Bharat Akhanda Panuganti, MD

Specializes In
  • Ear, Nose & Throat (Otolaryngology)
  • Head & Neck Surgical Oncology
  • Voice & Airway Disorders

Appointments

Sees Patients For

  • Conditions: Early-staged laryngeal cancers, structural and neurological voice disorders, vocal fold paralysis, laryngeal and tracheal stenosis, pharyngoesophageal dysphagia.
  • Intraoperative Procedures: Transoral laser microsurgical (TLM) resection of early-staged laryngeal cancers, endoscopic (minimally invasive) airway surgery, surgical resection of benign laryngeal and pharyngeal pathologies, esophageal dilation, thyroplasty (with or without arytenoid adduction), transoral robotic surgical (TORS) resection of benign and malignant laryngeal pathologies.
  • Clinic Procedures: Vocal fold injection medialization, laryngeal and tracheal steroid injections, laryngeal botulinum toxin injections, tracheobronchoscopy, transnasal esophagoscopy, flexible laser-assisted ablation of benign and pre-malignant laryngeal conditions.

Hospital Affiliations

  • Barnes-Jewish Hospital
  • Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
  • VA Medical Center - St. Louis - John Cochran Division

Locations

Experience

Board Certifications

  • Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Academic Title(s)

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Head and Neck Surgery
Laryngology

Research Interests

Intraoperative optical imaging modalities to improve visualization of subclincal laryngeal and pharyngeal malignancy; reconstruction of iatrogenic and non-iatrogenic vocal fold defects; surgical lasers

Publications & Research

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Education

Fellowship: Laryngeal Surgery

2022 Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Residency: Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

2021 University of California - San Diego, San Diego, CA

Medical Degree

2015 St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Bachelor's Degree: Biology/Health Information Management

2011 St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO

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