Dr. Ketki Prabhu – ENT & Skull Base Surgeon in Kharghar, Navi Mumbai

About Dr. Ketki Pimpalkhute Prabhu

Dr. Ketki Pimpalkhute Prabhu is an ENT and Skull Base Surgeon at MITR Hospital, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, and an Assistant Professor at a medical college. She manages a wide range of ear, nose, sinus, throat, voice and head and neck disorders, with a focus on evidence-based, patient-centred care.

She has undertaken advanced international exposure in Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery in Australia.

Conditions Treated

46 conditions

Ear and Hearing

Ear pain, discharge and infections
Acute and chronic otitis media
Otitis externa
Eustachian tube dysfunction
Otosclerosis
Hearing loss: conductive, sensorineural and mixed
Tinnitus
Vertigo and balance disorders
Cholesteatoma
Tympanic membrane perforations
Mastoid disease
Facial nerve disorders

Nose and Sinuses

Allergic and non-allergic rhinitis
Deviated nasal septum
Nasal obstruction
Chronic rhinosinusitis
Nasal polyposis
Fungal sinusitis
Epistaxis
Turbinate hypertrophy
Nasal and paranasal sinus masses
Olfactory disorders
CSF rhinorrhoea
Disorders of the frontal, ethmoid, maxillary and sphenoid sinuses

Rhinology and Anterior Skull Base

Benign and malignant sinonasal tumours
Skull-base lesions
Pituitary and sellar-region lesions approached endoscopically
Orbital and skull-base disorders requiring endoscopic approaches
CSF leaks and encephaloceles

Throat and Laryngology

Sore throat and recurrent tonsillitis
Tonsillar and adenoid disorders
Voice disorders and hoarseness
Vocal cord lesions
Laryngitis
Reflux-related laryngeal disorders
Swallowing disorders
Benign and malignant laryngeal lesions
Sleep-related upper airway disorders

Head and Neck

Neck swellings and lymph node disorders
Thyroid and parathyroid-related ENT conditions
Salivary gland disorders
Oral cavity and oropharyngeal lesions

Paediatric ENT

Adenoid hypertrophy
Glue ear
Paediatric nasal obstruction and sinusitis
Recurrent tonsillitis

Surgeries and Procedures

40 procedures

Ear Surgery

Myringotomy with or without grommet insertion
Tympanoplasty
Myringoplasty
Mastoidectomy
Cholesteatoma surgery
Ossiculoplasty
Stapes surgery for otosclerosis
Endoscopic ear surgery
Ear foreign-body removal

Nasal and Sinus Surgery

Septoplasty
Turbinate reduction
Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS)
Endoscopic sinus surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis and nasal polyposis
Endoscopic management of fungal sinusitis
Endoscopic treatment of epistaxis
Endoscopic removal of sinonasal masses
Endoscopic skull-base surgery
Endoscopic CSF leak repair
Endoscopic repair of encephaloceles
Endoscopic approaches to selected orbital and skull-base lesions
Endoscopic prelacrimal approaches for selected maxillary lesions
Nasal fracture reduction

Throat and Laryngeal Surgery

Tonsillectomy
Adenoidectomy
Adenotonsillectomy
Microlaryngeal surgery
Vocal cord lesion excision
Direct laryngoscopy and hypopharyngoscopy

Head and Neck Surgery

Neck node and lymph node biopsies
Excision of benign neck swellings
Salivary gland surgery
Thyroid and parathyroid surgery

Diagnostic and Office Procedures

Diagnostic nasal endoscopy
Ear foreign-body removal
Nasal foreign-body removal
Ear wax removal
Nasal cauterisation for epistaxis
Evaluation of vertigo and balance disorders
Evaluation of voice and swallowing disorders
Evaluation of neck swellings

Qualifications and Training

3 qualifications

MBBS, SVNGMC
MS (ENT), GMC, Nagpur
Fellowship in Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery, Bombay Hospital, Mumbai

Professional Experience

3 roles

01
Senior Medical Officer, Rajawadi Hospital, Mumbai
02
Clinical Assistant, H.N. Reliance Hospital, Mumbai
03
Assistant Professor, MGM Hospital

Honours and Awards

4 awards

1st Prize in paper presentation at VENTCON
1st Prize in quiz competition at the Cadaveric Hands-on FESS Workshop
Faculty and speaker at FESS hands-on workshops
Speaker at an international conference, Greece

Research Papers and Publications

8 publications

1
A Rare Case of Parotid Swelling Presenting as Branchial Cleft Cyst. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022;74(Suppl 3):5747–5752
2
A Case Report: Mastoid Abscess in an Acute Mastoiditis Patient. Indian J Appl Res. 2024;14(7):6–7
3
Evaluating the Types of Osteotomies Performed in Rhinoplasty. Int J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024;10(6):705–709
4
Clinical Profile, Etiopathogenesis and Management Outcomes in Patients Presenting with Vertigo: A Hospital-Based Observational Study. Int J Acad Med Pharm. 2025;7(6):554–558
5
Hearing Loss in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients on Dialysis: A Cross-Sectional Study. Int J Med Public Health. 2026;16(2):463
6
Advancing Personalized Tinnitus Care: A Prospective Multicentre Evaluation of the MyTMD Tinnitus Matching Device and TMe-Solution in Tinnitus Patients in India. International Tinnitus Journal. 2026 (in press)
7
Otitis media and its associated risk factors: An investigation into patients’ knowledge, attitudes, practices, and information sources at a hospital setting. MGM Journal of Medical Sciences. September 2023;10(3):540–547. DOI: 10.4103/mgmj.mgmj_127_23
8
Status of Eustachian tube Pharyngeal Ostium in Cholesteatoma and Retraction. International Journal of Scientific Research. February 2018;7(2)