Dr. Shailesh Khode, MSENT, MRCSEdENT, DOHNS, FEBORLHNS, FACS is a Specialist Oto-Rhino-Laryngology-Head-Neck-Sleep Surgeon at NMC Specialty Hospital (NMCSH), Abu Dhabi. Patients looking for an experienced ENT doctor in Abu Dhabi will find Dr. Khode’s extensive training and surgical expertise highly reliable. Recognized as one of the best ENT specialists in Abu Dhabi, he offers a comprehensive range of diagnostic and surgical ENT services. He is a seasoned ENT consultant in Abu Dhabi, well-versed in advanced procedures for head and neck disorders. As a dedicated ear, nose throat doctor, Dr. Khode provides evidence-based care for adults and children alike. For those seeking a trusted sinus specialist in Abu Dhabi, his skill in complex sinus surgeries offers great clinical value. Additionally, he is a highly respected ENT surgeon in Abu Dhabi, known for his precision in airway, thyroid, and voice box surgeries.
Prior to joining NMCSH, Dr. Khode spent 3 years at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi as an Otolaryngologist and core teaching faculty for the otolaryngology residency teaching program. He worked as a Staff Physician in the Department of ENT-Head-Neck at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore, for 4 years and received the Excellent Patient Service Award five times.
Dr. Khode is a fully trained ENT Head & Neck Surgeon with a Master’s degree in Oto-rhino-laryngology from Government Medical College, Nagpur, India (2008). He completed a head-neck cancer surgery fellowship at Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, India (2009). He has received many international qualifications, including MRCSEdENT (UK) (2014), DO-HNS (UK) (2014), Fellow European Board of Otolaryngology (FEBORLHNS) (Austria) (2014), and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) (USA) (2017).
Dr. Khode was involved in multiple research projects in India and Singapore. He has many national and international peer-reviewed publications to his name. He has delivered multiple talks at national and international conferences, including an invited speaker talk in Seoul, Korea. He was also the faculty demonstrator for head and neck cadaver dissection workshops in India and the wet dissection lab in the UAE. He was a faculty and chairperson at the Association of Otolaryngologists of India National Conference, 2019.
Dr. Khode has extensive surgical experience of 17 years, and his areas of expertise are:
- Snoring/sleep apnea detailed evaluation (includes sleep study and drug-induced sleep endoscopy) and related surgeries, e.g., relocation palatoplasty, coblation reduction of base tongue and removal of lingual tonsil, epiglottoplexy, tongue reduction, and soft palate stiffening by coblation channeling and removal of static obstruction.
- Head-Neck surgeries – Thyroidectomy, parathyroidectomy, salivary gland tumour excision, and other head-neck lumps removal, including cervical lymph node biopsies, pediatric neck mass excision, and congenital lesion resection.
- Ear surgeries – Myringoplasty, tympanomastoidectomy, grommet insertions, etc.
- Nose surgeries – Endoscopic polypectomy, sinus surgery, septoplasty, turbinate reduction, sinonasal lesion removal/excision.
- Throat surgeries – Endoscopic coblation adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy/tonsillotomy, oral cavity lesion, including tongue lesion/mass.
- Voice box and airway surgeries – Microlaryngoscopic excision of vocal cord lesion, biopsies, tracheostomy, closure of tracheostomy stoma, airway and oesophageal foreign body removal.
Professional Qualifications:
- 2017 Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS)
- 2014 Fellow of European Board of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery
- 2014 Diploma in Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, UK
- 2014 MRCSEd(ENT), Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK
- 2009 Head-Neck Oncosurgery Surgical Research Fellow, Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, India
- 2008 MS Otolaryngology, Government Medical College & Hospital, Nagpur, India
- 2002 MBBS, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik, India
Affiliations/Memberships:
- International Surgical Sleep Society
- Asia-Pacific Society of Thyroid Surgery (APTS)
- Foundation for Head & Neck Oncology (LM 737) of India
- Association of Otolaryngologists of India
- Indian Society of Otology of India
- Indian Medical Association of India
- Day Care Surgery Association, India
Dr. Khode speaks English, Marathi, Hindi, Urdu, and Arabic (via an interpreter).
