36 Hours, One Outcome: Redefining Complex Skull Base Care
A press meet conducted on 28th March in Kolkata brought focus to a landmark 36-hour multidisciplinary surgery at Manipal Hospital Old Airport Road, highlighting advancements in managing complex skull base tumours through coordinated care.
Mr. Dipanjan Bhattacharjee, a 48-year-old senior advocate, experienced persistent headaches, hearing loss, and dizziness that gradually impacted his daily life, before being diagnosed with a large skull base brain tumour requiring advanced surgical intervention.
The media interaction highlighted the importance of seamless collaboration across Neurosurgery, ENT, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, and Anaesthesia to not only address complex tumours but also prioritise functional preservation and long-term quality of life.
31/03/2026
Happy Mahavir Jayanti! May peace, truth, and non-violence guide your life.
28/03/2026
Had a productive meeting with the Medtronic Global team – Mr. Edoardo Platto, Sr. Business Manager from Italy, Mr. Fairuz Yusoff, Principal Market Development Specialist from Singapore, Mr. Kundan Kumar, Area Manager for South & East India; and Mr. Shakeeb, Manager – Sales & Service at Surgitronic. We discussed innovative technologies and product advancements in Skull Base Surgery and Cochlear Implantology. It was great to share insights on the instruments currently in use and explore future collaborations.
26/03/2026
Wishing you a joyful and blessed Ram Navami
25/03/2026
Step into the future of Skull Base surgery with the Advanced Dissection Course in Anterior Skull Base Surgery.
An intensive, hands-on training program designed for ENT surgeons and neurosurgeons to enhance their expertise in anterior skull base approaches, techniques, and outcomes.
Eid Mubarak
May this beautiful day of Eid bring peace, happiness, and prosperity to you and your loved ones. May your hearts be filled with joy and your homes with blessings.
18/03/2026
May this Ugadi bring new beginnings, fresh hopes, and endless happiness into your life. Wishing you and your family a year filled with prosperity and success.
09/03/2026
Honoured to be invited as Faculty for the Sanofi Webinar on 9th March 2026 at 7:00 PM. I will be speaking on: Skull Base Osteomyelitis: How We Changed the Paradigm.
Join the webinar: https://sanofi.zoom.us/j/91240761077...
06/03/2026
It was a great honor and privilege to deliver the Dr. K. Sekaran Endowment Oration at the academic program organized by the ISO Hyderabad Branch in association with Govt. ENT Hospital and AOI Hyderabad. It was extra special to have delivered the Oration in front of the legend himself in whose honor the Oration was established. I spoke on “Skull Base Osteomyelitis: Changing the Paradigm,” which was accompanied by a live Temporal Bone Demonstration, making it an engaging and academically enriching session.
My sincere thanks to the organizing team led by Dr Anand Acharya , Dr Ravi Kishore Kancherla , Dr Dwarakanatha Reddy and Dr Kamal Kishore Bajaj for their excellent efforts in hosting such a well-organized and intellectually stimulating program.
04/03/2026
Wishing you a Holi filled with positivity, harmony, and new beginnings.
24/02/2026
Honoured to deliver the Dr. K. Sekaran Endowment Oration and to participate as Faculty for the Live Temporal Bone Demonstration, organized by ISO Hyderabad Branch in association with Govt. ENT Hospital & AOI Hyderabad Branch, held on 1st March 2026 at Hyderabad.
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It is not about the idea. It is about making the idea happen.
Echoing this maxim, the genesis of World Skull Base Fellowship Diplomas was laid. What began as an idea, gathered strength by the tremendous interest that it generated in the medical fraternity. The event has grown beyond expectations bringing together specialists from various countries to the first ever course. I would like to express my sheer excitement and enthusiasm that the World Skull Base family is growing and we are all going to gather soon, in the beautiful city of Bangalore.
Skull Base Surgery involves skills in Neurosurgery, Otology, Head & Neck Surgery, Facial Plastics, Hearing and other neural rehabilitation. Gaining expertise in all these areas is an arduous task for a specialist focused in any one of these areas. Hence, for long, Skull Base Surgery has not been practiced in its entirety and it is also the reason why it lacks a structured training programme in most countries. It is this that we hope to address with these Fellowship Diplomas: to provide a structured curriculum based training programmed in both Lateral and Anterior skull base surgery.
The World Skull Base Fellowship Diplomas will be held in Lateral and Anterior Skull Base Surgery every alternating year. The modulated format has been developed to incorporate all topics in the subspecialty along with cadaveric hands on dissections. The Lateral Skull Base Fellowship Diploma includes 90 topics, 72 hours of dissections, 60 hours of lectures & 12 hours of video sessions. The Diploma has received an overwhelming response and is showing signs of a long journey.
I look forward to welcome you all and I ascertain that you will enjoy as as much we have enjoyed bringing this together for you!
