Dr. Arulalan Mathialagan

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MBBS, MS (ORLHNS), DNB (ENT), PDCC (Neuro-otology)

ENT / Otorhinolaryngologist | Laryngologist | Head & Neck Surgeon

Dr. Arulalan Mathialagan is a distinguished Otorhinolaryngologist and Head & Neck surgeon with a special interest in Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery along with expertise in clinical research and medical education. His areas of specialization include Otology, Neurotology, Lateral Skull Base Surgery, Rhinology, Anterior Skull Base Surgery, and Head & Neck surgery. With extensive experience in managing complex otologic, vestibular, and skull base disorders, Dr. Arulalan Mathialagan is committed to advancing surgical excellence in this field. He shows profound interest in technological advancements in the field, which include LASER applications, Coblation assisted surgery, Image-Guided Surgery, Robotics and other latest technology in surgery.

A passionate academician and researcher, Dr. Arulalan Mathialagan has a robust portfolio of publications in high-impact peer-reviewed journals and has contributed significantly to the understanding and management of otologic, rhinological, neurotologic, and head & neck conditions. He has also contributed to many book chapters and surgical manuals. He has a keen interest in medical illustrations and has performed illustration for all his publications. His research interests include hearing loss, Ossiculoplasty, cochlear implantation, anterior and lateral skull base tumors, and vestibular disorders.

Dr. Arulalan Mathialagan has presented at numerous national and international conferences, sharing innovative techniques and clinical insights. Recognized for his contributions to surgical education, he has mentored budding surgeons and actively participate in workshops, live surgical demonstrations and training programs.

Driven by a passion for precision and patient-centric care, Dr. Arulalan Mathialagan continues to push the boundaries of ENT and Skull Base Surgery, striving for better outcomes through research, innovation, and surgical expertise. He strongly believes in team work and inter-speciality interaction and multidisciplinary forums for better patient care outcomes. He routinely collaborates with Neurologists and Neurosurgeons to provide best care for patients with balance related issues and skull base diseases.

With a strong academic portfolio, further solidifying his reputation as a leading figure in the field of otolaryngology, neuro-otology and skull base surgery, his dedication to advancing surgical techniques, clinical research, and patient care continues to shape the future of the specialty.

Clinical Focus

Hearing loss – diagnosis, non-surgical and surgical management
Scarless endoscopic ear surgery
Cochlear implant surgery
Vertigo and balance disorders
Surgery for Vertigo
Facial Nerve pathologies
Pediatric sleep disorders
Sinusitis and Sino-nasal Allergy
Nasal bleed
Endoscopic sinus surgery, Surgery for nasal bleeding and nasal polyps
Nasal and para-nasal sinus tumors
Head and neck tumors
Congenital and developmental head and neck pathologies
Anterior Skull Base Surgery
Lateral Skull Base Surgery

Professional Medical Education & Training

2022: Postdoctoral Course: Neuro-Otology – Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow

2019: DNB: Otorhinolaryngology, National Board of Examination, New Delhi

2016: MS: Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery – Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh

2010: Kanyakumari Govt. Medical College, Kanyakumari

Academic Appointments

Senior Resident, Neuro-otology, Department of Neurosurgery, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, UP

Training in Neuro-Otology and Skull Base Surgery, in the Neuro-otology unit in the department of Neurosurgery. It was an academic position with both clinical and research-oriented training program.

Senior Resident, Otorhinolaryngology, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry

Teaching and research job in an undergraduate teaching hospital.

Administrative Appointments

Consultant, ENT, Neuro-Otology and Skull Base Surgery

The Head And Neck Centre & Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Consultant, ENT, Neuro-otology and Skull Base Surgery (April 2022 to March 2024)

Division of ENT and Head Neck Surgery, Medanta Lucknow, UP, India

Honors & Awards

Gold medal winner of YAG DARSHAN RAI CIPLA QUIZ, All India Rhinology Quiz at 28th RHINOCON 2015, Bareilly.

Poster presentation – Comparison of Harmonic Scalpel with conventional Electrocautery in Neck Dissection at IFHNOS Delhi2016 & FHNO 2016 – October 2016.

Gold medal winner of Junior consultant award paper, 37th UPAOICON, November 2019, Lucknow.

Gold Medal Winner for the Best Surgical Video of the Year award, 42nd NESCON, August 2024, Lucknow.

