Dr. Jizaa Khandekar

OP Timings:

Qualifications:

Fellowship in Laryngology, Phonosurgery and Lasers

• Trained at Columbia University, New York under Dr. Michael Pitman
• Fellowship under Dr. James Thomas- Portland, Oregon in Voice Feminiza@on Surgery and Neurolaryngology
• Trained under Dr. Peak Woo, NYC
• Bombay Hospital, Mumbai

MS (ENT) - Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), 2025

Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College & General Hospital, Pune

• Best Outgoing Postgraduate Student Award – 2025
• 1st Rank – Across All Specialties

DNB (ENT) – Diplomate of National Board, New Delhi, 2025.

MBBS – MUHS, 2021, Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College, Pune

Research & Academic Presentations:

Listening to the Voices behind the Voice: Developing a profession-specific PROM for vocally intensive professions – The Voice Foundation, Philadelphia

Winner of the prestigious Sataloff Young Investigator Award sponsored by Elsevier: All expenses paid trip to the USA with special mention in Journal of Voice.

Videostroboscopic Characterization of Hindustani Classical Singing- The Voice Foundation, Philadelphia

New Investigator Forum Award: Winner for the year 2026

Clinical Efficacy of Tinnitus Retraining Therapy in Patients with Subjective Tinnitus

• International Presentations
• Paper Presentation - EROC 2026, Dubai
• Paper Presentation – The Voice Foundation Annual Symposium, Philadelphia

Laser Excision of a Rare Case of Laryngeal Hamartoma

• E-Poster Presentation - Menticon 2022 (Shirdi, Maharashtra)
• E-Poster Presentation - Phonosurgery Workshop 2025 (Mumbai)

Interna@onal Presenta@ons

• Paper Presentation - EROC 2026, Dubai
• Paper Presentation – The Voice Foundation Annual Symposium, Philadelphia

Awards & Honors:

• Best Outgoing Postgraduate Student Award – 2025
• Sataloff Young Investigators Award – The Voice Foundation, Philadelphia
• New investigators Forum- The voice foundation, Philadelphia
• 1st Rank across all specialties at Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College Pune - 2025
• 1st Prize, Paper Presentation – Mediace 2022
• PG Award Paper – ISOCON 2023
• Litera0- Panel Discussion – Best Speaker 2019
• 1st Prize Case Presentation – GMC Miraj 2019
• Best Speaker- Symposium – Mediace, Pune 2019
• 3rd Prize Case Presentation- Mediace 2019

Certifications:

• Basic Course in Biomedical Research (BCBR)
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Good Clinical Practice
• Rational Use of Antibiotics

Leadership & International Exposure:

• Head of Indian Delegation, WHO–IFMSA Asia Pacific Regional Meet, Tokyo (2017)
• National Officer (Assistant), Medical Educa0on – Medical Students’ Associa0on of India
• Managing Editor, UNESCO World Bioethics Day Magazine, Haifa Chair
• Student Council – Women's Representative- Batch 2015
• Editor of Annual College Magazine- Antarang
• Treasurer of Thane Branch of Association of Otorhinolaryngologists (AOI)

Surgical & Clinical Skills: ADVANCED LARYNGOLOGY | AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Voice Disorders & Phonosurgery
• Professional & Performing Voice
• Gender-Affirming Voice Care
• Vocal Fold Paralysis & Glottic Insufficiency
• Benign & Structural Vocal Fold Lesions
• Laryngeal & Laryngotracheal Airway Disorders
• Airway Stenosis & Endoscopic Airway Management
• Swallowing Disorders & Aspiration
• Advanced Laryngeal Diagnostics: Videostroboscopy, NBI, flexible & rigid laryngoscopy
• Office-Based Laryngeal Procedures & Injection Laryngoplasty
• Microlaryngeal & Endoscopic Laryngeal Surgery
• Multidisciplinary Voice & Swallowing Care