Dr. Nupur Kapoor's Blog

Thyoplasty: Know you voice

Imagine getting up one fine morning with no voice. A term referred to in medical circles as ?Aphonia?. That?s exactly what happened to Tanya (name changed) one week ago due to paralysis of one of her vocal folds. In her case the diagnosis of ?idiopathic vocal fold palsy? has been made, which is another way [...]

Management of Voice Disorders

Medication is warranted in laryngitis and laryngopharyngeal reflux.Voice therapy is the first line of management for vocal fold nodules, early polyps, ventricular phonation, bowed vocal fold and vocal fold...

Awards / Honors by Dr. Nupur Kapoor Nerurkar

Academic:

  • First rank in the Mumbai University at the M.S. (ENT) examination
  • First rank in the College of physicians and surgeons at the DORL examination
  • Distinction in ENT / Ophthalmology at the IIIrd MBBS (ENT) examination.

Professional

  • Best paper Award in Consultants Category at State Level A.O.I. Conference held in January 2003.
  • Awarded Hargobind Foundation Medical Fellowship 2003 in Laryngology at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center ,USA where advanced Laryngology training was received
  • Laryngology training at Mt .Sinai Medical Center, New York and Harvard University, Boston, 2003
  • Awarded Gold Medal in Junior Consultant Award Category at National A.O.I. Conference held at Hyderabad ,January 2005 for paper on Phonosurgery.
  • Awarded First Prize in Video Session at National A.O.I. Conference held at Hyderabad ,January 2005 for "Arytenoid Adduction"
  • Awarded First Prize in the Award Paper Session at the National Annual Phonosurgery Conference of India, PHONOCON 2006, Delhi ,January 2006./li>
  • Invited as International Guest Faculty to make presentation on "Vocal Demands and Problems Faced by Indian Classical Singers" at UCSF Voice Conference, San Francisco, October 2006 .
  • Awarded Prize in the Senior Consultant Award Category at the National A.O.I. Conference held at Bubhaneshwar, January 2007 for paper on Botox in Spasmodic Dysphonia