Professional Affiliation

Lifetime member of INDIAN ACADEMY OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY HEAD AND NECK SURGERY (IAOHNS).
Lifetime member of ASSOCIATION OF OTOLARYNGOLOGIST OF INDIA (AOI).
Lifetime member of SKULL BASE SURGERY SOCIETY OF INDIA (SBSSI).
Lifetime member of FEDERATION OF HEAD AND NECK ONCOLOGY (FHNO).
Lifetime member of INDIAN SOCIETY OTOLOGY (ISO).
Lifetime member of COCHLEAR IMPLANT GROUP OF INDIA (CIGI).
Lifetime member of NEUROEQUILIBRIOMERTIC SOCIETY OF INDIA (NES).

Publications

Original research papers

Arulalan Mathialagan, Roshan K. Verma, Naresh K. Panda. 2016. “Comparison of Spinal Accessory Dysfunction Following Neck Dissection with Harmonic Scalpel and Electrocautery – A Randomized Study.”Oral Oncology 61: 142–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oraloncology.2016.08.010
Verma, Roshan K., Mathiazhagan, Arulalan., Naresh K. Panda. 2017. “Neck Dissection with Harmonic Scalpel and Electrocautery? A Randomised Study.” Auris Nasus Larynx 44 (5): 590–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anl.2016.11.004.
Keshri A, Jain R, Manogaran RS, Behari S, Khatri D, Mathialagan A. Management of Spontaneous CSF Rhinorrhea: An Institutional Experience. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2019;80(5):493-499. DOI: 1055/s-0038-1676334
Singh S, Mehrotra A, Shankar R, Arulalan M, Das K K, Jaiswal A K, Behari S. Revisiting the surgical corridors for the cervical Type IIb-c dumbbell neurofibroma: A series of two unconventional approaches and review of literature. J Craniovert Jun Spine 2020; 11:111-117. DOI:4103/jcvjs.JCVJS_105_19 http://www.jcvjs.com/text.asp?2020/112/111/285930
Simple Patadia, Rajat Jain, Sanjay Behari, Arulalan Mathialagan, Govind Bhuskute, Saima Azim, Amit Keshri. Surgery of Jugular Foramen Lesions- An Institutional Experience. UP State Journal Of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery :Volume – 8/ Special edition/ page 11-21. https://doi.org/10.36611/upjohns/se/2020/1
Manogaran RS, Kumar R, Mathialagan A, Mehrotra A, Keshri A, Singh N, Bhuskute GS, Singh S. Revising the Indications of Transtemporal Surgical Approaches in the Modern Endoscopic Era of Skull Base Surgery: A Dying Art. Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base. 2020 Nov 26. DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1718767
Arulalan M, Ravisankar M, Amit KK, Rajat J, Surendra SB, Neha S, Govind B SA. Head and Neck Vascular anomalies our clinical experience and Litrature review. UP State J Otol Head and Neck Surgery. 2020;8(1):1–8. Doi:36611/upjohns/2020/issue1/1
Ravi Sankar M, Saima A, Pearly PK, Amit K, Neha S, Govind B, Arulalan M, Rajat J, Surendra SB, Sanjay B. Otogenic Brain abscess management strategy: an institutional experience. UP State J Otol Head and Neck surgery 2020;8(2):6-13. Doi:10.36611/upjohns/2020/issue2/2
