Dr. Nilotpal Dutta

Dr Nilotpal Dutta is a Consultant Neuro-Otologist and Vertigo and Balance Specialist in Kolkata with 12 years of experience, currently practising at Manipal Hospital, Salt Lake, Manipal Hospital, EM Bypass, Belle Vue Clinic, Suraksha Clinic and Diagnostics, Salt Lake, and Fortis Hospital, Gariahat.

He has been recognised as one of the few specialists in India with four years of intensive training in diagnostic and therapeutic neurotology, has served as invited international faculty at the 11th SAARC ENT Congress in Nepal and as invited speaker at NESCON, AIIMS New Delhi, and completed a masterclass in vertigo under Dr Michael Strupp, one of the world's leading vestibular neurologists.

He consults in English, Hindi, and Bengali.

Area of Expertise

Diagnostic Neurotology and Vestibulometry

Dr Nilotpal performs a comprehensive range of specialist diagnostic neurotological assessments for patients with vertigo and balance disorders:

• Video nystagmography (VNG)
• Video head impulse test (VHIT)
• Cervical and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential (cVEMP and oVEMP)
• Dynamic visual acuity and subjective visual vertical assessment
• Electrocochleography and craniocorpography

BPPV Diagnosis and Therapeutic Manoeuvres

Patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo are managed with a full range of repositioning and therapeutic manoeuvres:

• Epley's manoeuvre for posterior canal BPPV
• Semont's manoeuvre
• Modified Gufoni's manoeuvre for horizontal canal BPPV
• Barbeque and Yacovino's manoeuvres
• Post-BPPV syndrome assessment and management

Surgical Management of Vertigo and Balance Disorders

Patients with refractory or surgical vertigo conditions are managed with specialist neurotological surgical expertise:

• Posterior semicircular canal occlusion
• Vestibular neurectomy
• Endolymphatic sac resection
• Surgical planning for chronic vestibular disorder management
• Post-surgical vestibular rehabilitation coordination

Tinnitus and Auditory Vestibular Conditions

Patients with tinnitus and auditory vestibular conditions are assessed and managed with targeted clinical and audiological evaluation:

• Tinnitus evaluation and management including role of Betahistine
• Wideband tympanometry assessment
• Electrocochleography for endolymphatic hydrops evaluation
• Meniere's disease diagnosis and management
• Auditory vestibular disorder assessment and counselling

Migraine and Vestibular Disorders

Patients with vestibular migraine, psychogenic vertigo, and complex headache conditions are evaluated with a specialist neuro-otological approach:

• Vestibular migraine diagnosis and management
• Psychogenic vertigo assessment and treatment
• Complex headache and migraine-related vestibular disorder management
• Multidisciplinary coordination for neuro-vestibular conditions
• Long-term vestibular disorder monitoring and follow-up

Paediatric Vestibular Medicine

Children with vestibular and balance conditions are assessed with specialist paediatric vestibular expertise developed through training at Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool, UK:

• Paediatric BPPV evaluation and management
• Childhood balance disorder assessment
• Paediatric vestibular function testing
• Developmental vestibular disorder evaluation
• Paediatric vertigo counselling and management

Professional Experience

Current Hospital Affiliations

Dr Dutta currently consults at:

• Manipal Hospital, Salt Lake, Kolkata
• Manipal Hospital, EM Bypass, Kolkata
• Belle Vue Clinic, Kolkata
• Suraksha Clinic and Diagnostics, Salt Lake, Kolkata
• Fortis Hospital, Gariahat, Kolkata

Credentials and Qualifications

• MBBS, Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh (2014)
• Diploma in Otorhinolaryngology (DLO), Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences (2018)
• MS ENT
• MRCS ENT, Royal College of Surgeons, England
• DO-HNS, Diploma in Otorhinology Head and Neck Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons, England
• MRCPS, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, UK
• FRSPH, Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health, London
• Fellowship in Neurotology, IAOHNS, Kolkata
• Travel Fellowship in Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Chennai
• International Vestibular Diploma, Italy
• Certificate Course in Assessment and Management of Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Bangalore
• Paediatric Vestibular Medicine Training, Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool, UK
• Registered with the West Bengal Medical Council

Awards and Academic Contributions

• Invited International Faculty, 11th SAARC ENT Congress, Nepal (2022)
• Invited Speaker and Panellist, NESCON 2022, AIIMS, New Delhi
• Invited National Speaker and Faculty, Vertigo Symposium, IAOHNS (2021)
• Invited Faculty, CONVENE ENT Conference, Guwahati, on Modern Vestibulometry in Clinical Practice
• Invited Speaker, MID IAOHNS Neurotology Conference, on Role of VEMP in Vestibular Practice
• Masterclass in Vertigo under Dr Michael Strupp

Research and Publications

• Co-Author, ENT Residency Made Easy, contributing the chapter on Neurotology
• Role of Betahistine in the Management of Vertigo
• Wideband Tympanometry
• Atypical BPPV: Diagnosis and Treatment Modalities
• Post-BPPV Syndrome
• Published articles and case studies on vertigo, tinnitus, and vestibular disorders in reputed medical journals

Professional Memberships

• Member, British Association of Audiovestibular Physicians (BAAP)
• Member, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, UK
• Member, Association of Otolaryngologists of India (AOI)
• Member, Indian Academy of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (IAOHNS)
• Member, Indian Society of Otology (ISO)
• Member, Neuroequilibriometric Society of the World (NES, Hungary)
• Member, Neuroequilibriometric Society of India
• Member, West Bengal Chapter of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India (WBAOI)

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