Dr Prathamesh Pai is a well known consultant Head & Neck surgeon with a special interest in thyroid and parathyroid cancers, transoral laryngeal laser surgery, oral cancer, as well as skull base surgery with special focus on minimal access & endoscopic surgeries.

He has been Professor and Chief of the Department of Head & Neck Surgical Oncology at Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Mumbai, and a teacher for the MCh (Head and Neck Surgical Oncology), a structured three-year training programme recognised by the National Medical Council.

He began the Multidisciplinary Skull Base Clinic and has been the convener since 2007. He started the Laser Course at TMH in 2014. He was part of the weeklong preceptorship programme for thyroid cancer at TMH.

In the year 2002, he received UICC fellowship for Endoscopic approaches to Sinonasal & Skull Base Tumours at Klinikum Fulda, Germany.

He was also awarded the Hargobind Medical Fellowship in 2007 for training in Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Surgery of the Skull Base & Pituitary at the prestigious University of Pittsburgh, USA.

Dr. Pai’s rich scholastic pursuits & contributions in research deserve a special mention. Not only has he been a part of various high-level committees, numerous clinical trials, but also has reviewed, & written articles and chapters in various international and national journals and books.