Mahalakshmi VD, Mayilvaganan S, Ravisankar M, Mathialagan A, Yadav RR, Mishra P, Agarwal A. Surgeon-performed ultrasound analysis of the status of the vocal cords of post-thyroidectomy patients with intraoperative neuromonitoring in a tertiary referral center. International Journal of Molecular & Immuno Oncology. 2020 Sep 8;5(3):121-6. doi:25259/IJMIO_10_2020
Bhuskute G, Manogaran RS, Keshri A, Mehrotra A, Singh N, Mathialagan A. Surgical Candidacy in Skull Base Paragangliomas: An Institutional Experience. Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice. 2021 Jan;12(01):116-21. https://doi.org/ 10.1055/s-0040-1721201
Mathialagan A, Singh S, Jaiswal AK, Manogaran RS, Mishra P, Keshri AK. Is the Tradition of Nasal Packing Just an Illusion of Permanence or a Necessary Evil?. Indian Journal of Neurosurgery. 2021 Mar 11. DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1716932
Manogaran RS, Mandelia A, Bhuskute G, Mathialagan A. Head-and-neck solid tumors in children: A retrospective review from a tertiary care institute in North India. Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons. 2021 Sep 1;26(5):299. DOI: 10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_145_20
Manogaran RS, Mathialagan A, Singh V, Mishra P, Jain R, Keshri A. Role of Transarterial Angiography with Embolization in Deciding Surgical Approach to Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma: A Step-Ladder Approach. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2021 Oct;82(5):547-555. DOI: 1055/s-0040-1715594 Epub 2020 Aug 20. PMID: 34513561; PMCID: PMC8421124.
Mathialagan A, Pearly PK, Manogaran RS, et al. Chondroma of Hyoid Bone Presenting as a Parapharyngeal Mass: A Case Report. J Postgrad Med Edu Res 2021;55(3):134–135. DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10028-1404
Srivastava A, Mathialagan A, Manogaran RS, et al. Comparative Craniometrics Study of the Lateral Skull Base in the Adult and Pediatric Population. J Postgrad Med Edu Res 2021;55(3):119–125. DOI: 5005/jp-journals-10028-1372
Posterior Auricular Nerve- A novel landmark in identification of Facial nerve in superficial parotidectomy. Arulalan Mathialagan, Ravisankar Manogaran, Amit Keshri, Sabaretnam Mayilvaganan, Neha Singh, Saima Azeem, Govind Bhuskute. UP State J Otol Head and Neck surgery
Baghel SS, Keshri AK, Mishra P, Marak R, Manogaran RS, Verma PK, Srivastava AK, Kumar R, Mathialagan A, Bhuskute G, Dubey AK, Dhiman RK. The Spectrum of Invasive Fungal Sinusitis in COVID-19 Patients: Experience from a Tertiary Care Referral Center in Northern India. J Fungi (Basel). 2022 Feb 24;8(3):223. doi: 10.3390/jof8030223. PMID: 35330225; PMCID: PMC8954380.
Keshri A, Mathialagan A, Aishwarya A, Ravisankar, Bhuskute G, Kanaujia V, Singh AK, Singh RK, Dhiman RK, Agarwal R. Is mucormycosis the end? A comprehensive management of orbit in COVID associated rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis: preserving the salvageable. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2023 Feb;280(2):819-827. doi: 10.1007/s00405-022-07620-3. Epub 2022 Sep 2. PMID: 36053359; PMCID: PMC9438883.

