faculty and reviewer of abstracts submitted) at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, held on March 23rd to 26th, 2023.
• “AIIMS-UCMS-UCHICAGO” December 22nd-24th 2022 (as faculty) at AIIMS New Delhi.
• “AIIMS Oncology Conclave” at AIIMS NCI Jhajjar, New Delhi, held on February 11th-12th 2024 (as faculty).
• 1st Otology workshop cum temporal bone dissection course, April 20-21, 2024(as faculty and presented infratemporal fossa approaches) at All India Institute of medical Sciences, Bhatinda, Punjab.
• “Him-Endocon 2024” Annual conference of Endocrine society of Himachal Pradesh, 21-22nd September, 2024 as faculty presented on “solitary thyroid nodule-when not to evaluate”.
• “HASICON 2024, April 6-7th 2024” Annual conference-Haryana chapter of association of surgeons of India as faculty, presented on “airway management in differentiated thyroid cancer”.
• “Onco-vidya 2024” organized by Indian Medical Association Mohali Punjab on Oct 11th 2024, as faculty and presented Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in Oral cancer.
• “Him Medicon 2024” organized by Indian Medical Association Himachal Pradesh on dated September 26-27th 2024, as faculty and presented on Management of HPV related to Tonsil cancers.

Related to ENT Cancer Research

• Thakur K, Singh CA, Thakar A, et al. Prevalence of Synchronous ESCN in Head and Neck Cancer: A Single-Institution Perspective. Laryngoscope. 2021;131(3):807-814.
• Panda S, Thakur K, Gautam V et al. clinicopathological study of factors influencing outcomes in oral verrucous lesions. Indian J Surg Oncol (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-025-02208-9.
• Panda S, Vig S, Singh CA, Konkimalla A, Thakkar A, Shakthivel P, Sikka K, Kumar R, Bhatnagar S, Mohan A, Tiwari P, Meena VP, Garg RK, Bollu S, Thakur K. Head and Neck surgery during Covid-19 pandemic: Experience from a tertiary care in India. Indian J Surg Oncol. 2021;12(2):1-11.
• Thakur K, Singh CA, Kakkar A, Kumar R, Sharma A, Thakkar A. Metastatic Malignant Phosphaturic Mesenchymal Tumor of Mandibular Alveolus: A rare case report and Review of Literature. Indian J Surg Oncol. 2022;13(2):305-311.
• Shakthivel P, Kumar A, Arunraj ST, Thakur K et al. 68 Ga-Prostate-specific Membrane antigen PET/CT in sinonasal Glomangiopericytoma Exploring Therapeutic Avenues. Clin Cucl Med. 2021;46(4):340-341.
• Elaprolu S, Menon LR, Patel T, Thakur K, Thankappan K. Letter to the Editor: Occult nodal metastasis rate in salivary gland malignancies. Head Neck. 2022 jul;44(7):1747-1748.
• Thakur K, Bhoil R, Bhoil R, Ahluwalia A. What’s your diagnosis? A 72-year-old female with a diffuse mass in the right tonsillar region. Ann Saudi Med. 2016;36(4):298-9.
• Bhoil R, Thakur K, Bhoil R. Bilateral neck fistulas. Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis. 2016;133(5):367-368.
• Arora RD, Dogra SS, Chander B, Thakur K. Auricular pleomorphic adenoma: A rare presentation. Indian J Otol 2015;21:154-6.
• Bhoil R, Mistry KA, Bhoil R, Thakur K. Unilateral submandibular depression. Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis. 2016;133(4):285-7.
• Shrestha P, Sakthivel P, Thakur K et al. Parathyroid Glands – A Sacrosanct During Thyroidectomy. Clin Surg. 2020;5:2701.
• Lal B, Thakur K, Minhas RS et al. Clinicopathological and ultrasonological study of neck masses. Med. res. chronicles 2017;4(05):531-538. 
• Thakur K. Gupta VD, Chauhan S et al. Anatomical and audiological outcome of type 1 Tympanoplasty in Sub Himalayan region: Our experience. IP Indian J Anat Surg Head Neck Brain 2017;3(2):37-40.
• Thakur K, Kashyap A, Negi S et al. Anatomical and functional evaluation of conventional vs inferior endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy in study cases of idiopathic chronic dacryocystitis. Clin Rhinol An Int J 2017;10(2):86-90.
• Thakur K, Gupta VD, Surya M et al. Comparative evaluation of FESS and septoplasty with FESS in cases of DNS with chronic maxillary sinusitis. Int J Res Med Sci. 2017;5(8):3523-3529.
• Gupta V, Dogra SS, Bansal P, Thakur K et al. Hearing impairment in patients of hypothyroidism in Sub-Himalayan region. Int J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020;6(8):1494-1499.
• Chauhan S, Negi A, Garg A, Thakur K et al. Clinicoepidemiological trends of cutaneous Leishmaniasis along the Satluj Valley if Himachal Pradesh- A new focus with emerging infection. JMSCR 2017;05(07):24973-24978.
• Chauhan S, Garg A, Tegta GR, Thakur K. Skin pigmentation, a window to diagnose Alkaptonuria: a very rare entity. Int J Res Med Sci.2017;5(6):2801-2805.
• Thakur K, Chandel SS. Primary Tuberculosis of Palate: Atypical, Nonhealing Ulcer mimicking Malignancy. Oral Maxillofac Pathol J 2016;7(2):741-743.
• Sharma SC, Thakur K, Sagar P, Kumar D. Giant cervico-pectoral schwannoma. J Head Neck Physicians Surg 2020;8:42-45.
• Chauhan S, Thakur K, Garg A et al. Giant Keratoacanthoma of Pinna: A Rare Presentation. Int J Head Neck Surg 2017;8(1):31-33.
• Thakur K, Gupta V, Sharma V, Sharma V, Branchial cyst at an unusual location: a rare presentation. IP Indian J Anat Surg Head Neck Brain 2017;3(3):82-83.
• Thakur K, Kakkar A, Ahmed S, Verma H. Oncogenic hypophosphatemic osteomalacia by benign mesenchymal tumours of nose and paranasal sinuses: Three years review. The Journal of International Medical science academy 2020;33(1):40-43.
• Thakur K, Sharma SK, Raina R, Gupta VD. Auricular Schwannoma: a rare presentation. An International Journal of Otorhinolaryngology Clinics. 2013;5(3):166-168.
• Thakur K, Ahluwalia A, Negi S (2016). Giant idiopathic mucopyocele of maxillary sinus presenting as asymptomatic unilateral facial swelling: a case report. Dent Adv Res 1:115.
• Gupta VD, Sharma V, Thakur K, Sharma V. Angina Bullosa Hemorrhagica as a presenting feature of malignant hypertension: A case report. Indian Journal of clinical practice 2018;28(12):1144-6.
• Bhoil R, Bhoil R, Thakur K et al. “Need for a rethink:” Questions raised by the “clarifications” issued by the Medical Council of India for academic promotions. J Family Med Prim Care. 2017;6(3):695-696.
• Thakur K. Ahluwalia A, Gupta VK. Surgical and audiological outcome of canal wall down mastoidectomy in Sub Himalayan region: Our experience. Inj J Res Med Sci 2017;5(10):4426-4430.