Milind V. Kirtane received his M.S. degree in ENT from Seth G.S. Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India. He is a Consulting ENT Surgeon at P. D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, Breach Candy, Cumballa Hill, and Saifee hospitals, Mumbai. He is also a Hon. Surgeon at King Edward Memorial Hospital and Professor Emeritus at Seth G.S. Medical College, Mumbai. Dr. Kirtane has a special interest in cochlear implants, endoscopic sinus surgery, and neurotology.
The Government of India honored him, in 2014, with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the field of medicine. He was also awarded the prestigious Dr.B.C.Roy award in 2005 by the President of India and the Qimpro Platinum Standard Award in Healthcare in 2014.
He has several publications in indexed journals and has authored books on otology and neurotology and endoscopic sinus surgery. He is Member and Ex-President of Association of Otolaryngologists of India, Founder President of the Sinus Endoscopic Society of India, and Founder Member of Indian Society of Otology and Indian Society of Laryngology. He also serves a Member and Joint Editor of Neurotological and Equilibriometric Society International and Member and Ex-President of Neurotological and Equilibriometric Society of India. He is also a Member of 4-G Forschung, Germany and American Rhinologic Society. Kirtane was the first member from India to be elected to the Barany Society, Sweden in 1983. He is on the Editorial Board of the International Tinnitus Journal and ISRN Otolaryngology, and Associate Editor of the Archives for Sensology and Neurootology in Science and Practice (ASN).
Dr Kirtane is an Honorary ENT surgeon to the Governor of Maharashtra. He has served as an Honorary Neurotologist for the Indian Armed Forces. He is a member of the advisory committee at Ali Yavar Jung Institute of Speech and Hearing Disabilities, Mumbai for ADIP scheme of cochlear implants. He is Chief Editor of ‘Laryngoscope’ journal (Indian Edition), published by Wiley Publications. He offers a fellowship program for budding cochlear implant surgeons, which is supported by Cochlear India. Thirty- two surgeons have been trained under this fellowship till-date. In addition to this, he has mentored more than 70 ENT surgeons across India and trained them for cochlear implant surgeries.
Some of Dr.Kirtane’s publications:
- Primary spontaneous transclival cerebrospinal fluid leak Pakistan Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 08/2014; 30(2):61.
- Endonasal Endoscopic Repair of Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea with Meningoencephalocele: The Three-Layered Sandwich Technique Annual Journal of Otolaryngology & Head & Neck Surgery (Official Journal of NEBAOI) 01/2014; 22:1.
- Endoscopic dacrocystorhinostomy with flap suturing Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2013 Aug;65(Suppl 2):236-41.
- Endoscopic repair of lateral sphenoid recess cerebrospinal fluid leaks Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2012 Jun 10;64(2):188-92.
- Our Experience with Split Electrode Array Implant for Obliterated Cochlea
Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 237–242, 2011 - Endoscopic Repair of Lateral Sphenoid Recess Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks
Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, pp. 1–5, 2011 - Cochlear stenting: How i do it
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, vol. 267, no. 6, pp. 985–987, 2010 - Pictorial review of MRI/CT Scan in congenital temporal bone anomalies, in patients for cochlear implant
Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 99–106, 2009 - Transmastoid repair of superior semicircular canal dehiscence
Journal of Laryngology and Otology, vol. 123, no. 3, pp. 356–358, 2009 - Endoscopic CSF rhinorrhea closure: Our experience in 267 cases
Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, vol. 132, no. 2, pp. 208–212, 2005 - Giant frontoethmoid osteoma nasoendoscopic resection using intranasal drill
Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 324–326, 2004 - Mondini dysplasia and pyogenic meningitis
Indian Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 71, no. 7, pp. 655–657, 2004 - Spontaneous CSF otorrhoea – Presenting as conductive deafness
Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 51–54, 2002 - Cochlear implants
Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 256, 2001 - Complication of frontal sinusitis – Not amenable to endoscopic surgery
Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 182–185, 2001 - Tubercular laryngeal abscess
Journal of Laryngology and Otology, vol. 115, no. 8, pp. 660–662, 2001 - Tips for the novice nasal endoscopist
Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 68–69, 2001 - Pre and post betahistine therapy 99m Tc – HMPAO brain spect studies in patients with vertigo
Neurology India, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 255–259, 2000 - A retrospective analysis of spontaneous sphenoid sinus fistula: MR and CT findings
American Journal of Neuroradiology, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 337–342, 2000 - Mondini dysplasia of the inner ear with CSF leak – A rare cause of recurrent meningitis
Indian Pediatrics, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 401–406, 1999 - Role of adaptation exercises in clinical practice
Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 27–36, 1999 - Evaluation of high-resolution CT and MR cisternography in the diagnosis of cerebrospinal fluid fistula
American Journal of Neuroradiology, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 633–639, 1998 - Nasolacrimal duct foreign body – Endoscopic removal
Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 25, 1997 - Persistent frontal fistula
Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 102–103, 1997