Surgical video publication

Ravisankar M, Khatri D, Gosal J S, Arulalan M, Jaiswal AK, Das K K. Surgical excision of trigeminal (V3) schwannoma through endoscopic trans pterygoid approach. Surg Neurol Int 2019;10:259. Doi: 25259/SNI_63_2019 https://vimeo.com/381344833/6561a26401

Image Publication

Kumar A, Mathialagan A, Srivastava AK. Multiple Spontaneous Intra-Diploic Frontal Encephalocele in a Case of Vestibular Schwannoma with Hydrocephalous. Neurol India. 2022 Jan-Feb;70(1):170-171. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.338734. PMID: 35263875.

Book Chapters

Ravi Sankar M., Arulalan M., Keshri A.K. (2019) Biofilm mediated Diseases of the Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT). In Kumar S., Chandra N., Singh L., Hashmi M., Varma A. (eds) Biofilms in Human Diseases: Treatment and Control. Springer, Cham. DOI- 1007/978-3-030-30757-8, eBook ISBN 978-3-030-30757-8.
Ravi Sankar M., Arulalan M., Keshri A.K., Srivastava A.K., Jaiswal A.K., Behari S. (2019) Invasive Fungal Diseases of the Skull Base. In: Turgut M., Challa S., Akhaddar A. (eds) Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06088-6_21
Anant M, Ravi Sankar M, Arulalan M, Kamlesh R, Soumen K. (2020) Surgery for Excision of a Vagal Paraganglioma. In: SGPGI Neurosurgery. The Operative Atlas of Neurosurgery (Volume I) A compendium of 120 Neuro-oncological, Case -based, Surgical Approaches. Thieme. Delhi.
Anant M, Ravi Sankar M, Arulalan M, Gagandeep S A, Kamlesh V, Pawan K V. (2020) Preauricular Trans mandibular Excision of an Infratemporal Fossa Trigeminal Schwannoma. In: SGPGI Neurosurgery. The Operative Atlas of Neurosurgery (Volume II) A compendium of 120 Neuro-oncological, Case -based, Surgical Approaches. Thieme. Delhi.
Ravi Sankar M, Neha S, Anant M, Arulalan M, Amit K. (2020) Fisch Type A- Infratemporal Fossa Approach for Excision of a Glomus Jugulare. In: SGPGI Neurosurgery. The Operative Atlas of Neurosurgery (Volume II) A compendium of 120 Neuro-oncological, Case -based, Surgical Approaches. Thieme. Delhi.
Arulalan M, Ravi Sankar M, Amit K, Kamlesh SB, Govind SB, Neha S, Surendra SB l, Ashish S, Sanjay B. (2020) Transcochlear Approach for an Extensive Glomus Jugulare. In: SGPGI Neurosurgery. The Operative Atlas of Neurosurgery (Volume II) A compendium of 120 Neuro-oncological, Case -based, Surgical Approaches. Thieme. Delhi.
Ravi Sankar M, Govind SB, Arulalan M, Kuntal KD, Anant M, Pearly PK, Neha S. (2020) Fisch Type D–Pre-auricular Infratemporal Fossa Approach for Excision of a Carcinoma-Ex- Pleomorphic Adenoma of the Parotid. In: SGPGI Neurosurgery. The Operative Atlas of Neurosurgery (Volume II) A compendium of 120 Neuro-oncological, Case -based, Surgical Approaches. Thieme. Delhi.
Ravi Sankar M, Arun K S, Pearly PK, Neha S, Arulalan M, Govind S B, Surendra SB, Krishna K, Sanjay B. (2020) Preauricular Transzygomatic Approach (Fisch-D Approach) for Excision of a Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Infratemporal Fossa. In: SGPGI Neurosurgery. The Operative Atlas of Neurosurgery (Volume II) A compendium of 120 Neuro-oncological, Case -based, Surgical Approaches. Thieme. Delhi.
Ramandeep SV, Ravi Sankar M, Govind S B, Arulalan M, Neha S, Ramya R. (2020) Microscopic and Endoscopic Assisted Excision of a Petrous Apex Cholesteatoma. In: SGPGI Neurosurgery. The Operative Atlas of Neurosurgery (Volume II) A compendium of 120 Neuro-oncological, Case -based, Surgical Approaches. Thieme. Delhi.
Neha S, Ravi Sankar M, Kamlesh S B, Arun KS, Sanjay B, Arulalan M, Pearly PK, Govind SB. (2020) Transtemporal Transcervical Excision of an Extracranial Facial Nerve Schwannoma. In: SGPGI Neurosurgery. The Operative Atlas of Neurosurgery (Volume II) A compendium of 120 Neuro-oncological, Case -based, Surgical Approaches. Thieme. Delhi.
Saurav K, Ravi Sankar M, Awadhesh K J, Amit K, Arulalan M, Govind SB, Neha S, Gagandeep SA, Soumen K, Sanjay B. (2020) Endonasal Endoscopic Excision of a Tuberculum Sellae Meningioma. In: SGPGI Neurosurgery. The Operative Atlas of Neurosurgery (Volume II) A compendium of 120 Neuro-oncological, Case -based, Surgical Approaches. Thieme. Delhi.
Ramandeep SV, Arulalan M, Ravi Sankar M, Vimmi G, Anant B. (2020) Endoscopic Excision of a Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma. In: SGPGI Neurosurgery. The Operative Atlas of Neurosurgery (Volume II) A compendium of 120 Neuro-oncological, Case -based, Surgical Approaches. Thieme. Delhi.
Mittal P. et al. (2021) Extended Procedures. In: Verma H., Thakar A. (eds) Essentials of Rhinology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6284-0_7
Manogaran, R. et al.(2022). Cranio-Cerebral Mucormycosis. In: Gupta, N., Honavar, S.G. (eds) Rhino-Orbito-Cerebral Mucormycosis. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9729-6_12

Teaching

Invited Faculty in UPAOI 2023, Agra, March 2023.
Invited Faculty in SKULLBASECON 2023, Lucknow, October 2023.
Invited Faculty in NESCON2024, Lucknow, August 2024.
Organizing Secretory, and Teaching faculty, 1st FNSW (Facial nerve surgical Workshop), Chennai, November 2024.
Invited Speaker, Roots and Branches- Alumni program, Department of ENT, Kanyakumari Medical College, Nagercoil, February 2025.
Invited talk – “Listen well, Live Well”-Hearing Awareness program- RR Donnelley team, Chennai, March

Research & Scholarship

Prakash Narula Travelling BACO 2020 Fellowship, United Kingdom.
Presented e-posters at BACO-2020.