Dr.
C. Rayappa graduated from Madras Medical College, Chennai, India
in 1982. He completed his post graduation in Otolaryngology (ENT)
from the same institution and had his advanced training at Sunderland
General Hospital, U.K. from 1987 to 1992.
He qualified to become a Fellow
of the Royal College of Surgeons [FRCS] of Edinburgh in 1989. Under
the guidance of Mr. Peter Samuel, Mr. Ian Mackee, Mr. S.S.Pillai
& Mr. Ian Hopper he gained practical experience in Micro Ear
Surgery, Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery and Head & Neck
Tumour Surgery. He visited many leading centers in Europe and USA
learning the finer aspect of skull base surgery, including, Prof.
Ugo Fisch of University of Zurich, Switzerland, who is a pioneer
in lateral skull base surgery. From 1992 to 1994 he worked at King
Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia which is a tertiary
care hospital, that specializes in Head & Neck Tumour Surgery
and skull base surgery.
Dr. C. Rayappa started the Department
of ENT - Head & Neck and Skull Base Surgery at Apollo Speciality
Hospital, Chennai, India, in 1995. His multidisciplinary team which
includes Radiation Oncologist, Medical Oncologist, Neurosurgeons,
Plastic & Reconstructive surgeons, Maxillofacial prosthodontists
- work together to develop treatment plans using the latest technology
and the most advanced surgical techniques and therapies for patients
with head & neck cancer and skull base tumours. Continued efforts
of the team to improve the quality of care has made this unit one
of the best in head & neck tumour surgery and skull base surgery
in the Indian Subcontinent.
Minimally
invasive endoscopic skull base surgery through the nose
without a skin incision is being done by Dr. C. Rayappa since 1997
for conditions like pituitary adenoma, clival chordoma, meningocoele
(herniation of brain and its covering into the nose) and CSF leak
(all of which earlier needed opening of the skull for access).
Registration No.37522, Tamil
Nadu Medical Council, India
Full Registration No.3630246, General Medical Council, U.K.
Additional practical training :
- Temporal Bone Dissection and Advanced Micro-ear
Surgery Demonstration Course, Chennai
– February 1986.
- Rhinoplasty Course, Chennai
– 1986.
- Xomed audiant Bone Conductor Workshop, Middlesbrough,
U.K. – 1989.
- Portmann’s Course on Microsurgery in
Otology and Otoneurology, Bordeaux, France – July
1989.
- Functional Endoscopic Nasal Surgery Course,
London – February 1990.
- Major Facial Reconstruction Course, London
– February 1990.
- Advanced Otology Course, Birmingham,
U.K. – September 1990.
- Plastic Surgery of the Nose, London
– February 1991.
- Facial Soft Tissue Course, London –
February 1991.
- Clinical Audiology Course, Southampton,
U.K. – April 1991.
- Open Structure Rhinoplasty Course, New
Orleons, USA – November 1991.
- Cochlear Implant Surgical Workshop, Hannover,
Germany – November 1991.
- Clinical Fellowship in Skull Base Surgery,
Zurich, Switzerland – 17-02-92 to 06-03-92.
- American Academy of Otolaryngology –
Head & Neck Surgery’s 96 th Annual Meeting, Washington
DC – September 1992.
- AO/ASIF Maxillofacial Course, Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia – October 1992.
- 5th International Course on Endoscopic Surgery
of the Paranasal Sinuses, Brussels & Cologne –
August 1992.
- Course on Lateral Approaches to Skull Base,
Piacenza, Italy – 14 to 19 October 1996.
- Organ Preservation Surgery of the Larynx,
Sydney, Australia - March 2004.
- Endoscopic Skullbase Surgery Workshop,
Mumbai, India - April 2004.
Publications :
Papers Presented
- Reconstruction of tongue with Gastro-omental
flap after Total Glossectomy” Presented
at AOI south zone and Tamilnadu state conference, Chennai. Sept.
2002 - Won the Gold medal
- Management of Neck in Head & Neck Cancer”.
CANCER CI – 2003. Hyderabad.
24 th August 2003
- Lateral approaches to Skullbase”
Presented at the annual conference of Foundation
for Head & Neck Oncology, Kolkata 2003.
-
Management of tumours
of parapharyngeal space” CME, Sundaram
Medical Foundation, Chennai, February 2005
- Transnasal endoscopic approach to petrous apex arachnoid cyst,
” Presented
at AOI south zone and Tamilnadu state conference, Pondicherry
- Sept. 2005 - Won the
Gold medal
Membership:
Association of Otolaryngologists
of India
Indian Society of Otology
Indian Society of Oncology
Foundation for Head and Neck Oncology
Dr. C. Rayappa’s special
interests are:
Head & Neck and Skull
base Surgery for tumours of the mouth, pharynx (throat),
larynx (voice box), nasal cavity, sinuses, ear, soft tissue tumours
and tumours of parotid and other salivary glands.
Micro ear surgery for
deafness, discharging ear and facial nerve paralysis.
Functional endoscopic sinus
surgery.
Minimally invasive endoscopic
skull base surgery for conditions like pituitary adenoma,
CSF leak and meningocoele. |
