Lisie Hospital - Doctor Profile

Dr. Megha Krishnan K.V
Consultant

General Details

Dr Megha Krishnan is a highly trained Paediatric ENT specialist with a strong background in both general and specialised ENT surgeries. After completing her post-graduation in ENT from Govt Medical College Trivandrum, she did her post-doctoral fellowship in Paediatric ENT from the prestigious institute – Christian Medical College Vellore. With a strong educational background and hands on experience from one of the best Paediatric ENT institutes in the country (CMC Vellore), her expertise includes Paediatric cochlear implantation and Paediatric airway surgeries.

Prior to joining Lissie family, she was working as consultant ENT in a JCI accredited tertiary care Hospital in Kochi. She successfully performed one of the challenging Paediatric airway surgeries by open airway technique during the short period.

Qualifications

MBBS, MS ENT, DNB ENT,Fellowship in Peadiatric ENT(CMC Vellore)
Achievements
Awards
- Gold Medal - Best outgoing MS ENT student, KUHS 2016
- Gold Medal - Best paper presentation, KENTCON 2014
Conferences
- Invited Faculty: International Paediatric Airway and Cochlear Implantation CME and Hands on workshop, 2022, CMC Vellore
- KENTCON (2013, 2014, 2015)
- SWALLOWCON, Alappuzha 2015
- International Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology Workshop and CME (2018, 2019), CMC Vellore
- "Vocales 2019 - A Laryngology Update" and Current ENT 2019, CMC Vellore
Presentations in International Conferences
- "Experience in Paediatric Subglottic Stenosis," International Airway Conference, Lucknow 2019
- "Acoustics and Speech in Post Cochlear Implant Children," World ENT Congress IFOS 2023, Dubai
Publications
1. "EAST in Children with Allergic Rhinitis: Experience from Indian Tertiary Centre" (Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery 2021)
2. "Risk factors predicting the development of complications after foreign body ingestion - a Case Control Study in a Tertiary Care Centre" (JEMDS April 2017)
3. Dissertation: "Utility of 23 Question Screener for Identifying Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Children Planned for Cochlear Implantation"
4. Dissertation: "Comparing the Speech Parameters and Acoustics in Post Cochlear Implant Children with Age-Matching Normal Children in Tamil Speaking population
Experience

EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE

Junior Resident: Govt. Medical College, Trivandrum 3years

Fellowship in Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology: Christian Medical College, Vellore 2years (MGR Medical University-recognized)

More than 5 years of experience in CMC Vellore, including fellowship training program

Consultant ENT: Rajagiri Hospital, Kochi 2years

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

General ENT Surgeries

- Tracheostomy

- Adenotonsillectomy

- Myringotomy

- Tympanoplasty

- Ossiculoplasty

- Canal wall up and canal wall down mastoidectomy

- Preauricular sinus excision

- Septoplasty

- Endoscopic sinus surgeries/FESS

- DCR

- OSA surgeries

- Thyroglossal cyst excision

- Branchial cyst/sinus excision

Paediatric Airway Surgeries

- Paediatric and neonatal tracheostomy

- Laryngotracheobronchoscopy

- Supra-glottoplasty

- Debridement of JORRP

- Balloon dilatation

- Paediatric airway reconstruction surgeries (Endoscopic and external)

Cochlear Implantation

Paediatric and adult cochlear implantation