Dr. Latifi Asrar Ahmed

Research Papers Published

  1. Tear in the tympanomeatal flap in tympanoplasty Does it matters?
  2. Temporalis Fascia Lateral Or Medial Side Up In Underlay Tympanoplasty Type – I Does It Makes A Difference?
  3. Adult unilateral supraglottitis as a consequence of acute Submandibular sialadenitis
  4. Tympanoplasty type-1: Endaural or Postaural approach “Should the patient decide?”
  5. “Silent otitis media secondary to foreign body induced otitis externa without mastoiditis- A potential cause of brain abscess”
  6. Foreign Body in the vallecula presenting as Acute epiglottitis with unilateral supraglottitis”
  7. Necrotizing fasciitis with acute renal failure secondary to “soft tissue infection of the dental origin”
  8. “Calcified posterior part of Cricoid cartilage presenting as foreign body complicated with Retropharyngeal cellulitis A case presentation”
  9. “Segmental Lower Lobe Collapse of the Left Lung associated with Mediastinitis secondary to Parapharyngeal abscess and Quinsy.”
  10. “Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinphilia presenting with postauricular swelling”
  11. “Kikuchi Fujimoto’s disease presenting as benign neck mass”
  12. “Ear syringing versus suctioning for ear wax removal”
  13. “Retropharyngeal Abcess Secondary To Cervical Spine Brucellosis ”
  14. “Bilateral Congenital Choanal Atresia, Presenting at age twenty two, An unusual case report”
  15. “Rosai-Dorfman disease :presenting as isolated extranodal involvement of larynx”

Research Projects

Comparative study between normal saline and injectable hydrocortisone in releasing glue from the middle ear in Otitis media with effusion. Study in progress.

I presented my research paper on “Portable Craniocarpography” In the Maharashtra State conference. It was judged as the Best paper of the conference. The same paper was also presented at the 13th World Otolaryngology Conference held in Miami in 1985.

Papers Presented Internationally

Sr.No. Conference Name Topic Place Date
1 9th Annual Middle East Update in Otolaryngology Conference and Exhibition Head and Neck Surgery Tear in the Tympanomeatal flap: Does it matter? Dubai 15-17 Feb 2012
2 9th Annual Middle East Update in Otolaryngology Conference and Exhibition Head and Neck Surgery Mediolateral grafting in type-I tympanoplasty Dubai 21-23 April 2013
3 7th International Saudi ORL Society & 8th International GCC ORL Society Conference Temporalis Fascia Lateral or Medial side up in underlay Tympanoplasty Type-I: Does it make a Difference? Jeddah 2-5 March 2009
4 6th International Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Saudi Society Symposium Tympanoplasty Type I: Endaural or Postaural Approach – Should the patient decide? Riyadh 13-15 Feb 2006
5 6th GCC International Conference on Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Foreign Body in the Vallecula presenting as acute epiglottitis with unilateral supraglottitis Qatar 11-14 May 2005
6 13th National Symposium of Saudi ORL-H&N Surgery Society Silent Otitis Media Secondary to External Otitis with Foreign Body – A Potential Cause of Brain Abscess Hail, KSA 10-11 March 2004
7 5th International Saudi ORL Head & Neck Surgery Conference Segmental Lower Lobe Collapse of the Left Lung associated with Mediastinitis secondary to Parapharyngeal Abscess and Quinsy Dhahran, KSA 14-16 Oct 2003
8 Symposium of Hearing and Care in Armed Forces Hospital Evidence-Based Practice as Applied to the Management of Ear Wax Riyadh 29-30 Oct 2002
9 2nd International Symposium on Recent Advances in Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery Retropharyngeal Abscess Secondary to Cervical Spine Brucellosis: A Case Report Riyadh 1999
10 Al Hada First International Symposium on Diseases of the Otorhinolaryngology Rosai Dorfman Disease Presenting as Isolated Extranodal Involvement of Larynx Taif, KSA 1997
11 International Symposium of Recent Advances in Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery Bilateral Congenital Choanal Bony Atresia Presenting at Age 22 Years Riyadh April 1994
12 Symposium on Prevention and Management of Burns Management of Inhaled Injuries Al Midnab, Al Qassim, KSA 1992
13 Symposium on Recent Advances in the Field of Otolaryngology by Saudi Otolaryngological Society Neck Masses – Differential Diagnosis & Evaluation of Treatment Medina, KSA June 1992
14 Maharashtra State ENT Conference Discussion on Portable Craniocorpography (Panelist) India 1985

Courses Attended

  1. FESS course attended 13th International training course on Endoscopic and Microscopic Sinus Surgery Germany Sept 2013
  2. ⁠Conscious Sedation Course Attended in KFSH Buraidah In Jan 2009.
  3. FESS Course Attended in Mumbai Hinduja Hospital and KEM Hospital in September 2005
  4. FCCS (Fundamental Critical Care Support) affiliated to Society Of Critical Care Medicine at K.F.S.H. Buraidah in Nov 2001.
  5. ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support) affiliated to American College of Surgeons at K.F.S.H. Buraidah in Feb, 2001.
  6. ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) Conducted in collaboration with the American Heart Association, at KFSH
  7. BALS (Basic & Advanced Life Support) Conducted by the Saudi Heart Association at KFSH in May 1997-Jan 2009.
  8. ⁠Completed Course in Microsurgery of Ear & Larynx from the department of ENT of Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Sion, Bombay, India.

Conference Attended

  1. ⁠Attended the 37th Annual conference of the Association of Otolaryngologist of India in New Delhi, January,1985.
  2. ⁠Attended the first National symposium on Paediatric Otolaryngology in Alkhobar,KSA, in 1993
  3. Attended the 3rd Scientific meeting of the Saudi ORL Society and the second International conference of the GCC ORL Head &Neck Surgery Society in Alkhobar , KSA, in 1996.
  4. Attended the Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery International Convention 9-11 Nov 2009. Riyadh,KSA
  5. ⁠Attended the 8th and 11th Annual MiddleEast update in Otolaryngology Conference in Dubai In 2011 and 2014.